Publications

Crespi C.M, Sudan M, Juutilainen J, Roivainen P, Hareuveny R, Huss A, Kandel S, Karim-Kos H.E, Thuróczy G, Jakab Z, Spycher B.D, Flueckiger B, Vermeulen R, Vergara X, Kheifets L. International study of childhood leukemia in residences near electrical transformer rooms. Environ Res. 2024;249:118459. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118459

Dyer G.M.C, Khomenko S, Adlakha D, Anenberg S, Angelova J, Behnisch M, Boeing G, Chen X, Cirach M, de Hoogh K, Diez Roux A.V, Esperon-Rodriguez M, Flueckiger B, Gasparrini A, Iungman T, Khreis H, Kondo M.C, Masselot P, McDonald R.I, Montana F, Mitchell R, Mueller N, Nawaz M.O, Pereira E, Pisoni E, Prieto-Curiel R, Rezaei N, Rybski D, Ramasco J.J, Schifanella R, Shabou S, Tatah L, Taubenböck H, Tonne C, Velázquez-Cortés D, Woodcock J, Zhang Q, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Commentary: a road map for future data-driven urban planning and environmental health research. Cities. 2024;155:105340. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105340

Ndiaye A, Shen Y, Kyriakou K, Karssenberg D, Schmitz O, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Hoek G. Hourly land-use regression modeling for NO(2) and PM(2.5) in the Netherlands. Environ Res. 2024;256:119233. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119233

Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, Domingo-Irigoyen S, Koschenz M, Röösli M. Vulnerability to heat-related mortality and the effect of prevention measures: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154(10):3410. DOI: 10.57187/s.3418

Usemann J, Mozun R, Kuehni C.E, de Hoogh K, Flueckiger B, Singer F, Zwahlen M, Moeller A, Latzin P, LUIS Study Group. Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and lung function in childhood: The LUIS study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1002/ppul.27169

Vienneau D, Wicki B, Flückiger B, Schäffer B, Wunderli J.M, Röösli M. Long-term exposure to transportation noise and diabetes mellitus mortality: a national cohort study and updated meta-analysis. Environ Health. 2024;23(1):46. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01084-0

Wicki B, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K, Röösli M, Ragettli M.S. Socio-environmental modifiers of heat-related mortality in eight Swiss cities: a case time series analysis. Environ Res. 2024;246:118116. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118116

Eeftens M, Pujol S, Klaiber A, Chopard G, Riss A, Smayra F, Flückiger B, Gehin T, Diallo K, Wiart J, Mazloum T, Mauny F, Röösli M. The association between real-life markers of phone use and cognitive performance, health-related quality of life and sleep. Environ Res. 2023;231(Pt 1):116011. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116011

Pinho M.G.M, Flückiger B, Valentin A, Kasdagli M.I, Kyriakou K, Lakerveld J, Mackenbach J.D, Beulens J.W.J, de Hoogh K. The quality of OpenStreetMap food-related point-of-interest data for use in epidemiological research. Health Place. 2023;83:103075. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103075

Ragettli M.S, Saucy A, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K, Vicedo Cabrera A.M, Schindler C, Röösli M. Explorative assessment of the temperature–mortality association to support health-based heat-warning thresholds: a national case-crossover study in Switzerland. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(6):4958. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064958

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

Flückiger B, Kloog I, Ragettli M.S, Eeftens M, Röösli M, de Hoogh K. Modelling daily air temperature at a fine spatial resolution dealing with challenging meteorological phenomena and topography in Switzerland. Int J Climatol. 2022;42(12):6413-6428. DOI: 10.1002/joc.7597

Kocman D, Kanduc T, Novak R, Robinson J.A, Horvat M, Mikes O, Degrendele C, Sanka O, Vienneau D, Flückiger B, Gotti A, Visave J, Bugnoni F, Persico M.G, Dos Santos S.G, Nunez-Corcuera B, Maggos T, Stamatelopoulou A, Pardali D, Saraga D, Chapizanis D, Petridis I, Karakitsios S, Boldo E, Izquierdo R, Sarigiannis G, Sarigiannis D. Multi-sensor data collection for personal exposure monitoring: ICARUS experience. Fresenius Environ Bull. 2022;31(8A):8297-8302

Liu T.-L, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K. A comparison of statistical and machine-learning approaches for spatiotemporal modeling of nitrogen dioxide across Switzerland. Atmos Pollut Res. 2022;13(12):101611. DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2022.101611

Luminati O, Brentani A, Flückiger B, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Raess M, Röösli M, de Hoogh K, Fink G. Assessing the association between air pollution and child development in São Paulo, Brazil. PLoS One. 2022;17(5):e0268192. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268192

Raess M, Brentani A.V.M, Flückiger B, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Fink G, Röösli M. Association between community noise and children's cognitive and behavioral development: a prospective cohort study. Environ Int. 2022;158:106961. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106961

Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Hitze und Gesundheit: Die Wirkung von Hitzeinseln, Grünräumen und anderen Faktoren. Ergebnisse des Pilotprojekts A.06. Hitze und Gesundheit, ein Projekt im Rahmen des Pilotprogramms Anpassung an den Klimawandel, unterstützt durch das Bundesamt für Gesundh. Bern: National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS), 2022

