Joan O. Grimalt

In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma blood concentrations of some organochlorine compounds and coffee intake are independently associated with KRAS mutations (2009)

Porta, Miquel, López, Tomàs, Pumarega, José, Jariod, Manuel, Crous-Bou, Marta, Marco, Esther, ...

While KRAS activation is a fundamental initiating event in the aetiopathogenesis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), environmental factors influencing the occurrence and persistence of KRAS...

Beneficial Effects of Breastfeeding on Cognition Regardless of DDT Concentrations at Birth (2007)

Ribas-Fitó, Núria, Júlvez, Jordi, Torrent, Maties, Grimalt, Joan O., Sunyer, Jordi

The authors previously reported that intrauterine exposure to background concentrations of p,p′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) reduces cognitive performance among preschoolers. Breastfeeding...

Bladder Cancer and Exposure to Water Disinfection By-Products through Ingestion, Bathing, Showering, and Swimming in Pools (2007)

Villanueva, Cristina M., Cantor, Kenneth P., Grimalt, Joan O., Malats, Nuria, Silverman, Debra, Tardon, Adonina, ...

Bladder cancer has been associated with exposure to chlorination by-products in drinking water, and experimental evidence suggests that exposure also occurs through inhalation and dermal absorption....

Assessment of lifetime exposure to trihalomethanes through different routes (2006)

Villanueva, Cristina M., Cantor, Kenneth P., Grimalt, Joan O., Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma, Malats, Núria, Silverman, Debra, ...

5 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables.-- PMID: 16556748 [PubMed].-- Free full-text article available at PubMed Central: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16556748

Microcosm experiments of oil degradation by microbial mats (2006)

García De Oteyza, Tirso, Grimalt, Joan O., Llirós, Marc, Esteve, Isabel

13 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures.-- PMID: 15935450 [PubMed].-- Available online Jun 1, 2005.

Presence of opportunistic oil-degrading microorganisms operating at the initial steps of oil extraction and handling (2006)

Sánchez, Olga, Ferrera, Isabel, Vigués, Núria, García De Oteyza, Tirso, Grimalt, Joan O., Mas, Jordi

Hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms from natural environments have been isolated and identified using culture-dependent or molecular techniques. However, there has been little research into the...

In Utero Exposure to Background Concentrations of DDT and Cognitive Functioning among Preschoolers (2006)

Ribas-Fitó, Núria, Torrent, Maties, Carrizo, Daniel, Muñoz-Ortiz, Laura, Júlvez, Jordi, Grimalt, Joan O., ...

p,p′-DDT (bis[p-chlorophenyl]-1,1,1-trichloroethane) is a persistent organochlorine compound that has been used worldwide as an insecticide. The authors evaluated the association of cord serum...

Exposición a contaminantes atmosféricos durante el embarazo y desarrollo prenatal y neonatal: protocolo de investigación en el proyecto INMA (Infancia y Medio Ambiente) (2005)

Esplugues, Ana, Aguilera, Inma, Fernández-Patier, Rosalía, Iñíguez, Carmen, García Dos Santos, Saúl, Aguirre Alfaro, Amelia, ...

Introducción: El proyecto INMA (Infancia y Medio Ambiente) es una red de investigación cooperativa que tiene como objetivos estudiar los efectos del medio ambiente y la dieta en el desarrollo fetal...

Abrupt temperature changes in the Western Mediterranean over the past 250,000 years (2004)

Martrat, Belén, Grimalt, Joan O., Lopez-Martinez, Constancia, Cacho, Isabel, Sierro, Francisco Javier, Flores, José Abel, ...

5 pages, 2 figures.-- PMID: 15576615 [PubMed].-- Supporting information available at: www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1762/DC1

Sedimentology, planktonic foraminifera distribution and stable isotope composition during marine isotope stage 3 of ODP Site 172-1060 in the West Atlantic (2004)

Vautravers, Maryline J, Shackleton, Nicholas J, López-Martinez, Constancia, Grimalt, Joan O

We have studied Ocean Drilling Program Site 1060 on the Blake Outer Ridge, which lies beneath the Gulf Stream. We focus on marine isotope stage 3, 60-25 thousand years before present (ka). Sea...

