Heiko Becher
Prof. Dr.
Heiko Becher
  • Emeritus
Working area

Location

Quartier am Zeughaus, Christoph-Probst-Weg 1, 20251 Hamburg, 4th Floor
Languages
German (Mother tongue)
English

Areas of expertise

Curriculum vitae

Publications

2024

The Healthy Participant Effect: insights and results from a population-based case-control study on breast cancer
Maldonado-Cañón K, Möhl A, Obi N, Behrens S, Flaßkamp F, Seibold P, Chang-Claude J, Becher H
AM J EPIDEMIOL. 2024 [Epub ahead of print].

2023

FANCM missense variants and breast cancer risk: a case-control association study of 75,156 European women
Figlioli G, Billaud A, Ahearn T, Antonenkova N, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Blok M, Bogdanova N, Bonanni B, Burwinkel B, Camp N, Campbell A, Castelao J, Cessna M, Chanock S, Czene K, Devilee P, Dörk T, Engel C, Eriksson M, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, González-Neira A, Grassmann F, Guénel P, Gündert M, Hadjisavvas A, Hahnen E, Hall P, Hamann U, Harrington P, He W, Hillemanns P, Hollestelle A, Hooning M, Hoppe R, Howell A, Humphreys K, Jager A, Jakubowska A, Khusnutdinova E, Ko Y, Kristensen V, Lindblom A, Lissowska J, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Mavroudis D, Newman W, Obi N, Panayiotidis M, Rashid M, Rhenius V, Rookus M, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Shah M, Sironen R, Southey M, Suvanto M, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Truong T, van der Kolk L, van Veen E, Wappenschmidt B, Yang X, Bolla M, Dennis J, Dunning A, Easton D, Lush M, Michailidou K, Pharoah P, Adank M, Schmidt M, Andrulis I, Chang-Claude J, Nevanlinna H, Chenevix-Trench G, Evans D, Milne R, Radice P, Peterlongo P
EUR J HUM GENET. 2023;31(5):578-587.

Postdiagnosis circulating osteoprotegerin and TRAIL concentrations and survival and recurrence after a breast cancer diagnosis: results from the MARIE patient cohort
Le Cornet C, Jung A, Johnson T, Behrens S, Obi N, Becher H, Chang-Claude J, Fortner R
BREAST CANCER RES. 2023;25(1):42.

A genome-wide gene-environment interaction study of breast cancer risk for women of European ancestry
Middha P, Wang X, Behrens S, Bolla M, Wang Q, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson K, Auer P, Augustinsson A, Baert T, Freeman L, Becher H, Beckmann M, Benitez J, Bojesen S, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brooks-Wilson A, Campa D, Canzian F, Carracedo A, Castelao J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Cordina-Duverger E, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Dossus L, Dugué P, Eliassen A, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Giles G, González-Neira A, Grassmann F, Grundy A, Guénel P, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hankinson S, Harkness E, Holleczek B, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Houlston R, Howell A, Hunter D, Ingvar C, Isaksson K, Jernström H, John E, Jones M, Kaaks R, Keeman R, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Koutros S, Kurian A, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Larson N, Larsson S, Le Marchand L, Lejbkowicz F, Li S, Linet M, Lissowska J, Martinez M, Maurer T, Mulligan A, Mulot C, Murphy R, Newman W, Nielsen S, Nordestgaard B, Norman A, O'Brien K, Olson J, Patel A, Prentice R, Rees-Punia E, Rennert G, Rhenius V, Ruddy K, Sandler D, Scott C, Shah M, Shu X, Smeets A, Southey M, Stone J, Tamimi R, Taylor J, Teras L, Tomczyk K, Troester M, Truong T, Vachon C, Wang S, Weinberg C, Wildiers H, Willett W, Winham S, Wolk A, Yang X, Zamora M, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Dunning A, Pharoah P, García-Closas M, Schmidt M, Kraft P, Milne R, Lindström S, Easton D, Chang-Claude J
BREAST CANCER RES. 2023;25(1):.

The impact of cardiovascular disease on all-cause and cancer mortality: results from a 16-year follow-up of a German breast cancer case-control study
Möhl A, Behrens S, Flaßkamp F, Obi N, Kreienbrinck A, Holleczek B, Gali K, Chang-Claude J, Becher H
BREAST CANCER RES. 2023;25(1):89.

The impact of coding germline variants on contralateral breast cancer risk and survival
Morra A, Mavaddat N, Muranen T, Ahearn T, Allen J, Andrulis I, Auvinen P, Becher H, Behrens S, Blomqvist C, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Brauch H, Camp N, Carvalho S, Castelao J, Cessna M, Chang-Claude J, Chenevix-Trench G, Czene K, Decker B, Dennis J, Dörk T, Dorling L, Dunning A, Ekici A, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, Geurts-Giele W, Giles G, Guénel P, Gündert M, Hahnen E, Hall P, Hamann U, Harrington P, He W, Heikkilä P, Hooning M, Hoppe R, Howell A, Humphreys K, Jakubowska A, Jung A, Keeman R, Kristensen V, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Mavroudis D, Milne R, Mulligan A, Newman W, Park-Simon T, Peterlongo P, Pharoah P, Rhenius V, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Shah M, Spurdle A, Tomlinson I, Truong T, van Veen E, Vreeswijk M, Wang Q, Wendt C, Yang X, Nevanlinna H, Devilee P, Easton D, Schmidt M
AM J HUM GENET. 2023;110(3):475-486.

Associations of Migration, Socioeconomic Position and Social Relations With Depressive Symptoms – Analyses of the German National Cohort Baseline Data
Vonneilich N, Becher H, Bohn B, Brandes B, Castell S, Deckert A, Dragano N, Franzke C, Führer A, Gastell S, Greiser H, Keil T, Klett-Tammen C, Koch-Gallenkamp L, Krist L, Leitzmann M, Meinke-Franze C, Mikolajczyk R, Moreno Velasquez I, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Reuter M, Schikowski T, Schmidt B, Schulze M, Sergeev D, Stang A, Völzke H, Wiessner C, Zeeb H, Lüdecke D, von dem Knesebeck O
INT J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;68:1606097.

Author Correction: Exome sequencing identifies breast cancer susceptibility genes and defines the contribution of coding variants to breast cancer risk
Wilcox N, Dumont M, González-Neira A, Carvalho S, Joly Beauparlant C, Crotti M, Luccarini C, Soucy P, Dubois S, Nuñez-Torres R, Pita G, Gardner E, Dennis J, Alonso M, Álvarez N, Baynes C, Collin-Deschesnes A, Desjardins S, Becher H, Behrens S, Bolla M, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Cornelissen S, Dörk T, Engel C, Gago-Dominguez M, Guénel P, Hadjisavvas A, Hahnen E, Hartman M, Herráez B, Jung A, Keeman R, Kiechle M, Li J, Loizidou M, Lush M, Michailidou K, Panayiotidis M, Sim X, Teo S, Tyrer J, van der Kolk L, Wahlström C, Wang Q, Perry J, Benitez J, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Pharoah P, Droit A, Dunning A, Kvist A, Devilee P, Easton D, Simard J
NAT GENET. 2023;55(11):2009.

2022

Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes
Ahearn T, Zhang H, Michailidou K, Milne R, Bolla M, Dennis J, Dunning A, Lush M, Wang Q, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson K, Auer P, Augustinsson A, Baten A, Becher H, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Blomqvist C, Bojesen S, Bonanni B, Børresen-Dale A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brooks-Wilson A, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys S, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Clarke C, , Collée J, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dwek M, Eccles D, Evans D, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Floris G, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur S, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Giles G, Goldberg M, González-Neira A, Alnæs G, Grip M, Guénel P, Haiman C, Hall P, Hamann U, Harkness E, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Holleczek B, Hollestelle A, Hooning M, Hoover R, Hopper J, Howell A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, John E, Jones M, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kauppila S, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Krüger U, Kubelka-Sabit K, Kurian A, Kyriacou K, Lambrechts D, Lee D, Lindblom A, Linet M, Lissowska J, Llaneza A, Lo W, MacInnis R, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Martinez M, McLean C, Meindl A, Menon U, Nevanlinna H, Newman W, Nodora J, Offit K, Olsson H, Orr N, Park-Simon T, Patel A, Peto J, Pita G, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prentice R, Punie K, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Rennert G, Romero A, Rüdiger T, Saloustros E, Sampson S, Sandler D, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Sherman M, Shu X, Smichkoska S, Southey M, Spinelli J, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teras L, Terry M, Torres D, Troester M, Vachon C, van Deurzen C, van Veen E, Wagner P, Weinberg C, Wendt C, Wesseling J, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Yang X, Zheng W, Couch F, Kraft P, Easton D, Pharoah P, Schmidt M, García-Closas M, Chatterjee N
BREAST CANCER RES. 2022;24(1):.

