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Katja Radon
Public Health
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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 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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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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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...
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Open AccessProximity to mining industry and respiratory diseases in children in a community in Northern Chile: A cross-sectional study
In a community in northern Chile, explosive procedures are used by two local industrial mines (gold, copper). We hypothesized that the prevalence of asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis in the community may be assoc...
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Open AccessEstablishing a birth cohort to investigate the course and aetiology of asthma and allergies across three generations – rationale, design, and methods of the ACROSSOLAR study
Atopic diseases are a major burden of disease on a global scale. Regarding their aetiology, the early years of life are assumed to play a crucial role. In addition, there is growing evidence that elucidating t...
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Open AccessOccupational injuries among children and adolescents in Cusco Province: a cross-sectional study
Although the number of child laborers in Latin America is generally high, data on occupational hazards and injuries is insufficient. The objective of this study was therefore to determine the lifetime prevalen...
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Open AccessAssociation between environmental factors and current asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema symptoms in school-aged children from Oropeza Province – Bolivia: a cross-sectional study
In recent years, the prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema symptoms in childhood has considerably increased in develo** countries including Bolivia, possibly due to changes in lifestyle, envir...
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Testing Skype as an interview method in epidemiologic research: response and feasibility
Despite its popularity, Skype has not been tested as a tool for epidemiologic research. We examined its feasibility in Germany.
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Open AccessStudy on Occupational Allergy Risks (SOLAR II) in Germany: Design and methods
SOLAR II is the 2nd follow-up of a population-based cohort study that follows the participants of ISAAC Phase Two recruited in Munich and Dresden in 1995/6. A first follow-up study was conducted 2002 and 2003 (SO...
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Open AccessAssociation between exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields assessed by dosimetry and acute symptoms in children and adolescents: a population based cross-sectional study
The increase in numbers of mobile phone users was accompanied by some concern that exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) might adversely affect acute health especially in children and adol...
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Open AccessQuantification of ETS exposure in hospitality workers who have never smoked
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) was classified as human carcinogen (K1) by the German Research Council in 1998. According to epidemiological studies, the relative risk especially for lung cancer might be twi...
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Open AccessConduct of a personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurement study: proposed study protocol
The development of new wireless communication technologies that emit radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) is ongoing, but little is known about the RF-EMF exposure distribution in the general popula...
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Exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields and behavioural problems in Bavarian children and adolescents
Only few studies have so far investigated possible health effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) in children and adolescents, although experts discuss a potential higher vulnerability to su...
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Open AccessExposure to mobile telecommunication networks assessed using personal dosimetry and well-being in children and adolescents: the German MobilEe-study
Despite the increase of mobile phone use in the last decade and the growing concern whether mobile telecommunication networks adversely affect health and well-being, only few studies have been published that f...
