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Academic degrees
2004 Degree in Biochemistry by Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.
2007 Master in Epidemiology by Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.
2011 PhD in Public Health by Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.
Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
2004 Erasmus programme at the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedical
Research Alberto Sols, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2005 – 2008 Research Fellow at the Unit of Research and Development Cardiovascular of
Porto, Porto, Portugal (JNICT UI&D 51/94).
2008 – 2011 PhD Student at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Faculty of
Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (SFRH/BD/36818/2007).
2009 Internship at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘‘Mario Negri’’, Milan, Italy.
2009 – Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, function
that currently holds, in the following curricular units:
- Epidemiology I and Epidemiology II (Integrated Master in Medicine);
- Molecular Epidemiology (Master in Epidemiology);
- Information Sources for Health Education (Master in Health Education);
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (Master and Doctoral Programme in Public Health);
- Thesis Project (PhD in Global Public Health).
2015 – Lecturer at the Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal in the
Public Health Specialization Course in the context of the internship integrated in the
Medical Residency Programme in Public Health.
2012 – Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto,
Portugal, function that currently holds (SFRH/BPD/75918/2011;
SFRH/BPD/108751/2015).
Other activities
1. Member of scientific societies such as the Portuguese Epidemiological Association since
2006, of the International Epidemiological Association since 2010, of the Portuguese
Association for Cancer Research since 2013, and of the European Association for Cancer
Research since 2014.
2. Member of the reviewers panel for abstracts submitted to the IEA-EEF European
Congress of Epidemiology 2006 (Utrecht), the IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology
2007 (Cork), the VI Portuguese Congress of Epidemiology 2008 (Porto), the II Congresso
Nacional de Saúde Pública 2010 (Porto), the IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology
2012 (Porto), the II Congresso Ibero-Americano de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública 2015
(Santiago de Compostela), the 10th YES Meeting 2015 (Porto), the HEC 2016 Health -
Exploring Complexity: An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach, GMDS & DGEpi & IEA-EEF
Annual Meeting, Medical Informatics Europe - MIE 2016 (Munich), the XXXIV Reunión
Científica de la SEE/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (Seville), and
the 11th YES Meeting 2016 (Porto).
3. Member of the organizing committee of the XVI Porto Cancer Meeting (international),
held in Porto in April 2007, of the VI Portuguese Congress of Epidemiology (national), held
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in Porto in October 2008, and of the Third Annual Project Meeting of the Stomach cancer
Pooling (StoP) Project (international), held in Porto in June 2015.
4. Co-editor of the national journal Arquivos de Medicina from 2007 to 2015.
5. Peer review of papers submitted to scientific journals in the areas of Epidemiology, Public
Health, Oncology and Gastroenterology, since 2008.
6. Member of the editorial board of the international journals World Journal of Meta-
Analysis, World Journal of Gastroenterology and Frontiers in Oncology since 2013, and of
the journals Journal of Tumor and BMC Gastroenterology since 2014.
7. Member of the jury to award research grants in the framework of scientific research
projects or R&D institutions, since 2012.
8. Member of the advisory board for the peer reviewing of research projects submitted to
funding by Fondazione Cariplo in the area of Biomedicine in 2013.
9. Member of the internal review board of the Institute of Public Health, University of
Porto, Porto, Portugal, as rotary chairman of a working group, since 2013.
10. Member of the jury of PhD public defense in Public Health of: Joana Antunes de Lima
Bastos, Incidence and prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in three Portuguese
cohorts, Porto, 28 May 2013; Luís Manuel da Cunha Pacheco Figueiredo, Epidemiology of
cancer survivorship in Portugal, Porto, 9 April 2015; Susana Filipa Saraiva Leal Abrantes
Pereira, Neurological complications of breast cancer, Porto, 19 July 2016.
11. Member of the jury to award prizes for the best oral and poster communication in the
session Public Health and Medical Informatics during the 10th YES Meeting, Porto, 17-20
September 2015.
12. Managing editor of the Porto Biomedical Journal since 2016.
13. Responsible for internship at the Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto,
Portugal of Iván Cavero Redondo from Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de
Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain during the PhD in Public Health Research and Physical
Activity. Glycosylated haemoglobin as a predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality:
a systematic review and meta-analysis. May-July, 2016.
Prizes and awards
1. Enrico Anglesio Prize – attributed to a young researcher in the field of cancer
epidemiology for presenting his work at the XXXV Meeting of the Group for Epidemiology
and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages Countries. Toledo, 12-14 May 2010.
2. Best Oral Communication (3rd place) – Barros S, Castro C, Ferro A, Morais S, Lunet N,
Peleteiro B. Worldwide burden of gastric cancer attributable to high sodium intake in 2012
and predictions for 2035. XIV Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação da APN. Lisbon, 21-22
May 2015.
3. Best Poster – Kana MA, Correia S, Peleteiro B, Severo M, Barros H. The impact of 2008 global financial crises on low birth weight in Portugal: a temporal trend analysis. 7th Young Researchers’ Forum, as part of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) organized in the context of the 8th European Public Health (EUPHA) Conference. Milan, 15 October 2015.
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Participation in research projects
1. Member of R&D Unit Unit of Research and Development Cardiovascular of Porto, Porto,
Portugal (JNICT UI&D 51/94), from 2007 to 2014.
2. Member of the research team of the project “Determinants of Helicobacter pylori
infection: a lifecourse approach” funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(PTDC/SAU-ESA/103958/2008), already completed.
3. Member of the research team as PhD of the project “Determinants of gastric and
esophageal cancers incidence in the north of Portugal” funded by Fundação para a Ciência
e a Tecnologia (PTDC/SAU-EPI/122460/2010), already completed.
