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Professor Dr Wolfgang Ahrens

• Department: Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research

Curriculum vitae

Position and scientific career: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ahrens is professor of epidemiological methods at the faculty of mathematics and computer science of the University of Bremen. He is Deputy Director of BIPS Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research GmbH, Bremen and head of the Dept. Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research. Having finished his biology studies in 1985 he worked as scientific assistant in numerous epidemiologic studies with focus on work- and environment-related cancer. In the years 1995-1998 he established the working group Epidemiology at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Clinic Essen. After his PhD thesis on "Retrospective assessment of occupational exposure in epidemiological case- control studies" he established the cross sectional division Epidemiological Methods and Field Work at the BIPS. From 1998-2003 he was Head of the division. In 2000 he qualified as professor for Epidemiology and Public Health. In 2003 he was offered a W3-professorship for Epidemiological Methods at Bremen University. His research interests lie in the area of the aetiology of cancer with focus on environmental factors and occupational exposures and the use of secondary data for epidemiological research. A key focus of research are the causes of lifestyle diseases as well as their primary prevention and the scientific evaluation of intervention measures. He is currently coordinating the largest Europe-wide intervention study on overweight, obesity and other disorders in children conditioned by nutrition, lifestyle and social factors (www.idefics.eu) and a subsequent prospective cohort study on lifestyle, diet and exercise in children, adolescents and their parents (I. Family) .
Furthermore, he is a member of the Executive Board and director of the Northwest cluster for the establishment of the National Cohort in Germany (www.nationale-kohorte.de).

Research interests

• Epidemiological methods
• Exposure assessment
• Occupational epidemiology
• Molecular epidemiology
• Epidemiology of chronic diseases and cancer
• Chronic Disease Epidemiology
• Etiologic research
• Prevention/Health promotion

Memberships

• German Association for the Study of Obesity (DAG)
• International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and Scientific Committee Epidemiology in Occupational Health
• International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
• International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
• Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
• German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie / GMDS)
• German Society for Epidemiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie / DGEpi)

Current Projects

• Determinants of eating behaviour in European children, adolescents and their parents (I.Family)
• External quality assurance of the field and data collection phase of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS)
• IDEFICS - Identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants
• Influence of HMGA-genes on the development and progression of human SCCHN
• Interdisciplinary consortium on obesity prevention in children and adolescents; SP1: Individual and ecological lifestyle determinants of prevalence and incidence of obesity
• Interdisciplinary consortium on obesity prevention in children and adolescents; SP2: Genetic factors influencing pathways to obesity
• Pilot and feasibility studies for the German National Cohort
• Pooled analysis of European case-control studies on the interaction of occupational carcinogens in the development of lung cancer

