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Shore S, Ervin C, Kosa K, Fehnel S, Salberg L, Butzner M, Heitner SB, Jacoby D, Saberi S. Qualitative interview study of patient-reported symptoms, impacts and treatment goals of patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. BMJ Open. 2024 Sep 17;14(9):e081323. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081323

Loria-Rebolledo LE, Abbott M, Antunes M, Norwood P, Ryan M, Watson V, Wu H. Public preferences and willingness to pay for a net zero NHS: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment in England and Scotland. BMJ Open. 2024 Jun 21;14(6):082863. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082863

Dadvand P, Gascon M, Bustamante M, Rivas I, Foraster M, Basagana X, Cosin M, Eixarch E, Ferrer M, Gratacos E, Gomez Herrera L, Jimenez-Arenas P, Julvez J, Morillas A, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Persavento C, Pujol J, Querol X, Sanchez Garcia O, Vrijheid M, Llurba E, Gomez-Roig MD, Sunyer J, BiSC Group. Cohort profile: Barcelona life study cohort (BiSC). Int J Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 11;53(3):dyae063. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyae063

Hansford HJ, Cashin AG, Jones MD, Swanson SA, Islam N, Dahabreh IJ, Dickerman BA, Egger M, Garcia-Albeniz X, Golub RM, Lodi S, Moreno-Betancur M, Pearson SA, Schneeweiss S, Sterne J, Sharp MK, Stuart EA, Hernan MA, Lee H, McAuley JH. Development of the TrAnsparent ReportinG of observational studies Emulating a Target trial (TARGET) guideline. BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 12;13(9):e074626. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074626

Vazquez ML, Vilaplana-Carnerero C, Gomez-Lumbreras A, Prat-Vallverdu O, Marsal JR, Urgell CV, Giner-Soriano M, Morros R. Drug exposure during pregnancy in primary care: an algorithm and observational study from SIDIAP database, Catalunya, Spain. BMJ Open. 2023 Aug 22;13(8):e071335. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071335

Shields GE, Wells A, Wright S, Vass C, Davies LM, Doherty P, Capobianco L. A discrete choice experiment to investigate preferences for psychological intervention in cardiac rehabilitation. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 7;12(11):e062503. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062503

Guilbert E, Perry R, Whitmarsh A, Sauchelli S. Short-term effectiveness of nutrition therapy to treat type 2 diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 10;12(3):e056108. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056108

Loria-Rebolledo LE, Ryan M, Watson V, Genie MG, Sakowsky RA, Powell D, Paranjothy S. Public acceptability of non-pharmaceutical interventions to control a pandemic in the UK: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 8;12(3):e054155. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054155

Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Barrera-Gomez J, Basagana X, Cirach M, Daher C, Foraster Pulido M, Lungman T, Gasparrini A, Hoek G, de Hoogh K, Khomenko S, Khreis H, de Nazelle A, Ramos A, Rojas-Rueda D, Barboza EP, Tainio M, Thondoo M, Tonne C, Woodcock J, Mueller N. Study protocol of the European urban burden of disease project: a health impact assessment study. BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 20;12(1):e054270. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054270

Mazza C, Alcock L, Aminian K, Becker C, Bertuletti S, Bonci T, Brown P, Brozgol M, Buckley E, Carsin AE, Caruso M, Caulfield B, Cereatti A, Chiari L, Chynkiamis N, Ciravegna F, Del Din S, Eskofier B, Evers J, Aymerich JG, Gazit E, Hansen C, Hausdorff JM, Helbostad JL, Hiden H, Hume E, Paraschiv-Ionescu A, Ireson N, Keogh A, Kirk C, Kluge F, Koch S, Kuderle A, Lanfranchi V, Maetzler W, Mico-Amigo ME, Mueller A, Neatrour I, Niessen M, Palmerini L, Pluimgraaff L, Reggi L, Salis F, Schwickert L, Scott K, Sharrack B, Sillen H, Singleton D, Soltani A, Taraldsen K, Ullrich M, Van Gelder L, Vereijken B, Vogiatzis I, Warmerdam E, Yarnall A, Rochester L. Technical validation of real-world monitoring of gait: a multicentric observational study. BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 2;11(12):e050785. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050785