Diabetes, Hypertension, Atrial Fibrillation and Subsequent Stroke-Shift towards Young Ages in Brunei Darussalam
Bassa B, Güntürkün F, Craemer E, Meyding-Lamadé U, Jacobi C, Bassa A, Becher H
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2022;19(14):.

The use and applicability of Internet search queries for infectious disease surveillance in low- to middle- income countries
Beckhaus J, Becher H, Belau M
One Health Implement Res. 2022;2:15-28.

Frequent Cannabis Use Moderates the Relationship Between Sexual Dysfunction and Depression Among Female German Adults
Belau M, Wiessner C, Becher H, von Rüden U, Briken P
J SEX MED. 2022;19(6):940-949.

Breast cancer risks associated with missense variants in breast cancer susceptibility genes
Dorling L, Carvalho S, Allen J, Parsons M, Fortuno C, González-Neira A, Heijl S, Adank M, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Auvinen P, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Bremer M, Briceno I, Camp N, Campbell A, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Collée J, Czene K, Dennis J, Dörk T, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, Giles G, Glendon G, Guénel P, Gündert M, Hadjisavvas A, Hahnen E, Hall P, Hamann U, Harkness E, Hartman M, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hoppe R, Howell A, Jakubowska A, Jung A, Khusnutdinova E, Kim S, Ko Y, Kristensen V, Lakeman I, Li J, Lindblom A, Loizidou M, Lophatananon A, Lubiński J, Luccarini C, Madsen M, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Mavroudis D, Milne R, Mohd Taib N, Muir K, Nevanlinna H, Newman W, Oosterwijk J, Park S, Peterlongo P, Radice P, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Shah M, Sim X, Southey M, Surowy H, Suvanto M, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Truong T, van Asperen C, Waltes R, Wang Q, Yang X, Pharoah P, Schmidt M, Benitez J, Vroling B, Dunning A, Teo S, Kvist A, de la Hoya M, Devilee P, Spurdle A, Vreeswijk M, Easton D
GENOME MED. 2022;14(1):.

Changes in cigarette smoking behavior among breast cancer and unaffected women - A prospective study in the MARIE cohort
Gali K, Bokemeyer F, Behrens S, Möhl A, Obi N, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
CANCER EPIDEMIOL. 2022;81:102282.

Cellular and Humoral Immune Response to a Third Dose of BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine - A Prospective Observational Study
Herzberg J, Fischer B, Becher H, Becker A, Honarpisheh H, Guraya S, Strate T, Knabbe C
FRONT IMMUNOL. 2022;13:.

Persistence of Immune Response in Health Care Workers After Two Doses BNT162b2 in a Longitudinal Observational Study
Herzberg J, Fischer B, Lindenkamp C, Becher H, Becker A, Honarpisheh H, Guraya S, Strate T, Knabbe C
FRONT IMMUNOL. 2022;13:.

SARS-CoV-2-antibody response in health care workers after vaccination or natural infection in a longitudinal observational study
Herzberg J, Vollmer T, Fischer B, Becher H, Becker A, Honarpisheh H, Guraya S, Strate T, Knabbe C
VACCINE. 2022;40(2):206-212.

Breastfeeding and risk of multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Holz A, Riefflin M, Heesen C, Riemann-Lorenz K, Obi N, Becher H
NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;56(6):391-401.

The bias from heaping on risk estimation: effect of age at diagnosis of hypertension on risk of subsequent cardiovascular comorbidities
Jaeschke L, Becher M, Velásquez I, Ahrens W, Bächle C, Baurecht H, Fricke J, Greiser K, Günther K, Heier M, Karch A, Kluttig A, Krist L, Leitzmann M, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Peters A, Schipf S, Völzke H, Pischon T, Becher H
ANN EPIDEMIOL. 2022;74:84-96.

Distinct reproductive risk profiles for intrinsic-like breast cancer subtypes: pooled analysis of population-based studies
Jung A, Ahearn T, Behrens S, Middha P, Bolla M, Wang Q, Arndt V, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Beane Freeman L, Becher H, Brenner H, Canzian F, Carey L, Czene K, Eliassen A, Eriksson M, Evans D, Figueroa J, Fritschi L, Gabrielson M, Giles G, Guénel P, Hadjisavvas A, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Howell A, Hunter D, Hüsing A, Kaaks R, Kosma V, Koutros S, Kraft P, Lacey J, Le Marchand L, Lissowska J, Loizidou M, Mannermaa A, Maurer T, Murphy R, Olshan A, Olsson H, Patel A, Perou C, Rennert G, Shibli R, Shu X, Southey M, Stone J, Tamimi R, Teras L, Troester M, Truong T, Vachon C, Wang S, Wolk A, Wu A, Yang X, Zheng W, Dunning A, Pharoah P, Easton D, Milne R, Chatterjee N, Schmidt M, García-Closas M, Chang-Claude J
JNCI-J NATL CANCER I. 2022;114(12):1706-1719.

Statistical Analysis in the German National Cohort (NAKO) - Specific Aspects and General Recommendations
Kuss O, Becher H, Wienke A, Ittermann T, Ostrzinski S, Schipf S, Schmidt C, Leitzmann M, Pischon T, Krist L, Roll S, Sand M, Pohlabeln H, Rach S, Jöckel K, Stang A, Mueller U, Werdecker A, Westerman R, Greiser K, Michels K
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2022;37(4):429-436.

Non-melanoma skin cancer among ethnic German immigrants (resettler) from the former Soviet Union: a cohort study from 1990 to 2007
Markeeva-Ilisevic E, Holleczek B, Becher H, Winkler V
ARCH PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;80(1):.

Randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility of an exercise and nutrition intervention for patients with ovarian cancer during and after first-line chemotherapy (BENITA-study)
Maurer T, Belau M, von Grundherr J, Schlemmer Z, Patra S, Becher H, Schulz K, Zyriax B, Schmalfeldt B, Chang-Claude J
BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(2):.

Metastatic Breast Cancer Recurrence after Bone Fractures
Obi N, Werner S, Thelen F, Becher H, Pantel K
CANCERS. 2022;14(3):.

Framework and baseline examination of the German National Cohort (NAKO)
Peters A, Peters A, Greiser K, Göttlicher S, Ahrens W, Albrecht M, Bamberg F, Bärnighausen T, Becher H, Berger K, Beule A, Boeing H, Bohn B, Bohnert K, Braun B, Brenner H, Bülow R, Castell S, Damms-Machado A, Dörr M, Ebert N, Ecker M, Emmel C, Fischer B, Franzke C, Gastell S, Giani G, Günther M, Günther K, Günther K, Haerting J, Haug U, Heid I, Heier M, Heinemeyer D, Hendel T, Herbolsheimer F, Hirsch J, Hoffmann W, Holleczek B, Hölling H, Hörlein A, Jöckel K, Kaaks R, Karch A, Karrasch S, Kartschmit N, Kauczor H, Keil T, Kemmling Y, Klee B, Klüppelholz B, Kluttig A, Kofink L, Köttgen A, Kraft D, Krause G, Kretz L, Kühnisch J, Kuß O, Legath N, Lehnich A, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Linseisen J, Loeffler M, Macdonald A, Maier-Hein K, Mangold N, Meinke-Franze C, Meisinger C, Melzer J, Mergarten B, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Moebus S, Mueller U, Nauck M, Niendorf T, Nikolaou K, Obi N, Ostrzinski S, Panreck L, Pigeot I, Pischon T, Pschibul-Thamm I, Rathmann W, Reineke A, Roloff S, Rujescu D, Rupf S, Sander O, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Schirmacher P, Schlett C, Schmidt B, Schmidt G, Schmidt M, Schöne G, Schulz H, Schulze M, Schweig A, Sedlmeier A, Selder S, Six-Merker J, Sowade R, Stang A, Stegle O, Steindorf K, Stübs G, Swart E, Teismann H, Thiele I, Thierry S, Ueffing M, Völzke H, Waniek S, Weber A, Werner N, Wichmann H, Willich S, Wirkner K, Wolf K, Wolff R, Zeeb H, Zinkhan M, Zschocke J
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2022;37(10):1107-1124.

