Publications

Amini H, Yousefian F, FaridiS, Andersen Z.J, Calas E, Castro A, Cervantes-Martínez K, Cole-Hunter T, Corso M, Dragic N, Evangelopoulos D, Gapp C, Hassanvand M.S, Kim I, Le Tertre A, Medina S, Miller B, Montero S, Requia W.J, Riojas-Rodriguez H, Rojas-Rueda D, Samoli E, Texcalac-Sangrador J.L, Yitshak-Sade M, Schwartz J, Künzli N, Spadaro J.V, Krzyzanowski M, Mudu P. Two decades of air pollution health risk assessment: insights from the use of WHO’s AirQ and AirQ+ tools. Public Health Rev. 2024;45:1606969. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1606969

Bürkin B.M, Czabanowska K, Babich S, Casamitjana N, Vicente-Crespo M, De Souza L.E, Ehrenberg J.P, Hoffmann A, Kamath R, Matthiä A, Okumu F, Rutebemberwa E, Waser M, Künzli N, Bohlius J. Competencies for transformational leadership in public health: an international delphi consensus study. Int J of Public Health. 2024;69:1606267. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606267

Dugerdil A, Babington-Ashaye A, Bochud M, Chan M, Chiolero A, Gerber-Grote A, Künzli N, Paradis G, Puhan M.A, Suggs L.S, Van der Horst K, Escher G, Flahault A. A new model for ranking schools of public health: the public health academic ranking. Int J Public Health. 2024;69:1606684. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606684

Nguyen T.T.N, Vu T.D, Vuong N.L, Pham T.V.L, Le T.H, Tran M.D, Nguyen T.L, Künzli N, Morgan G. Effect of ambient air pollution on hospital admission for respiratory diseases in Hanoi children during 2007-2019. Environ Res. 2024;241:117633. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117633

Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Wichmann J, Arowosegbe O.O, Probst-Hensch N, Schindler C, Künzli N. A new global air quality health index based on the WHO Air Quality Guideline values with application in Cape Town. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606349. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606349

Castro A, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Kappeler R, Kutlar Joss M, Vienneau D, Röösli M. Mortality attributable to ambient fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in Switzerland in 2019: use of two-pollutant effect estimates. Environ Res. 2023;231(Pt 1):116029. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116029

Faridi S, Krzyzanowski M, Cohen A.J, Malkawi M, Moh'd Safi H.A, Yousefian F, Azimi F, Naddafi K, Momeniha F, Niazi S, Amini H, Künzli N, Shamsipour M, Mokammel A, Roostaei V, Hassanvand M.S. Ambient air quality standards and policies in Eastern Mediterranean countries: a review. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1605352. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605352

Künzli N, Kutlar Joss M, Kappeler R. Be aware: science is not ready to calculate the antimicrobial resistance death due to air pollution. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606497. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606497

Künzli N, Woodrow C, Berger A, Czabanowska K, Iacoviello L, Lucas R, Madarasova Geckova A, Merten S, Knesebeck O.V.D, Mantwill S, Panico S, Osorio L, Ribeiro A.I, Chiodini P, Suggs L.S, Coulibaly J. Chocolate eaters do not necessarily win a Nobel Prize - authors in special issues do not necessarily publish lower quality papers. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606967. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606967

Tavakkoli M, Takian A, Mohammadi M, Heidari H, Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati L, Yousefzade-Chabok S, de Savigny D, Fink G, Künzli N, Cobos Muñoz D. Assessing the design of road traffic death information systems in Iran: a participatory systems approach. Int J Med Inform. 2023;172:105005. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105005

Vienneau D, Stafoggia M, Rodopoulou S, Chen J, Atkinson R.W, Bauwelinck M, Klompmaker J.O, Oftedal B, Andersen Z.J, Janssen N.A.H, So R, Lim Y.H, Flückiger B, Ducret-Stich R, Röösli M, Probst-Hensch N, Künzli N, Strak M, Samoli E, de Hoogh K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G. Association between exposure to multiple air pollutants, transportation noise and cause-specific mortality in adults in Switzerland. Environ Health. 2023;22(1):29. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-023-00983-y

Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Wichmann J, Arowosegbe O.O, Probst-Hensch N, Schindler C, Künzli N. Short-term joint effects of PM10, NO2 and SO2 on cardio-respiratory disease hospital admissions in Cape Town, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(1):495. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010495

Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Wichmann J, Arowosegbe O.O, Probst-Hensch N, Schindler C, Künzli N. Short-term effects of PM10, NO2, SO2 and O3 on cardio-respiratory mortality in Cape Town, South Africa, 2006-2015. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(13):8078. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19138078

Arowosegbe O.O, Röösli M, Künzli N, Saucy A, Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Schwartz J, Kebalepile M, Jeebhay M.F, Dalvie M.A, de Hoogh K. Ensemble averaging using remote sensing data to model spatiotemporal PM10 concentrations in sparsely monitored South Africa. Environ Pollut. 2022;310:119883. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119883

Bauwens J, de Lusignan S, Weldesselassie Y.G, Sherlock J, Künzli N, Bonhoeffer J. Safety of routine childhood vaccine coadministration versus separate vaccination. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(9):e008215. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008215

Castro A, Röösli M, de Hoogh K, Kappeler R, Kutlar Joss M, Vienneau D, Künzli N. Methods matter: a comparative review of health risk assessments for ambient air pollution in Switzerland. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1604431. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604431

Khorrami Z, Pourkhosravani M, Eslahi M, Rezapour M, Akbari M.E, Amini H, Taghavi-Shahri S.M, Künzli N, Etemad K, Khanjani N. Multiple air pollutants exposure and leukaemia incidence in Tehran, Iran from 2010 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e060562. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060562

Künzli N, Berger A, Czabanowska K, Lucas R, Madarasova Geckova A, Mantwill S, von dem Knesebeck O. "I do not have time": is this the end of peer review in public health sciences?. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1605407. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605407

Probst-Hensch N, Bochud M, Chiolero A, Crivelli L, Dratva J, Flahault A, Frey D, Künzli N, Puhan M, Suggs L.S, Wirth C. Swiss Cohort & Biobank: the white paper. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1605660. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1605660

Röösli M, Castro A, Dongus S, Ragettli M, Künzli N, Probst-Hensch N, Kutlar Joss M. Nuisances atmosphériques: pollution de l’air, bruits et rayonnements. In: Senn N,Gaille M,del Río Carral M,Gonzalez Holguera J, eds. Santé et environnement: vers une nouvelle approche globale, 289-305. Chêne-Bourg: RMS éditions, 2022. DOI: 10.53738/REVMED.95022

Tangermann L, Vienneau D, Hattendorf J, Saucy A, Künzli N, Schaffer B, Wunderli J.M, Röösli M. The association of road traffic noise with problem behaviour in adolescents: a cohort study. Environ Res. 2022;207:112645. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112645

Tavakkoli M, Torkashvand-Khah Z, Fink G, Takian A, Künzli N, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D. Evidence from the decade of action for road safety: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions in low and middle-income countries. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1604499. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604499

Zhang J, Lim Y.H, Andersen Z.J, Napolitano G, Taghavi Shahri S.M, So R, Plucker M, Danesh-Yazdi M, Cole-Hunter T, Therming Jørgensen J, Liu S, Bergmann M, Jayant Mehta A, Mortensen L.H, Requia W, Lange T, Loft S, Künzli N, Schwartz J, Amini H. Stringency of COVID-19 containment response policies and air quality changes: a global analysis across 1851 cities. Environ Sci Technol. 2022;56:12086−12096. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04303

Arowosegbe O.O, Röösli M, Künzli N, Saucy A, Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Jeebhay M.F, Dalvie M.A, de Hoogh K. Comparing methods to impute missing daily ground-level PM10 concentrations between 2010-2017 in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(7):3374. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073374

Bauwens J, de Lusignan S, Sherlock J, Ferreira F, Künzli N, Bonhoeffer J. Co-administration of routine paediatric vaccines in England often deviates from the immunisation schedule. Vaccine X. 2021;9:100115. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100115

