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2023

• Hoffmann B, Ogurtsova K. Adding Pieces to the Puzzle – Ultrafine Particles and Lung Cancer. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2024. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202311-2098ED (IF: 24.7)

• Taj T, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, …, Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of leukemia and lymphoma in a pooled European cohort. Environmental Pollution 343 (2024) 123097. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123097 (IF: 8.9)

• Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to several constituents and sources of PM2.5 is associated with incidence of upper aerodigestive tract cancers but not gastric cancer: Results from the large pooled European cohort of the ELAPSE project. Science of The Total Environment 2023; 912: 168789. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168789. (IF: 9.8)

• Soppa V, Lucht S, Ogurtsova K, Buschka A, ..., Hoffmann B et al. The Berlin-Brandenburg Air Study - A Methodological Study Paper of a Natural Experiment Investigating Health Effects Related to Changes in Airport-Related Exposures. Int J Public Health 2023; doi: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606096 (IF: 4.6)

• Haddad P, Ogurtsova K, Lucht S, Glaubitz L, …, Angerer P, Hoffmann B et al. Short-term exposure to ultrafine and fine particulate matter with multipollutant modelling on heart rate variability among seniors and children from the CorPuScula (coronary, pulmonary, sanguis) longitudinal study in Germany. Frontiers in Epidemiology 2023; 3:1278506. doi: 10.3389/fepid.2023.1278506

• Celebi Sozener Z, Hoffmann B. Time for Awareness: How does Global Warming Affect Respiratory Health. Asthma Allergy Immunol 2023;21:161-164. doi: 10.21911/aai.339 (IF: 4.4)

• Matthiessen C, Glaubitz L, Lucht S, Kälsch J..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to air pollution and prevalent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Environmental Epidemiology 2023; 7: e268. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000268. (IF: 3.6)

• Liebig-Gonglach M, Neunhäuserer L, Kuenen J, Hoffmann B, Soppa V et al. Environmental Burden of Disease due to Emissions of Hard Coal- and Lignite-Fired Power Plants in Germany. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606083. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606083. (IF: 4.6)

• Peters A, Herr C, Bolte G, Heutelbeck A, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Gesundheitsschutz und Klimawandel erfordern ambitionierte Grenzwerte für Luftschadstoffe in Europa: Stellungnahme zur Revision der Richtlinie über Luftqualität und saubere Luft für Europa der Kommission Environmental Public Health des Robert Koch-Instituts und des Umweltbundesamtes. Bundesgesundheitsbl. 2023;66(9):1030–4. doi: 10.1007/s00103-023-03755-8. (IF: 1.595)

• Andersen ZJ, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Hoffmann B, Melén E. Climate change and respiratory disease: clinical guidance for healthcare professionals. Breathe (Sheff) 2023 Jun;19(2):220222. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0222-2022.

• Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts. British Journal of Cancer 2023 Sep;129(4):656-664. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02348-1 (IF: 8.8)

• Kutlar Joss M, Boogaard H, Samoli E, ..., Haddad P, ..., Hoffmann B. Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Public Health. 2023 May 31:68:1605718. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605718 (IF: 5.100)

• Boogaard H, Andersen ZJ, Brunekreef B, Forastiere F, …, Hoffmann B et al. Aria pulita in Europa per tutti. Un invito ad agire in modo più incisivo. Epidemiol Prev 2023; 47 (3):118-121. doi: 10.19191/EP23.3.041. (IF: 1.293)

• Boogaard H, Samoli E, Patton AP, Atkinson RW, …, Hoffmann B et al. Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Non-Accidental Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Environment International. 2023:107916. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107916. (IF: 13,352)

• Ogurtsova K, Soppa V, Weimar C, Jöckel KH, …, Hoffmann B et al. Association of long-term air pollution and ambient noise with cognitive decline in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. Environ Pollut 2023 Aug 15;331(Pt 1):121898. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121898 (IF: 8.9)

