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| Martin RöösliSummaryAffiliation: University of Bern Country: Switzerland Publications
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Comparison of black smoke and PM2.5 levels in indoor and outdoor environments of four European citiesThomas Gotschi
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
Environ Sci Technol 36:1191-7. 2002..BS measured on PM2.5 filters can be recommended as a valid and cheap additional indicator in studies on combustion-related air pollution and health...- Symptoms of ill health ascribed to electromagnetic field exposure--a questionnaire surveyMartin Röösli
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Hyg Environ Health 207:141-50. 2004..Two thirds of complainants had taken some action to reduce their symptoms. The most common measure was to avoid exposure if possible. Removing or disconnecting indoor sources was judged to be the most effective action... - Cellular telephone use and time trends in brain tumour mortality in Switzerland from 1969 to 2002Martin Röösli
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Eur J Cancer Prev 16:77-82. 2007..Ecological analyses like this, however, are limited in their ability to reveal potentially small increases in risk for diseases with a long latency period... - Mortality from neurodegenerative disease and exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields: 31 years of observations on Swiss railway employeesMartin Röösli
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Neuroepidemiology 28:197-206. 2007..The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) exposure and mortality from several neurodegenerative conditions in Swiss railway employees... - Commentary: Epidemiological research on extremely low frequency magnetic fields and Alzheimer's disease--biased or informative?Martin Röösli
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Int J Epidemiol 37:341-3. 2008 - Sleepless night, the moon is bright: longitudinal study of lunar phase and sleepMartin Röösli
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
J Sleep Res 15:149-53. 2006..027) at full moon. The study was designed for other purposes and the association between lunar cycle and sleep duration will need to be confirmed in further studies... - Commentary: magnetic field exposure and childhood leukaemia--moving the research agenda forwardMartin Röösli
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Int J Epidemiol 35:407-8. 2006 - Years of life lost attributable to air pollution in Switzerland: dynamic exposure-response modelMartin Röösli
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Int J Epidemiol 34:1029-35. 2005..We use the method to estimate the number of years of life lost (YLLs) attributable to air pollution during 1 year in Switzerland... 
Radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure and non-specific symptoms of ill health: a systematic reviewMartin Röösli
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Environ Res 107:277-87. 2008..If such individuals exist, they represent a small minority and have not been identified yet. The available observational studies do not allow differentiating between biophysical from EMF and nocebo effects...
Cardiovascular mortality and exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields: a cohort study of Swiss railway workersMartin Röösli
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Environ Health 7:35. 2008..We examined mortality from cardiovascular causes in railway workers exposed to varying degrees to intermittent 16.7 Hz magnetic fields...- Single pollutant versus surrogate measure approaches: do single pollutant risk assessments underestimate the impact of air pollution on lung cancer risk?Martin Röösli
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
J Occup Environ Med 45:715-23. 2003..1 (range, 0.45-2.8) cancer cases per 100,000 person years. We discuss these discrepancies in light of inherent differences between approaches in toxicology and epidemiology... - [Radio and microwave frequency radiation and health--an analysis of the literature]M Röösli
Institut für Sozial und Präventivmedizin der Universität Basel, Switzerland
Gesundheitswesen 65:378-92. 2003..Because of the present fragmentary scientific database, a precautionary approach when dealing with radio and microwave frequency radiation is recommended for the individual and the general population... - Statistical analysis of personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurements with nondetectsMartin Röösli
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Bioelectromagnetics 29:471-8. 2008..Nevertheless, estimates of source-specific medians or even lower percentiles depend on the assumed data distribution and should be considered with caution... - Leukaemia, brain tumours and exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields: cohort study of Swiss railway employeesMartin Röösli
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland
Occup Environ Med 64:553-9. 2007..To investigate the relationship between extremely low frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) exposure and mortality from leukaemia and brain tumour in a cohort of Swiss railway workers... - Temporal and spatial variability of personal exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fieldsPatrizia Frei
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Environ Res 109:779-85. 2009..Little is known about the population's exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in industrialized countries... - [The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies]Erik von Elm
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Berna, Suiza
Rev Esp Salud Publica 82:251-9. 2008..We hope that the STROBE statement will contribute to improving the quality of reporting of observational studies... - Predictors and overestimation of recalled mobile phone use among children and adolescentsDenis Aydin
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Prog Biophys Mol Biol 107:356-61. 2011..As a consequence, such factors act as confounders in studies relying solely on self-reported mobile phone use and have to be considered in the analysis... - Aircraft noise, air pollution, and mortality from myocardial infarctionAnke Huss
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Epidemiology 21:829-36. 2010..Myocardial infarction has been associated with both transportation noise and air pollution. We examined residential exposure to aircraft noise and mortality from myocardial infarction, taking air pollution into account... - Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and sleep quality: a prospective cohort studyEvelyn Mohler
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
PLoS ONE 7:e37455. 2012..The aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate whether sleep quality is affected by mobile phone use or by other RF-EMF sources in the everyday environment... - A model for radiofrequency electromagnetic field predictions at outdoor and indoor locations in the context of epidemiological researchAlfred Bürgi
ARIAS umwelt forschung beratung, Bern, Switzerland
Bioelectromagnetics 31:226-36. 2010..42-0.65) for window measurements. Although the modeling of shielding effects by walls and roofs requires considerable simplifications of a complex environment, we found a comparable accuracy of the model for indoor and outdoor points... - Cohort study on the effects of everyday life radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure on non-specific symptoms and tinnitusPatrizia Frei