Birth Order, Caesarean Section, or Daycare Attendance in Relation to Child- and Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: Results from the German National Cohort
Tanoey J, Baechle C, Brenner H, Deckert A, Fricke J, Günther K, Karch A, Keil T, Kluttig A, Leitzmann M, Mikolajczyk R, Obi N, Pischon T, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Schulze M, Sedlmeier A, Moreno Velásquez I, Weber K, Völzke H, Ahrens W, Gastell S, Holleczek B, Jöckel K, Katzke V, Lieb W, Michels K, Schmidt B, Teismann H, Becher H
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2022;19(17):.

Pitfalls and solutions in case fatality risk estimation – A multi-country analysis on the effects of demographics, surveillance, time lags between case reports and deaths and healthcare system capacity on COVID-19 CFR estimate
Vanella P, Wiessner C, Holz A, Krause G, Möhl A, Wiegel S, Lange B, Becher H
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. 2022;20:167 - 193.

Genome-wide interaction analysis of menopausal hormone therapy use and breast cancer risk among 62,370 women
Wang X, Kapoor P, Auer P, Dennis J, Dunning A, Wang Q, Lush M, Michailidou K, Bolla M, Aronson K, Murphy R, Brooks-Wilson A, Lee D, Cordina-Duverger E, Guénel P, Truong T, Mulot C, Teras L, Patel A, Dossus L, Kaaks R, Hoppe R, Lo W, Brüning T, Hamann U, Czene K, Gabrielson M, Hall P, Eriksson M, Jung A, Becher H, Couch F, Larson N, Olson J, Ruddy K, Giles G, MacInnis R, Southey M, Le Marchand L, Wilkens L, Haiman C, Olsson H, Augustinsson A, Krüger U, Wagner P, Scott C, Winham S, Vachon C, Perou C, Olshan A, Troester M, Hunter D, Eliassen H, Tamimi R, Brantley K, Andrulis I, Figueroa J, Chanock S, Ahearn T, García-Closas M, Evans G, Newman W, van Veen E, Howell A, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Jones M, Orr N, Schoemaker M, Swerdlow A, Kitahara C, Linet M, Prentice R, Easton D, Milne R, Kraft P, Chang-Claude J, Lindström S
SCI REP-UK. 2022;12(1):.

Migration and Sexual Health Services Use – Results from the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD)
Wiessner C, von dem Knesebeck O, Gerlich M, Briken P, Becher H
SEX RES SOC POLICY. 2022;19(3):1383-1394.

2021

Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element
Baxter J, Johnson N, Tomczyk K, Gillespie A, Maguire S, Brough R, Fachal L, Michailidou K, Bolla M, Wang Q, Dennis J, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Arndt V, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Brenner H, Brucker S, Cai Q, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chan T, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Choi J, Clarke C, Colonna S, Conroy D, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dossus L, Dwek M, Eccles D, Ekici A, Eliassen A, Engel C, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, Gao C, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Ghoussaini M, Giles G, Goldberg M, González-Neira A, Guénel P, Gündert M, Haeberle L, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Hall P, Hamann U, Hartman M, Hatse S, Hauke J, Hollestelle A, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Hou M, Ito H, Iwasaki M, Jager A, Jakubowska A, Janni W, John E, Joseph V, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kang D, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kim S, Kosma V, Kraft P, Kristensen V, Kubelka-Sabit K, Kurian A, Kwong A, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Larson N, Larsson S, Le Marchand L, Lejbkowicz F, Li J, Long J, Lophatananon A, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Matsuo K, Mavroudis D, Mayes R, Menon U, Milne R, Mohd Taib N, Muir K, Muranen T, Murphy R, Nevanlinna H, O'Brien K, Offit K, Olson J, Olsson H, Park S, Park-Simon T, Patel A, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Pylkäs K, Rack B, Rennert G, Romero A, Ruebner M, Rüdiger T, Saloustros E, Sandler D, Sawyer E, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Shah M, Shen C, Shu X, Simard J, Southey M, Stone J, Surowy H, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teo S, Teras L, Terry M, Toland A, Tomlinson I, Truong T, Tseng C, Untch M, Vachon C, van den Ouweland A, Wang S, Weinberg C, Wendt C, Winham S, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Wu A, Yamaji T, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Pharoah P, Dunning A, Easton D, Pettitt S, Lord C, Haider S, Orr N, Fletcher O
AM J HUM GENET. 2021;108(7):1190-1203.

Methods to estimate proportion and number of nonexposed cases in a population
Becher H, Aigner A
BIOMETRICAL J. 2021;63(3):514-527.

Reduction of Mobility During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany According to Age, Sex, and Federal State
Becher H, Bönisch S, Wegscheider K
DTSCH ARZTEBL INT. 2021;118(31-32):536-537.

Impact of Family Separation on Subjective Time Pressure and Mental Health in Refugees from the Middle East and Africa Resettled in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study
Belau M, Becher H, Kraemer A
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2021;18(21):.

Loneliness as a mediator of social relationships and health-related quality of life among refugees living in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Belau M, Becher H, Kraemer A
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):2233.

Einsamkeit während der ersten Welle der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie – Ergebnisse der NAKO-Gesundheitsstudie
Berger K, Riedel-Heller S, Pabst A, Rietschel M, Richter D
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2021;64(9):1157-1164.

A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers
Coignard J, Lush M, Beesley J, O'Mara T, Dennis J, Tyrer J, Barnes D, McGuffog L, Leslie G, Bolla M, Adank M, Agata S, Ahearn T, Aittomäki K, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Arnold N, Aronson K, Arun B, Augustinsson A, Azzollini J, Barrowdale D, Baynes C, Becher H, Bermisheva M, Bernstein L, Białkowska K, Blomqvist C, Bojesen S, Bonanni B, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Burwinkel B, Buys S, Caldés T, Caligo M, Campa D, Carter B, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chung W, Claes K, Clarke C, Conroy D, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Diez O, Ding Y, Domchek S, Dörk T, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Dwek M, Eccles D, Eliassen A, Engel C, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Flyger H, Fostira F, Friedman E, Fritschi L, Frost D, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur S, Garber J, Garcia-Barberan V, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Gayther S, Gehrig A, Georgoulias V, Giles G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Greene M, Guénel P, Haeberle L, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Harrington P, Hart S, He W, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hopper J, Horcasitas D, Hulick P, Hunter D, Imyanitov E, Jager A, Jakubowska A, James P, Jensen U, John E, Jones M, Kaaks R, Kapoor P, Karlan B, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kiiski J, Ko Y, Kosma V, Kraft P, Kurian A, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lindstrom T, Lopez-Fernández A, Loud J, Luccarini C, Mannermaa A, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martens J, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Miller A, Milne R, Montagna M, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Nielsen F, O'Brien K, Olopade O, Olson J, Olsson H, Osorio A, Ottini L, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Pedersen I, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Pharoah P, Phillips K, Polley E, Poppe B, Presneau N, Pujana M, Punie K, Radice P, Rantala J, Rashid M, Rennert G, Rennert H, Robson M, Romero A, Rossing M, Saloustros E, Sandler D, Santella R, Scheuner M, Schmidt M, Schmidt G, Scott C, Sharma P, Soucy P, Southey M, Spinelli J, Steinsnyder Z, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Terry M, Teulé A, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Torres D, Trainer A, Truong T, Tung N, Vachon C, Vega A, Vijai J, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wendt C, Wolk A, Yadav S, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Zorn K, Park S, Thomassen M, Offit K, Schmutzler R, Couch F, Simard J, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton D, Andrieu N, Antoniou A
NAT COMMUN. 2021;12(1):.