Connor MJ, Genie MG, Gonzalez M, Sarwar N, Thippu Jayaprakash K, Horan G, Hosking-Jervis F, Klimowska-Nassar N, Sukumar J, Pokrovska T, Basak D, Robinson A, Beresford M, Rai B, Mangar S, Khoo V, Dudderidge T, Falconer A, Winkler M, Watson V, Ahmed HU. Metastatic prostate cancer men's attitudes towards treatment of the local tumour and metastasis evaluative research (IP5-MATTER): protocol for a prospective, multicentre discrete choice experiment study. BMJ Open. 2021 Nov 18;11(11):e048996. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048996

Lee GO, Eisenberg JNS, Uruchima J, Vasco G, Smith SM, Van Engen A, Victor C, Reynolds E, MacKay R, Jesser KJ, Castro N, Calvopina M, Konstantinidis KT, Cevallos W, Trueba G, Levy K. Gut microbiome, enteric infections and child growth across a rural-urban gradient: protocol for the ECoMiD prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2021 Oct 22;11(10):e046241. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046241

Gold AL, Meza E, Ackley SF, Mungas DM, Whitmer RA, Mayeda ER, Miles S, Eng CW, Gilsanz P, Glymour MM. Are adverse childhood experiences associated with late-life cognitive performance across racial/ethnic groups: results from the Kaiser healthy aging and diverse life experiences study baseline. BMJ Open. 2021 Feb 5;11(2):e042125. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042125

Genie MG, Loria-Rebolledo LE, Paranjothy S, Powell D, Ryan M, Sakowsky RA, Watson V. Understanding public preferences and trade-offs for government responses during a pandemic: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment in the UK. BMJ Open. 2020 Nov 20;10(11):e043477. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043477

Dickerman BA, Garcia de Albeniz Martinez X, Logan RW, Denaxas S, Hernan MA. Emulating a target trial in case-control designs: an application to statins and colorectal cancer. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Oct;49(5):1637-46. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa144

Julvez J, Fernandez-Barres S, Gignac F, Lopez-Vicente M, Bustamante M, Garcia-Esteban R, Vioque J, Llop S, Ballester F, Fernandez-Somoano A, Tardon A, Vrijheid M, Tonne C, Ibarluzea J, Irazabal A, Sebastian-Galles N, Burgaleta M, Romaguera D, Sunyer J. Maternal seafood consumption during pregnancy and child attention outcomes: a cohort study with gene effect modification by PUFA-related genes. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Apr 1;49(2):559-71. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz197

Falguera M, Vilanova MB, Alcubierre N, Granado-Casas M, Marsal JR, Miro N, Cebrian C, Mollo A, Franch-Nadal J, Mata-Cases M, Castelblanco E, Mauricio D. Prevalence of pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes in the Mollerussa prospective observational cohort study in a semi-rural area of Catalonia. BMJ Open. 2020 Jan 20;10(1):033332. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033332

Ribera A, Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Marsal JR, Oristrell G, Faixedas MT, Rosas A, Tizon-Marcos H, Rojas S, Labata C, Cardenas M, Homs S, Tomas-Querol C, Garcia-Picart J, Gomez-Hospital JA, Pijoan JI, Masotti M, Mauri J, Garcia Dorado D, VESA Study and Codi IAM Investigators. Persistence with dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: a population-based cohort study in Catalonia (Spain). BMJ Open. 2019 Jul 23;9(7):e028114. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028114

Heus P, Damen JAAG, Pajouheshnia R, Scholten RJPM, Reitsma JB, Collins GS, Altman DG, Moons KGM, Hooft L. Uniformity in measuring adherence to reporting guidelines: the example of TRIPOD for assessing completeness of reporting of prediction model studies. BMJ Open. 2019 Apr 24;9(4):e025611. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025611

Damen JAAG, Debray TPA, Pajouheshnia R, Reitsma JB, Scholten RJPM, Moons KGM, Hooft L. Empirical evidence of the impact of study characteristics on the performance of prediction models: a meta-epidemiological study. BMJ Open. 2019 Apr 1;9(4):e026160. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026160

Wildenschild C, Riis AH, Ehrenstein V, Hatch EE, Wise LA, Rothman KJ, Sorensen HT, Mikkelsen EM. Fecundability among Danish women with a history of miscarriage: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2019 Jan;9(1):e023996. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023996

Simou E, Britton J, Leonardi-Bee J. Alcohol and the risk of pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2018 Aug 22;8(8):e022344. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022344

