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Address Institut
Català d’Oncologia. Av Gran Via 199-201 08907
L’Hospitalet (Barcelona), Spain.
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Esteve Fernández Director of the Tobacco
Control Research Program at the
Cancer Prevention and Control Department of the Catalan Institute of Oncology in
Barcelona, Coordinator of the Catalan Network
of Smoke-free Hospitals, and Associate Professor of epidemiology and
biostatistics at the School of Medicine
(Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain). 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 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 | Teaching | Some
pictures |
+34 93 260
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Selected
publications (request PDF by e-mail!)
Smoking Epidemiology, Prevention, and
Control
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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]
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Martinez C, Garcia M,
Mendez E, Peris M, Fernández E. Barriers and challenges for tobacco
control in a
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Lushchenkova O,
Fernández E, López MJ, Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM,
Nebot M, Gorini G, Schiaffino A, Twose J, Borràs JM; ETS EurosSurvey
Working Group. Secondhand smoke exposure in Spanish adult non-smokers following
the introduction of an anti-smoking law. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008;61:687-94 [media coverage]
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Pierce JP, Leon ME, IARC
Working Group (... Fernandez E...). Effectiveness of smoke-free policies.
Lancet Oncol. 2008; 9: 614-5.
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Fernandez E,
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Lopez MJ, Nebot M,
Albertini M, Birkui P, Centrich F, Chudzikova M, Georgouli M, Gorini G,
Moshammer H, Mulcahy M, Pilali M,
Serrahima E, Tutka P, Fernandez E. Secondhand smoke exposure in hospitality
venues in Europe. Envrionmental Health Perspectives. 2008;116:1469-72.
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Lushchenkova O,
Fernández E, López MJ, Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM,
Nebot M, Gorini G, Schiaffino A, Twose J, Borràs JM. Exposición al humo
ambiental de tabaco en población adulta no fumadora en España
tras la Ley de medidas sanitarias frente al tabaquismo. Revista Española
de Cardiología. 2008;61:687:94.
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Martínez-Sánchez
JM, Fernández E, Fu M, Pascual JA, Ariza C, Agudo A, Borràs JM,
Schiaffino A, Moncada A, Jané M, Saltó E, Nebot M, Samet JM. Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke by questionnaire and salivary
cotinine in the general population of
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Nebot N, López MJ,
Ariza C, Pérez-Ríos M, Fu M, Schiaffino A, Muñoz G,
Saltó E, Fernández E. Impact of the Spanish Smoking Law on
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Offices and Hospitality Venues: Before and
After Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2009;117:344-7. [paper]
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Fernández E, Fu M,
Pascual JA, López MJ, Pérez-Ríos M, Schiaffino A,
Martínez-Sánchez JM, Ariza C, Saltó E, Nebot M. Impact of
the Spanish smoking control law on exposure to second-hand smoke and
respiratory health in hospitality workers: a cohort study. Plos ONE. 2009;
4(1):e4244. doi:10.137/journal.pone.0004244. [paper
in English] [paper
in Spanish] [media coverage]
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Fernández E,
Martínez C, Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, López MJ,
Invernizzi G, Ouranou A, Dautzenberg B, Nebot M. Second-hand smoke exposure in
a sample of European hospitals (2007). European Respiratory Journal. 2009 Feb
27. [Epub ahead of print]
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.
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Pérez G, Porta M,
Borrell C, Casamitjana M, Bonfill X, Bolibar I, Fernández E. Interval
from diagnosis to treatment onset for six major cancers in Catalonia, Spain.
Cancer Detection & Prevention. 2008;32:267-75.
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Ribes J, Navarro M,
Clèries R, Esteban L, Pareja L, Binefa G, Peris M, Fernández E,
Borràs JM. Colorectal cancer mortality in
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Puigpinós R, Borrell
C, Ferreira-Antunes JL, Azlor E, Pasarín MI, Cano-Serral G,
Pons-Vigués M, Rodríguez-Sanz M, Fernández E. Trends in
socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality in Barcelona: 1992-2003.
BioMedCentral Public Health. 2009;9:35.
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. 2008;61(8):796-802.
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Cornelio CI, García
M, Schiaffino A, Borràs JM, Nieto FJ, Fernández E. Changes in
leisure time and occupational physical activity over 8 years. The
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
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Fernández E, Cobo E,
Guallar-Castillón P. [The STROBE
statement or how to improve the reporting of observational studies] Gac Sanit.
2008;22(2):87-9.
List of publications (from PubMed)
List of publications and
citation metrics (from ISI Thomson Scientific)
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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Pricing Policies and Control of Tobacco in
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Changes in the exposure to secondhand smoke in the
adult population after the tobacco smoking law. Agency: Fondo de Investigación
Sanitaria (Contract: FIS PI081436). Duration: 2009-2011. PI: Esteve
Fernández.
Teaching
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Exercici d'adequació, concurs de Professor Titular (29 de gener 2009)
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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 (presentado en la Habilitación para Profesor
Titular)
§ “Epidemiología General y Demografía Sanitaria” (4 créditos, 3º Medicina): Diapositivas de las lecciones (presentado en la Habilitación para Profesor Titular)
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“Bioestadística” (7
créditos, 1º Medicina): programa desarrollado en la UB, Campus de
Bellvitge
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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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At my office, Catalan Institute of Oncology,
L’Hospitalet (
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Boreas flotsam
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Teaching: How
to Write a Scientific Paper,
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Gaceta
Sanitaria Editorial Board (working hard)
Teaching
at different settings
Activities
and people at the Catalan Institute of Oncology
Conference on “Passive smoking
and cancer”, Porto Cancer Meeting, XVI edition, April 20-21 2007
(Porto,
My
favourite pictures: bricks, sand, water, lights,,,,
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Esteve
Fernandez |
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Selected
Publication List: |
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1. Fish consumption and cancer risk |
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2. FAMILY HISTORY AND THE RISK OF LIVER,
GALLBLADDER, AND PANCREATIC-CANCER |
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3. TRENDS IN PANCREATIC-CANCER MORTALITY IN |