Histologic and Clinical Effects of Different Topical Corticosteroids for Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Lessons from an Updated Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trials
de Heer J, Miehlke S, Rösch T, Morgner A, Werner Y, Ehlken H, Becher H, Aigner A
DIGESTION. 2021;102(3):377-385.

Breast Cancer Risk Genes — Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women
Dorling L, Carvalho , Allen J, González-Neira , Decker B, Auvinen P, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Chang-Claude J, García-Closas M, Schmidt M, Spurdle A, Vreeswijk M, Benitez , Dunning A, Kvist A, Teo S, Devilee P, Easton D
NEW ENGL J MED. 2021;384(5):428-439.

Germline variants and breast cancer survival in patients with distant metastases at primary breast cancer diagnosis
Escala-Garcia M, Canisius S, Keeman R, Beesley J, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Augustinsson A, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Brenner H, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Couch F, Czene K, Daly M, Dennis J, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dunning A, Easton D, Ekici A, Eliassen A, Fasching P, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Geisler J, Giles G, Grip M, Gündert M, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hartikainen J, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Hollestelle A, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Hunter D, Jacot W, Jakubowska A, John E, Jung A, Kaaks R, Khusnutdinova E, Koppert L, Kraft P, Kristensen V, Kurian A, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Lindblom A, Luben R, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Mavroudis D, Muranen T, Nevanlinna H, Olshan A, Olsson H, Park-Simon T, Patel A, Peterlongo P, Pharoah P, Punie K, Radice P, Rennert G, Rennert H, Romero A, Roylance R, Rüdiger T, Ruebner M, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Schoemaker M, Scott C, Southey M, Surowy H, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Teras L, Thomas E, Tomlinson I, Troester M, Vachon C, Wang Q, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Ziogas A, Michailidou K, Chenevix-Trench G, Bachelot T, Schmidt M
SCI REP-UK. 2021;11(1):19787.

Post-Vaccination Anti-SARS-CoV-2-Antibody Response in Patients with Multiple Myeloma Correlates with Low CD19+ B-Lymphocyte Count and Anti-CD38 Treatment
Ghandili S, Schönlein M, Lütgehetmann M, Wiesch J, Becher H, Bokemeyer C, Sinn M, Weisel K, Leypoldt L
CANCERS. 2021;13(15):.

Lymphocytopenia and Anti-CD38 Directed Treatment Impact the Serological SARS-CoV-2 Response after Prime Boost Vaccination in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Ghandili S, Schönlein M, Wiessner C, Becher H, Lütgehetmann M, Brehm T, Wiesch J, Bokemeyer C, Sinn M, Weisel K, Leypoldt L
J CLIN MED. 2021;10(23):.

Regional Deprivation, Stroke Incidence, and Stroke Care—An Analysis of Billing and Quality Assurance Data From the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Grau A, Dienlin S, Bartig D, Maier W, Buggle F, Becher H
DTSCH ARZTEBL INT. 2021;118(23):397-402.

Statistical model building: Background "knowledge" based on inappropriate preselection causes misspecification
Hafermann L, Becher H, Herrmann C, Klein N, Heinze G, Rauch G
BMC MED RES METHODOL. 2021;21(1):196.

Half-Year Longitudinal Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Antibodies and Rule Compliance in German Hospital Employees
Herzberg J, Vollmer T, Fischer B, Becher H, Becker A, Sahly H, Honarpisheh H, Guraya S, Strate T, Knabbe C
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2021;18(20):.

Prospective Sero-epidemiological Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 among Health Care Workers in a German Secondary Care Hospital
Herzberg J, Vollmer T, Fischer B, Becher H, Becker A, Sahly H, Honarpisheh H, Guraya S, Strate T, Knabbe C
INT J INFECT DIS. 2021;102:136-143.

Genetic Variation and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Cohort Study on Migrants from the Former Soviet Union and a Native German Population
Huebner M, Börnigen D, Deckert A, Holle R, Meisinger C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Peters A, Rathmann W, Becher H
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2021;18(12):6214.

Postdiagnosis weight change is associated with poorer survival in breast cancer survivors: A prospective population-based patient cohort study
Jung A, Hüsing A, Behrens S, Krzykalla J, Obi N, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
INT J CANCER. 2021;148(1):18-27.

Combined associations of a polygenic risk score and classical risk factors with breast cancer risk
Kapoor P, Mavaddat N, Choudhury P, Wilcox A, Lindström S, Behrens S, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Bolla M, Wang Q, Jung A, Abu-Ful Z, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson K, Auer P, Freeman L, Becher H, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Benitez J, Bernstein L, Bojesen S, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brüning T, Cai Q, Campa D, Canzian F, Carracedo A, Carter B, Castelao J, Chanock S, Chatterjee N, Chenevix-Trench G, Clarke C, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Dai J, Earp H, Ekici A, Eliassen A, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Fritschi L, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Gao C, Gapstur S, Gaudet M, Giles G, González-Neira A, Guénel P, Haeberle L, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hatse S, Heyworth J, Holleczek B, Hoover R, Hopper J, Howell A, Hunter D, John E, Jones M, Kaaks R, Keeman R, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Koutros S, Kurian A, Lambrechts D, Marchand L, Lee E, Lejbkowicz F, Linet M, Lissowska J, Llaneza A, MacInnis R, Martinez M, Maurer T, McLean C, Neuhausen S, Newman W, Norman A, O'Brien K, Olshan A, Olson J, Olsson H, Orr N, Perou C, Pita G, Polley E, Prentice R, Rennert G, Rennert H, Ruddy K, Sandler D, Saunders C, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Schumacher F, Scott C, Scott R, Shu X, Smeets A, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stone J, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Taylor J, Troester M, Vachon C, van Veen E, Wang X, Weinberg C, Weltens C, Willett W, Winham S, Wolk A, Yang X, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Dunning A, Pharoah P, Schmidt M, Kraft P, Easton D, Milne R, García-Closas M, Chang-Claude J
JNCI-J NATL CANCER I. 2021;113(3):329-337.

Associations between socioeconomic and public health indicators and the case-fatality rate of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
Kreienbrinck A, Zeeb H, Becher H
One Health Implement Res. 2021;1(2):66-79.

Association of Acculturation Status with Longitudinal Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life-Results from a Cohort Study of Adults with Turkish Origin in Germany
Krist L, Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Becher H, Jöckel K, Schmidt B, Schramm S, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich S, Keil T, Brand T
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2021;18(6):.

Predictors of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Turkish Migrant Cohort in Germany
Krist L, Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich S, Becher H, Keil T
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2021;18(18):9682.

Colorectal Cancer among Resettlers from the Former Soviet Union and in the General German Population: Clinical and Pathological Characteristics and Trends
Mahanani M, Kaucher S, Kajüter H, Holleczek B, Becher H, Winkler V
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2021;18(9):4547.

Tired of feeling tired - The role of circulating inflammatory biomarkers and long-term cancer related fatigue in breast cancer survivors
Maurer T, Jaskulski S, Behrens S, Jung A, Obi N, Johnson T, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
BREAST. 2021;56:103-109.

Health-Related Quality of Life in a Cohort of Breast Cancer Survivors over More Than 10 Years Post-Diagnosis and in Comparison to a Control Cohort
Maurer T, Thöne K, Obi N, Jung A, Behrens S, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
CANCERS. 2021;13(8):.

Comorbidity burden in long-term breast cancer survivors compared with a cohort of population-based controls from the MARIE study
Möhl A, Orban E, Jung A, Behrens S, Obi N, Chang-Claude J, Becher H
CANCER-AM CANCER SOC. 2021;127(7):1154-1160.

Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment
Morra A, Escala-Garcia M, Beesley J, Keeman R, Canisius S, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Auer P, Augustinsson A, Beane Freeman L, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Brenner H, Brüning T, Buys S, Caan B, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Cheng T, Clarke C, Colonna S, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Dennis J, Dörk T, Dossus L, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eccles D, Ekici A, Eliassen A, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Flyger H, Fritschi L, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Sáenz J, Giles G, Grip M, Guénel P, Gündert M, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hart S, Hartikainen J, Hartmann A, He W, Hooning M, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Howell A, Hunter D, Jager A, Jakubowska A, Janni W, John E, Jung A, Kaaks R, Keupers M, Kitahara C, Koutros S, Kraft P, Kristensen V, Kurian A, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Lindblom A, Linet M, Luben R, Lubiński J, Lush M, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Martens J, Martinez M, Mavroudis D, Michailidou K, Milne R, Mulligan A, Muranen T, Nevanlinna H, Newman W, Nielsen S, Nordestgaard B, Olshan A, Olsson H, Orr N, Park-Simon T, Patel A, Peissel B, Peterlongo P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Presneau N, Rack B, Rennert G, Rennert H, Rhenius V, Romero A, Roylance R, Ruebner M, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Scott C, Shah M, Smichkoska S, Southey M, Stone J, Surowy H, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Teras L, Terry M, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Troester M, Truong T, Vachon C, Wang Q, Hurson A, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Ziogas A, Brauch H, García-Closas M, Pharoah P, Easton D, Chenevix-Trench G, Schmidt M
BREAST CANCER RES. 2021;23(1):86.

Breast cancer risk factors and survival by tumor subtype: pooled analyses from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
Morra A, Jung A, Behrens S, Keeman R, Ahearn T, Anton-Cluver H, Arndt V, Augustinsson A, Auvinen P, Beane Freeman L, Becher H, Beckmann M, Bloomqvist C, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Brenner H, Briceno I, Brucker S, Camp N, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chanock S, Choi J, Clarke C, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Dӧrk T, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eccles D, Egan K, Evans D, Fasching P, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur S, Garcia-Saenz J, Gaudet M, Giles G, Grip M, Guénel P, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Han S, Hart S, Hartman M, Heyworth J, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Hunter D, Ito H, Jager A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, Janni W, Kaaks R, Kang D, Middha Kapoor P, Kitahara C, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Li J, Lindblom A, Lubiński J, Lush M, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Mariapun S, Matsuo K, Mavroudis D, Milne R, Muranen T, Newman W, Noh D, Nordestgaard B, Obi N, Olshan A, Olsson H, Park-Simon T, Petridis C, Pharoah P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Rashid M, Rennert G, Rennert H, Rhenius V, Romero A, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schneeweiss A, Schwentner L, Scott C, Shah M, Shen C, Shu X, Southey M, Stram D, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Troester M, Truong T, Vachon C, Wang Q, Wang S, Williams J, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Wu A, Yoo K, Yu J, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Yang X, Eliassen A, Holmes M, Garcia-Closas M, Teo S, Schmidt M, Chang-Claude J
CANCER EPIDEM BIOMAR. 2021;30(4):623-642.

Association of circulating leptin, adiponectin, and resistin concentrations with long-term breast cancer prognosis in a German patient cohort
Obi N, Jung A, Maurer T, Huebner M, Johnson T, Behrens S, Jaskulski S, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
SCI REP-UK. 2021;11(1):.

Changes in alcohol consumption, body weight and physical activity among breast cancer survivors and population-based unaffected women in a prospective study
Orban E, Jung A, Möhl A, Behrens S, Becher H, Obi N, Chang-Claude J
CANCER EPIDEMIOL. 2021;70:.

Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk
Park H, Neumeyer S, Michailidou K, Bolla M, Wang Q, Dennis J, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Arndt V, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Baten A, Beane Freeman L, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brucker S, Burwinkel B, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Clarke C, Conroy D, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Dwek M, Eccles D, Eliassen A, Engel C, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Flyger H, Fritschi L, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Giles G, Glendon G, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Grip M, Guénel P, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Han S, Harkness E, Hart S, He W, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Hopper J, Hunter D, Jager A, Jakubowska A, John E, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kapoor P, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara C, Koppert L, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Kurian A, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Lo W, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Martinez M, Mavroudis D, Meindl A, Menon U, Milne R, Muranen T, Nevanlinna H, Newman W, Nordestgaard B, Offit K, Olshan A, Olsson H, Park-Simon T, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Radice P, Rennert G, Rennert H, Romero A, Saloustros E, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Schoemaker M, Schwentner L, Scott C, Shah M, Shu X, Simard J, Smeets A, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stevens V, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Terry M, Tomlinson I, Troester M, Truong T, Vachon C, van Veen E, Vijai J, Wang S, Wendt C, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Ziogas A, Dunning A, Pharoah P, Easton D, Zheng W, Kraft P, Chang-Claude J
BRIT J CANCER. 2021;125(8):1135-1145.

Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing
Ruth K, Day F, Hussain J, Martínez-Marchal A, Aiken C, Azad A, Thompson D, Knoblochova L, Abe H, Tarry-Adkins J, Gonzalez J, Fontanillas P, Claringbould A, Bakker O, Sulem P, Walters R, Terao C, Turon S, Horikoshi M, Lin K, Onland-Moret N, Sankar A, Hertz E, Timshel P, Shukla V, Borup R, Olsen K, Aguilera P, Ferrer-Roda M, Huang Y, Stankovic S, Timmers P, Ahearn T, Alizadeh B, Naderi E, Andrulis I, Arnold A, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Bandinelli S, Barbieri C, Beaumont R, Becher H, Beckmann M, Benonisdottir S, Bergmann S, Bochud M, Boerwinkle E, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Boomsma D, Bowker N, Brody J, Broer L, Buring J, Campbell A, Campbell H, Castelao J, Catamo E, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Ciullo M, Corre T, Couch F, Cox A, Crisponi L, Cross S, Cucca F, Czene K, Smith G, de Geus E, de Mutsert R, De Vivo I, Demerath E, Dennis J, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eriksson M, Esko T, Fasching P, Faul J, Ferrucci L, Franceschini N, Frayling T, Gago-Dominguez M, Mezzavilla M, García-Closas M, Gieger C, Giles G, Grallert H, Gudbjartsson D, Gudnason V, Guénel P, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hayward C, He C, He W, Heiss G, Høffding M, Hopper J, Hottenga J, Hu F, Hunter D, Ikram M, Jackson R, Joaquim M, John E, Joshi P, Karasik D, Kardia S, Kartsonaki C, Karlsson R, Kitahara C, Kolcic I, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, Kurian A, Kutalik Z, La Bianca M, LaChance G, Langenberg C, Launer L, Laven J, Lawlor D, Le Marchand L, Li J, Lindblom A, Lindstrom S, Lindstrom T, Linet M, Liu Y, Liu S, Luan J, Mägi R, Magnusson P, Mangino M, Mannermaa A, Marco B, Marten J, Martin N, Mbarek H, McKnight B, Medland S, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Menni C, Metspalu A, Milani L, Milne R, Montgomery G, Mook-Kanamori D, Mulas A, Mulligan A, Murray A, Nalls M, Newman A, Noordam R, Nutile T, Nyholt D, Olshan A, Olsson H, Painter J, Patel A, Pedersen N, Perjakova N, Peters A, Peters U, Pharoah P, Polasek O, Porcu E, Psaty B, Rahman I, Rennert G, Rennert H, Ridker P, Ring S, Robino A, Rose L, Rosendaal F, Rossouw J, Rudan I, Rueedi R, Ruggiero D, Sala C, Saloustros E, Sandler D, Sanna S, Sawyer E, Sarnowski C, Schlessinger D, Schmidt M, Schoemaker M, Schraut K, Scott C, Shekari S, Shrikhande A, Smith A, Smith B, Smith J, Sorice R, Southey M, Spector T, Spinelli J, Stampfer M, Stöckl D, van Meurs J, Strauch K, Styrkarsdottir U, Swerdlow A, Tanaka T, Teras L, Teumer A, Þorsteinsdottir U, Timpson N, Toniolo D, Traglia M, Troester M, Truong T, Tyrrell J, Uitterlinden A, Ulivi S, Vachon C, Vitart V, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Wang Q, Wareham N, Weinberg C, Weir D, Wilcox A, van Dijk K, Willemsen G, Wilson J, Wolffenbuttel B, Wolk A, Wood A, Zhao W, Zygmunt M, Chen Z, Li L, Franke L, Burgess S, Deelen P, Pers T, Grøndahl M, Andersen C, Pujol A, Lopez-Contreras A, Daniel J, Stefansson K, Chang-Claude J, van der Schouw Y, Lunetta K, Chasman D, Easton D, Visser J, Ozanne S, Namekawa S, Solc P, Murabito J, Ong K, Hoffmann E, Murray A, Roig I, Perry J
NATURE. 2021;596(7872):393-397.

