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    Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    J. P. van der Sluijs, V. Amaral-Rogers in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2015)

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    Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites

    Since their discovery in the late 1980s, neonicotinoid pesticides have become the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide, with large-scale applications ranging from plant protection (crops, vegetable...

    N. Simon-Delso, V. Amaral-Rogers in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2015)

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    Comparison of different methods of inter-eye asymmetry of rim area and disc area analysis

    To describe different methods of inter-eye asymmetry of rim area (RA) to disc area (DA) asymmetry ratio (RADAAR) analysis.

    A A K Fansi, H Boisjoly, M Chagnon, P J Harasymowycz in Eye (2011)

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    Prognostic impact of abdominal adiposity, waist circumference and body mass index in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy

    We tested the potential role of abdominal visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissues, waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) as prognostic factors in patients with intermediate-risk pros...

    T Zilli, T V Nguyen, J-P Bahary, M Chagnon, A Dufresne in International Journal of Obesity (2011)

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    Genetic variation at the adipsin locus and response to long-term overfeeding

    Objectives: The role of adipsin and adipsin Hinc II polymorphisms on the metabolic and body composition changes in response to overfeeding was studied.

    O Ukkola, M Chagnon, A Tremblay, C Bouchard in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2003)

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    Genetic factors as predictors of weight gain in young adult Dutch men and women

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between DNA polymorphisms in several candidate genes for obesity and weight gain. Polymorphisms in these genes may contribute to weight gain through effects on energy int...

    CTM van Rossum, B Hoebee, JC Seidell, C Bouchard in International Journal of Obesity (2002)

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    A missense mutation in the human melanocortin-4 receptor gene in relation to abdominal obesity and salivary cortisol

    The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4-R) regulates food intake and possibly energy expenditure, and the inactivation of the MC4-R by gene targeting results in obesity, a phenotype strongly associated with Type II ...

    R. Rosmond, M. Chagnon, C. Bouchard, P. Björntorp in Diabetologia (2001)

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    Polymorphism in exon 6 of the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) is associated with elevated blood pressure and personality disorders in men

    A deficient dopamine D2 receptor (DA2) formation or action may contribute to hypertension via an increase of catecholamine release. In addition, Axis II personality disorders that appears odd or eccentric (cluste...

    R Rosmond, T Rankinen, M Chagnon, L Pérusse, YC Chagnon in Journal of Human Hypertension (2001)

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    Polymorphisms in the leptin receptor gene, body composition and fat distribution in overweight and obese women

    OBJECTIVE: Leptin is an adipocyte-secreted hormone involved in body weight regulation, acting through the leptin receptor, localised centrally in the hypothalamus as well as peripherally, amongst others on adipos...

    M Wauters, I Mertens, M Chagnon, T Rankinen in International Journal of Obesity (2001)

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    35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes

    A. Melander, J. Olsson, G. Lindberg, A. Salzman, T. Howard, P. Stang in Diabetologia (1999)

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    Linkages and associations between the leptin receptor (LEPR) gene and human body composition in the Québec Family Study

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate linkage and association between the leptin receptor (LEPR) gene and body composition variables in the Québec Family Study (QFS).

    YC Chagnon, WK Chung, L Pérusse, M Chagnon, RL Leibel in International Journal of Obesity (1999)

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    An incidence of skeletal fluorosis associated with groundwaters of the maritime carboniferous basin, Gaspé region, Quebec, Canada

    Consumption of unusually high concentrations of F in groundwaters of the Maria area in the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec have resulted in symptoms of skeletal fluorosis in two members of the population. One of these...

    D. R. Boyle, M. Chagnon in Environmental Geochemistry and Health (1995)

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    The mechanism of action of leukotrienes A4, C4 and D4 on human lung parenchymain vitro

    Indomethacin (20µg.ml−1), a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, and OKY-1581 (50 ug.ml−1), a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, did not affect contractions of the superfused human lung parenchymal strips induced by histamin...

    M. Chagnon, J. Gentile, M. Gladu, P. Sirois in Lung (1985)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Méthode d’appréciation de la qualité des soins infirmiers (M.A.Q.S.I.)

    Il est courant d’entendre, dans des conférences de ce genre, une description détaillée des diverses phases d’une recherche. Il est pourtant plus rare de connaître les effets positifs qui en ont résultés dans l...

    M. Chagnon, P. Lange-Sondack, D. Arlot-Tovel in Third International Conference on System S… (1984)