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House dust endotoxin and allergic sensitization in childrenUlrike Gehring
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:939-44. 2002..The protective effect was strengthened with increasing degree of sensitization. In conclusion, exposure to higher levels of house dust endotoxin is associated with lower prevalence of allergic sensitization in children...- Levels and predictors of endotoxin in mattress dust samples from East and West German homesU Gehring
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Indoor Air 14:284-92. 2004..However, none of these factors and not even a combination of factors explains the variability of endotoxin levels between homes... - Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory health during the first 2 yrs of lifeU Gehring
GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur Respir J 19:690-8. 2002..There was some indication of an association between traffic-related air pollution and symptoms of cough. Due to the very young age of the infants, it was too early to draw definitive conclusions from this for the development of asthma... - Pets and vermin are associated with high endotoxin levels in house dustJ Heinrich
GSF, Institute of Epidemiology, Munich, Germany
Clin Exp Allergy 31:1839-45. 2001..A higher microbial exposure in general and in particular to endotoxin in early childhood might contribute to this lower risk of atopy... - Respiratory symptoms in relation to indoor exposure to mite and cat allergens and endotoxins. Indoor Factors and Genetics in Asthma (INGA) Study GroupU Gehring
GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur Respir J 18:555-63. 2001..The risk is increased if subjects are exposed to a mixture of allergens or if they are sensitized in addition to high exposure... 
Beta(1-->3)-glucan in house dust of German homes: housing characteristics, occupant behavior, and relations with endotoxins, allergens, and moldsU Gehring
GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Environ Health Perspect 109:139-44. 2001..4). We conclude that that the amount of dust sampled can be used as a proxy for hygiene and that beta(1-->3)-glucan concentrations per square meter are related to the amount of dust sampled...- Respiratory health and individual estimated exposure to traffic-related air pollutants in a cohort of young childrenV Morgenstern
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Occup Environ Med 64:8-16. 2007.... - Exposure to endotoxin decreases the risk of atopic eczema in infancy: a cohort studyU Gehring
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
J Allergy Clin Immunol 108:847-54. 2001.... - Exposure to house dust endotoxin and allergic sensitization in adultsU Gehring
GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Allergy 59:946-52. 2004..74 (0.58, 0.93)]. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that current exposure to higher levels of house dust endotoxin might be associated with a decreased odds of allergic sensitization in adults... 
Regional and socio-economic differences in food, nutrient and supplement intake in school-age children in Germany: results from the GINIplus and the LISAplus studiesStefanie Sausenthaler
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstadter Landstr 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Public Health Nutr 14:1724-35. 2011..To describe regional differences between eastern and western Germany with regard to food, nutrient and supplement intake in 9-12-year-old children, and analyse its association with parental education and equivalent income...- Exposure to traffic related air pollutants: self reported traffic intensity versus GIS modelled exposureJ Heinrich
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, D 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Occup Environ Med 62:517-23. 2005..In epidemiological studies of the potential health effects of traffic related air pollution, self reported traffic intensity is a commonly used, but rarely validated, exposure variable... - Effect of hydrolysed formula feeding on taste preferences at 10 years. Data from the German Infant Nutritional Intervention Program Plus StudyStefanie Sausenthaler
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Germany
Clin Nutr 29:304-6. 2010..Therefore, the aim of present study was to investigate whether feeding with different kinds of infant formula is associated with the acceptance of infant formula at 10 years of age... - Domestic cat allergen and allergic sensitisation in young childrenChih Mei Chen
GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, D 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Int J Hyg Environ Health 211:337-44. 2008..The mixed results may be explained by differences in age and avoidance patterns... - Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and cardiopulmonary mortality in womenUlrike Gehring
GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Epidemiology 17:545-51. 2006..02-1.34). No association was seen with noncardiopulmonary nonlung cancer mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Living close to major roads and chronic exposure to NO2 and PM10 may be associated with an increased mortality due to cardiopulmonary causes... - Parental education and children's respiratory and allergic symptoms in the Pollution and the Young (PATY) studyU Gehring