Bauwens J, De Lusignan S, Sherlock J, Ferreira F, Künzli N, Bonhoeffer J. Adherence to the paediatric immunisation schedule in England. Vaccine X. 2021;9:100125. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100125

Hoffmann B, Boogaard H, de Nazelle A, Andersen Z.J, Abramson M, Brauer M, Brunekreef B, Forastiere F, Huang W, Kan H, Kaufman J.D, Katsouyanni K, Krzyzanowski M, Künzli N, Laden F, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Mustapha A, Powell P, Rice M, Roca-Barcelo A, Roscoe C.J, Soares A, Straif K, Thurston G. WHO air quality guidelines 2021-aiming for healthier air for all: a joint statement by medical, public health, scientific societies and patient representative organisations. Int J Public Health. 2021;66:1604465. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604465

Khorrami Z, Pourkhosravani M, Rezapour M, Etemad K, Taghavi-Shahri S.M, Künzli N, Amini H, Khanjani N. Multiple air pollutant exposure and lung cancer in Tehran, Iran. Sci Rep. 2021;11:9239. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88643-4

Künzli N, Nocera S, Flahault A, Crivelli L. Gemeinsam stärker – Swiss School of Public Health. Swiss Med Forum. 2021;21(51-52):869-871. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2021.08959

Künzli N, Nocera S, Flahault A, Crivelli L. Plus forts ensemble – Swiss School of Public Health. Swiss Med Forum. 2021;21(51-52):869-871. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2021.08959

Agrawala S, Amann M, Binimelis de Raga G, Borgford-Parnell N, Brauer M, Clark H, Emberson L, Haines A, Kejun J, Künzli N, Kuylenstierna J, Lacy R, Liu J, Mulugetta Y, Pachauri S, Ramanathan V, Ravishankara A.R, Shindell D, Wongwangwatana S, Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and Invited Experts. Call for comments: climate and clean air responses to covid-19. Int J Public Health. 2020;65:525-528. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01394-3

Bauwens J, Saenz L.H, Reusser A, Künzli N, Bonhoeffer J. Safety of co-administration versus separate administration of the same vaccines in children: a systematic literature review. Vaccines (Basel). 2020;8(1):12. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8010012

Berger A, Madarasova Geckova A, von dem Knesebeck O, Künzli N. 100 years of IJPH: looking back and ahead. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(9):1517-1518. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01522-z

Burte E, Leynaert B, Marcon A, Bousquet J, Benmerad M, Bono R, Carsin A.E, de Hoogh K, Forsberg B, Gormand F, Heinrich J, Just J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Pin I, Stempfelet M, Sunyer J, Villani S, Künzli N, Siroux V, Jarvis D, Nadif R, Jacquemin B. Long-term air pollution exposure is associated with increased severity of rhinitis in 2 European cohorts. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020;145(3):834-842 e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.040

Castro A, Götschi T, Achermann B, Baltensperger U, Buchmann B, Felber Dietrich D, Flückiger A, Geiser M, Gälli Purghart B, Gygax H, Kutlar Joss M, Lüthi L.M, Probst-Hensch N, Strähl P, Künzli N. Comparing the lung cancer burden of ambient particulate matter using scenarios of air quality standards versus acceptable risk levels. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(2):139-148. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01324-y

Eidgenössische Kommission für Lufthygiene (EKL). Luftverschmutzung und COVID-19 Epidemie. Sechs Aspekte erläutert von der EKL. Bern: Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), 2020

Evangelopoulos D, Perez-Velasco R, Walton H, Gumy S, Williams M, Kelly F.J, Künzli N. The role of burden of disease assessment in tracking progress towards achieving WHO global air quality guidelines. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(8):1455–1465. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01479-z

Künzli N. Comment to "Identifying needs for advancing the profession and workforce in environmental health". Am J Public Health. 2020;110(3):295-296. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305537

Künzli N. Die Fakten nicht einfach vom Tisch wischen. Hospital Tribune. 2020;11(8):20