The effect of family history on screening procedures and prognosis in breast cancer patients - Results of a large population-based case-control study
Seiffert K, Thoene K, Eulenburg C, Behrens S, Schmalfeldt B, Becher H, Chang-Claude J, Witzel I
BREAST. 2021;55:98-104.

Diabetes prevalence and risk factors of early-onset adult diabetes: results from the Indonesian family life survey
Tanoey J, Becher H
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2021;14(1):.

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Effects of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Related Contact Restrictions in Germany, March to May 2020, on the Mobility and Relation to Infection Patterns
Bönisch S, Wegscheider K, Krause L, Sehner S, Wiegel S, Zapf A, Moser S, Becher H
FRONT PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;8:568287.

Socio-demographic and employment-related factors in the German National Cohort (GNC; NAKO Gesundheitsstudie)
Dragano N, Reuter M, Greiser K, Becher H, Zeeb H, Mikolajczyk R, Kluttig A, Leitzmann M, Fischer B, Jöckel K, Emmel C, Krause G, Castell S, Damms-Machado A, Obi N, Schikowski T, Kuss O, Hoffmann W, Schipf S, Pischon T, Jaeschke L, Krist L, Keil T, Lieb W, Holleczek B, Brenner H, Wirkner K, Loeffler M, Michels K, Franzke C, Peters A, Linseisen J, Berger K, Legath N, Ahrens W, Lampert T, Schmidt B
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):267-278.

Anthropometrische Messungen in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie – mehr als nur Größe und Gewicht
Fischer B, Sedlmeier A, Hartwig S, Schlett C, Ahrens W, Bamberg F, Baurecht H, Becher H, Berger K, Binder H, Bohn B, Carr P, Castell S, Franzke C, Fricke J, Gastell S, Greiser K, Günther K, Jaeschke L, Kaaks R, Kemmling Y, Krist L, Kuß O, Legath N, Lieb W, Linseisen J, Löffler M, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Niedermaier T, Norman K, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Schmidt B, Schulze M, Stang A, Stojicic J, Tiller D, Völzke H, Waniek S, Leitzmann M
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):290-300.

Selbst berichtete Infektionen in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie – Einordnung in die gegenwärtige Forschungslandschaft
Hassenstein M, Aarabi G, Ahnert P, Becher H, Franzke C, Fricke J, Krause G, Glöckner S, Gottschick C, Karch A, Kemmling Y, Kerrinnes T, Lange B, Mikolajczyk R, Nieters A, Ott J, Ahrens W, Berger K, Meinke-Franze C, Gastell S, Günther K, Greiser K, Holleczek B, Horn J, Jaeschke L, Jagodzinski A, Jansen L, Jochem C, Jöckel K, Kaaks R, Krist L, Kuß O, Langer S, Legath N, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Loeffler M, Mangold N, Michels K, Meisinger C, Obi N, Pischon T, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Schulze M, Stang A, Waniek S, Wirkner K, Willich S, Castell S
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):404-414.

Design and quality control of the oral health status examination in the German National Cohort (GNC)
Holtfreter B, Samietz S, Hertrampf K, Aarabi G, Hagenfeld D, Kim T, Kocher T, Koos B, Schmitter M, Ahrens W, Alwers E, Becher H, Berger K, Brenner H, Damms-Machado A, Ebert N, Fischer B, Franzke C, Frölich S, Greiser H, Gies A, Günther K, Hassan L, Hoffmann W, Jaeschke L, Keil T, Kemmling Y, Krause G, Krist L, Legath N, Lieb W, Leitzmann M, Linseisen J, Loeffler M, Meinke-Franze C, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Schipf S, Schmidt B, Völzke H, Waniek S, Wigmann C, Wirkner K, Schmidt C, Kühnisch J, Rupf S
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):426-438.

Erfassung selbst berichteter kardiovaskulärer und metabolischer Erkrankungen in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie: Methoden und erste Ergebnisse
Jaeschke L, Steinbrecher A, Greiser K, Dörr M, Buck T, Linseisen J, Meisinger C, Ahrens W, Becher H, Berger K, Braun B, Brenner H, Castell S, Fischer B, Franzke C, Gastell S, Günther K, Hoffmann W, Holleczek B, Jagodzinski A, Kaaks R, Kluttig A, Krause G, Krist L, Kuß O, Lehnich A, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Löffler M, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Peters A, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Schmidt B, Schulze M, Völzke H, Willich S, Pischon T
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):439-451.

Prognostic associations of circulating phytoestrogens and biomarker changes in long-term survivors of postmenopausal breast cancer
Jaskulski S, Jung A, Huebner M, Poschet G, Hell R, Hüsing A, Gonzalez-Maldonado S, Behrens S, Obi N, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
NUTR CANCER. 2020;72(7):1155-1169.

Lungenfunktion in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie: Methoden und erste Ergebnisse
Karrasch S, Peters A, Meisinger C, Ferland M, Jaeschke L, Pischon T, Fricke J, Keil T, Gastell S, Schulze M, Brandes M, Günther K, Kuß O, Schikowski T, Emmel C, Jöckel K, Michels K, Franzke C, Langer S, Mikolajczyk R, Jagodzinski A, Becher H, Castell S, Kemmling Y, Waniek S, Lieb W, Wirkner K, Loeffler M, Greiser K, Kaaks R, Legath N, Berger K, Schipf S, Hoffmann W, Sedlmeier A, Leitzmann M, Brenner H, Holleczek B, Schulz H
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):322-331.

Breast cancer incidence and mammography screening among resettlers in Germany
Kaucher S, Khil L, Kajüter H, Becher H, Reder M, Kolip P, Spallek J, Winkler V, Berens E
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):417.

Messung der körperlichen Fitness in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie – Methoden, Qualitätssicherung und erste deskriptive Ergebnisse
Kluttig A, Zschocke J, Haerting J, Schmermund A, Gastell S, Steindorf K, Herbolsheimer F, Hillreiner A, Jochem C, Baumeister S, Sprengeler O, Pischon T, Jaeschke L, Michels K, Krist L, Greiser H, Schmidt G, Lieb W, Waniek S, Becher H, Jagodzinski A, Schipf S, Völzke H, Ahrens W, Günther K, Castell S, Kemmling Y, Legath N, Berger K, Keil T, Fricke J, Schulze M, Loeffler M, Wirkner K, Kuß O, Schikowski T, Kalinowski S, Stang A, Kaaks R, Damms Machado A, Hoffmeister M, Weber B, Franzke C, Thierry S, Peters A, Kartschmit N, Mikolajczyk R, Fischer B, Leitzmann M, Brandes M
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):312-321.

Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk
Kramer I, Hooning M, Mavaddat N, Hauptmann M, Keeman R, Steyerberg E, Giardiello D, Antoniou A, Pharoah P, Canisius S, Abu-Ful Z, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Bonanni B, Brauch H, Bremer M, Brucker S, Burwinkel B, Castelao J, Chan T, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Choi J, Clarke C, Collée J, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eccles D, Evans D, Fasching P, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Giles G, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hamann U, Hartman M, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Hollestelle A, Hopper J, Hou M, Howell A, Ito H, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, Janni W, John E, Jung A, Kang D, Kets C, Khusnutdinova E, Ko Y, Kristensen V, Kurian A, Kwong A, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Li J, Lindblom A, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Matsuo K, Mavroudis D, Meindl A, Milne R, Mulligan A, Muranen T, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Newman W, Olshan A, Olson J, Olsson H, Park-Simon T, Peto J, Petridis C, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Rennert G, Romero A, Roylance R, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Schwentner L, Scott C, See M, Shah M, Shen C, Shu X, Siesling S, Slager S, Sohn C, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stone J, Tapper W, Tengström M, Teo S, Terry M, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Troester M, Vachon C, van Ongeval C, van Veen E, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Easton D, Hall P, Schmidt M
AM J HUM GENET. 2020;107(5):837-848.