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Selected Publications

Articles with peer-review

• Behrens, Thomas; Lynge, Elsebeth; Cree, Ian; Lutz, Jean-Michel; Eriksson, Mikael; Guénel, Pascal; Merletti, Franco; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria M.; Afonso, Noemia; Stengrevics, Aivars; Févotte, Joelle; Sabroe, Svend; Llopis-González, Agustin; Gorini, Giuseppe; Hardell, Lennart; Stang, Andreas; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2012). Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma. Cancer Causes & Control, 23 (1):141 - 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9863-z.
• Pesch, Beate; Kendzia, Benjamin; Gustavsson, Per; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Johnen, Georg; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Olsson, Ann; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Gross, Isabelle Mercedes; Brüske, Irene; Wichmann, Heinz-Erich; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Simonato, Lorenzo; Fortes, Cristina; Siemiatycki, Jack; Parent, Marie-Elise; Consonni, Dario; Landi, Maria Teresa; Caporaso, Neil; Zaridze, David; Cassidy, Adrian; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila; Rudnai, Peter; Lissowska, Jolanta; Stücker, Isabelle; Fabianova, Eleonora; Stanescu-Dumitru, Rodica; Bencko, Vladimir; Foretova, Lenka; Janout, Vladimir; Rudin, Charles M.; Brennan, Paul; Boffetta, Paolo; Straif, Kurt; Brüning, Thomas (2012). Cigarette smoking and lung cancer - relative risk estimates for the major histological types from a pooled analysis of case-control studies. International Journal of Cancer, 131 (5):1210 - 1219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27339.
• Behrens, Thomas; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Mester, Birte; Langner, Ingo; Schmeißer, Nils; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2012). Exposure to metal-working fluids in the automobile industry and the risk of male germ cell tumors. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 69 (3):224 - 226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2011-100070.
• Macfarlane, Tatiana V; Macfarlane, Gary J; Thakker, Nalin S.; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, Christine; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Lagiou, Pagona; Lagiou, Areti; Castellsague, Xavier; Agudo, Antonio; Slamova, Alena; Plzak, Jan; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Talamini, Renato; Barzan, Luigi; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Canova, Cristina; Simonato, Lorenzo; Conway, David I.; McKinney, Patricia A.; Thomson, Peter; Sloan, Philip; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, Claire M; McCartan, Bernard E.; Marron, Manuela; Brennan, Paul (2012). Role of medical history and medication use in the aetiology of upper aerodigestive tract cancers in Europe: The ARCAGE study. Annals of Oncology, 23 (4):1053 - 1060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdr335.
• Richiardi, Lorenzo; Corbin, Marine; Marron, Manuela; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Lagiou, Pagona; Minaki, Ploumitsa; Agudo, Antonio; Castellsague, Xavier; Slamova, Alena; Schejbalova, Miriam; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Barzan, Luigi; Talamini, Renato; Macfarlane, Gary J; Macfarlane, Tatiana V; Canova, Cristina; Simonato, Lorenzo; Conway, David I.; McKinney, Patricia A.; Sneddon, Linda; Thomson, Peter; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, Claire M; McCartan, Bernard E.; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, Christine; Hashibe, Mia; Brennan, Paul; Merletti, Franco (2012). Occupation and risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer: The ARCAGE study. International Journal of Cancer, 130 (10):2397 - 2406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26237.
• Chuang, Shu-Chun; Agudo, Antonio; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Anantharaman, Devasena; Benhamou, Simone; Boccia, Stefania; Chen, Chu; Conway, David I.; Fabianova, Eleonora; Hayes, Richard B.; Healy, Claire M; Holcátová, Ivana; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Lagiou, Pagona; Lazarus, Philip; Macfarlane, Tatiana V; Mahimkar, Manjoi B.; Mates, Dana; Matsuo, Keitaro; Merletti, Franco; Metspalu, Andres; Morgenstern, Hal; Muscat, Joshua; Cadoni, Gabriella; Olshan, Andrew F.; Purdue, Mark; Ramroth, Heribert; Rudnai, Peter; Schwartz, Stephen M.; Simonato, Lorenzo; Smith, Elaine M.; Sturgis, Erich M.; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila; Talamini, Renato; Thomson, Peter; Wei, Qingyi; Zaridze, David; Zhang, Zuo-Feng; Znaor, Ariana; Brennan, Paul; Boffetta, Paolo; Hashibe, Mia (2011). Sequence variants and the risk of head and neck cancer: Pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium. Frontiers in Oncology, 1:13.. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2011.00013.