4. Member of the international consortium of epidemiological studies on gastric cancer
Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project, started in 2013.
5. Integrated member of the R&D Unit EPIUnit – Institute of Public Health, University of
Porto, Porto, Portugal (UID/DTP/04750/2013), since 2015.
Thesis supervision
1. Mariana Carvalho Oliveira. Cytology use for cervical cancer screening in Portugal: results
from the 2005/2006 National Health Survey. Master thesis in Health Education.
University of Porto, 2013. Co-supervisor: Nuno Lunet.
2. Susana Raquel Moura Barros. Diabetes and the incidence of cancer in a Portuguese urban
cohort. Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2013. Co-supervisor: Nuno
Lunet.
3. Catarina Filipa Guedes Monteiro. Sodium intake and Helicobacter pylori infection in the
early stages of life. Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2015.
4. Abdulrazak Mohamed Ibrahim. The role of gender for Helicobacter pylori infection
acquisition in adult and pediatric populations: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2015.
5. Alexandre Costa e Silva Barra de Sá. The effect of chronic disease family history on the
adoption of healthier lifestyles. Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2015.
[ongoing]
6. Hassan Abdi Mohamud. The occupational risk of Helicobacter pylori infection – a
systematic review. Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2015. [ongoing]
7. Khadija Bashir Ibar. Cervical cytology use in Portugal: results from the National Health
Survey 2014. Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2015. [ongoing]
8. Sofia Chkotua. Mammography use in Portugal: results from the National Health Survey
2014. Master thesis in Public Health. University of Porto, 2015. [ongoing]
9. Sónia Maria de Sousa Monteiro Nouws. Determinants of the response time during the
process of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Master thesis in Health Education.
University of Porto, 2015. Co-supervisor: Nuno Lunet. [ongoing]
10. Luísa Isabel Lopes Conceição. The impact of human-animal interactions on patient-
reported outcomes of women diagnosed with breast cancer. PhD thesis in Public Health.
University of Porto, 2015. Co-supervisors: Nuno Lunet, Liliana de Sousa. [ongoing]
11. Hernâni Barros Zão Corga Oliveira. Health literacy: a proposal of a network intervention
for the public health challenge in Portugal. PhD in Digital Media. University of Porto,
2015. Supervisor: Helena Lima [ongoing] – Co-supervisor.
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12. Iván Cavero Redondo. Analysis and assessment of HbA1c as a biomarker for the diagnosis
of diabetes, the prevention of cardiovascular risk and as predictor of mortality in the adult
population. PhD thesis in Public Health Research and Physical Activity. Universidad de
Castilla-La Mancha, 2016. Supervisor: Vicente Martínez Vizcaíno [ongoing] – Co-
supervisor.
Courses and conferences
1. XII National Congress of Biochemistry. Póvoa de Varzim, 28-30 September 2000.
2. Personal data protection. Luís Lingnau Silveira. Porto, 16 March 2005.
3. VI Seminar on Clinical and Cancer Epidemiology. Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology:
basics, design and analysis. Miquel Porta Serra, Victor Moreno Aguado, Juan Alguacil
Ojeda. Barcelona, 18-22 April 2005.
4. Cancer Epidemiology. Isabel Santos Silva, Julian Peto. Porto, 26-30 April 2005.
5. Design and analysis of complex surveys and randomised trials. Tim Peters, Sara Brookes,
Denisa Mendonça. Porto, 8-12 May 2006.
6. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Nuno Lunet, Joana Bastos. Porto, 8-12 May 2006.
7. XV Porto Cancer Meeting. Helicobacter pylori: from infection to gastric cancer. Porto, 27-
28 April 2006.
8. X Equinox Conference. Public and Private: Medicine, Research and Teaching. Porto, 9
October 2006.
9. XVI Porto Cancer Meeting. Cancer etiology: bridging worlds. Porto, 20-21 April 2007.
10. Medical Anthropology. Carlos Coimbra Jr. Porto, 2-5 May 2007.
11. Statistical Design and Analysis of Genetic Epidemiology Studies. David Clayton. Florence,
18-22 June 2007.
12. Advanced Epidemiologic Methods. Timothy L. Lash. Berlin, 21-25 July 2008.
13. Course on Epidemiologic Research and New Directions. Porto Alegre, 20-21 September
2008.
14. Workshop in Pharmacoepidemiology and Risk Management. Kenneth J. Rothman, Susana
Perez-Gutthann. Porto, 15-16 October 2008.
15. Workshop: The Making of an Epidemiologist. Rodolfo Saracci, Francisco Bolumar, Ana
Azevedo, Nuno Lunet. Porto, 23 October 2008.
16. Modern Methods in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Regression and Survival Analysis.
Stanley Lemeshow, David W. Hosmer. Rome, 26 October-6 November 2009.
17. National Cancer Registries Meeting 2010. Porto, 17 December 2010.
18. Health demographics. Neir Antunes Paes. Porto, 19-28 November 2012.
19. National Cancer Registries Meeting 2012. Porto, 14 December 2012.
20. National Cancer Registries Meeting 2013. Porto, 13 December 2013.
21. National Cancer Registries Meeting 2015. Porto, 11 December 2015.
22. Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI). Global Health Politics. Nitsan
Chorev, Andrew Schrank. Madrid, 10-16 January 2016.
23. Jornadas do Centro de Neurociências CUF Porto. Journalism and the Communication of
Medical Science. Porto, 8 April 2016.
24. Fourth Annual Project Meeting of the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Milan, 21
June 2016.
