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Conduct of a personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurement study: proposed study protocolMartin Röösli
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, 4051, Switzerland
Environ Health 9:23. 2010..As a result, observed differences in exposure levels between study populations may not reflect real exposure differences but may be in part, or wholly due to methodological differences...
Feasibility of activity-promoting video games among obese adolescents and young adults in a clinical settingKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Centre of the University of Munich, Germany
J Sci Med Sport 14:42-5. 2011..However, as the interest in the devices seems to be too low the suitability of them for weight reduction programmes in young people cannot be ensured...- Exposure to animals and risk of oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a multicenter case-control studyKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Center of the University of Munich, Ziemssentsr, 1, 80336 Munich, Germany
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:73. 2010..We aimed to test the association between animal contact in infancy and oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA JIA)... 
Implementation of virtual patients in the training for occupational health in Latin AmericaKatja Radon
University Hospital of Munich LMU, Ziemssenstr 180336 Munich, Germany
Int J Occup Environ Health 17:63-70. 2011..VPs are a feasible learning method for OHS in middle-income countries. Partner VPs seem to be useful for teaching global aspects...- Occupational health crossing borders - part 1: concept, teaching methods, and user evaluation of the first international summer school in Munich, GermanyKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Centre of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Am J Ind Med 52:774-81. 2009..However, training opportunities are often limited and exchange between OHP from industrialized and developing countries is sparse. We aimed to contribute to the international exchange of OHP through a 2-week summer school program... - Occupational health crossing borders part 2: Comparison of 18 occupational health systems across the globeKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Centre of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Ziemssenstrasse 1, Munich, Germany
Am J Ind Med 53:55-63. 2010..This article compares OHS systems of 18 countries at different stages of development... - Prediction of the incidence and persistence of allergic rhinitis in adolescence: a prospective cohort studyJessica Kellberger
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching Unit, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:397-402, 402.e1-3. 2012..Predictive models have rarely been used in allergy research and practice. However, they might support physicians in advising patients... - The impact of exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields on chronic well-being in young people--a cross-sectional study based on personal dosimetrySabine Heinrich
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Environ Int 37:26-30. 2011..Prospective studies investigating potential long-term effects of RF EMF are necessary to confirm our results... - Environmental risk factors in the first year of life and childhood asthma in the Central South of ChileAnja Boneberger
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich, Munich, Germany
J Asthma 48:464-9. 2011..We systematically assessed the impact of environmental factors in the first year of life on asthma... - Effects on pulmonary health of neighboring residents of concentrated animal feeding operations: exposure assessed using optimized estimation techniqueAnja Schulze
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Centre of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Arch Environ Occup Health 66:146-54. 2011..The authors' previous findings that CAFOs may contribute to burden of respiratory diseases were confirmed by this study... - Endotoxin levels in house dust samples and juvenile inflammatory bowel disease − a case−control studyAnja Boneberger
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Germany
J Crohns Colitis 5:525-30. 2011..Animal contact may reduce the risk not only for allergic diseases but also for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). We aimed to clarify the association between endotoxin levels in the home environment and IBD... - Exposure to mobile telecommunication networks assessed using personal dosimetry and well-being in children and adolescents: the German MobilEe-studySilke Thomas
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Ziemssenstr, 1, 80336 Munich, Germany
Environ Health 7:54. 2008..Especially children and adolescents are important in the discussion of adverse health effects because of their possibly higher vulnerability to radio frequency electromagnetic fields... - Case-based e-learning in occupational medicine--The NetWoRM Project in GermanyKatja Radon
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Ziemssenstr 1, 80336 Munich, Germany
Ann Agric Environ Med 13:93-8. 2006..Students enjoy working on e-learning cases as an add-on to traditional teaching. Because of the high international interest the NetWoRM project is currently shared on an international base... - Study on occupational allergy risks (SOLAR II) in Germany: design and methodsSabine Heinrich
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich, Munich, Germany
BMC Public Health 11:298. 2011..This paper describes the methods of the 2nd follow-up carried out from 2007 to 2009 and the challenges we faced while studying a population-based cohort of young adults... - Personal exposure to mobile communication networks and well-being in children--a statistical analysis based on a functional approachAnja Kühnlein
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Bioelectromagnetics 30:261-9. 2009..The functional classification approach yielded a plausible partition of the exposure data. The comparability with the standard approach might be due to the data structure and should not be generalized to other exposures... - Environmental exposure to confined animal feeding operations and respiratory health of neighboring residentsKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, LMU, Munich, Germany