• Anantharaman, Devasena; Marron, Manuela; Lagiou, Pagona; Samoli, Evangelia; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Slamova, Alena; Schejbalova, Miriam; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Castellsague, Xavier; Agudo, Antonio; Talamini, Renato; Barzan, Luigi; Macfarlane, Tatiana V; Tickle, Martin; Simonato, Lorenzo; Canova, Cristina; Conway, David I.; McKinney, Patricia A.; Thomson, Peter; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, Claire M; McCartan, Bernard E.; Hashibe, Mia; Brennan, Paul; Macfarlane, Gary J (2011). Population attributable risk of tobacco and alcohol for upper aerodigestive tract cancer. Oral Oncology, 47 (8):725 - 731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.05.004.
• Mester, Birte; Schmeißer, Nils; Lünzmann, Hauke; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Langner, Ingo; Behrens, Thomas; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2011). Development and evaluation of a tool for retrospective exposure assessment of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals and EMF in the car manufacturing industry. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 55 (7):736 - 751. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/mer023.
• Hense, Sabrina; Pohlabeln, Hermann; De Henauw, Stefaan; Eiben, Gabriele; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Barba, Gianvincenzo; Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos; Veidebaum, Toomas; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2011). Sleep duration and overweight in European children - Is the association modified by geographic region? Sleep, 37 (7):885 - 890. http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.1120.
• Hense, Sabrina; Barba, Gianvincenzo; Pohlabeln, Hermann; De Henauw, Stefaan; Marild, Staffan; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos; Veidebaum, Toomas; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2011). Factors that influence sleep duration in European children. Sleep, 34 (5):633 - 639
• Chen, Dan; Truong, Therese; Gaborieau, Valerie; Chabrier, Amelie; Chuang, Shu-Chun; Olshan, Andrew F.; Weissler, Mark C.; Luo, Jingchun; Romkes, Marjorie; Buch, Shama; Nukui, Tomoko; Franceschi, Silvia; Kelsey, Karl T.; Christensen, Brock; McClean, Mike D.; Lacko, Martin; Manni, Johannes J.; Peters, Wilbert H. M.; Lubinski, Jan; Trubicka, Joanna; Lener, Marcin; Muscat, Joshua E.; Lazarus, Philip; Wei, Qingyi; Sturgis, Erich M.; Zhang, Zuo-Feng; Chang, Shen-Chih; Wang, Renyi; Schwartz, Stephen M.; Chen, Chu; Benhamou, Simone; Lagiou, Pagona; Holcátová, Ivana; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Agudo, Antonio; Castellsague, Xavier; Macfarlane, Tatiana V.; Barzan, Luigigi; Canova, Cristina; Thakker, Nalin S.; Conway, David I.; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, Claire M.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Zaridze, David; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila; Lissowska, Jolanta; Rudnai, Peter; Fabianova, Eleonora; Bucur, Alexandru; Bencko, Vladimir; Foretova, Lenka; Janout, Vladimir; Curado, Maria Paula; Koifman, Sergio; Menezes, Ana; Wünsch-Filho, Victor; Neto, José Eluf; Fernandez, Leticia; Boccia, Stefania; Hashibe, Mia; Hayes, Richard B.; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; McKay, James D. (2011). A sex-specific association between a 15q25 variant and upper aerodigestive tract cancers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 20 (4):658 - 664. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1008.
• McKay, James D.; Truong, Therese; Gaborieau, Valerie; Chabrier, Amelie; Chuang, Shu-Chun; Byrnes, Graham; Zaridze, David; Shangina, Oxana; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila; Lissowska, Jolanta; Rudnai, Peter; Fabianova, Eleonora; Bucur, Alexandru; Bencko, Vladimir; Holcátová, Ivana; Janout, Vladimir; Foretova, Lenka; Lagiou, Pagona; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, Christine; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Talamini, Renato; Barzan, Luigi; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Macfarlane, Tatiana V.; Simonato, Lorenzo; Canova, Cristina; Agudo, Antonio; Castellsague, Xavier; Lowry, Ray; Conway, David I.; McKinney, Patricia A.; Healy, Claire M.; Toner, Mary E.; Znaor, Ariana; Curado, Maria Paula; Koifman, Sergio; Menezes, Ana; Wünsch-Filho, Victor; Neto, José Eluf; Fernandez, Leticia; Boccia, Stefania; Cadoni, Gabriella; Arzani, Dario; Olshan, Andrew F.; Weissler, Mark C.; Funkhouser, William K.; Luo, Jingchun; Lubinski, Jan; Trubicka, Joanna; Lener, Marcin; Oszutowska, Dorota; Schwartz, Stephen M.; Chen, Chu; Fish, Sherianne; Doody, David R.; Muscat, Joshua E.; Lazarus, Philip; Gallagher, Carla J.; Chang, Shen-Chih; Greenland, Sander; Zhang, Zuo-Feng; Wei, Qingyi; Sturgis, Erich M.; Wang, Li-E; Franceschi, Silvia; Herrero, Rolando; Kelsey, Karl T.; McClean, Mike D.; Marsit, Carmen J.; Nelson, Heather H.; Romkes, Marjorie; Buch, Shama; Nukui, Tomoko; Zhong, Shilong; Lacko, Martin; Manni, Johannes J.; Peters, Wilbert H. M.; Hung, Rayjean J.; McLaughlin, John; Vatten, Lars; Njølstad, Inger; Goodman, Gary E.; Field, John K.; Liloglou, Triantafillos; Vineis, Paolo; Clavel-Chapelon, Francoise; Palli, Domenico; Tumino, Rosario; Krogh, Vittorio; Panico, Salvatore; Gonzalez, Carlos A.; Quiros, J. Ramon; Martinez, Carmen; Navarro, Carmen; Ardanaz, Eva; Larranaga, Nerea; Khaw, Kay Tee; Key, Timothy; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Peeters, Petra H. M.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Linseisen, Jakob; Boeing, Heiner; Hallmans, Göran; Overvad, Kim; Tjønneland, Anne; Kumle, Merethe; Riboli, Elio; Välk, Kristjan; Vooder, Tõnu; Metspalu, Andres; Zelenika, Diana; Boland, Anne; Delepine, Marc; Foglio, Mario; Lechner, Doris; Blanche, Helene; Gut, Ivo G.; Galan, Pilar; Heath, Simon; Hashibe, Mia; Hayes, Richard B.; Boffetta, Paolo; Lathrop, Mark; Brennan, Paul (2011). A genome-wide association study of upper aerodigestive tract cancers conducted within the INHANCE consortium. PLoS Genetics, 7 (3):e1001333.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1001333.
