Sergio Alvarado, M.Sc., PhD

Profesor Asociado

Escuela de Salud Pública

Facultad de Medicina

Universidad de Chile

Lineas de Investigación

Ecología y Medio Ambiente

Teoría de la Información Estadística y Teoría de Muestreo

Modelación No-Paramétrica

Publicaciones

Garcia-Chevesich PA, Alvarado S, Neary DG, Valdes R, Valdes J, Aguirre JJ, Mena M, Pizarro R, Jofré P, Vera M, Olivares C. 2014. Respiratory disease and particulate air pollution in Santiago Chile: contribution of erosion particles from fine sediments.

Environ Pollut. 187:202-5. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.028. Epub 2014 Jan 31.

Muñoz-Quezada MT, Lucero BA, Barr DB, Steenland K, Levy K, Ryan PB, Iglesias V, Alvarado S, Concha C, Rojas E, Vega C. 2013. Neur pesticides: a systematic review.odevelopmental effects in children associated with exposure to organophosphate

Neurotoxicology. 39:158-68. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.09.003. Epub 2013 Oct 9. Review.

Cáceres DD, Alvarado SA, Martínez P, Quiñones LA. 2012. Relation of genetic variants of CYP2A6 with tobacco dependence and smoking habit in Chilean subjects. A pilot study.

Rev Med Chil. 140(4):436-41. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872012000400003. Spanish.

Miranda GH, Alvarado SO, Kaufman JS. 2012. Analysis of sick leaves due to mental and behavioral problems. Rev Med Chil. 2012 Feb;140(2):207-13. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872012000200009. Spanish.

Muñoz-Quezada MT, Iglesias V, Lucero B, Steenland K, Barr DB, Levy K, Ryan PB, Alvarado S, Concha C. 2012. Predictors of exposure to organophosphate pesticides in schoolchildren in the Province of Talca, Chile. Environ Int. 47:28-36. Doi 10.1016/j.envint.2012.06.002. Epub 2012 Jun 23.

Navarro A, Moriña D, Reis R, Nedel FB, Martín M, Alvarado S. 2012. Hazard functions to describe patterns of new and recurrent sick leave episodes for different diagnoses.

Scand J Work Environ Health. 2012 Sep;38(5):447-55. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3276. Epub 2012 Jan 27.

Caba F, Alvarado S, Cáceres DD. 2011. Epidemiological characterization and evolution of breast cancer patients in the Arica and Parinacota region in Chile, 1997-2007. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 13(3):398-409. Spanish.

Alvarado SA, Silva CS, Cáceres DD. 2010. Modeling critical episodes of air pollution by PM10 in Santiago, Chile. Comparison of the predictive efficiency of parametric and non-parametric statistical models. Gac Sanit. 24(6):466-72. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.07.008. Epub 2010 Oct 20. Spanish.

Caceres DD, Werlinger F, Orellana M, Jara M, Rocha R, Alvarado SA, Luis Q. 2010. Polymorphism of glutathione S-transferase (GST) variants and its effect on distribution of urinary arsenic species in people exposed to low inorganic arsenic in tap water: an exploratory study. Arch Environ Occup Health. 65(3):140-7. doi: 10.1080/ 19338240903390354.