Epidemiology 18:300-8. 2007..We aimed to assess respiratory health in neighbors of confined animal feeding operations... - Prediction of the incidence, recurrence, and persistence of atopic dermatitis in adolescence: a prospective cohort studyAstrid S Peters
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
J Allergy Clin Immunol 126:590-5.e1-3. 2010..Although it is known that atopic dermatitis (AD) can develop during adolescence, research on its course and predictors in this age group is thus far limited... - Adult obesity, farm childhood, and their effect on allergic sensitizationKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany
J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:1279-83. 2006..Obesity as well as a reduced microbial exposure, 2 markers of Western lifestyle, might be associated with an increased risk of allergic sensitization... - Ambient endotoxin level in an area with intensive livestock productionAnja Schulze
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Ziemssenstr. 1; 80336 Munich, Germany
Ann Agric Environ Med 13:87-91. 2006..This might affect their respiratory health. However, these exposures are characterized by a large spatial variability... - Higher prevalence of psychopathological symptoms in adolescents with headache. A population-based cross-sectional studyAstrid Milde-Busch
From the Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Headache 50:738-48. 2010..Otherwise, there are only limited data regarding associations between different types of headache and psychopathological symptoms in adolescents... - Exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields and behavioural problems in Bavarian children and adolescentsSilke Thomas
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University, Ziemssenstrasse 1, Munich, Germany
Eur J Epidemiol 25:135-41. 2010..4-5.9). As this is one of the first studies that investigated an association between exposure to mobile telecommunication networks and mental health behaviour more studies using personal dosimetry are warranted to confirm these findings... - Childhood visits to animal buildings and atopic diseases in adulthood: an age-dependent relationshipKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Am J Ind Med 46:349-56. 2004..Several studies reported protective effects of farming environments against atopic diseases. Therefore, we aimed to establish the relevant timing of exposure in early life... - Association between exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields assessed by dosimetry and acute symptoms in children and adolescents: a population based cross-sectional studySabine Heinrich
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Ziemssenstr, 1 80336 Munich, Germany
Environ Health 9:75. 2010..The authors investigated this potential association using personal dosimeters... - Asthma in changing environments--chances and challenges of international research collaborations between South America and Europe--study protocol and description of the data acquisition of a case-control-studyAnja Boneberger
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Ziemssenstrasse 1, 80336 Munich, Germany
BMC Pulm Med 10:43. 2010..So far, research in this part of the world is limited. This paper presents the methodology and description of the data acquisition of an asthma case-control study conducted in the Central South of Chile... - Personal exposure to mobile phone frequencies and well-being in adults: a cross-sectional study based on dosimetrySilke Thomas
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Bioelectromagnetics 29:463-70. 2008..We did not find any statistically significant association between the exposure and chronic symptoms or between the exposure and acute symptoms. Larger studies using mobile phone dosimetry are warranted to confirm these findings... - Environmental factors in infancy and ulcerative colitis in the Central South of Chile: a case-control studyAnja Boneberger
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
J Crohns Colitis 5:392-6. 2011..Evidence for the role of the hygiene hypothesis and the development of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is unclear. We aimed to explore the association between environmental factors in infancy and UC... - Developing and analysing a curriculum map in Occupational- and Environmental MedicineInga Hege
Medical Education Unit, University Hospital Munich, Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, Ziemssenstrasse 1, Munich, Germany
BMC Med Educ 10:60. 2010..Furthermore we aimed to evaluate student perception about the curricular structure... - Exposure to farming environments in early life and type 1 diabetes: a case-control studyKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Munich, Germany
Diabetes 54:3212-6. 2005..6 [0.3-1.1]; P = 0.11). There was no evidence that early exposure to farm animals largely decreases the risk in children for developing type 1 diabetes... - Geographical distribution of acute symptoms after a train collision involving epichlorohydrin exposureKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Environ Res 102:46-51. 2006..We could define parts of the population at increased risk for symptoms potentially specific for the exposure under study... - Adolescents' jobs and the course of dermatitis symptoms throughout pubertyKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Ziemssenstrasse 1, D 80336 Munich, Germany
Scand J Work Environ Health 32:132-7. 2006..This study evaluated the course of dermatitis symptoms throughout puberty taking into account occupational exposures in a population-based study... - Case based e-learning in occupational medicine--a European approachStefanie Kolb
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental, Medicine, Clinical Centre, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich D 80336, Germany
J Occup Environ Med 51:647-53. 2009..The main aim of the European Union project NetWoRM (Net-based training for Work-Related Medicine) is an international case-based e-learning curriculum for occupational medicine (OM)... - Quality of life in adolescents with headache: results from a population-based surveyAstrid Milde-Busch
Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Cephalalgia 30:713-21. 2010..The size of the reduction in QOL scores was small but similar to that observed for other chronic conditions in adolescents. Headache prevention programs might therefore have an impact on QOL in adolescents... - The association between socioeconomic status and exposure to mobile telecommunication networks in children and adolescentsSilke Thomas