• Zeeb, Hajo; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pigeot, Iris (2011). Primärprävention: Konzepte und Strategien. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 54 (3):265 - 271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-010-1226-5.
• Stomfai, S.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Bammann, Karin; Kovács, Eva; Marild, Staffan; Michels, N.; Moreno, Luis A.; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Siani, Alfonso; Tornaritis, Michael; Veidebaum, Toomas; Molnar, Dénes; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). Intra- and interobserver reliability in anthropometric measurements in children. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S45 - S51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.34.
• Suling, Marc; Hebestreit, Antje; Peplies, Jenny; Bammann, Karin; Nappo, Annunziata; Eiben, Gabriele; Fernández-Alvira, Juan Miguel; Verbestel, Vera; Kovács, Eva; Pitsiladis, Yannis; Veidebaum, Toomas; Hadjigeorgiou, Charis; Knof, Kolja; Ahrens, Wolfgang; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). Design and results of the pre-test of the IDEFICS study. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S30 - S44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.33.
• Sioen, Isabelle; Goemare, Stefan; Ahrens, Wolfgang; De Henauw, Stefaan; De Vriendt, Tineke; Kaufman, Jean-Marc; Ottevaere, Charlene; Roggen, Inge; Swolin-Eide, Diana; Tubic, Bojan; Vyncke, Krishna; Marild, Staffan; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). The relationship between pediatric calcaneal quantitative ultrasound measurements and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and DXA with laser (DXL) as well as body composition. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S125 - S130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.44.
• Peplies, Jenny; Günther, Kathrin; Bammann, Karin; Fraterman, Arno; Russo, Paola; Veidebaum, Toomas; Tornaritis, Michael; Vanaelst, Barbara; Marild, Staffan; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). Influence of sample collection and pre-analytical sample processing on the analyses of biological markers in the European multicentre study IDEFICS. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S104 - S112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.41.
• Lanfer, Anne; Hebestreit, Antje; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Krogh, Vittorio; Sieri, Sabina; Lissner, Lauren; Eiben, Gabriele; Siani, Alfonso; Huybrechts, Inge; Loit, Helle-Mai; Papoutsou, Stalo; Kovács, Eva; Pala, Valeria; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). Reproducibility of food consumption frequencies derived from the Children"s Eating Habits Questionnaire used in the IDEFICS study. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S61 - S68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.36.
• Huybrechts, Inge; Börnhorst, Claudia; Pala, Valeria; Moreno, Luis A.; Barba, Gianvincenzo; Lissner, Lauren; Fraterman, Arno; Veidebaum, Toomas; Hebestreit, Antje; Sieri, Sabina; Krogh, Vittorio; Ottevaere, Charlene; Tornaritis, Michael; Molnar, Dénes; Ahrens, Wolfgang; De Henauw, Stefaan; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). Evaluation of the Children"s Eating Habits Questionnaire used in the IDEFICS study by using urinary calcium and potassium excretion in spot urine samples for estimating correlations with milk consumption frequencies among European children. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S69 - S78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.37.
• De Henauw, Stefaan; Verbestel, Vera; Marild, Staffan; Barba, Gianvincenzo; Bammann, Karin; Eiben, Gabriele; Hebestreit, Antje; Iacoviello, Licia; Keimer, Katharina Maria; Konstabel, Kenn; Kovács, Eva; Lissner, Lauren; Maes, Lea; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Reisch, Lucia; Siani, Alfonso; Tornaritis, Michael; Williams, G.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Pigeot, Iris; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). The IDEFICS Community-Oriented Intervention Program. A new model for childhood obesity prevention in Europe? International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S16 - S23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.31.
