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Open AccessBiomonitoring of lead in blood of children living in a former mining area in Lower Saxony, Germany
Environmental exposure to lead substantially decreased over the past decades. However, soil of former mining areas still contains high lead levels. We therefore performed a biomonitoring study among children l...
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Open AccessThe representative COVID-19 cohort Munich (KoCo19): from the beginning of the pandemic to the Delta virus variant
Population-based serological studies allow to estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections despite a substantial number of mild or asymptomatic disease courses. This became even more relevant for decision maki...
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Open AccessSocioeconomic and risk-related drivers of compliance with measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection: evidence from the Munich-based KoCo19 study
Although a growing share of the population in many countries has been vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus to different degrees, social distancing and hygienic non-pharmaceutical interventions still play a ...
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Open AccessCarriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales in wastewater treatment plant workers and surrounding residents — the AWARE Study
To investigate whether wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) workers and residents living in close proximity to a WWTP have elevated carriage rates of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales, as compared to the general p...
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Open AccessFrom first to second wave: follow-up of the prospective COVID-19 cohort (KoCo19) in Munich (Germany)
In the 2nd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, knowledge about the dynamics of the infection in the general population is still limited. Such information is essential for health planners, as many of those infected ...
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Open AccessFrom workplace to home environment: spreading of mouse allergens by laboratory animal workers
Laboratory animal workers (LAW) working with laboratory mice are exposed to mouse allergens (MA). If MA are spread to home environments, this might increase the risk for allergies in LAW and their families. Th...
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Open AccessLong-term effects of asthma medication on asthma symptoms: an application of the targeted maximum likelihood estimation
Long-term effectiveness of asthma control medication has been shown in clinical trials but results from observational studies with children and adolescents are lacking. Marginal structural models estimated usi...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction to: Protocol of a population-based prospective COVID-19 cohort study Munich, Germany (KoCo19)
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessProtocol of a population-based prospective COVID-19 cohort study Munich, Germany (KoCo19)
Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, public health interventions have been introduced globally in order to prevent the spread of the virus and avoid the overload of health care systems, especially for the most seve...
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Occupational Safety and Health in a Community of Shellfish Divers: A Community-Based Participatory Approach
In artisanal fishing communities in Chile, the access to occupational safety and health (OSH) is limited by factors such as the informality of employment. Our objective was to analyze the working and health co...
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Open AccessPrecarious employment and migrant workers’ mental health: a protocol for a systematic review of observational studies
Precarious employment has become an urgent public health issue at a global scale with potential consequences for quality of life and health of employees, especially in vulnerable groups such as migrants. The p...
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Open AccessDo wastewater treatment plants increase antibiotic resistant bacteria or genes in the environment? Protocol for a systematic review
Antibiotic resistance is a global public health threat. Water from human activities is collected at wastewater treatment plants where processes often do not sufficiently neutralize antibiotic resistant bacteri...
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Open AccessInvestigating the association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian carcinoma: results from a pilot study in Germany
The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic investigation elucidating the quantitative association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer in f...
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Working Below Skill Level as Risk Factor for Distress Among Latin American Migrants Living in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study
About 84,710 Latin American migrants currently live in Germany. Knowledge about their work situation in relation to their skill level and its association with mental health is limited. Therefore, the aims of t...
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Snap-fit assembly and upper limb functional limitations in automotive production workers: a nested case–control study
The use of snap-fits in car-part assembling has developed into an industrial standard. Cross-sectional evidence indicates, however, that this assembling process might adversely affect workers’ upper limb funct...
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An educational intervention to improve knowledge about prevention against occupational asthma and allergies using targeted maximum likelihood estimation
Occupational asthma and allergies are potentially preventable diseases affecting 5–15% of the working population. However, the use of preventive measures is often insufficient. The aim of this study was to est...
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Work-related stress and incident asthma and rhinitis: results from the SOLAR study
This study analyzes the association of work-related stress with incident asthma and rhinitis in young adults with a special focus on gender-specific differences.
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Open AccessPopulation-based assessment of health, healthcare utilisation, and specific needs of Syrian migrants in Germany: what is the best sampling method?
Studies elucidating health-related information and special needs of Syrian migrants living in Germany are urgently required. However, data is scarce and finding appropriate sampling strategies to obtain repres...
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Open AccessShift work and cognitive impairment in later life – results of a cross-sectional pilot study testing the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic investigation
The effect of shift work on impairment of cognition in later life has not yet been sufficiently investigated. Therefore, we aimed at testing the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic study examining this ...
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Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors for intestinal parasitic infections in pregnant women residing in three districts of Bogotá, Colombia
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) lead to significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric and adult populations worldwide. Intestinal parasitism during pregnancy is of interest as it may affect the health...
