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Address Institut Català d’Oncologia. Av Gran Via s/n Km 2.7 08907 L’Hospitalet (Barcelona), Spain. Phone.: +34 93 260 77 88 Fax :+34 93 260 79 56 E-mail: efernandez (@) ico.scs.es
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Esteve Fernández Head of the Tobacco Research Unit at the Cancer Prevention and Control
Department of the Catalan Institute
of Oncology in Barcelona, Assistant Professor of epidemiology and
co-Coordinator of the Master of Public
Health (Department of Experimental and
Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University
(Barcelona). He received his MD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Dr.
Fernandez’s main areas of research include cancer epidemiology, with
special focus on tobacco smoking, the epidemiology of other risk factors
related to cancer, and the monitoring of cancer incidence and mortality
trends. He is interested in socioeconomic and gender determinants of health,
with focus on cancer and smoking, in methodological issues and the teaching
of epidemiologic methods, and in journalology and scientific writing/editing.
He is also the Coordinator of the Catalan
Network of Smoke-free Hospitals. He has written more
than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Gaceta Sanitaria (Journal of the Spanish
Society of Public Health) and serves as reviewer for other international
journals in these areas. Selected publications | On-going research
projects | Current teaching | Some pictures |
Smoking Epidemiology, Prevention, and
Control
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Borras JM, Fernandez E,
Schiaffino A, Borrell C, La Vecchia C. Pattern
of smoking initiation in Catalonia (Spain) from 1948 to 1992. Am J Public
Health. 2000;90:1459-62.
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Fernandez E, Schiaffino A,
Borràs JM, Shafey O, Villalbí JR, La Vecchia C. Prevalence of cigarette smoking
by birth cohort among males and females in Spain, 1910-1990. Eur J Cancer Prev.
2003;12: 57-62.
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Shafey O, Fernández E, Thun
M, Schiaffino A, Dolwick S, Cokkinides V. Cigarette advertising and female
smoking prevalence in Spain, 1982-1997. Case studies in international tobacco
surveillance. Cancer. 2004;100: 1744-9.
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Fernández E, Gallus S,
Schiaffino A, López-Nicolás A,
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Fernández E, Schiaffino A,
Borrell C, Benach J, Ariza C, Ramon JM, Twose J, Nebot M, Kunst A. Social
class, education and smoking cessation: long term follow-up of patients treated
at a smoking cessation unit. Nicotine Tob Res. 2006;8:29-36.
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Fernández E, Villalbí JR,
Córdoba R. Lecciones aprendidas en el control del tabaquismo en España. Salud
Pública Méx. 2006; 48(supl 1):S148-54.
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Gallus S, Schiaffino A, La
Vecchia C, Townsend J, Fernandez E. Price and cigarette consumption in Europe.
Tob Control. 2006;15:114-9.
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Schiaffino A, Fernandez E,
Kunst A, Borrell C, Garcia M, Borras JM, Mackenbach JP. Time trends and
educational differences in the incidence of quitting smoking in
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Twose J, Schiaffino A,
Garcia M, Borras JM, Fernandez E. Correlates of secondhand smoke in an urban
Mediterranean population. BMC Public Health. 2007; 7: 194.
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López MJ, Pérez-Ríos M,
Schiaffino A, Nebot M, Montes A, Ariza C, García M, Juárez O, Moncada A,
Fernández E. Mortality attributable to passive smoking in Spain (2002). Tob
Control. 2007; 16: 373-7. [media coverage]
Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and
Control
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Fernandez E, González JR,
Borràs JM, Sánchez V, Moreno V, Peris M. Recent decline in cancer mortality in
Catalonia (Spain). A joinpoint regression analysis. Eur J
Cancer. 2001;37:2222-8.
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Fernandez E,
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Fernandez E,
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Porta M, Fernandez E,
Alguacil J. Semiology, proteomics and the early detection of symptomatic
cancer. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003; 56: 815-9.
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Fernandez E, La Vecchia C,
Gonzalez JR, Lucchini F, Negri E, Levi F.
Converging patterns of colorectal cancer mortality in
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Garcia M, Fernández E,
Borras JM, Nieto J, Schiaffino A, Peris M, Pérez G, La Vecchia C. Cancer risk
perceptions in an urban Mediterranean population. Int J Cancer. 2005; 7: 132-6.
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Levi F, Bosetti C,
Fernandez E, Hill C, Lucchini F, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Trends in lung cancer
among young European women: The rising epidemic in France and Spain. Int J
Cancer. 2007; 121(2):462-5.
Socioeconomic determinants of health
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Fernandez E, Borrell C.