• Ahrens, Wolfgang; Bammann, Karin; Siani, Alfonso; Buchecker, Kirsten; De Henauw, Stefaan; Iacoviello, Licia; Hebestreit, Antje; Krogh, Vittorio; Lissner, Lauren; Marild, Staffan; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Pitsiladis, Yannis; Reisch, Lucia A.; Tornaritis, Michael; Veidebaum, Toomas; Pigeot, Iris; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). The IDEFICS cohort: Design, characteristics and participation in the baseline survey. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S3 - S15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.30.
• Olsson, Ann C.; Gustavsson, Per; Kromhout, Hans; Peters, Susan; Vermeulen, Roel; Brüske, Irene; Pesch, Beate; Siemiatycki, Jack; Pintos, Javier; Brüning, Thomas; Cassidy, Adrian; Wichmann, Heinz-Erich; Consonni, Dario; Landi, Maria Teresa; Caporaso, Neil; Plato, Nils; Merletti, Franco; Mirabelli, Dario; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Lissowska, Jolanta; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila; Zaridze, David; Stücker, Isabelle; Benhamou, Simone; Bencko, Vladimir; Foretova, Lenka; Janout, Vladimir; Rudnai, Peter; Fabianova, Eleonora; Stanescu Dumitru, Rodica; Gross, Isabelle Mercedes; Kendzia, Benjamin; Forastiere, Francesco; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Brennan, Paul; Boffetta, Paolo; Straif, Kurt (2010). Exposure to diesel motor exhaust and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis from case-control studies in Europe and Canada. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 183:941 - 948. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201006-0940OC.
• Macfarlane, Tatiana V.; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Oliver, Richard J.; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, Christine; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Lagiou, Pagona; Lagiou, Areti; Castellsague, Xavier; Agudo, Antonio; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Slamova, Alena; Schejbalova, Miriam; Canova, Cristina; Simonato, Lorenzo; Talamini, Renato; Barzan, Luigi; Conway, David I.; McKinney, Patricia A.; Znaor, Ariana; Lowry, Raymond J.; Thomson, Peter; Healy, Claire M.; McCartan, Bernard E.; Marron, Manuela; Hashibe, Mia; Brennan, Paul (2010). The aetiology of upper aerodigestive tract cancers among young adults in Europe: The ARCAGE study. Cancer Causes & Control, 21 (12):2213 - 2221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9641-3.
• Schmeißer, Nils; Mester, Birte; Behrens, Thomas; Gottlieb, Andrea; Langner, Ingo; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Local cluster of germ cell cancer in a cohort of male automotive workers in Germany not explained by previous or concurrent activities and exposures in farming and forestry. Cancer Epidemiology, 35 (1):73 - 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2010.06.019.
• Agostini, Michela; Ferro, Gilles; Olsson, Ann; Burstyn, Igor; de Vocht, Frank; Hansen, Johnni; Funch Lassen, Christina; Johansen, Christoffer; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Langard, Sverre; Stücker, Isabelle; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Behrens, Thomas; Lindbohm, Marja-Liisa; Heikkilä, Pirjo; Heederik, Dick; Portengen, Lützen; Shaham, Judith; Boffetta, Paolo; Kromhout, Hans (2010). Exposure assessment for a nested case control study of lung cancer among European asphalt workers. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 54 (7):813 - 823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/meq059.
• Olsson, Ann; Kromhout, Hans; Agostini, Michela; Hansen, Johnni; Funch Lassen, Christina; Johansen, Christoffer; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Langard, Sverre; Stücker, Isabelle; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Behrens, Thomas; Lindbohm, Marja-Liisa; Heikkilä, Pirjo; Heederik, Dick; Portengen, Lützen; Shaham, Judith; Ferro, Gilles; de Vocht, Frank; Burstyn, Igor; Boffetta, Paolo (2010). A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118 (10):1418 - 1424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901800.
• Schmeißer, Nils; Kaerlev, Linda; Bourdon-Raverdy, N.; Ganry, O.; Llopis-González, Agustin; Guénel, Pascal; Hardell, Lennart; Merletti, Franco; Zambon, Paola; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria M.; Olsen, Jorn; Olsson, Hakan; Vyberg, Mogens; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Occupational exposure to pesticides and bile tract carcinoma in men: Results from a European multicenter case-control study. Cancer Causes & Control, 21 (9):1493 - 1502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9578-6.
• Lanfer, Anne; Hebestreit, Antje; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Einfluss der Ernährung und des Essverhaltens auf die Entwicklung der Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 53 (7):690 - 698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-010-1086-z.
• Behrens, Thomas; Kaerlev, Linda; Cree, Ian; Lutz, Jean-Michel; Afonso, Noemia; Eriksson, Mikael; Guénel, Pascal; Merletti, Franco; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria M.; Stengrevics, Aivars; Sabroe, Svend; Cyr, Diane; Llopis-González, Agustin; Gorini, Giuseppe; Sharkova, Galina; Hardell, Lennart; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Hormonal exposures and the risk of uveal melanoma. Cancer Causes & Control, 21 (10):1625 - 1634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9591-9.