• Linnenkamp U, Gontscharuk V, Ogurtsova K, Brüne M, …, Hoffmann B et al. PHQ-9, CES-D, health insurance data—who is identified with depression? A Population-based study in persons with diabetes. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2023;15(1):1–13. doi: 10.1186/s13098-023-01028-7. (IF: 5,395)

• Cole-Hunter T, Zhang J, Lim YH, Samoli E, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Reply to Rumrich and colleagues (What does "Parkinson's disease mortality" mean?). Environment International 2023 Mar:173:107853. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107853 (IF: 11.8)

• Trechera P, Garcia-Marlès M, Liu X, ...,Altug H, Hoffmann B et al. Phenomenology of ultrafine particle concentrations and size distribution across urban Europe. Environment International. 2023 Feb:172:107744. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107744 (IF: 11.8)

• Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, …, Hoffmann B et al. Breast Cancer Incidence in Relation to Long-Term Low-Level Exposure to Air Pollution in the ELAPSE Pooled Cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023,32(1):105–13. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0720. (IF: 4,090)

• Boogaard H, Andersen ZJ, Brunekreef B, Forastiere F, …, Hoffmann B et al. Clean air in Europe for all. Environmental Epidemiology. 2023;7(2):e245. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000245.

• Trechera P, Garcia-Marlès M, Liu X, …, Altug H, Hoffmann B et al. Phenomenology of ultrafine particle concentrations and size distribution across urban Europe. Environment International 2023:107744. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107744. (IF: 13,352).

• Boogard H, Atkinson RW, Brook JR, Chang HH, …, Hoffmann B et al. Evidence Synthesis of Observational Studies in Environmental Health: Lessons Learned from a Systematic Review on Traffic-Related Air Pollution. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023. doi: 10.1289/EHP11532 (IF: 10.4)

• Turner MC, Andersen ZJ, Neira M, Krzyzanowski M, …, Hoffmann B et al. Clean Air in Europe for All: Taking Stock of the Proposed Revision to the Ambient Air Quality Directives. A joint ERS, HEI, and ISEE Workshop Report. European Respiratory Journal 2023; 12:2301380. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01380-2023 (IF: 24.3)

• Nieuwenhuijsen M, de Nazelle A, Garcia-Aymerich J, Khreis H, Hoffmann B. Shaping urban environments to improve respiratory health: recommendations for research, planning, and policy. The Lancet 2023. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00329-6 (IF: 168.9)

• Kastaun S, Herrmann A, Müller BS, Klosterhalfen S, Hoffmann B et al. Are people interested in receiving advice from their general practitioner on how to protect their health during heatwaves? A survey of the German population. BMJ Open 2023; 3;13:e076236. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076236 (IF: 2.9)

• Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Melén E, Forastiere F, Gehring U, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Climate change and respiratory health: a European Respiratory Society position statement. Eur Respir J. 2023 Sep 3;62(2):2201960. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01960-2022. (IF: 24.3)

• Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, …, Hoffmann B et al. Multiple myeloma risk in relation to long-term air pollution exposure – a pooled analysis of four European cohorts. Environmental Research 2023; 239 (2023) 117230. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117230 (IF: 8.3)

2022

• Boogaard H, Patton AP, Atkinson RW, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and selected health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environment International. 2022;164:107262. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107262. (IF: 9,621)

• Hoven H, Dragano N, Angerer P, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Striving for Health Equity: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health and Ethical Considerations in Pandemic Preparedness Planning. Int J Public Health. 2022;67:43. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604542. (IF: 3,380)

• Liu S, Lim Y-H, Chen J, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term air pollution exposure and pneumonia related mortality in a large pooled European cohort. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM) 2022. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202106-1484OC. (IF: 21,405)

• Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project. British Journal of Cancer 2022;126(10):1499-1507. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01735-4. (IF: 7,640)

• Stafoggia M, Oftedal B, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2022;6(1):e9-e18. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00277-1. (IF: 19,173).