Physical Activity Trajectories among Persons of Turkish Descent Living in Germany-A Cohort Study
Krist L, Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Becher H, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich S, Keil T
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2020;17(17):.

Häufigkeit von Asthma bronchiale und Alter bei der Erstdiagnose – erste Ergebnisse der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie
Langer S, Horn J, Kluttig A, Mikolajczyk R, Karrasch S, Schulz H, Wichmann H, Linseisen J, Jaeschke L, Pischon T, Fricke J, Keil T, Ahrens W, Günther K, Kuß O, Schikowski T, Schmidt B, Jöckel K, Michels K, Franzke C, Becher H, Jagodzinski A, Castell S, Kemmling Y, Lieb W, Waniek S, Wirkner K, Löffler M, Kaaks R, Greiser K, Berger K, Legath N, Meinke-Franze C, Schipf S, Leitzmann M, Baurecht H, Weigl K, Amitay E, Gottschick C
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):397-403.

Körperliche Aktivität in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie: erste Ergebnisse des multimodalen Erhebungskonzepts
Leitzmann M, Gastell S, Hillreiner A, Herbolsheimer F, Baumeister S, Bohn B, Brandes M, Greiser H, Jaeschke L, Jochem C, Kluttig A, Krist L, Michels K, Pischon T, Schmermund A, Sprengeler O, Zschocke J, Ahrens W, Baurecht H, Becher H, Berger K, Brenner H, Castell S, Fischer B, Franzke C, Fricke J, Hoffmann W, Holleczek B, Kaaks R, Kalinowski S, Keil T, Kemmling Y, Kuß O, Legath N, Lieb W, Linseisen J, Löffler M, Mikolajczyk R, Obi N, Peters A, Ratjen I, Schikowski T, Schulze M, Stang A, Thierry S, Völzke H, Wirkner K, Steindorf K
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):301-311.

Serum lipopolysaccharide neutralizing capacity in ischemic stroke
Leskelä J, Pietiäinen M, Safer A, Lehto M, Metso J, Malle E, Buggle F, Becher H, Sundvall J, Grau A, Pussinen P, Palm F
PLOS ONE. 2020;15(2):e0228806.

The Incidence of Intestinal Gastric Cancer among Resettlers in Germany-Do Resettlers Remain at an Elevated Risk in Comparison to the General Population?
Lindblad A, Kaucher S, Jaehn P, Kajüter H, Holleczek B, Lissner L, Becher H, Winkler V
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2020;17(24):.

Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk
Liu J, Prager-van der Smissen W, Collée J, Bolla M, Wang Q, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Ahearn T, Aittomäki K, Ambrosone C, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Arndt V, Arnold N, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Auvinen P, Becher H, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, Bernstein L, Bogdanova N, Bogdanova-Markov N, Bojesen S, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Brucker S, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Cai Q, Cai H, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Choi J, Christiaens M, Clarke C, Couch F, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Dwek M, Eccles D, Eliassen A, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Fritschi L, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur S, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Giles G, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, Guénel P, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Harrington P, Hart S, Hartman M, Hillemanns P, Hopper J, Hou M, Hunter D, Huo D, Ito H, Iwasaki M, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, John E, Kaaks R, Kang D, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kim S, Kraft P, Kristensen V, Kurian A, Le Marchand L, Li J, Lindblom A, Lophatananon A, Luben R, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Mariapun S, Matsuo K, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, Meindl A, Menon U, Milne R, Muir K, Mulligan A, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Offit K, Olopade O, Olson J, Olsson H, Orr N, Park S, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Rack B, Rau-Murthy R, Rennert G, Rennert H, Rhenius V, Romero A, Ruebner M, Saloustros E, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Scott C, Shah M, Shen C, Shu X, Simard J, Sohn C, Southey M, Spinelli J, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Teo S, Terry M, Torres D, Truong T, Untch M, Vachon C, van Asperen C, Wolk A, Yamaji T, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Ziv E, Torres-Mejía G, Dörk T, Swerdlow A, Hamann U, Schmidt M, Dunning A, Pharoah P, Easton D, Hooning M, Martens J, Hollestelle A
SCI REP-UK. 2020;10(1):9688.

An exercise and nutrition intervention for ovarian cancer patients during and after first-line chemotherapy (BENITA study): a randomized controlled pilot trial
Maurer T, von Grundherr J, Patra S, Jäger A, Becher H, Schmalfeld B, Zyriax B, Chang-Claude J
INT J GYNECOL CANCER. 2020;30(4):541-545.

Development of the Metabolic Syndrome: Study Design and Baseline Data of the Lufthansa Prevention Study (LUPS), A Prospective Observational Cohort Survey.
Müller-Wieland D, Altenburg C, Becher H, Burchard J, Frisch A, Gebhard J, Haas J, Harth V, Heeren J, Hengelbrock J, von Karais M, Knebel B, Kotzka J, Löwe B, Marx N, Pinnschmidt H, Preisser A, Rose M, Sawitzky-Rose B, Scheja L, Terschüren C, Töller M, Vettorazzi E, Wegscheider K
EXP CLIN ENDOCR DIAB. 2020;128(12):777-787.

Selbstberichtete Krebserkrankungen in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie: Erfassungsmethoden und erste Ergebnisse
Nimptsch K, Jaeschke L, Chang-Claude J, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Michels K, Franzke C, Obi N, Becher H, Kuß O, Schikowski T, Schulze M, Gastell S, Hoffmann W, Schipf S, Ahrens W, Günther K, Krist L, Keil T, Jöckel K, Schmidt B, Brenner H, Holleczek B, Fischer B, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Berger K, Krause G, Löffler M, Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A, Mikolajczyk R, Linseisen J, Greiser K, Pischon T
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):385-396.

Reevaluation of risk factors for time to subsequent events after first stroke occurrence using a new weighted all-cause effect measure
Ozga A, Rauch B, Palm F, Urbanek C, Grau A, Becher H, Rauch G
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):817.

Association of a Multigenetic Pro-Inflammatory Profile with Ischaemic Stroke
Palm F, Aigner A, Pussinen P, Urbanek C, Buggle F, Safer A, Becher H, Grau A
CEREBROVASC DIS. 2020;49(2):170-176.

State of the art in selection of variables and functional forms in multivariable analysis-outstanding issues
Sauerbrei W, Perperoglou A, Schmid M, Abrahamowicz M, Becher H, Binder H, Dunkler D, Harrell F, Royston P, Heinze G
Diagnostic and prognostic research. 2020;4:3.

Blutdruckmessung in der NAKO – methodische Unterschiede, Blutdruckverteilung und Bekanntheit der Hypertonie im Vergleich zu anderen bevölkerungsbezogenen Studien in Deutschland
Schikowski T, Wigmann C, Fuks K, Schipf S, Heier M, Neuhauser H, Sarganas G, Ahrens W, Becher H, Berger K, Brenner H, Castell S, Damms-Machado A, Dörr M, Ebert N, Efremov L, Emmel C, Felix S, Fischer B, Franzke C, Gastell S, Günther K, Haerting J, Ittermann T, Jaeschke L, Jagodzinski A, Jöckel K, Kaaks R, Kalinowski S, Keil T, Kemmling Y, Kluttig A, Krist L, Kuss O, Legath N, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Löffler M, Meinke-Franze C, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Moebus S, Nuding S, Peters A, Pischon T, Rückert-Eheberg I, Schöttker B, Schmidt B, Schmidt C, Schulze M, Stang A, Thiele I, Thierry S, Thorand B, Völzke H, Waniek S, Werdan K, Wirkner K, Greiser K
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):452-464.