• Winkler, Susanne; Picó, Catalina; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Physiologische Mechanismen in der Entwicklung von Adipositas. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 53 (7):681 - 689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-010-1089-9.
• Pigeot, Iris; Buck, Christoph; Herrmann, Diana; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Übergewicht und Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Die weltweite Situation. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 53 (7):653 - 665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-010-1083-2.
• Schmeißer, Nils; Conway, David I.; McKinney, Patricia A; McMahon, A. D.; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Marron, Manuela; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, Christine; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Macfarlane, Tatiana V.; Lagiou, Pagona; Lagiou, Areti; Bencko, Vladimir; Holcátová, Ivana; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Agudo, Antonio; Talamini, Renato; Polesel, J.; Canova, Cristina; Simonato, Lorenzo; Lowry, Raymond J.; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, Claire; McCartan, Bernard E.; Hashibe, Mia; Brennan, Paul J.; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Life course social mobility and risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer in men. European Journal of Epidemiology, 25 (3):173 - 182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-010-9429-5.
• Langner, Ingo; Schmeißer, Nils; Mester, Birte; Behrens, Thomas; Gottlieb, Andrea; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Case-control study of male germ cell tumors nested in a cohort of car manufacturing workers: Findings from the occupational history. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 53 (10):1006 - 1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20865.
• Park, Sungshim Lani; Lee, Yuan Chin; Marron, Manuela; Agudo, Antonio; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Barzan, Luigi; Bencko, Vladimir; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, Christine; Canova, Cristina; Castellsague, Xavier; Conway, David I.; Healy, Claire M.; Holcátová, Ivana; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Lagiou, Pagona; Lowry, Raymond J.; Macfarlane, Tatiana V.; Macfarlane, Gary J.; McCartan, Bernard E.; McKinney, Patricia A.; Merletti, Franco; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Simonato, Lorenzo; Sneddon, Linda; Talamini, Renato; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Znaor, Ariana; Brennan, Paul; Hashibe, Mia (2010). The association between change in body mass index and upper aerodigestive tract cancers in the ARCAGE project: Multicenter case-control study. International Journal of Cancer, 128 (6):1449 - 1461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25468.
• Villeneuve, Sara; Cyr, Diane; Lynge, Elsebeth; Orsi, Laurent ; Sabroe, Svend; Merletti, Franco; Gorini, Giuseppe; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria M.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Baumgardt-Elms, Cornelia; Karlaev, Linda; Eriksson, Mikael; Hardell, Lennart; Févotte, Joelle; Guénel, Pascal (2010). Occupation and occupational exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in male breast cancer: A case-control study in Europe. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 67 (12):837 - 844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oem.2009.052175.
• Pigeot, Iris; De Henauw, Stefaan; Foraita, Ronja; Jahn, Ingeborg; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Primary prevention from the epidemiology perspective: Three examples from the practice. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10:10.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-10-10.
• Behrens, Thomas; Lynge, Elsebeth; Cree, Ian; Sabroe, Svend; Lutz, Jean-Michel; Afonso, Noemia; Eriksson, Mikael; Guénel, Pascal; Merletti, Franco; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria M.; Stengrevics, Aivars; Févotte, Joelle; Llopis-González, Agustin; Gorini, Giuseppe; Sharkova, Galina; Hardell, Lennart; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and sex-differential risk of uveal melanoma. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 67 (11):751 - 759. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oem.2009.052225.
• Conway, David I.; McKinney, P.A; McMahon, A.D; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Schmeißer, Nils; Benhamou, Simone; Bouchardy, C; Macfarlane, Gary J; Macfarlane, Tatiana V; Lagiou, Pagona; Minaki, P; Bencko, Vladimir; Holcátová, Ivana; Merletti, F; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Agudo, Antonio; Castellsague, Xavier; Talamini, R; Barzan, Luigi; Canova, Cristina; Simonato, L; Lowry, R.J; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, C.M; McCartan, B.E; Marron, M; Hashibe, Mia; Brennan, Paul (2010). Socioeconomic factors associated with risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer in Europe. European Journal of Cancer, 46 (3):588 - 598