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur Respir J 27:95-107. 2006..However, differences remained after adjusting for these variables. Children's health was associated with parental education. The association could not fully be explained by established risk factors... - Respiratory health in children, and indoor exposure to (1,3)-β-D-glucan, EPS mould components and endotoxinC Tischer
Institute of EpidemiologyHelmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur Respir J 37:1050-9. 2011..The reasons for the differences between countries are not clear... - Prediction of residential pet and cockroach allergen levels using questionnaire informationUlrike Gehring
GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Environ Health Perspect 112:834-9. 2004..Knowledge of past pet ownership can improve pet allergen exposure assessment by means of questionnaire. However, for epidemiologic purposes, measured concentrations of allergens are necessary... - Associations between BMI and the FTO gene are age dependent: results from the GINI and LISA birth cohort studies up to age 6 yearsPeter Rzehak
Institute of Epidemiology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Neuherberg, Germany
Obes Facts 3:173-80. 2010..However, little is known about the longitudinal dynamics of these polymorphisms on body mass index (BMI), overweight, and obesity... - Glutathione-S-transferase P1, early exposure to mould in relation to respiratory and allergic health outcomes in children from six birth cohorts. A meta-analysisC G Tischer
Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology I, Neuherberg, Germany
Allergy 68:339-46. 2013..It has been suggested that functional polymorphisms of the GSTP1 gene may influence the risk for allergic disorders through an impaired defence against oxidant injury... - Meta-analysis of mould and dampness exposure on asthma and allergy in eight European birth cohorts: an ENRIECO initiativeC G Tischer
Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology I, Neuherberg, Germany
Allergy 66:1570-9. 2011..Several cross-sectional studies during the past 10 years have observed an increased risk of allergic outcomes for children living in damp or mouldy environments... - Prospective cohort studies using hydrolysed formulas for allergy prevention in atopy-prone newborns: a systematic reviewA Schoetzau
GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur J Pediatr 160:323-32. 2001..CONCLUSION: More well-designed studies with an adequate statistical power are needed to compare the allergy preventive effect of partially and extensively hydrolysed formulas with a standard infant formula... - Traffic at residential address, respiratory health, and atopy in adults: the National German Health Survey 1998Joachim Heinrich
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, D 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Environ Res 98:240-9. 2005..91-1.20)). We conclude that exposure to traffic-related air pollutants increases the risk of nonallergic respiratory symptoms and to a lesser degree the risk of hay fever and allergic sensitization but not the risk of asthma in adults... - Comparison between different traffic-related particle indicators: elemental carbon (EC), PM2.5 mass, and absorbanceJosef Cyrys
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstaedter Landstr 1, D 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 13:134-43. 2003..While the ratio between PM(2.5) and PM(10) mass ranged from 0.54 to 0.68, the ratio of PM(2.5) absorbance and PM(10) absorbance was 0.96-0.97, indicating that PM(2.5) absorbance captures nearly all of the particle absorbance... - Exposure to pets and atopic dermatitis during the first two years of life. A cohort studyAngelika Zirngibl
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 13:394-401. 2002..We assume an association between keeping pets and undefined environmental factor(s) that contribute protectively to the development of atopic dermatitis in early life, presumably by effects on the maturation of the immune system... - Pre-natal and post-natal exposure to respiratory infection and atopic diseases development: a historical cohort studyAnne Zutavern
GSF Institut für Epidemiologie, Neuherberg, Germany
Respir Res 7:81. 2006..Exposure to infection indicating sub-clinical infection rather than clinical infection might protect from atopic diseases... - Seasonal variability of endotoxin in ambient fine particulate matterCara L Carty
GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85758 Neuherberg, Germany
J Environ Monit 5:953-8. 2003..Temperature effects and seasonal variation of endotoxin should be considered in future studies of outdoor endotoxin... - GIS-based estimation of exposure to particulate matter and NO2 in an urban area: stochastic versus dispersion modelingJosef Cyrys
GSF, National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Environ Health Perspect 113:987-92. 2005..In conclusion, despite different assumptions and procedures used for the stochastic and dispersion modeling, both models yield similar results regarding exposure estimation of the study cohort to traffic-related air pollutants... - Maternal compliance with nutritional recommendations in an allergy preventive programmeA Schoetzau