Cancer mortality by educational level in the city of
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Borrell C, Rue M, Pasarín MI,
Rohlfs I, Ferrando J, Fernández E. Trends
in social class inequalities in health status, health-related behaviors and
health services utilization in a Southern European urban area
(1983-1994). Prev Med. 2000;31:691-701
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Fernandez E, Schiaffino A,
Rajmil L, Badia X, Segura A. Gender inequalities in health and health care
services use in
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Borrell C, Fernandez E,
Schiaffino A, Benach J, Rajmil L, Villalbi JR, Segura A. Social class
inequalities in the use of and access to health services in
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Garcia M, Schiaffino A,
Fernandez E, Marti M, Salto E, Perez G, Peris M, Borrell C, Nieto FJ, Borras
JM; Cornella Health Interview Survey Follow-Up Study. The Cornella Health
Interview Survey Follow-Up (CHIS.FU) Study: design, methods, and response rate. BMC Public Health. 2003, 3:12.
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Schiaffino A, Fernandez E,
Kunst A, Borrell C, Garcia M, Borras JM, Mackenbach JP. Time trends and
educational differences in the incidence of quitting smoking in
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Rius C, Pérez G,
Rodríguez-Sanz M, Fernández E, on behalf of COHESCA Study Group. Comorbidity
index was successfully validated among men but not in women. J Clin Epidemiol.
In press.
Journalology and scientific editing
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Fernandez E, García
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Porta M, Copete JL,
Fernandez E, Alguacil J, Murillo J. Mixing
journal, article, and author citations, and other pitfalls in the bibliographic
impact factor. Cad Saude Publica. 2003;19:1847-62.
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Porta M, Fernández E,
Murillo J, Alguacil J, Copete JL. The bibliographic
"impact factor", the total number of citations and related
bibliometric indicators: The need to focus on journals of public health and
preventive medicine. Soz Präventivmed. 2004; 49: 15-8
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Porta M, Fernandez E,
Puigdomenech E. Book citations: influence of epidemiologic thought in the
academic community. Revista Saude Publica. 2006; 40(spe):50-6.
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Porta M, Fernandez E,
Bolúmar F. Commentary: The ‘bibliographic impact factor’ and the
still uncharted sociology of epidemiology. Int J Epidemiol. 2006; 35: 1130-5.
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Fernández E, García
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García
Full
list of publications (PubMed)
On-going projects (competitive-peer reviewed research)
· Prospective study on the determinants of changes in life styles and their health consequences in a representative cohort ofhe population of Cornellà de Llobregat. The Cornellà Health Interview Survey Follow-up Study (ES.ESC). Agency: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (Contract: FIS PI020261) and Cornellà Health Department. Duration: 2002–2005. PI: Esteve Fernández
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Correlates of salivary cotinine in a representative
sample of the general population. Agency: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (Contract: FIS
PI020981). Duration: 2002–present. PIs: Esteve Fernández & Josep Maria Borràs.
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Patterns of smoking initiation and cessation in
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Economic aspects of smoking in
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Thematic Network for Research on Smoking Prevention.
Agency: Catalan Ministry for Research and Universities, (Contracts:
1999XT/00048; 2001XT/ 00033; 2003XT/00090). Duration: 1999-present. PI: Esteve
Fernández
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Emerging Research Group on Tobacco Epidemiology,
Prevention and Control. Agency: Agency: Catalan Ministry for Research and
Universities, (Contract: GRE 2005/00646). Duration: 2005-2008. PI: Esteve
Fernández.
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Respiratory symptoms, asthma and passive smoking in
children: efectiveness of an integrated individual, family, and school-based
intervention. Agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3 (Nº. 040830). Duration:
2005–2008. PI: Esteve Fernandez
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Evaluation of the new law for smoking prevention and
control (ley 28/2005). Impact on cotinine concentrations in hospitality
workers. Agency: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (PI052072 ). Duration:
2006–2008. PI: Esteve Fernández.
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Development of a
dynamic modelling tool to assess health impact of policies [DYNAMO-HIA].
Agency: European Public Health Agency, European Commission. Ref:
2006116Duration: 2007-2009. PI: Joahn P Mackenbach (Universitat Erasmus de
Rotterdam), PI WP Smoking: Esteve Fernandez.
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Proyecto
Docente “Salud Pública” (presentado en la Habilitación para
Profesor Titular, Univ. de Jaén, enero de 2007)
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“Epidemiología General y Demografía
Sanitaria” (4 créditos, 3º Medicina): Guía
docente de la asignatura, con guiones de clases teóricas y prácticas
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“Epidemiología General y Demografía
Sanitaria” (4 créditos, 3º Medicina): Diapositivas de las lecciones
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“Epidemiology
· “Research Methods in Public Health” (7 ECTS). Master of Public Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra/Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
· “How to write and publish scientific papers” (6 ECTS). Master in Research Methods in Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
· Seminar on “How to Write a Scientific Paper” (15 h). Seminars of the Dr. Esteve Foundation.
Some
pictures and audio materials
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Working at the office, Catalan Institute of Oncology,
L’Hospitalet ( |
Boreas flotsam ( |
Teaching: How
to Write a Scientific Paper, |
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Gaceta
Sanitaria Editorial Board (working hard)
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Teaching
at different settings
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Activities
and people at the Catalan Institute of Oncology
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Conference
on “Passive smoking and cancer”, Porto Cancer Meeting, XVI
edition, April 20-21 2007 (Porto,
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My favourite places: bricks, sand, water, and
snow… (coming soon)