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Communications
By invitation
1. Peleteiro B. Bases de dados e sítios da internet relacionados com Saúde. Programa
Universidade Júnior, University of Porto. Porto, 7 July 2009.
2. Peleteiro B, Lunet N. A model to explain the variation in gastric cancer incidence: the
role of the StoP Project. Third Annual Project Meeting of the Stomach cancer Pooling
(StoP) Project. Porto, 9-10 June 2015.
3. Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Identifying the profile of Helicobacter pylori negative gastric
cancers: a pooled analysis within the StoP Project. Third Annual Project Meeting of the
Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Porto, 9-10 June 2015.
4. Peleteiro B. Cancer Epidemiology: using secondary data in Portugal. UZHELTH Project
from the European Commission. Porto, 7 April 2016.
5. Peleteiro B. Hp e o risco de carcinoma gástrico. Round table on Helicobacter pylori.
Semana Digestiva 2016. Albufeira, 3 June 2016.
6. Peleteiro B. A model to explain the variation in gastric cancer burden. Round table on
Non Communicable Diseases Epidemiology. ISPUP 10th Anniversary. Porto, 12 July
2016.
Oral
1. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Barros R, David L, Barros H, Lunet N. The role of Helicobacter
pylori infection in the web of gastric cancer causation – ongoing research. SSM/IEA
Joint Meeting 07. EYE Workshop. Work in progress. Cork, 12-14 September 2007.
2. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Lopes C, Barros H, Lunet N. Dietary patterns and gastric cancer in
a Portuguese urban population. SSM/IEA Joint Meeting 07. Cork, 12-14 September
2007.
3. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Lunet N, Cunha L, Modcoicar P, Ismail M, Guisseve A, Lorenzoni
C, Gimo N, Matuele J, Gemo E, Barros H, David L. Socio-demographic and lifestyle risk
factors for gastric intestinal metaplasia: a study in Mozambique. V Congresso Nacional
de Epidemiologia. A Saúde dos Homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica. Lisbon, 14-
16 November 2007.
4. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães T, Barros H, Lunet N. Prevalence
of Helicobacter pylori infection in a Portuguese urban sample. V Congresso Nacional de
Epidemiologia. A Saúde dos Homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica. Lisbon, 14-16
November 2007.
5. Lunet N, Barros R, Peleteiro B, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer: a case-
control study with infection status assessed by Western Blot. V Congresso Nacional de
Epidemiologia. A Saúde dos Homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica. Lisbon, 14-16
November 2007.
6. Peleteiro B, Barros R, Lunet N, Barros H. Which features of Helicobacter pylori infection
predict gastric cancer in a high-risk population?. VI Congresso Português de
Epidemiologia. Epidemiologia do Cancro. Porto, 23-24 October 2008.
7. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Lunet N, Modcoicar P, Figueiredo C, Machado JC, Cunha L,
Ismail M, Lorenzoni C, Barros H. Determinants of gastric precancerous lesions: a
comparison between Mozambique and Portugal. VI Congresso Português de
Epidemiologia. Epidemiologia do Cancro. Porto, 23-24 October 2008.
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8. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Fraga S, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães T, Ramos E, Lunet N,
Barros H. Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in a
cohort of Portuguese adolescents (EpiTeen). VI Congresso Português de Epidemiologia.
Epidemiologia do Cancro. Porto, 23-24 October 2008.
9. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Gouveia J. The state of the art of cancer control
structures in European countries (January 2008). 16th European Conference on Public
Health. I-Health: Health and Innovation in Europe. Lisbon, 6-8 November 2008.
10. Peleteiro B, Barros R, Lunet N, La Vecchia C, Barros H. Which features of Helicobacter
pylori infection predict gastric cancer in a high-risk population?. XXXIV Meeting of the
Group for Epidemiology and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages Countries.
Lugano, 20-22 May 2009.
11. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, David L, Machado JC, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Association
between cytokine gene polymorphisms and gastric precancerous lesions. IEA-EEF
European Congress of Epidemiology. Epidemiology for Clinical Medicine and Public
Health. Warsaw, 26-29 August 2009.
12. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães T, La Vecchia C, Barros
H. Helicobacter pylori infection and socioeconomic status in a high prevalence
developed country: prevalence, incidence and seroreversion. IEA-EEF European
Congress of Epidemiology. Epidemiology for Clinical Medicine and Public Health.
Warsaw, 26-29 August 2009.
13. Pinto MC, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cardia cancer:
systematic review and meta-analysis. IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology.
Epidemiology for Clinical Medicine and Public Health. Warsaw, 26-29 August 2009.
14. Peleteiro B, Lopes C, Figueiredo C, Lunet N. Salt intake and gastric cancer risk
according to Helicobacter pylori infection, tumour location and histological type. XXXV
Meeting of the Group for Epidemiology and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages
Countries. Toledo, 12-14 May 2010.
15. Peleteiro B, Pereira M, Bastos J, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Variação na mortalidade pelas
doenças oncológicas mais frequentes em Portugal entre 1985 e 2005. II Congresso
Nacional de Saúde Pública. Porto, 28-29 October 2010.
16. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Lunet N, Azevedo A. Variação na mortalidade por
doenças cardiovasculares em Portugal entre 1985 e 2005. II Congresso Nacional de
Saúde Pública. Porto, 28-29 October 2010.
17. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Variação na mortalidade por
doenças cardiovasculares e oncológicas em Portugal entre 1985 e 2005. II Congresso
Nacional de Saúde Pública. Porto, 28-29 October 2010.
18. Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Correia S, Marinho AS, Guimarães T, La Vecchia C,
Barros H. The role of child-care attendance in the early life prevalence of Helicobacter
pylori infection: results from the Portuguese birth cohort Geração XXI. XXXVII Meeting
of the Group for Epidemiology and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages
Countries. Porto, 16-18 May 2012.
19. Peleteiro B, Severo M, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Model-based patterns in stomach cancer
mortality across countries. IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology. Epidemiology
for a fair and healthy society. Porto, 5-8 September 2012.
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20. Barros S, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Diabetes and the incidence of cancer in a Portuguese
urban cohort. XV Congresso Anual da APNEP. Porto, 22-23 April 2013.
21. Barros S, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Diabetes and the incidence of cancer in a Portuguese
urban cohort. XII Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação da APN. Lisbon, 16-17 May
2013.
22. Castro C, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. A systematic review of published meta-analyses on the
main determinants of esophageal cancer. I Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia e
Registo de Cancro. Porto, 6-7 November 2014.
23. Peleteiro B, Castro C, Morais S, Ferro A, Lunet N. Worldwide burden of gastric cancer
attributable to tobacco smoking in 2012 and predictions for 2020. I Congresso Nacional
de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro. Porto, 6-7 November 2014.
24. Morais S, Ferro A, Bastos A, Castro C, Lunet N, Peleteiro B. Trends in gastric cancer
mortality and in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Portugal. I Congresso
Nacional de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro. Porto, 6-7 November 2014.
25. Ibrahim A, Morais S, Peleteiro B. The role of gender for Helicobacter pylori infection
acquisition in adult and pediatric populations. I International Meeting of New Health
Researchers. Leiria, 7-8 May 2015.
26. Barros S, Castro C, Ferro A, Morais S, Lunet N, Peleteiro B. Worldwide burden of gastric
cancer attributable to high sodium intake in 2012 and predictions for 2035. XIV
Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação da APN. Lisbon, 21-22 May 2015.
27. Morais S, Costa AR, Ferro A, Lunet N, Peleteiro B. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori
infection in migrants: A systematic review and spatial analysis. XXXIV Reunión
Científica de la SEE/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia. Seville,
14-16 September 2016.
28. Machado F, Pérez-Gómez B, Pollán M, Mendes R, Ruano-Ravina A, Peleteiro B. Cancro
em Portugal / Cáncer en España. Round table coordination. XXXIV Reunión Científica
de la SEE/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia. Seville, 14-16
September 2016.
Posters
1. Osório H, Silles E, Maia R, Peleteiro B, Moradas-Ferreira P, Gunther Sillero MA, Sillero
A. Influence of chronological aging on the survival and nucleotide content of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown in different conditions: occurrence of a high
concentration of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in stationary cells grown in 2% glucose.
XXVII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Lerida, 12-
15 September 2004.
2. Peleteiro B, Santos AC, Barros H. Ácido úrico e a sua associação com o síndrome
metabólico. I Congresso Nacional de Saúde e Comportamento. Interdisciplinariedade,
Prevenção e Promoção da Saúde. Braga, 2-3 June 2005.
3. Oliveira A, Peleteiro B, Ferreira R, Severo M, Barros H. Uso de suplementos vitamínicos
e minerais numa amostra comunitária do Porto. I Congresso Nacional de Saúde e
Comportamento. Interdisciplinariedade, Prevenção e Promoção da Saúde. Braga, 2-3
June 2005.
4. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, David L, Figueiredo C, Barros H. Smoking, Helicobacter pylori
virulence, and type of intestinal metaplasia in Portuguese males. IEA-EEF European
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Congress of Epidemiology. Epidemiology and Health Care Practice. Utrecht, 28 June-1
July 2006.
5. Peleteiro B, Barros H, Lunet N. Prevalência de metaplasia intestinal em diferentes
países: revisão sistemática e análise ecológica. IV Congresso de Epidemiologia. Gripe: A
caminho de uma Pandemia?. Cascais, 11-13 October 2006.
6. Pereira F, Magalhães B, Canedo P, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H, Machado JC. Pro-
inflammatory genetic polymorphisms and the risk of developing colorectal cancer. 14th
United European Gastroenterology Week. Berlin, 21-25 October 2006.
7. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Lunet N, Cunha L, Modcoicar P, Ismail M, Guisseve A, Lorenzoni
C, Gimo N, Matuele J, Gemo E, Barros H, David L. Socio-demographic and lifestyle risk
factors for gastric intestinal metaplasia: a study in Mozambique. V Congresso Nacional
de Epidemiologia. A Saúde dos Homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica. Lisbon, 14-
16 November 2007.
8. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães T, Barros H, Lunet N. Prevalence
of Helicobacter pylori infection in a Portuguese urban sample. V Congresso Nacional de
Epidemiologia. A Saúde dos Homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica. Lisbon, 14-16
November 2007.
9. Lunet N, Barros R, Peleteiro B, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer: a case-
control study with infection status assessed by Western Blot. V Congresso Nacional de
Epidemiologia. A Saúde dos Homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica. Lisbon, 14-16
November 2007.
10. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Lunet N, Modcoicar P, Figueiredo C, Machado JC, Cunha L,
Ismail M, Lorenzoni C, Barros H. Determinants of gastric precancerous lesions: a
comparison between Mozambique and Portugal. XVIII IEA World Congress of
Epidemiology. Epidemiology in the Construction of Health for All: Tools for a Changing
World. Porto Alegre, 20-24 September 2008.
11. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Fraga S, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães T, Ramos E, Lunet N,
Barros H. Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in a
cohort of Portuguese adolescents (EpiTeen). XVIII IEA World Congress of Epidemiology.
Epidemiology in the Construction of Health for All: Tools for a Changing World. Porto
Alegre, 20-24 September 2008.
12. Lunet N, Pinto M, Peleteiro B, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori infection, gastric atrophy
and cardia cancer: a case-control study from Portugal. XVIII IEA World Congress of
Epidemiology. Epidemiology in the Construction of Health for All: Tools for a Changing
World. Porto Alegre, 20-24 September 2008.
13. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Gouveia J. The state of the art of cancer control
structures in European countries (January 2008). VI Congresso Português de
Epidemiologia. Epidemiologia do Cancro. Porto, 23-24 October 2008.
14. Pinto M, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori infection, gastric atrophy
and cardia cancer: a case-control study from Portugal. VI Congresso Português de
Epidemiologia. Epidemiologia do Cancro. Porto, 23-24 October 2008.
15. Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães JT, Barros H, Lunet N. Prevalence
of Helicobacter pylori infection in a Portuguese urban sample (1999-2003). 16th
European Conference on Public Health. I-Health: Health and Innovation in Europe.
Lisbon, 6-8 November 2008.
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16. Pinto M, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori infection, gastric atrophy
and cardia cancer: a case-control study from Portugal. II Encontro de Jovens
Investigadores da U.Porto. Porto, 25-27 February 2009.
17. Pinto MC, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cardia cancer:
systematic review and meta-analysis. XXIInd International Workshop on Helicobacter
and related bacteria in chronic digestive inflammation and gastric cancer. Porto, 17-19
September 2009.
18. Peleteiro B, Barros R, Carrilho C, Figueiredo C, Almeida R, David L, Lunet N. Association
between Helicobacter pylori infection and environmental risk factors for gastric cancer
and the occurrence of CDX2 expression in Mozambique. IEA-EEF European Congress of
Epidemiology. Epidemiology and Public Health in an Evolving Europe. Florence, 6-9
November 2010.
19. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Barros R, Carvalho S, Guimarães T, La Vecchia C, Barros H, Lunet
N. Prevalence Helicobacter pylori infection with CagA+ strains in a Portuguese urban
sample. IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology. Epidemiology and Public Health
in an Evolving Europe. Florence, 6-9 November 2010.
20. Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Marinho AS, Guimarães T, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori
infection in 4-year old children: results from a Portuguese birth cohort. XXXVI Meeting
of the Group for Epidemiology and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages
Countries. Caen, 1-3 June 2011.
21. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Time trends in mortality from
cardiovascular diseases and cancer in Portugal between 1985 and 2005. XIX IEA World
Congress of Epidemiology. Changing populations, changing diseases: Epidemiology for
Tomorrow’s World. Edinburgh, 7-11 August 2011.
22. Peleteiro B, Severo M, Lunet N. Model-based patterns in stomach cancer mortality
across countries. XXXVII Meeting of the Group for Epidemiology and Registration of
Cancer of Latin Languages Countries. Porto, 16-18 May 2012.
23. Ferronha I, Castro C, Carreira H, Bento MJ, Carvalho I, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Pre-
diagnosis lifestyle exposures and survival of gastric cancer patients: a cohort study
from Portugal. XXXVII Meeting of the Group for Epidemiology and Registration of
Cancer of Latin Languages Countries. Porto, 16-18 May 2012.
24. Barros S, Peleteiro B, Castro C, Bento MJ, Lunet N. Diabetes and the incidence of
gastric cancer in a Portuguese urban cohort. XXXVII Meeting of the Group for
Epidemiology and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages Countries. Porto, 16-18
May 2012.
25. Oliveira M, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Cytology use for cervical cancer screening in Portugal:
results from the 2005/2006 National Health Survey. IEA-EEF European Congress of
Epidemiology. Epidemiology for a fair and healthy society. Porto, 5-8 September 2012.
26. Peleteiro B, Lunet N. How strong is the association between environmental exposures
and gastric cancer?. A One Day Symposium with Carlos Caldas sponsored by EACR.
Porto, 29 October 2012.
27. Castro C, Peleteiro B, Bento MJ, Lunet N. Second primary cancers in patients with a
first primary cancer of the stomach: association with pre-diagnosis lifestyle exposures
and sociodemographic factors. XXXVIII Meeting of the Group for Epidemiology and
Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages Countries. Syracuse, 8-10 May 2013.
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28. Castro C, Peleteiro B, Bento MJ, Lunet N. Trends in esophageal, gastric and colorectal
cancer incidence in the North of Portugal (1994-2008) and predictions to 2015. XXXIX
Meeting of the Group for Epidemiology and Registration of Cancer of Latin Languages
Countries. Geneva, 28-30 May 2014.
29. Morais S, Rodrigues S, Amorim L, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Tobacco smoking and intestinal
metaplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis. I Congresso Nacional de
Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro. Porto, 6-7 November 2014.
30. Kana MA, Correia S, Peleteiro B, Severo M, Barros H. The impact of 2008 global
financial crises on low birth weight in Portugal: a temporal trend analysis. 8th
European Public Health Conference. Health in Europe – from global to local policies,
methods and practices. Milan, 14-17 October 2015.
Publications
Theses
1. Peleteiro B. [Stress oxidativo em Saccharomyces cervisiae – envelhecimento
cronológico, peróxido de hidrogénio e iodoacetamida]. Degree thesis. University of
Porto, 2004.
2. Peleteiro B. Risk factors for gastric intestinal metaplasia. Master thesis. University of
Porto, 2007.