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Environ Int 38:29-36. 2012..The objective of this study was to investigate the association between RF-EMF exposure and non-specific symptoms and tinnitus in a prospective cohort study... - Effects of everyday radiofrequency electromagnetic-field exposure on sleep quality: a cross-sectional studyEvelyn Mohler
a Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Radiat Res 174:347-56. 2010..The results of this large cross-sectional study did not indicate an impairment of subjective sleep quality due to exposure from various sources of RF EMFs in everyday life... - Consultations in primary care for symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields--a survey among general practitionersAnke Huss
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Finkenhubelweg 11, 3012 Berne, Switzerland
BMC Public Health 6:267. 2006..It is unclear to what extent EMFs have become an issue in general practice and which experiences GPs report from the consultations... - Residence near power lines and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases: longitudinal study of the Swiss populationAnke Huss
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Am J Epidemiol 169:167-75. 2009..00 (95% CI: 1.21, 3.33) with at least 15 years. The pattern was similar for senile dementia. There was little evidence for an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis... - Impact of random and systematic recall errors and selection bias in case--control studies on mobile phone use and brain tumors in adolescents (CEFALO study)Denis Aydin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Bioelectromagnetics 32:396-407. 2011..These simulations are useful for the interpretation of previous case-control studies on brain tumor and mobile phone use in adults as well as for the interpretation of future studies on adolescents... - Systematic review on the health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phone base stationsMartin Röösli
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Socinstrasse 59, Basel, CH 4002, Switzerland
Bull World Health Organ 88:887-896F. 2010..to review and evaluate the recent literature on the health effects of exposure to mobile phone base station (MPBS) radiation... - Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: a census-based cohort studyBen D Spycher
Division of International and Environmental Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Int J Epidemiol 40:1247-60. 2011..Previous studies on childhood cancer and nuclear power plants (NPPs) produced conflicting results. We used a cohort approach to examine whether residence near NPPs was associated with leukaemia or any childhood cancer in Switzerland... - Childhood brain tumours and use of mobile phones: comparison of a case-control study with incidence dataDenis Aydin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Environ Health 11:35. 2012.... - Magnetic field exposure and neurodegenerative diseases--recent epidemiological studiesKerstin Hug
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
Soz Praventivmed 51:210-20. 2006.... - Wireless communication fields and non-specific symptoms of ill health: a literature reviewMartin Röösli
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Wien Med Wochenschr 161:240-50. 2011..Due to the widespread use of wireless communication technologies potential adverse health effects would have major public health consequences... - 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... - Source of funding and results of studies of health effects of mobile phone use: systematic review of experimental studiesAnke Huss
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Environ Health Perspect 115:1-4. 2007.... - Direct health costs of environmental tobacco smoke exposure and indirect health benefits due to smoking ban introductionDimitri D Hauri
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Eur J Public Health 21:316-22. 2011..This includes prevented health damages by avoiding environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure as well as indirect health benefits from reduced tobacco consumption... - [The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology [STROBE] statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies]Erik von Elm
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Berna, Switzerland
Gac Sanit 22:144-50. 2008..We hope that the STROBE statement will contribute to improving the quality of reporting of observational studies... - Extremely low frequency magnetic field measurements in buildings with transformer stations in SwitzerlandMartin Röösli
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Sci Total Environ 409:3364-9. 2011..Such an approach considerably reduces effort for exposure assessment and may be used to eliminate selection bias in future epidemiologic studies... - Air pollution during pregnancy and neonatal outcome: a reviewElena Proietti
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv 26:9-23. 2013..Especially in these areas, good evidence for the association between prenatal exposure to air pollution and infant mortality exists, clearly indicating the need for more stringent measures to reduce exposure to air pollution... - Non-cancer effects of chemical agents on children's healthMartin Röösli
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Prog Biophys Mol Biol 107:315-22. 2011..Children differ from adults with respect to several aspects which are relevant for assessing their health risk. Thus, independent evaluation of toxicity in childhood populations is essential... - Exposure to moderate air pollution during late pregnancy and cord blood cytokine secretion in healthy neonatesPhilipp Latzin
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
PLoS ONE 6:e23130. 2011..However, effects of prenatal exposure to moderate levels of air pollutants on cytokine regulation in cord blood of healthy infants are unknown... - [Behavior of sunbed users in Switzerland]Patrick Mathys
Institut für Sozial und Präventivmedizin, Universitat Basel
Soz Praventivmed 47:318-29. 2002..An important reason for this trend is that exposure of the population to UV radiation is higher. Although natural UV radiation is the major source, exposure due to use of sunbeds must be considered from the point of view of prevention... - Sources of fine particulate matter in personal exposures and residential indoor, residential outdoor and workplace microenvironments in the Helsinki phase of the EXPOLIS studyKimmo J Koistinen
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, Kuopio, Finland
Scand J Work Environ Health 30:36-46. 2004..5) in personal exposures and in residential indoor, residential outdoor, and workplace indoor microenvironments of the nonsmoking adult population unexposed to environmental tobacco smoke in Helsinki, Finland... - Ultraviolet emission spectra of sunbedsBeat Gerber
Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
Photochem Photobiol 76:664-8. 2002..The measurements were spread over the whole effective area of the sunbeds, and an inhomogeneous distribution of the irradiances with variations of up to 30% from the average value was found...