Künzli N. Die Fakten nicht einfach vom Tisch wischen. Medical Tribune. 2020;53(51-52):7

Nhung N.T.T, Schindler C, Chau N.Q, Hanh P, Hoang L.T, Dien T.M, Thanh N.T.N, Künzli N. Exposure to air pollution and risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases amongst Vietnamese adults: case-crossover study. Sci Total Environ. 2020;703:134637. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134637

Olaniyan T, Aqiel Dalvie M, Röösli M, Naidoo R.N, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Berman D, Parker B, Leaner J, Jeebhay M.F. Short term seasonal effects of airborne fungal spores on lung function in a panel study of schoolchildren residing in informal settlements of the Western Cape of South Africa. Environ Pollut. 2020;260:114023. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114023

Olaniyan T, Jeebhay M, Röösli M, Naidoo R.N, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Saucy A, Badpa M, Baatjies R, Parker B, Leaner J, Dalvie M.A. The association between ambient NO2 and PM2.5 with the respiratory health of school children residing in informal settlements: a prospective cohort study. Environ Res. 2020;186:109606. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109606

Shamsipour M, Pirjani R, Zare Jeddi M, Effatpanah M, Rastkari N, Kashani H, Shirazi M, Hassanvand M.S, Künzli N, Shariat M, Sadat Javadi F, Shariatpanahi G, Hassanpour G, Peykarporsan Z, Jamal A, Ardestani M.E, Hoseini F.S, Dalili H, Nayeri F.S, Mesdaghinia A, Naddafi K, Shahtaheri S.J, Nasseri S, Yunesian F, Rezaeizadeh G, Amini H, Yokoyama K, Vigeh M, Yunesian M. Tehran environmental and neurodevelopmental disorders (TEND) cohort study: phase I, feasibility assessment. J Environ Health Sci Engineer. 2020;18:733-742. DOI: 10.1007/s40201-020-00499-4

Tonia T, Van Oyen H, Berger A, Schindler C, Künzli N. If I tweet will you cite later? Follow-up on the effect of social media exposure on article downloads and citations. Int J Public Health. 2020;65:1797–1802. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01519-8

Zechmeister H.G, Rivera M, Köllensperger G, Marrugat J, Künzli N. Indoor monitoring of heavy metals and NO2 using active monitoring by moss and palmes diffusion tubes. Environ Sci Eur. 2020;32:156. DOI: 10.1186/s12302-020-00439-x

Amini H, Nguyen N.T.T, Schindler C, Yunesian M, Hosseini V, Shamsipour M, Hassanvand M.S, Mohammadi Y, Farzadfar F, Vicedo-Cabrera A.M, Schwartz J, Henderson S.B, Künzli N. Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern megacity. Environ Pollut. 2019;254(Pt B):113121. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113121

Barben J, Künzli N. Prévention du tabagisme: nouvelles tendances et défis. Swiss Med Forum. 2019;19(3334):531-536. DOI: 10.4414/fms.2019.08361

Barben J, Künzli N. Tabakprävention angesichts neuer Trends. Swiss Med Forum. 2019;19(3334):531-536. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2019.08361

Bayat R, Ashrafi K, Shafiepour Motlagh M, Hassanvand M.S, Daroudi R, Fink G, Künzli N. Health impact and related cost of ambient air pollution in Tehran. Environ Res. 2019;176:108547. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108547

Boudier A, Chanoine S, Accordini S, Anto J.M, Basagana X, Bousquet J, Demoly P, Garcia-Aymerich J, Gormand F, Heinrich J, Janson C, Künzli N, Matran R, Pison C, Raherison C, Sunyer J, Varraso R, Jarvis D, Leynaert B, Pin I, Siroux V. Data-driven adult asthma phenotypes based on clinical characteristics are associated with asthma outcomes twenty years later. Allergy. 2019;74(5):953-963. DOI: 10.1111/all.13697

Erismann S, Gürler S, Wieland V, Prytherch H, Künzli N, Utzinger J, Peterhans B. Addressing fragility through community-based health programmes: insights from two qualitative case study evaluations in South Sudan and Haiti. Health Res Policy Syst. 2019;17:20. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-019-0420-7

