Wolfgang Ahrens

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1 A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25. Nature 2008 16.10
2 Exposure to diesel motor exhaust and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis from case-control studies in Europe and Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 4.35
3 From sleep duration to childhood obesity--what are the pathways? Eur J Pediatr 2012 2.21
4 Cigarette smoking and lung cancer--relative risk estimates for the major histological types from a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Int J Cancer 2011 1.74
5 A genome-wide association study of upper aerodigestive tract cancers conducted within the INHANCE consortium. PLoS Genet 2011 1.68
6 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fatal ischemic heart disease. Epidemiology 2005 1.38
7 Human papillomavirus infections and upper aero-digestive tract cancers: the ARCAGE study. J Natl Cancer Inst 2013 1.29
8 Establishment of a pharmacoepidemiological database in Germany: methodological potential, scientific value and practical limitations. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2008 1.28
9 Factors that influence weekday sleep duration in European children. Sleep 2011 1.26
10 Population attributable risk of tobacco and alcohol for upper aerodigestive tract cancer. Oral Oncol 2011 1.26
11 Genetic associations of 115 polymorphisms with cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract across 10 European countries: the ARCAGE project. Cancer Res 2009 1.12
12 Towards the integration and development of a cross-European research network and infrastructure: the DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2014 1.11
13 Sleep duration and overweight in European children: is the association modified by geographic region? Sleep 2011 1.11
14 Television habits in relation to overweight, diet and taste preferences in European children: the IDEFICS study. Eur J Epidemiol 2012 1.10
15 Alcohol-related cancers and genetic susceptibility in Europe: the ARCAGE project: study samples and data collection. Eur J Cancer Prev 2009 1.07
16 The exposure-time-response relationship between occupational asbestos exposure and lung cancer in two German case-control studies. Am J Ind Med 2002 1.06
17 Is previous respiratory disease a risk factor for lung cancer? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014 1.04
18 IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans. Environ Health Perspect 2015 1.03
19 Alcohol drinking may increase risk of breast cancer in men: a European population-based case-control study. Cancer Causes Control 2004 1.01
20 Occupational risk factors for mycosis fungoides: a European multicenter case-control study. J Occup Environ Med 2004 1.00
21 Estimating and explaining the effect of education and income on head and neck cancer risk: INHANCE consortium pooled analysis of 31 case-control studies from 27 countries. Int J Cancer 2014 0.99
22 The importance of smoking and medical history for development of small bowel carcinoid tumor: a European population-based case-control study. Cancer Causes Control 2002 0.99
23 Cancer mortality among European asphalt workers: an international epidemiological study. II. Exposure to bitumen fume and other agents. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.98
24 Diet and upper-aerodigestive tract cancer in Europe: the ARCAGE study. Int J Cancer 2009 0.98
25 Diet and the risk of head and neck cancer: a pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium. Cancer Causes Control 2011 0.98
26 Exposure to cement dust, related occupational groups and laryngeal cancer risk: results of a population based case-control study. Int J Cancer 2004 0.97
27 The aetiology of upper aerodigestive tract cancers among young adults in Europe: the ARCAGE study. Cancer Causes Control 2010 0.97
28 Testicular, other genital, and breast cancers in first-degree relatives of testicular cancer patients and controls. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 0.96
29 Mortality from obstructive lung diseases and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among asphalt workers. Am J Epidemiol 2003 0.93
30 Occupation and occupational exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in male breast cancer: a case-control study in Europe. Occup Environ Med 2010 0.92
31 Negative life events, emotions and psychological difficulties as determinants of salivary cortisol in Belgian primary school children. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2012 0.92
32 Occupational exposure to organic dust increases lung cancer risk in the general population. Thorax 2011 0.92
33 Cancer mortality among European asphalt workers: an international epidemiological study. I. Results of the analysis based on job titles. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.92
34 Occupational wood dust exposure and the risk of laryngeal cancer: a population based case-control study in Germany. Am J Ind Med 2008 0.91
35 Response in individuals with and without foreign background and application to the National Cohort in Germany: which factors have an effect? Int J Public Health 2014 0.91