3. Peleteiro B. The role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the web of gastric cancer
causation. PhD thesis. University of Porto, 2011.
Chapters in books
1. Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Barros H. Life course approaches to gastric cancer
etiology: current knowledge, potentials and promise. In: Tompkins MB, editor. Gastric
Cancer Research Trends. New York: Nova Publishers; 2007. pp. 129-46. ISBN: 978-1-
60692-824-0.
2. Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Gastric Cancer Etiology: Contribution from Molecular
Epidemiology. In: Degiuli M, editor. Management of Gastric Cancer: Recent Advances.
Turin: Edizioni Minerva Medica; 2008. pp. 23-33. ISBN: 978-88-7711-614-7.
3. Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Role of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Gastric
Carcinogenesis Pathway. In: Tonino P, editor. Gastritis and Gastric Cancer - New
Insights in Gastroprotection, Diagnosis and Treatments. Rijeka: InTech; 2011. pp. 197-
216. ISBN: 978-953-307-375-0. DOI: 10.5772/23662. Available from:
http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/role-of-genetic-and-environmental-
risk-factors-in-gastric-carcinogenesis-pathway.
Papers in international journals
1. Osório H, Silles E, Maia R, Peleteiro B, Moradas-Ferreira P, Gunther Sillero MA, Sillero
A. Influence of chronological aging on the survival and nucleotide content of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown in different conditions: occurrence of a high
concentration of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in stationary cells grown in 2% glucose.
FEMS Yeast Res. 2005;5(4-5):387-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2004.10.001.
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2. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Figueiredo C, Carneiro F, David L, Barros H. Smoking, Helicobacter
pylori virulence, and type of intestinal metaplasia in Portuguese males. Cancer
Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16(2):322-6. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0885.
3. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Santos-Silva F, David L, Figueiredo C, Barros H. Short mucin 1
alleles are associated with low virulent H pylori strains infection. World J
Gastroenterol. 2007;13(12):1885-6. DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i12.1885.
4. Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Barros H, Lunet N. Systematic review of gastric intestinal
metaplasia prevalence and its area level association with smoking. Gac Sanit.
2008;22(3):236-45. DOI: 10.1157/13123970.
5. Carrilho C, Modcoicar P, Cunha L, Ismail M, Guisseve A, Lorenzoni C, Fernandes F,
Peleteiro B, Almeida R, Figueiredo C, David L, Lunet N. Prevalence of Helicobacter
pylori infection, chronic gastritis, and intestinal metaplasia in Mozambican dyspeptic
patients. Virchows Arch. 2009;454(2):153-60. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0713-7.
6. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Modcoicar P, Cunha L, Ismail M, Guisseve A, Lorenzoni C,
Fernandes F, Almeida R, Figueiredo C, David L, Lunet N. Chronic atrophic gastritis,
intestinal metaplasia, Helicobacter pylori virulence, IL1RN polymorphisms and smoking
in dyspeptic patients from Mozambique and Portugal. Helicobacter. 2009;14(4):306-8.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2009.00687.x.
7. Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, Figueiredo C, Azevedo A. Sensitivity is not an intrinsic
property of a diagnostic test: empirical evidence from histological diagnosis of
Helicobacter pylori infection. BMC Gastroenterol. 2009;9(1):98. DOI: 10.1186/1471-
230X-9-98.
8. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Carrilho C, Durães C, Machado JC, La Vecchia C, Barros H.
Association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and gastric precancerous lesions:
systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev.
2010;19(3):762-76. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0917.
9. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Gouveia J, Coleman M, Lunet N. The state of the art of cancer
control in 30 European countries in 2008. Int J Cancer. 2010;126(11):2700-15. DOI:
10.1002/ijc.24963.
10. Bastos J, Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Lopes C, Barros H. Dietary patterns and gastric cancer in
a Portuguese urban population. Int J Cancer. 2010;127(2):433-41. DOI:
10.1002/ijc.25013.
11. Barros R, Peleteiro B, Almeida R, Figueiredo C, Barros H, David L, Lunet N. Relevance of
high virulence Helicobacter pylori strains and futility of CDX2 expression for predicting
intestinal metaplasia after eradication of infection. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010;45(7-
8):828-34. DOI: 10.3109/00365521003770269.
12. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros R, La Vecchia C, Barros H. Factors contributing to the
underestimation of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancer risk in a high-
prevalence population. Cancer Causes Control. 2010;21(8):1257-64. DOI:
10.1007/s10552-010-9553-2.
13. Pintalhao M, Dias-Neto M, Peleteiro B, Lopes C, Figueiredo C, David L, Lunet N. Salt
intake and type of intestinal metaplasia in Helicobacter pylori-infected Portuguese
men. Nutr Cancer. 2010;62(8):1153-60. DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2010.513799.
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14. Peleteiro B, Lopes C, Figueiredo C, Lunet N. Salt intake and gastric cancer risk
according to Helicobacter pylori infection, smoking, tumour site and histological type.
Br J Cancer. 2011;104(1):198-207. DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605993.
15. Peleteiro B, Cavaleiro-Pinto M, Barros R, Barros H, Lunet N. Is cardia cancer
aetiologically different from distal stomach cancer? Eur J Cancer Prev. 2011;20(2):96-
101. DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283429e77.
16. Cavaleiro-Pinto M, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H. Helicobacter pylori infection and
gastric cardia cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Causes Control.
2011;22(3):375-87. DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9707-2.
17. Pereira D, Peleteiro B, Araújo J, Branco J, Santos RA, Ramos E. The effect of
osteoarthritis definition on prevalence and incidence estimates: a systematic review.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011;19(11):1270-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.08.009.