2021

• Cole-Hunter T, Dehlendorff C, Amini H, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to road traffic noise and stroke incidence: a Danish Nurse Cohort study. Environmental Health. 2021;20(1):115. doi:10.1186/s12940-021-00802-2. (IF: 5,840)

• Lucht, S, Glaubitz Lina, Moebus S, ..., Hoffmann B. Long-term air pollution, noise, and structural measures of the Default Mode Network in the brain: Results from the 1000BRAINS cohort. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2021;239:113867. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113867. (IF: 5,840)

• Andersen ZJ, Cramer J, Jørgensen JT, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Air Pollution, and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in the Danish Nurse Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2021;129(8):87002. doi: 10.1289/EHP8090. (IF: 9,031)

• Andersen ZJ, Gehring U, De Matteis S, ..., Hoffmann B. Clean air for healthy lungs - an urgent call to action: European Respiratory Society position on the launch of the WHO 2021 Air Quality Guidelines. European Respiratory Journal 2021. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02447-2021. (IF: 16,671)

• Lim YH, Jørgensen JT, So R, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution, Road Traffic Noise, and Heart Failure Incidence: The Danish Nurse Cohort. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021:e021436. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021436. (IF: 5,501)

• So R, Chen J, Mehta AJ, Liu S, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to air pollution and liver cancer incidence in six European cohorts. International Journal of Cancer 2021; 149(11): 1887–97. doi:10.1002/ijc.33743. (IF: 7,396)

• Wolf K, Hoffmann B, Andersen ZJ et al. Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the ELAPSE project. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5(9): e620-e632. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00195-9. (IF: 19,173)

• Hoffmann B, Boogaard H, Nazelle Ade et al. WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021–Aiming for Healthier Air for all: A Joint Statement by Medical, Public Health, Scientific Societies and Patient Representative Organisations. International Journal of Public Health. 2021;66:1604465. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604465. (IF: 3,380)

• Brunekreef B, Strak M, Chen J, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Mortality and Morbidity Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Low-Level PM2.5, BC, NO2, and O3: An Analysis of European Cohorts in the ELAPSE Project. Health Effects Institute; 2021.

• Strak M, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, Chen J, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis. BMJ. 2021;374:n1904. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1904. (IF: 39,890)

• Andersen ZJ, Hoffmann B, Morawska L et al. Air pollution and COVID-19 - clearing the air and charting a post-pandemic course: a joint workshop report of ERS, ISEE, HEI and WHO. European Respiratory Journal 2021. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01063-2021. (IF: 16,671)

• Lim YH, Jørgensen JT, So R, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to road traffic noise and incident myocardial infarction: A Danish Nurse Cohort study. Environmental Epidemiology. 2021; 5(3): e148. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000148.

• Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Hoogh K de, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particle Elemental Components and Natural and Cause-Specific Mortality-a Pooled Analysis of Eight European Cohorts within the ELAPSE Project. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2021;129(4): 47009. doi: 10.1289/EHP8368. (IF: 9,031)

• Alkhalawi E, Orban E, Schramm S, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Residential traffic noise exposure and headaches: Results from the population-based heinz nixdorf recall study. Noise and Health. 2021;23(108):1–10. doi: 10.4103/nah.NAH_1_20. (IF: 0,867)

• Samoli E, Rodopoulou S, Hvidtfeldt UA, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Modeling multi-level survival data in multi-center epidemiological cohort studies: Applications from the ELAPSE project. Environment International. 2021;147:106371. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106371. (IF: 9,621)

• Liu S, Jørgensen JT, Ljungman P, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The ELAPSE project. Environment International. 2021;146:106267. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106267. (IF: 9,621)

• Gronewold J, Kropp R, Lehmann N, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Population impact of different hypertension management guidelines based on the prospective population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. BMJ Open 2021. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039597. (IF: 2,692)

• Hvidtfeldt UA, Severi G, Andersen ZJ, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term low-level ambient air pollution exposure and risk of lung cancer - A pooled analysis of 7 European cohorts. Environmental International 2021;146:106249. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106249. (IF: 9,621)

• Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Andersen ZJ, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to fine particle elemental components and lung cancer incidence in the ELAPSE pooled cohort. Environmental research 2021;193:110568. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110568. (IF: 6,498)

• Merzenich H, Riccetti N, Hoffmann B et al. Air pollution and airport apron workers: A neglected occupational setting in epidemiological research. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2021;231:113649. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113649. (IF: 5,840)

• Annesi-Maesano I, Forastiere F, Balmes J, ..., Hoffmann B et al. The clear and persistent impact of air pollution on chronic respiratory diseases: a call for interventions. European Respiratory Journal 2021;57(3):2002981. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02981-2020. (IF: 16,671)

• Liu S, Jørgensen J, Ljungman P, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and incidence of asthma: the ELAPSE project. European Respiratory Journal 2021. doi: 10.1183/13993003.030992020. (IF: 16,671)

2020

• Chen J, de Hoogh K, Gulliver J, Hoffmann B et al. Development of Europe-Wide Models for Particle Elemental Composition Using Supervised Linear Regression and Random Forest. Environmental Science & Technology. 2020; 54(24):15698–709. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06595. (IF: 9,028)

• Hoffmann B, Roebbel N, Gumy S et al. Air pollution and health: recent advances in air pollution epidemiology to inform the European Green Deal: a joint workshop report of ERS, WHO, ISEE and HEI. European Respiratory Journal 2020. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02575-2020. (IF: 16,671)

• Hennig F, Geisel MH, Kälsch H, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Air pollution and progression of atherosclerosis in different vessel beds - Results from a prospective cohort study in the Ruhr Area, Germany. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2020;128(10):107003. doi: 10.1289/EHP7077. (IF: 9,031)

• Tzivian L, Soppa V, Winkler A, ..., Hoffmann B et al. The role of depressive symptoms within the association of long-term exposure to indoor and outdoor traffic noise and cognitive function – Results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. International Journal of Hygiene Environmental Health. 2020;230:113570. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113570. (IF: 5,840)

• Rodins V, Lucht S, Ohlwein S, Hennig F, ..., Hoffmann B. Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Source-Specific Particulate Matter and Its Components and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events – the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study. Environment International. 2020;142:105854. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105854 (IF: 9,621)

• Amini H, Dehlendorff C, Lim YH, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Long-term exposure to air pollution and stroke incidence: A Danish Nurse cohort study. Environment International. 2020;142:105891. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105891. (IF: 9,621)

• Nußbaum R, Lucht S, Jockwitz C, ..., Hoffmann B. Associations of Air Pollution and Noise with Local Brain Structure in a Cohort of Older Adults. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2020;128(6):67012. doi: 10.1289/EHP5859. (IF: 9,031)

• Cramer J, Jørgensen JT, Hoffmann B et al. Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction: A Danish Nurse Cohort Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2020;128(5):57003. doi: 10.1289/EHP5818. (IF: 9,031)

• Lucht S, Hennig F, Moebus S, ..., Hoffmann B. All-source and source-specific air pollution and 10-year diabetes Incidence: Total effect and mediation analyses in the Heinz Nixdorf recall study. Environment International. 2020;136:105493. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105493. (IF: 9,621)

• Eguiluz-Gracia I, Mathioudakis AG, Bartel S, ..., Hoffmann B. The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy 2020. doi: 10.1111/all.14177. (IF: 10,793)

• Linnenkamp U, Gontscharuk V, Brüne M, ..., Hoffmann B et al. Using statutory health insurance data to evaluate non-response in a cross-sectional study on depression among patients with diabetes in Germany. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2020;49(2):629–37. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz278. (IF:7,196)

• Schraufnagel DE, De Matteis S, Hoffmann B. Reply: An "Old" Methodological Pitfall: Numbers of Deaths Due to Reducing Air Pollution Cannot Be Identified from Epidemiological Data.Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2020. doi: 10.1513/annalsats.202001-056le. (IF: 6,831)