Accordini S, Calciano L, Johannessen A, Portas L, Benediktsdottir B, Bertelsen RJ, Braback L, Carsin AE, Dharmage SC, Dratva J, Forsberg B, Gomez Real F, Heinrich J, Holloway JW, Holm M, Janson C, Jogi R, Leynaert B, Malinovschi A, Marcon A, Martinez-Moratalla Rovira J, Raherison C, Sanchez-Ramos JL, Schlunssen V, Bono R, Corsico AG, Demoly P, Dorado Arenas S, Nowak D, Pin I, Weyler J, Jarvis D, Svanes C, Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts (ALEC) Study. A three-generation study on the association of tobacco smoking with asthma. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Aug 1;47(4):1106-17. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy031

Forns J, Stigum H, Hoyer BB, Sioen I, Sovcikova E, Nowack N, Lopez-Espinosa MJ, Guxens M, Ibarluzea J, Torrent M, Wittsiepe J, Govarts E, Trnovec T, Chevrier C, Toft G, Vrijheid M, Iszatt N, Eggesbo M. Prenatal and postnatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pooled analysis of seven European birth cohort studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Aug;47(4):1082-97. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy052

Yuguero O, Melnick ER, Marsal JR, Esquerda M, Soler-Gonzalez J. Cross-sectional study of the association between healthcare professional's empathy and burnout and the number of annual primary care visits per patient under their care in Spain. BMJ Open. 2018 Jul 30;8(7):e020949. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020949

Pollard DJ, Brennan A, Dixon S, Waugh N, Elliott J, Heller S, Lee E, Campbell M, Basarir H, White D, REPOSE group. Cost-effectiveness of insulin pumps compared with multiple daily injections both provided with structured education for adults with type 1 diabetes: a health economic analysis of the Relative Effectiveness of Pumps over Structured Education (REPOSE) randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 7;8(4):e016766. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016766

Petersen TG, Liew Z, Andersen AN, Andersen GL, Andersen PK, Martinussen T, Olsen J, Rebordosa C, Tollanes MC, Uldall P, Wilcox AJ, Strandberg-Larsen K. Use of paracetamol, ibuprofen or aspirin in pregnancy and risk of cerebral palsy in the child. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 1;47(1):121-30. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx235

Druce KL, Cordingley L, Short V, Moore S, Hellman B, James B, Lunt M, Kyle SD, Dixon WG, McBeth J. Quality of life, sleep and rheumatoid arthritis (QUASAR): A protocol for a prospective UK mHealth study to investigate the relationship between sleep and quality of life in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 26;8(1):e018752. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018752

Eze IC, Foraster M, Schaffner E, Vienneau D, Heritier H, Rudzik F, Thiesse L, Pieren R, Imboden M, von Eckardstein A, Schindler C, Brink M, Cajochen C, Wunderli J, Roosli M, Probst-Hensch N. Long-term exposure to transportation noise and air pollution in relation to incident diabetes in the SAPALDIA study. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Aug 1;46(4):1115-25. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx020

Vilanova MB, Falguera M, Marsal JR, Rubinat E, Alcubierre N, Castelblanco E, Granado-Casas M, Miro N, Mollo A, Mata-Cases M, Franch-Nadal J, Mauricio D. Prevalence, clinical features and risk assessment of pre-diabetes in Spain: the prospective Mollerussa cohort study. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 11;7(6):e015158. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015158

Julvez J, Avella-Garcia C, Garcia-Esteban R, Basagana X, Sunyer J. Response to the comment: variable selection should be blinded to the outcome. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Jun 1;46(3):1079-80. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx049

Marcano Belisario JS, Doherty K, O'Donoghue J, Ramchandani P, Majeed A, Doherty G, Morrison C, Car J. A bespoke mobile application for the longitudinal assessment of depression and mood during pregnancy: protocol of a feasibility study. BMJ Open. 2017 May 29;7(5):e014469. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014469

Llop S, Ballester F, Murcia M, Forns J, Tardon A, Andiarena A, Vioque J, Ibarluzea J, Fernandez-Somoano A, Sunyer J, Julvez J, Rebagliato M, Lopez-Espinosa MJ. Prenatal exposure to mercury and neuropsychological development in young children: the role of fish consumption. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Nov 13. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw259