18. Magalhães B, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer: systematic
review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2012;21(1):15-23. DOI:
10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283472241.
19. Peleteiro B, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. The role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the web
of gastric cancer causation. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2012;21(2):118-25. DOI:
10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32834a7f66.
20. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Wen X, Afonso LP, Mendes N, Barros R, Carneiro F, Almeida R,
Barros H. Association between environmental factors and CDX2 expression in gastric
cancer patients. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2012;21(5):423-31. DOI:
10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32834ef1aa.
21. Peleteiro B, Barros R, Carrilho C, Artiaga J, Cunha L, Modcoicar P, Ferreira R, Figueiredo
C, Almeida R, La Vecchia C, David L, Barros H, Lunet N. Determinants of gastric CDX2
expression: a study in Mozambique. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2012;21(6):532-40. DOI:
10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283523480.
22. Ferronha I, Castro C, Carreira H, Bento MJ, Carvalho I, Peleteiro B, Lunet N.
Prediagnosis lifestyle exposures and survival of gastric cancer patients: a cohort study
from Portugal. Br J Cancer. 2012;107(3):537-43. DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.258.
23. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Capewell S, Bennett K, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Changing patterns
of cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in Portugal, 1980-2010. BMC Public
Health. 2012;12(1):1126. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1126.
24. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães JT, Ramos E, La Vecchia C, Barros
H, Lunet N. Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in a
cohort of Portuguese adolescents (EpiTeen). Dig Liver Dis. 2013;45(4):290-5. DOI:
10.1016/j.dld.2012.11.009.
25. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Barros R, Alves L, Severo M, de Fátima Pina M, Pinto H, Carvalho
S, Marinho A, Guimarães JT, Azevedo A, La Vecchia C, Barros H, Lunet N.
Sociodemographic determinants of prevalence and incidence of Helicobacter pylori
infection in Portuguese adults. Helicobacter. 2013;18(6):413-22. DOI:
10.1111/hel.12061.
26. Oliveira M, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Cytology use for cervical cancer screening in Portugal:
results from the 2005/2006 National Health Survey. Eur J Public Health.
2014;24(2):253-8. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt077.
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27. Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Correira S, Marinho A, Guimarães JT, La Vecchia C,
Barros H. Child day-care attendance and Helicobacter pylori infection in the Portuguese
birth cohort Geração XXI. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2014;23(3):193-8. DOI:
10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328364742a.
28. Ferro A, Peleteiro B, Malvezzi M, Bosetti C, Bertuccio P, Levi F, Negri E, La Vecchia C,
Lunet N. Worldwide trends in gastric cancer mortality (1980-2011), with predictions to
2015, and incidence by subtype. Eur J Cancer. 2014;50(7):1330-44. DOI:
10.1016/j.ejca.2014.01.029.
29. Durães C, Muñoz X, Bonet C, García N, Venceslá A, Carneiro F, Peleteiro B, Lunet N,
Barros H, Lindkvist B, Boutron-Ruault M-C, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Rizzato C,
Trichopoulou A, Weiderpass E, Naccarati A, Travis RC, Tjønneland A, Gurrea AB,
Johansson M, Riboli E, Figueiredo C, González CA, Capellà G, Machado JC, Sala N.
Genetic variants in the IL1A gene region contribute to intestinal-type gastric carcinoma
susceptibility in European populations. Int J Cancer. 2014;135(6):1343-55. DOI:
10.1002/ijc.28776.
30. Peleteiro B, Bastos A, Ferro A, Lunet N. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection
worldwide: a systematic review of studies with national coverage. Dig Dis Sci.
2014;59(8):1698-709. DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3063-0.
31. Peleteiro B, Severo M, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Model-based patterns in stomach cancer
mortality worldwide. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2014;23(6):524-31. DOI:
10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328364f2b6.
32. Morais S, Rodrigues S, Amorim L, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Tobacco smoking and intestinal
metaplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Dig Liver Dis. 2014;46(11):1031-7.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.08.034.
33. Carreira H, Bastos A, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Breast-feeding and Helicobacter pylori
infection: systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health Nutr. 2015;18(3):500-20.
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014000500.
34. Pelucchi C, Lunet N, Boccia S, Zhang ZF, Praud D, Boffetta P, Levi F, Matsuo K, Ito H, Hu
J, Johnson KC, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Peleteiro B, Malekzadeh R, Derakhshan MH, Ye W,
Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragonés N, Martín V, Pakseresht M, Pourfarzi F, Bellavia A,
Orsini N, Wolk A, Mu L, Arzani D, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Muscat J, La Vecchia C,
Negri E. The Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project: study design and presentation. Eur
J Cancer Prev. 2015;24(1):16-23. DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000017.
35. Kana MA, Doctor HV, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H. Maternal and child health
interventions in Nigeria: a systematic review of published studies from 1990 to 2014.
BMC Public Health. 2015;15(1):334. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1688-3.
36. Peleteiro B, Castro C, Morais S, Ferro A, Lunet N. Worldwide burden of gastric cancer
attributable to tobacco smoking in 2012 and predictions for 2020. Dig Dis Sci.
2015;60(8):2470-6. DOI: 10.1007/s10620-015-3624-x.
37. Morais S, Ferro A, Bastos A, Castro C, Lunet N, Peleteiro B. Trends in gastric cancer
mortality and in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Portugal. Eur J Cancer
Prev. 2016;25(4):275-81. DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000183.