Fladt J, Meier N, Thilemann S, Polymeris A, Traenka C, Seiffge D.J, Sutter R, Peters N, Gensicke H, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Künzli N, Bringolf-Isler B, Bonati L.H, Engelter S.T, Lyrer P.A, De Marchis G.M. Reasons for prehospital delay in acute ischemic stroke. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8(20):e013101. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013101

Havet A, Li Z, Zerimech F, Sanchez M, Siroux V, Le Moual N, Brunekreef B, Künzli N, Jacquemin B, Varraso R, Matran R, Nadif R. Does the oxidative stress play a role in the associations between outdoor air pollution and persistent asthma in adults? Findings from the EGEA study. Environ Health. 2019;18:90. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-019-0532-0

Keidel D, Anto J.M, Basagana X, Bono R, Burte E, Carsin A.E, Forsberg B, Fuertes E, Galobardes B, Heinrich J, de Hoogh K, Jarvis D, Künzli N, Leynaert B, Marcon A, Le Moual N, de Nazelle A, Schindler C, Siroux V, Stempfelet M, Sunyer J, Temam S, Tsai M.Y, Varraso R, Jacquemin B, Probst-Hensch N. The role of socioeconomic status in the association of lung function and air pollution-a pooled analysis of three adult ESCAPE cohorts. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(11):1901. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16111901

Klepac P, Locatelli I, Korosec S, Künzli N, Kukec A. A comprehensive approach for investigation of prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution. Eur J Public Health, 2019;28(Supp. 4):432-433

Künzli N, Puhan M.A, Suggs L.S. Will the Swiss pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai damage your health?. Int J Public Health. 2019;64(8):1125–1126. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01286-1

Künzli N. Arztsekretärinnen können ihre Gesundheit schützen!. Oekoskop. 2019;1:5

Kutlar Joss M, Kappeler R, Probst-Hensch N, Künzli N. Luft und Gesundheit in der Schweiz und anderswo. Swiss Med Forum. 2019;19(1314):213-218. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2019.08079

Kutlar Joss M, Kappeler R, Probst-Hensch N, Künzli N. Air et santé en Suisse et ailleurs. Swiss Med Forum. 2019;19(1314):213-218. DOI: 10.4414/fms.2019.08079

Meier-Girard D, Delgado-Eckert E, Schaffner E, Schindler C, Künzli N, Adam M, Pichot V, Kronenberg F, Imboden M, Frey U, Probst-Hensch N. Association of long-term exposure to traffic-related PM10 with heart rate variability and heart rate dynamics in healthy subjects. Environ Int. 2019;125:107-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.031

Nguyen N.T.T, Schindler C, Dien T.M, Probst-Hensch N, Künzli N. Association of ambient air pollution with lengths of hospital stay for Hanoi children with acute lower-respiratory infection, 2007-2016. Environ Pollut. 2019;247:752-762. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.115

Ohlwein S, Kappeler R, Kutlar Joss M, Künzli N, Hoffmann B. Health effects of ultrafine particles: a systematic literature review update of epidemiological evidence. Int J Public Health. 2019;64(4):547-559. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01202-7

Olaniyan T, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Naidoo R, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Parker B, Leaner J, Jeebhay M. Asthma-related outcomes associated with indoor air pollutants among schoolchildren from four informal settlements in two municipalities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Indoor Air. 2019;29(1):89-100. DOI: 10.1111/ina.12511

Peters A, Hoffmann B, Brunekreef B, Künzli N, Kutlar Joss M, Probst-Hensch N, Ritz B, Schulz H, Straif K, Wichmann E. Die Rolle der Luftschadstoffe für die Gesundheit: eine Expertise im Namen der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Umweltepidemiologie (ISEE) und der European Respiratory Society (ERS). Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2019;100(23-24):796-799