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Bioelectromagnetics 31:20-7. 2010..Whether short duration of own mobile phone use or the small numbers of participants with a low SES are causal, have to be investigated in further studies... - Subjective and objective personal noise exposure and hypertension: an epidemiologic approachTobias Weinmann
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Ziemssenstr 1, 80336, Munich, Germany
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 85:363-71. 2012..In this analysis, an association between noise exposure and hypertension was investigated using personal noise dosimeters... - Compulsory teaching of occupational health: impact on attitude of medical students in Brazil and GermanyPaul Russ
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 85:81-7. 2012..To assess medical students' attitude toward occupational health (OH) in Brazil and Germany before and after a compulsory OH course... - Livestock odours and quality of life of neighbouring residentsKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ziemssenstrasse 1, D 80336 Munich, Germany
Ann Agric Environ Med 11:59-62. 2004..Physical and emotional SF-12 scores were inversely related to annoyance scores. Better risk communication might improve QoL in concerned neighbours of intensive livestock production facilities... - Contact with farm animals in early life and juvenile inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control studyKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ziemssenstrasse 1, D 80336 Munich, Germany
Pediatrics 120:354-61. 2007..The aim of this study was to test the association between farm animal contact in infancy and the development of juvenile Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis... - Personal dosimetry of exposure to mobile telephone base stations? An epidemiologic feasibility study comparing the Maschek dosimeter prototype and the Antennessa SP-090 systemKatja Radon
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Net Teaching, Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Bioelectromagnetics 27:77-81. 2006..35; P = .03). Personal dosimetry for exposure to mobile phone base station might be feasible in epidemiologic studies. However, the consistency seems to be moderate... - Testing Skype as an interview method in epidemiologic research: response and feasibilityTobias Weinmann
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching Unit, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
Int J Public Health 57:959-61. 2012..Despite its popularity, Skype has not been tested as a tool for epidemiologic research. We examined its feasibility in Germany... - The short-term influence of weather on daily mortality in congestive heart failureStefanie Kolb
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching, Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Munich, Germany
Arch Environ Occup Health 62:169-76. 2007..The authors found some differences between men and women... - The physical and biological doses of methacholine are different for Mefar MB3 and Jaeger APS sidestream nebulizersGeorg Praml
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Chest 128:3585-9. 2005..Therefore, we compared the physical properties of the two systems, adapted the challenge protocol, and compared the results of both systems in subjects with and without airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine... - Web-based training in occupational medicineInga Hege
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Ziemssenstrasse 1, 80336 Munich, Germany
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 76:50-4. 2003..The availability via the Internet allows the application as a self-learning tool as well as a teaching tool for the medical curriculum... - Quantification of ETS exposure in hospitality workers who have never smokedStefanie Kolb
Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Ziemssenstr, Munich, Germany
Environ Health 9:49. 2010..In order to implement these results in the German regulations on occupational illnesses, a valid method is needed to retrospectively assess the cumulative ETS exposure in the hospitality environment... - Self-reported asthma and allergies in top athletes compared to the general population - results of the German part of the GA2LEN-Olympic study 2008Silke Thomas
Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and NetTeaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Center of the Ludwig Maximilian University, Ziemssenstr, 1, 80336 Munich, Germany
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 6:31. 2010..However, most previous studies did not include a general population comparison group. We aimed to compare the prevalence of asthma, allergies and medical treatment in different groups of German top athletes to the general population... - Toxoplasma gondii infection, atopy and autoimmune diseaseKatja Radon
Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Eur J Med Res 8:147-53. 2003..Therefore, similar cytokine profiles might underlie these disorders. If this holds true it can be hypothesised that T. gondii infection is associated with a lower prevalence of autoimmune disease... - Acute blood neutrophilia induced by short-term compost dust exposure in previously unexposed healthy individualsTim Muller
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 79:477-82. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine whether a single exposure at a biowaste composting facility could also exert systemic effects in healthy volunteers not previously exposed to organic dust from such facilities... - Passive smoking exposure: a risk factor for chronic bronchitis and asthma in adults?Katja Radon
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Chest 122:1086-90. 2002..Therefore, we examined the risk of respiratory symptoms related to passive smoke exposure among German adults within the European Community Respiratory Health Survey... - Prevalence and risk factors for airway diseases in farmers--summary of results of the European Farmers' ProjectKatja Radon
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Ann Agric Environ Med 9:207-13. 2002..Intervention studies are now warranted to test the effectiveness of improved ventilation on respiratory health. The reasons for the low prevalence of allergic diseases among farmers are currently under study...