38. Peleteiro B, Padrão P, Castro C, Ferro A, Morais S, Lunet N. Worldwide burden of
gastric cancer in 2012 that could have been prevented by increasing fruit and vegetable
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intake and predictions for 2025. Br J Nutr. 2016;115(5):851-9. DOI:
10.1017/S000711451500522X.
39. Peleteiro B, Barros S, Castro C, Ferro A, Morais S, Lunet N. Worldwide burden of gastric
cancer in 2010 attributable to high sodium intake in 1990 and predicted attributable
burden for 2030 based on exposures in 2010. Br J Nutr. 2016 [in press]. DOI:
10.1017/S0007114516002518
40. Monteiro C, Costa AR, Peleteiro B. Sodium intake and Helicobacter pylori infection in
the early stages of life. Porto Biomed J. 2016;1(2):52-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbj.2016.05.001
41. Peleteiro B. Health backstage: much more than clinical practice. Porto Biomed J.
2016;1(2):47-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbj.2016.06.001
42. Paço M, Peleteiro B, Duarte J, Pinho T. The effectiveness of physiotherapy in the
management of temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Oral Facial Pain Headache. 2016;30(3):210-20. DOI: doi: 10.11607/ofph.1661
43. Cavero-Redondo I, Peleteiro B, Álvarez-Bueno C, Rodríguez-Artalejo F, Martínez-
Vizcaíno V. Glycosylated haemoglobin as a predictor of cardiovascular events and
mortality: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open.
2016;6(7):e012229. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012229
44. Maia I, Peleteiro B, Xará S, Amaral TF. Undernutrition risk and undernutrition in
pulmonology department inpatients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll
Nutr. 2016 [in press].
45. Castro C, Peleteiro B, Bento MJ, Lunet N. Trends in gastric and esophageal cancers
incidence in Northern Portugal (1994-2009), by subsite and histology, and predictions
for 2015. Tumori. 2016 [in press].
Papers in national journals
1. Peleteiro B. Risk factors for gastric intestinal metaplasia. Arq Med. 2006;20(4):115-9.
Papers in conference proceedings
1. Peleteiro B, Lunet N, David L, Figueiredo C, Barros H. Smoking, Helicobacter pylori
virulence, and type of intestinal metaplasia in Portuguese males. Eur J Epidemiol.
2006;21(s13):148.
2. Pereira F, Magalhães B, Canedo P, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H, Machado JC. Pro-
inflammatory genetic polymorphisms and the risk of developing colorectal cancer. Gut.
2006;55(Suppl V):A185.
3. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Gouveia J. The state of the art of cancer control
structures in European countries (January 2008). Eur J Public Health. 2008;18(Suppl
1):127.
4. Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães JT, Barros H, Lunet N. Prevalence
of Helicobacter pylori infection in a Portuguese urban sample (1999-2003). Eur J Public
Health. 2008;18(Suppl 1):202.
5. Pinto MC, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cardia cancer:
systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009;24(s1):42.
6. Peleteiro B, Carrilho C, David L, Machado JC, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Association
between cytokine gene polymorphisms and gastric precancerous lesions. Eur J
Epidemiol. 2009;24(s1):47.
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7. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Pinto H, Marinho A, Guimarães T, La Vecchia C, Barros
H. Helicobacter pylori infection and socioeconomic status in a high prevalence
developed country: prevalence, incidence and seroreversion. Eur J Epidemiol.
2009;24(s1):56.
8. Pinto M, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. H. pylori Infection and gastric cardia cancer: systematic
review and meta-analysis. Helicobacter. 2009;14(4):380.
9. Peleteiro B, Pereira M, Bastos J, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Variação na mortalidade pelas
doenças oncológicas mais frequentes em Portugal entre 1985 e 2005. Arq Med.
2010;24(5):227.
10. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Lunet N, Azevedo A. Variação na mortalidade por
doenças cardiovasculares em Portugal entre 1985 e 2005. Arq Med. 2010;24(5):228.
11. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Bastos J, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Variação na mortalidade por
doenças cardiovasculares e oncológicas em Portugal entre 1985 e 2005. Arq Med.
2010;24(5):228.
12. Peleteiro B, Barros R, Carrilho C, Figueiredo C, Almeida R, David L, Lunet N. Association
between Helicobacter pylori infection and environmental risk factors for gastric cancer
and the occurrence of CDX2 expression in Mozambique. Epidemiol Prev.
2010;34(s1):127.
13. Bastos J, Peleteiro B, Barros R, Carvalho S, Guimarães T, La Vecchia C, Barros H, Lunet
N. Prevalence Helicobacter pylori infection with CagA+ strains in a Portuguese urban
sample. Epidemiol Prev. 2010;34(s1):128.
14. Pereira M, Peleteiro B, Azevedo A, Lunet N. Time trends in mortality from
cardiovascular diseases and cancer in Portugal between 1985 and 2005. J Epidemiol
Community Health. 2011;65(Suppl 1): A287.
15. Peleteiro B, Severo M, Lunet N. Model-based patterns in stomach cancer mortality
across countries. Eur J Epidemiol. 2012;27(s1):S17.
16. Oliveira M, Peleteiro B. Cytology use for cervical cancer screening in Portugal: results
from the 2005/2006 National Health Survey. Eur J Epidemiol. 2012;27(s1):S163.
17. Barros S, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Diabetes and the incidence of cancer in a Portuguese
urban cohort. Revista da APNEP. 2013;VII(1):84.
18. Kana MA, Doctor H, Peleteiro B, Lunet N, Barros H. Maternal and child health
interventions in Nigeria: a systematic review of published studies from 1990 to date.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2014;14(Suppl 2):P4.