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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood (with Bernardo Lessa Horta, Denise P. Gigante, Vera Maria F. Silveira, Isabel Oliveira, and Cesar G. Victora), Atherosclerosis (2011)

Objective: This study was aimed at assessing the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on...

 

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The Influence of Persistent Pathogens on Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Markers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis (with Ana V. Diez-Roux, Nancy S. Jenny, Michael Y. Tsai, Moyses Szklo, and Allison E. Aiello), BMC Public Health (2010)

Background: Systemic inflammation is linked to cardiovascular risk, but the influence of persistent pathogens, which...

 

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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Neighborhood Characteristics with Inflammatory Markers: Findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis (with Ana Diez Roux, Nalini Ranjit, Teresa E. Seeman, and Nancy S. Jenny), Health & Place (2010)

We investigated cross-sectional associations of neighborhood deprivation, problems, safety, and cohesion with circulating levels of...

 

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Lifecourse Socioeconomic Trajectories and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Young Adults: Findings from a Brazilian Birth Cohort (with I. O. Oliveira; Bernardo L. Horta; D. P. Gigante; and Cesar G, Victora), Social Science & Medicine (2010)

Socioeconomic factors are associated with cardiovascular disease. C-reactive protein (CRP) is increasingly implicated as a...

 

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Growth from birth to adulthood and abdominal obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort (with D. A. Gonzalez and C. G. Victoria), International Journal of Obesity (2010)

Background: Rapid weight gain in childhood may increase the risk of chronic adult diseases. Few...