36 Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular disease risk factors in young children: a cross-sectional study (the IDEFICS study). BMC Med 2013 0.90
37 Using prior information from the medical literature in GWAS of oral cancer identifies novel susceptibility variant on chromosome 4--the AdAPT method. PLoS One 2012 0.90
38 Occupational factors and risk of adult bone sarcomas: a multicentric case-control study in Europe. Int J Cancer 2006 0.89
39 Blood cells as a source of transcriptional biomarkers of childhood obesity and its related metabolic alterations: results of the IDEFICS study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012 0.89
40 Active and involuntary tobacco smoking and upper aerodigestive tract cancer risks in a multicenter case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 0.89
41 Effect modification of the association of cumulative exposure and cancer risk by intensity of exposure and time since exposure cessation: a flexible method applied to cigarette smoking and lung cancer in the SYNERGY Study. Am J Epidemiol 2013 0.89
42 A sex-specific association between a 15q25 variant and upper aerodigestive tract cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2011 0.88
43 Adolescent milk fat and galactose consumption and testicular germ cell cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006 0.88
44 Being macrosomic at birth is an independent predictor of overweight in children: results from the IDEFICS study. Matern Child Health J 2013 0.87
45 Testicular cancer and electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the workplace: results of a population-based case-control study in Germany. Cancer Causes Control 2002 0.87
46 Residential exposure to overhead high-voltage lines and the risk of testicular cancer: results of a population-based case-control study in Hamburg (Germany). Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2004 0.87
47 Occupation and risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer: the ARCAGE study. Int J Cancer 2011 0.86
48 [IDEFICS: a multicenter European project on diet- and lifestyle-related disorders in children]. Med Klin (Munich) 2007 0.86
49 Performance of different exposure assessment approaches in a study of bitumen fume exposure and lung cancer mortality. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.86
50 Assessment of selection bias in a health survey of children and families - the IDEFICS Sweden-study. BMC Public Health 2013 0.85
51 Exposure assessment for a nested case-control study of lung cancer among European asphalt workers. Ann Occup Hyg 2010 0.85
52 Children's heart rate variability as stress indicator: association with reported stress and cortisol. Biol Psychol 2013 0.85
53 Adult height and head and neck cancer: a pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium. Eur J Epidemiol 2013 0.84
54 The use of herbal preparations to alleviate climacteric disorders and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in a German case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 0.84
55 Occupational exposures and mycosis fungoides. A European multicentre case-control study (Europe). Cancer Causes Control 2005 0.84
56 European multi-centre case-control study on risk factors for rare cancers of unknown aetiology. Eur J Cancer 2005 0.84
57 Maternal employment and childhood obesity--a European perspective. J Health Econ 2013 0.83
58 Estimating exposures in the asphalt industry for an international epidemiological cohort study of cancer risk. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.83
59 Occupation, exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and laryngeal cancer risk. Int J Cancer 2005 0.83
60 A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers. Environ Health Perspect 2010 0.82
61 Cooking and uveal melanoma risk: results from two German case-control studies. Cancer Causes Control 2003 0.82
62 Elevated cancer mortality in a German cohort of bitumen workers: extended follow-up through 2004. J Occup Environ Hyg 2009 0.82
63 Attributable risks for childhood overweight: evidence for limited effectiveness of prevention. Pediatrics 2012 0.81
64 Welding and lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Am J Epidemiol 2013 0.81
65 Primary prevention from the epidemiology perspective: three examples from the practice. BMC Med Res Methodol 2010 0.81
66 Carpenters, cabinetmakers, and risk of testicular germ cell cancer. J Occup Environ Med 2005 0.81
67 Firefighting and risk of testicular cancer: results from a German population-based case-control study. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.80
68 Lack of association between serum antibodies of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of lung cancer. Int J Cancer 2008 0.80
69 The association between change in body mass index and upper aerodigestive tract cancers in the ARCAGE project: multicenter case-control study. Int J Cancer 2011 0.79
70 Social context for workplace health promotion: feasibility considerations in Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Spain and Sweden. Health Promot Int 2003 0.79