Books

• Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang (eds) (2011). Epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents - Prevalence and etiology. New York: Springer

Book chapters

• Ahrens, Wolfgang; Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris (2011). Childhood obesity: Prevalence worldwide - Synthesis Part I. In: Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang (eds). Epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents - Prevalence and etiology. New York, USA: Springer: 219 - 235
• Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Moreno, Luis A. (2011). Introduction. In: Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang (eds). Epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents - Prevalence and etiology. New York, USA: Springer: 1 - 6
• Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2011). Childhood obesity: Etiology - Synthesis Part II. In: Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang (eds). Epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents - Prevalence and etiology. New York, USA: Springer: 483 - 492
• Behrens, Thomas; Mester, Birte; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Epidemiologische Evidenz in der Arbeitsmedizin. In: Hofmann, Friedrich; Kralj, Nenad (eds). Handbuch der betriebsärztlichen Praxis. Grundlagen - Diagnostik - Organisation - Prävention - Rechtskommentare. 30. Ergänzungslieferung 4/10. Handbuch der betriebsärztlichen Praxis. Hofmann, Friedrich; Kralj, Nenad, München: ecomed Medizin: 1 - 16

Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences

• Foraita, Ronja; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Ahrens, Wolfgang; on behalf of the ARCAGE consortium (2011). Different interaction concepts to detect gene-environment interactions in the context of upper aero-digestive tract cancer. "Prävention sozial und nachhaltig gestalten". Gemeinsamer Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie (DGMS) in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Medizinischen Dienst der Krankenversicherungen (MDK), 21.-23. September 2011, Bremen. (Abstract publiziert in: Das Gesundheitswesen. 2011;73(8/9):555)

Letters

• Behrens, Thomas; Mester, Birte; Hense, Sabrina; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2011). Weitere potenziell karzinogene Effekte der Chronodisruption. Leserbrief Re: "Schichtarbeit und Krebs: Hintergründe und Herausforderungen" von Erren TC et al. (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010;107(38):657-662) Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 108 (1-2):8.. http://dx.doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0008a.

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