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Arch Dis Child 86:180-4. 2002..To assess maternal compliance with nutritional recommendations in an allergy preventive programme, and identify factors influencing compliance behaviour... - Short- and long-term effects of feeding hydrolyzed protein infant formulas on growth at < or = 6 y of age: results from the German Infant Nutritional Intervention StudyPeter Rzehak
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1846-56. 2009..The short- and long-term effects of feeding with hydrolyzed formulas on growth are uncertain... - Indoor exposure to molds and allergic sensitizationBeate Jacob
GSF Institute of Epidemiology, Munich, Germany
Environ Health Perspect 110:647-53. 2002..These effects were strongest in the group of children who had lived in the same home since birth... - Prenatal exposure to a farm environment modifies atopic sensitization at birthMarkus Johannes Ege
University Children s Hospital, Munich, Germany
J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:407-12, 412.e1-4. 2008..Previous cross-sectional surveys have suggested that maternal exposure to animal sheds during pregnancy exerted a protective effect on atopic sensitization in children lasting until school age... - Does respiratory health contribute to the effects of long-term air pollution exposure on cardiovascular mortality?Tamara Schikowski
Institut fur Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Auf m Hennekamp50, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
Respir Res 8:20. 2007..The aim of this study was to investigate whether respiratory health at baseline contributes to the effects of long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution on cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of elderly women... - Estimating long-term average particulate air pollution concentrations: application of traffic indicators and geographic information systemsMichael Brauer
Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health Group, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Epidemiology 14:228-39. 2003.... - Spatial variation in nitrogen dioxide in three European areasMarie Lewne
Occupational and Environmental Health, Norrbacka, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Sci Total Environ 332:217-30. 2004..The spatial variation was substantially larger for NO2 than the variation for PM2.5 and similar to PM2.5 absorbance, measured in the same locations... - Parental smoking and lung function in children: an international studyHanns Moshammer
Institute Environmental Health, ZPH, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:1255-63. 2006.... - Variation of biocontaminant levels within and between homes--the AIRALLERG studyMariëlla Giovannangelo
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17:134-40. 2007..Investigation of variation over time is needed for a more complete assessment of the use of these variables in epidemiological analyses of exposure-response relationships... - Long-term air pollution exposure and living close to busy roads are associated with COPD in womenTamara Schikowski
Institut fur Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Auf m Hennekamp50, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
Respir Res 6:152. 2005..We especially focused on COPD as defined by GOLD criteria and additionally compared the effects of air pollution on respiratory symptoms by questionnaire data and by lung function measurements... - Childhood cat allergen exposure in three European countries: The AIRALLERG studyMariëlla Giovannangelo
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Sci Total Environ 369:82-90. 2006..Cat allergen is a major cause of morbidity among sensitised asthma patients, but little is known about distribution of cat allergen exposure and its determinants in homes... - Levels and determinants of beta(1-->3)-glucans and fungal extracellular polysaccharides in house dust of (pre-)school children in three European countriesMariëlla E C A Giovannangelo
Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Environ Int 33:9-16. 2007..Measurements of beta(1-->3)-glucans and fungal extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) are used as markers of mold exposure in field studies. Little is known about their levels and determinants in homes... - Traffic-related air pollution and otitis mediaMichael Brauer
University of British Columbia, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Environ Health Perspect 114:1414-8. 2006..Although exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a known risk factor associated with otitis media, little information is available regarding the potential association with air pollution... - Respiratory symptoms in the first 7 years of life and birth weight at term: the PIAMA Birth CohortDaan Caudri
Department of Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus University, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175:1078-85. 2007..The relation between birth weight and respiratory symptoms and asthma in children remains unclear. Previous studies focused on a relation at separate ages. A longitudinal analysis may lead to a better understanding... - Evaluation of draught in the workplaceBarbara Griefahn
Institute for Occupational Physiology at the University of Dortmund, Ardeystr 67, D 44139 Dortmund, Germany
Ergonomics 45:124-35. 2002..726, p<0.001). As the resulting model covers larger ranges of air temperature and metabolic rate it is suggested that it should substitute the model proposed in ISO 7730 [1994]...