Taylor S, Demeyin (Nuabor) W, Muls A, Ferguson C, Farnell DJ, Cohen D, Andreyev J, Green J, Smith L, Ahmedzai S, Pickett S, Nelson A, Staffurth J. Improving the well-being of men by Evaluating and Addressing the Gastrointestinal Late Effects (EAGLE) of radical treatment for prostate cancer: study protocol for a mixed-method implementation project. BMJ Open. 2016 Oct 3;6(10):e011773. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011773

Avella-Garcia CB, Julvez J, Fortuny J, Rebordosa C, Garcia-Esteban R, Galan IR, Tardon A, Rodriguez-Bernal CL, Iniguez C, Andiarena A, Santa-Marina L, Sunyer J. Acetaminophen use in pregnancy and neurodevelopment: attention function and autism spectrum symptoms. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Jun. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw115

Marcano-Belisario JS, Gupta AK, O'Donoghue J, Morrison C, Car J. Tablet computers for implementing NICE antenatal mental health guidelines: protocol of a feasibility study. BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 22;6(1):e009930. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009930

Mordin M, Masaquel C, Abbott C, Copley-Merriman C. Factors affecting the health-related quality of life of patients with cervical dystonia and impact of treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport): results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. BMJ Open. 2014 Oct 16;4(10):e005150. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005150

Laramee P, Brodtkorb TH, Rahnali N, Knight C, Barbosa C, Francois C, Toumi M, Daeppen JB, Rehm J. The cost-effectiveness and public health benefit of nalmefene added to psychosocial support for the reduction of alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent patients with high/very high drinking risk levels: a Markov model. BMJ Open. 2014 Sep 16;4(9). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005376

Cohen CJ, Meyers JL, Davis KL. Association between daily antiretroviral pill burden and treatment adherence, hospitalisation risk, and other healthcare utilisation and costs in a US medicaid population with HIV. BMJ Open. 2013 Aug 1;3(8):e003028.

Kandala NB, Connock M, Grove A, Sutcliffe P, Mohiuddin S, Hartley L, Court R, Cummins E, Gordon C, Clarke A. Belimumab: a technological advance for systemic lupus erythematosus patients? Report of a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2013 Jul 19;3(7):pii: e002.

Casas M, Chatzi L, Carsin AE, Amiano P, Guxens M, Kogevinas M, Koutra K, Lertxundi N, Murcia M, Rebagliato M, Riano I, Rodriguez-Bernal CL, Roumeliotaki T, Sunyer J, Mendez M, Vrijheid M. Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity, and child neuropsychological development: two Southern European birth cohort studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr;42(2):506-17. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt002

Macdonald TM, Mackenzie IS, Wei L, Hawkey CJ, Ford I, Perez-Gutthann S. Methodology of a large prospective, randomised, open, blinded endpoint streamlined safety study of celecoxib versus traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis: protocol of the Standard care versus Celocoxib Outcome Trial (SCOT). BMJ Open. 2013 Jan 29;3(1):e002295. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002295

Rothman KJ, Gallacher JEJ, Hatch EE. Why representativeness should be avoided. Int J Epidemiol. 2013;42(4):1012-4.

Rothman KJ, Gallacher JEJ, Hatch EE. Rebuttal: when it comes to scientific inference, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Int J Epidemiol. 2013;42:1026-8.

Herring WL, Herrmann JW. The single-day surgery scheduling problem: sequential decision-making and threshold-based heuristics. OR spectrum: quantitative approaches in management. 2012 Apr 1;34(2):429-59.

Mikkelsen EM, Hatch EE, Wise LA, Rothman KJ, Riis A, Sorensen HT. Cohort profile: the Danish web-based pregnancy planning study – ‘Snart-Gravid'. Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Aug 1;38(4):938-43.

Rebordosa C, Kogevinas M, Bech BH, Sørensen HT, Olsen J. Use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;38(3):706-14.

Gotschi T, Sunyer J, Chinn S, de Marco R, Forsberg B, Gauderman JW, Garcia-Esteban R, Heinrich J, Jacquemin B, Jarvis D, Ponzio M, Villani S, Kunzli N. Air pollution and lung function in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Dec;37(6):1349-58. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn136

Rebordosa C, Kogevinas M, Sørensen HT, Olsen J. Pre-natal exposure to paracetamol and risk of wheezing and asthma in children: a birth cohort study. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;37(3):583-290. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn070

Rothman KJ. Commentary: epidemiology still ascendant. Int J Epidemiol. 2007 Aug 1;36(4):710-1.