Vienneau D, Saucy A, Schäffer B, Flückiger B, Tangermann L, Stafoggia M, Wunderli J.M, Röösli M, SNC study Group. Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: 15-years of follow-up in a nationwide prospective cohort in Switzerland. Environ Int. 2022;158:106974. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106974

Koschenz M, Domingo-Irigoyen S, Niffeler M, Ragettli M, Flückiger B, Kafadar M, Widmer C, Wehrli K. ResCool: Klimaanpassung von Neu-, Um- und bestehenden Wohnbauten – effiziente Kühlkonzepte. Bern: Bundesamt für Energie BFE, 2021

Luminati O, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Fluckiger B, Brentani A, Röösli M, Fink G, de Hoogh K. Land use regression modelling of NO2 in São Paulo, Brazil. Environ Pollut. 2021;289:117832. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117832

Novak R, Petridis I, Kocman D, Robinson J.A, Kanduč T, Chapizanis D, Karakitsios S, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, Mikeš O, Degrendele C, Sáňka O, Santos-Alves S.G.D, Maggos T, Pardali D, Stamatelopoulou A, Saraga D, Persico M.G, Visave J, Gotti A, Sarigiannis D. Harmonization and visualization of data from a transnational multi-sensor personal exposure campaign. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(21):11614. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111614

Raess M, Brentani A, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Fink G, Röösli M. Land use regression modelling of community noise in São Paulo, Brazil. Environ Res. 2021;199:111231. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111231

Robinson J.A, Novak R, Kanduč T, Maggos T, Pardali D, Stamatelopoulou A, Saraga D, Vienneau D, Flückiger B, Mikeš O, Degrendele C, Sáňka O, García Dos Santos S, Visave J, Gotti A, Persico M.G, Chapizanis D, Petridis I, Karakitsios S, Sarigiannis D.A, Kocman D. User-centred design of a final results report for participants in multi-sensor personal air pollution exposure monitoring campaigns. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23):12544. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312544

Vienneau D, Boz S, Forlin L, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Berlin C, Bochud M, Bulliard J.L, Zwahlen M, Röösli M. Residential radon - comparative analysis of exposure models in Switzerland. Environ Pollut. 2021;271:116356. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116356

Rossi I.A, Vienneau D, Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Estimating the health benefits associated with a speed limit reduction to thirty kilometres per hour: a health impact assessment of noise and road traffic crashes for the Swiss city of Lausanne. Environ Int. 2020;145:106126. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106126

Wohlgemuth L, McLagan D, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, Osterwalder S. Concurrently measured concentrations of atmospheric mercury in indoor (household) and outdoor air of Basel, Switzerland. Environ Sci Technol Lett. 2020;7(4):234-239. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00110

Eeftens M, Odabasi D, Flückiger B, Davey M, Ineichen A, Feigenwinter C, Tsai M.Y. Modelling the vertical gradient of nitrogen dioxide in an urban area. Sci Total Environ. 2019;650(Pt 1):452-458. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.039

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

Ragettli M.S, Vicedo-Cabrera A.M, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland. Environ Health. 2019;18:66. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-019-0507-1

Röösli M, Brink M, Rudzik F, Cajochen C, Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Pieren R, Vienneau D, Wunderli J.M. Associations of various nighttime noise exposure indicators with objective sleep efficiency and self-reported sleep quality: a field study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(20):E3790. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16203790

Hoek G, Ranzi A, Alimehmeti I, Ardeleanu E.R, Arrebola J.P, Avila P, Candeias C, Colles A, Crisan G.C, Dack S, Demeter Z, Fazzo L, Fierens T, Flückiger B, Gaengler S, Hanninen O, Harzia H, Hough R, Iantovics B.L, Kalantzi O.I, Karakitsios S.P, Markis K.C, Martin-Olmedo P, Nechita E, Nicoli T, Orru H, Pasetto R, Perez-Carrascosa F.M, Pestana D, Rocha F, Sarigiannis D.A, Teixeira J.P, Tsadilas C, Tasic V, Vaccari L, Iavarone I, de Hoogh K. A review of exposure assessment methods for epidemiological studies of health effects related to industrially contaminated sites. Epidemiol Prev. 2018;42(5-6, S1):21-36. DOI: 10.19191/EP18.5-6.S1.P021.085

Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Notfall-Spitaleintritte während dem Hitzesommer 2015. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Saucy A, Röösli M, Künzli N, Tsai M.Y, Sieber C, Olaniyan T, Baatjies R, Jeebhay M, Davey M, Flückiger B, Naidoo R.N, Dalvie M.A, Badpa M, de Hoogh K. Land use regression modelling of outdoor NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations in three low income areas in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(7):1452. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071452

Ragettli M, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Auswirkungen der Umwelt auf die Gesundheit: Studie im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Umwelt (BAFU). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2017

Ragettli M, Vicedo-Cabrera A.M, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Evaluation kantonaler Hitzemassnahmenpläne und hitzebedingte Mortalität im Sommer 2015: Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamts für Gesundheit (BAG). Basel: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public-Health Institut (Swiss TPH), 2016