Identification and quantification of n-octyl esters of alkanoic and hexanedioic acids and phthalates as urban wastewater markers in biota and sediments from estuarine areas (2004)

Chaler, Roser, Cantón, Lourdes, Vaquero, Menchu, Grimalt, Joan O.

8 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables.-- PMID: 15387189 [PubMed].-- Printed version published Aug 13, 2004.-- Presented at the 3rd Meeting of the Spanish Association of Chromatography and Related Techniques...

Organochlorine exposure and colorectal cancer risk (2004)

Howsam, Mike, Grimalt, Joan O., Guinó, Elisabet, Navarro, Matilde, Martí-Ragué, Juan, Peinado, Miguel A., ...

7 pages, 6 tables.-- PMID: 15531428 [PubMed].-- PMCID: PMC1247607.-- Printed version published Nov 2004.

Cambios en las concentraciones de compuestos organoclorados en las mujeres de Flix, Tarragona (2003)

Ribas-Fitó, Núria, Sunyer, Jordi, Sala, María, Grimalt, Joan O.

La población de Flix (comarca de la Ribera del Ebro, Tarragona) se encuentra altamente expuesta a hexaclorobenceno (HCB) debido a la proximidad de una empresa electroquímica. Aunque los niveles de...

Planktonic foraminiferal distribution during the last 70 kyr in the western Mediterranean Sea (2003)

Perez-Folgado, Marta, Sierro, Francisco Javier, Flores, José-Abel, Cacho, I, Grimalt, Joan O, Zahn, Rainer, ...

Detailed study of associations of planktonic foraminifera in cores MD95-2043 and ODP 977, located in the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea), has allowed the identification of 29 new faunal...

Contribución de la Geoquímica Orgánica a la reconstrucción de paleoambientes y procesos diagenéticos (1987)

Albaigés Riera, Joan, Grimalt, Joan O.

[ES] El estudio en las formaciones sedimentarias de compuestos organicos cuya estructura ha sido preservada intacta o con cambios minimos con respecto a la originalmente sintetizada por los...

Estudio de los ambientes deposicionales del Delta del Ebro mediante indicadores moleculares (1987)

Grimalt, Joan O., Albaigés Riera, Joan

[ES] En el presente trabajo se describe un inventario de indicadores moleculares encontrados en sedimentos del Delta del río Ebro, a partir del cual se determinan los principales aportes de materia...

Organochlorine Exposure and Colorectal Cancer Risk

Howsam, Mike, Grimalt, Joan O., Guinó, Elisabet, Navarro, Matilde, Martí-Ragué, Juan, Peinado, Miguel A., ...

Organochlorine compounds have been linked to increased risk of several cancers. Despite reductions in their use and fugitive release, they remain one of the most important groups of persistent...

Aspergillus fumigatus C-5 Sterol Desaturases Erg3A and Erg3B: Role in Sterol Biosynthesis and Antifungal Drug Susceptibility

Alcazar-Fuoli, Laura, Mellado, Emilia, Garcia-Effron, Guillermo, Buitrago, Maria J., Lopez, Jordi F., Grimalt, Joan O., ...

Two erg3 genes encoding C-5 sterol desaturase enzymes (Erg3A and Erg3B) in Aspergillus fumigatus were characterized with respect to their nucleotide sequences and null mutant phenotypes. Targeted...

Organochlorine Exposure and Colorectal Cancer Risk

Howsam, Mike, Grimalt, Joan O., Guinó, Elisabet, Navarro, Matilde, Martí-Ragué, Juan, Peinado, Miguel A., ...

Organochlorine compounds have been linked to increased risk of several cancers. Despite reductions in their use and fugitive release, they remain one of the most important groups of persistent...

Aspergillus fumigatus C-5 Sterol Desaturases Erg3A and Erg3B: Role in Sterol Biosynthesis and Antifungal Drug Susceptibility

Alcazar-Fuoli, Laura, Mellado, Emilia, Garcia-Effron, Guillermo, Buitrago, Maria J., Lopez, Jordi F., Grimalt, Joan O., ...

Two erg3 genes encoding C-5 sterol desaturase enzymes (Erg3A and Erg3B) in Aspergillus fumigatus were characterized with respect to their nucleotide sequences and null mutant phenotypes. Targeted...