71 Occupational risks for uveal melanoma results from a case-control study in nine European countries. Cancer Causes Control 2005 0.79
72 Risk factors for nasal malignancies in German men: the South-German Nasal cancer study. BMC Cancer 2012 0.79
73 Occupational sun exposure and mycosis fungoides: a European multicenter case-control study. J Occup Environ Med 2006 0.79
74 Assessment of feasibility of workplace health promotion. Prev Med 2002 0.79
75 Development and evaluation of a tool for retrospective exposure assessment of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals and EMF in the car manufacturing industry. Ann Occup Hyg 2011 0.79
76 Risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer and type of alcoholic beverage: a European multicenter case-control study. Eur J Epidemiol 2012 0.79
77 Hormonal exposures and the risk of uveal melanoma. Cancer Causes Control 2010 0.78
78 Lung cancer risk among bricklayers in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Int J Cancer 2014 0.78
79 Pet birds and risk of lung cancer in North-Western Germany. Lung Cancer 2002 0.78
80 Relationship between markers of body fat and calcaneal bone stiffness differs between preschool and primary school children: results from the IDEFICS baseline survey. Calcif Tissue Int 2012 0.78
81 Objective measures of the built environment and physical activity in children: from walkability to moveability. J Urban Health 2015 0.78
82 Migrant background and weight gain in early infancy: results from the German study sample of the IDEFICS study. PLoS One 2013 0.78
83 Lung cancer risk among cooks when accounting for tobacco smoking: a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and China. J Occup Environ Med 2015 0.78
84 Smoking addiction and the risk of upper-aerodigestive-tract cancer in a multicenter case-control study. Int J Cancer 2013 0.77
85 Evaluation of a questionnaire to assess selected infectious diseases and their risk factors : findings of a multicenter study. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2014 0.77
86 Sequence Variants and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the INHANCE Consortium. Front Oncol 2011 0.77
87 Lung cancer among coal miners, ore miners and quarrymen: smoking-adjusted risk estimates from the synergy pooled analysis of case-control studies. Scand J Work Environ Health 2015 0.77
88 Understanding the links among neuromedin U gene, beta2-adrenoceptor gene and bone health: an observational study in European children. PLoS One 2013 0.77
89 Occupational asbestos exposure as a risk factor for laryngeal carcinoma in a population-based case-control study from Germany. Am J Ind Med 2011 0.77
90 Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma. Cancer Causes Control 2011 0.77
91 Occupational exposure to chlorinated and petroleum solvents and mycosis fungoides. J Occup Environ Med 2013 0.77
92 Occupational risk factors for small bowel carcinoid tumor: a European population-based case-control study. J Occup Environ Med 2002 0.76
93 Exposure to metal-working fluids in the automobile industry and the risk of male germ cell tumours. Occup Environ Med 2011 0.76
94 Lung cancer risk among bakers, pastry cooks and confectionary makers: the SYNERGY study. Occup Environ Med 2013 0.76
95 Breast cancer in priests: follow-up of an observation made 167 years ago. Eur J Epidemiol 2010 0.76
96 Prevalence of psychosomatic and emotional symptoms in European school-aged children and its relationship with childhood adversities: results from the IDEFICS study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2012 0.76
97 Occupational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the risk of uveal melanoma. Scand J Work Environ Health 2011 0.76
98 Exposure-Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies. Epidemiology 2017 0.75
99 Rebuttal letter: re. Börnhorst et al. Eur. J. Pediatr. 171: 1029-38 (2012). Eur J Pediatr 2012 0.75
100 Further potentially carcinogenic effects of chronodisruption. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011 0.75
101 Lung cancer risk among hairdressers: a pooled analysis of case-control studies conducted between 1985 and 2010. Am J Epidemiol 2013 0.75
102 A population-based case-control study on social factors and risk of testicular germ cell tumours. BMJ Open 2013 0.75
103 Lung Cancer Among Firefighters: Smoking-Adjusted Risk Estimates in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies. J Occup Environ Med 2016 0.75
104 Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and sex-differential risk of uveal melanoma. Occup Environ Med 2010 0.75
105 Phenotypical characteristics, lifestyle, social class and uveal melanoma. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2003 0.75
106 Case-control study of male germ cell tumors nested in a cohort of car-manufacturing workers: Findings from the occupational history. Am J Ind Med 2010 0.75
107 Increase in Mental Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic-the Role of Occupational and Financial Strains. An Analysis of the German National Cohort (NAKO) Study. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2022 0.75