Peters A, Hoffmann B, Brunekreef B, Künzli N, Kutlar Joss M, Probst-Hensch N, Ritz B, Schulz H, Straif K, Wichmann E. Les effets des polluants atmosphériques sur la santé: un rapport d'expertise établi pour le compte de la Société internationale d'épidémiologie environnementale (ISEE) et de l'European Respiratory Society (ERS). Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2019;100(23-24):796-799

Peters A, Künzli N, Forastiere F, Hoffmann B. Promoting clean air: combating fake news and denial. Lancet Respir Med. 2019;7(8):P650-652. DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30182-1

Plass D, Tobollik M, Devleeschauwer B, Grill E, Hoffmann A, Hurrass J, Künzli N, Peters A, Rothenbacher D, Schneider A, Wichmann H.E, Wintermeyer D, Wolf J, Zeeb H, Straff W. Kritik an Population Attributable Fraction bei genauerem Hinsehen nicht gerechtfertigt. Gesundheitswesen. 2019;81(55):444-447. DOI: 10.1055/a-0915-1215

Razum O, Barros H, Buckingham R, Codd M, Czabanowska K, Künzli N, Lyubomirova K, Otok R, Signorelli C, Middleton J. Is war a man-made public health problem?. Lancet. 2019;394(10209):1613. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31900-2

Sayols-Baixeras S, Fernandez-Sanles A, Prats-Uribe A, Subirana I, Plusquin M, Künzli N, Marrugat J, Basagana X, Elosua R. Association between long-term air pollution exposure and DNA methylation: the REGICOR study. Environ Res. 2019;176:108550. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108550

Berger A, Künzli N. Welcome to the third training pillar of IJPH: young researcher editorials [Editorial]. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(9):1009-1010. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1159-6

Burte E, Leynaert B, Bono R, Brunekreef B, Bousquet J, Carsin A.E, de Hoogh K, Forsberg B, Gormand F, Heinrich J, Just J, Marcon A, Künzli N, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Pin I, Stempfelet M, Sunyer J, Villani S, Siroux V, Jarvis D, Nadif R, Jacquemin B. Association between air pollution and rhinitis incidence in two European cohorts. Environ Int. 2018;115:257-266. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.021

de Hoogh K, Héritier H, Stafoggia M, Künzli N, Kloog I. Modelling daily PM2.5 concentrations at high spatio-temporal resolution across Switzerland. Environ Pollut. 2018;233:1147-1154. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.025

Dos Santos Gonçalves K, Winkler M.S, Benchimol Barbosa P.R, de Hoogh K, Artaxo Netto P.E, de Souza Hacon S, Schindler C, Künzli N. Development of non-linear models predicting daily fine particle concentrations using aerosol optical depth retrievals and ground-based measurements at a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon region. Atmos Environ. 2018;184:156-165. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.03.057

Dratva J, Caviezel S, Schaffner E, Stolz D, Rothe T, Künzli N, Schmidt-Trucksäss A, Zemp E, Probst-Hensch N. Is there a gender-specific association between asthma and carotid intima media thickness in Swiss adolescents?. Eur J Pediatr. 2018;177(5):699-707. DOI: 10.1007/s00431-018-3107-0

Faridi S, Shamsipour M, Krzyzanowski M, Künzli N, Amini H, Azimi F, Malkawi M, Momeniha F, Gholampour A, Hassanvand M.S, Naddafi K. Long-term trends and health impact of PM2.5 and O3 in Tehran, Iran, 2006–2015. Environ Int. 2018;114:37-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.026

Fuertes E, Markevych I, Jarvis D, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K, Antó J.M, Bowatte G, Bono R, Corsico A.G, Emtner M, Gislason D, Gullón J.A, Heinrich J, Henderson J, Holm M, Johannessen A, Leynaert B, Marcon A, Marchetti P, Martinez Moratella J, Pascual S, Probst-Hensch N, Sanchez-Ramos J.L, Siroux V, Sommar J, Weyler J, Künzli N, Jacquemin B, Garcia-Aymerich J. Residential air pollution does not modify the positive association between physical activity and lung function in current smokers in the ECRHS study. Environ Int. 2018;120:364-372. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.07.032

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