Die Basiserhebung der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie: Teilnahme an den Untersuchungsmodulen, Qualitätssicherung und Nutzung von Sekundärdaten
Schipf S, Schöne G, Schmidt B, Günther K, Stübs G, Greiser K, Bamberg F, Meinke-Franze C, Becher H, Berger K, Brenner H, Castell S, Damms-Machado A, Fischer B, Franzke C, Fricke J, Gastell S, Günther M, Hoffmann W, Holleczek B, Jaeschke L, Jagodzinski A, Jöckel K, Kaaks R, Kauczor H, Kemmling Y, Kluttig A, Krist L, Kurth B, Kuß O, Legath N, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Linseisen J, Löffler M, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Pigeot I, Mueller U, Peters A, Rach S, Schikowski T, Schulze M, Stallmann C, Stang A, Swart E, Waniek S, Wirkner K, Völzke H, Pischon T, Ahrens W
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):254-266.

Häufigkeiten muskuloskelettaler Symptome und Erkrankungen in der bevölkerungsbezogenen NAKO Gesundheitsstudie
Schmidt C, Günther K, Goronzy J, Albrecht K, Chenot J, Callhoff J, Richter A, Kasch R, Ahrens W, Becher H, Berger K, Brenner H, Fischer B, Franzke C, Hoffmann W, Holleczek B, Jaeschke L, Jenning C, Jöckel K, Kaaks R, Keil T, Kluttig A, Krause G, Kuß O, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Linseisen J, Löffler M, Meinke-Franze C, Meisinger C, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Specker C, Völzke H, Wirkner K, Zink A, Sander O
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(4):415-425.

Personen mit Migrationshintergrund in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie – soziodemografische Merkmale und Vergleiche mit der autochthonen deutschen Bevölkerung
Wiessner C, Keil T, Krist L, Zeeb H, Dragano N, Schmidt B, Ahrens W, Berger K, Castell S, Fricke J, Führer A, Gastell S, Greiser H, Guo F, Jaeschke L, Jochem C, Jöckel K, Kaaks R, Koch-Gallenkamp L, Krause G, Kuss O, Legath N, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Meinke-Franze C, Meisinger C, Mikolajczyk R, Obi N, Pischon T, Schipf S, Schmoor C, Schramm S, Schulze M, Sowarka N, Waniek S, Wigmann C, Willich S, Becher H
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):279-289.

Nächtliche Verkehrslärmbelästigung in Deutschland: individuelle und regionale Unterschiede in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie
Wolf K, Kraus U, Dzolan M, Bolte G, Lakes T, Schikowski T, Greiser K, Kuß O, Ahrens W, Bamberg F, Becher H, Berger K, Brenner H, Castell S, Damms-Machado A, Fischer B, Franzke C, Gastell S, Günther K, Holleczek B, Jaeschke L, Kaaks R, Keil T, Kemmling Y, Krist L, Legath N, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Loeffler M, Meinke-Franze C, Michels K, Mikolajczyk R, Moebus S, Mueller U, Obi N, Pischon T, Rathmann W, Schipf S, Schmidt B, Schulze M, Thiele I, Thierry S, Waniek S, Wigmann C, Wirkner K, Zschocke J, Peters A, Schneider A
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA. 2020;63(3):332-343.

Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses
Zhang H, Ahearn T, Lecarpentier J, Barnes D, Beesley J, Qi G, Jiang X, O'Mara T, Zhao N, Bolla M, Dunning A, Dennis J, Wang Q, Ful Z, Aittomäki K, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson K, Arun B, Auer P, Azzollini J, Barrowdale D, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bialkowska K, Blanco A, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Bonanni B, Bondavalli D, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Broeks A, Brucker S, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys S, Byers H, Caldés T, Caligo M, Calvello M, Campa D, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Christiaens M, Christiansen H, Chung W, Claes K, Clarke C, Cornelissen S, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Diez O, Domchek S, Dörk T, Dwek M, Eccles D, Ekici A, Evans D, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Foretova L, Fostira F, Friedman E, Frost D, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur S, Garber J, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Gayther S, Giles G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Greene M, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Häberle L, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Hake C, Hall P, Hamann U, Harkness E, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Hillemanns P, Hogervorst F, Holleczek B, Hollestelle A, Hooning M, Hoover R, Hopper J, Howell A, Huebner H, Hulick P, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Jager A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Janni W, John E, Jones M, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kapoor P, Karlan B, Keeman R, Khan S, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Konstantopoulou I, Koppert L, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Laenkholm A, Lambrechts D, Larsson S, Laurent-Puig P, Lazaro C, Lazarova E, Lejbkowicz F, Leslie G, Lesueur F, Lindblom A, Lissowska J, Lo W, Loud J, Lubinski J, Lukomska A, MacInnis R, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martinez M, Matricardi L, McGuffog L, McLean C, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Menon U, Miller A, Mingazheva E, Montagna M, Mulligan A, Mulot C, Muranen T, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Neven P, Newman W, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Nodora J, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Orr N, Papi L, Papp J, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Peissel B, Peixoto A, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Phillips K, Piedmonte M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Prokofyeva D, Rack B, Radice P, Ramus S, Rantala J, Rashid M, Rennert G, Rennert H, Risch H, Romero A, Rookus M, Rübner M, Rüdiger T, Saloustros E, Sampson S, Sandler D, Sawyer E, Scheuner M, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Schürmann P, Senter L, Sharma P, Sherman M, Shu X, Singer C, Smichkoska S, Soucy P, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Swerdlow A, Szabo C, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Terry M, Thomassen M, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Troester M, Truong T, Tung N, Untch M, Vachon C, van den Ouweland A, van der Kolk L, van Veen E, vanRensburg E, Vega A, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Zheng W, Zorn K, Milne R, Kraft P, Simard J, Pharoah P, Michailidou K, Antoniou A, Schmidt M, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton D, Chatterjee N, García-Closas M
NAT GENET. 2020;52(6):572-581.

2019

Human health as a motivator for climate change mitigation: results from four European high income countries
Amelung D, Fischer H, Hermann A, Aall C, Louis V, Becher H, Wilkinson P, Sauerborn R
GLOBAL ENVIRON CHANG. 2019.

Participation of Turkish Migrants in an Epidemiological Study: Does the Recruitment Strategy Affect the Sample Characteristics?
Brand T, Samkange-Zeeb F, Dragano N, Keil T, Krist L, Yesil-Jürgens R, Schlaud M, Jöckel K, Razum O, Reiss K, Greiser K, Zimmermann H, Becher H, Zeeb H
J IMMIGR MINOR HEALT. 2019;21(4):811-819.

Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort
Caputo M, Horn J, Karch A, Akmatov M, Becher H, Braun B, Brenner H, Castell S, Fischer B, Giani G, Günther K, Hoffmann B, Jöckel K, Keil T, Klüppelholz B, Krist L, Leitzmann M, Lieb W, Linseisen J, Meisinger C, Moebus S, Obi N, Pischon T, Schipf S, Schmidt B, Sievers C, Steinbrecher A, Völzke H, Mikolajczyk R
BMC INFECT DIS. 2019;19(1):99.

Socioeconomic decline and advancement within and between generations and the risk of stroke – a case-control study
Grau A, Aigner A, Urbanek C, Palm F, Buggle F, Safer A, Becher H
NEUROL RES PRACT. 2019;1:1-8.

Periodontal Health and Use of Oral Health Services: A Comparison of Germans and Two Migrant Groups
Hagenfeld D, Zimmermann H, Korb K, El-Sayed N, Fricke J, Greiser K, Kühnisch J, Linseisen J, Meisinger C, Schmitter M, Kim T, Becher H
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2019;16(16):.

A cross-national perspective of migration and cancer: incidence of five major cancer types among resettlers from the former Soviet Union in Germany and ethnic Germans in Russia
Jaehn P, Kaucher S, Pikalova L, Mazeina S, Kajüter H, Becher H, Valkov M, Winkler V
BMC CANCER. 2019;19(1):869.

Serum vitamin D levels in Berliners of Turkish descent -a cross-sectional study
Krist L, Keller T, Becher H, Jöckel K, Schlaud M, Willich S, Keil T
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):119.

Clustering of Infant Mortality Within Families in Rural Burkina Faso
Kynast-Wolf G, Schoeps A, Winkler V, Stieglbauer G, Zabré P, Müller O, Sié A, Becher H
AM J TROP MED HYG. 2019;100(1):187-191.

Modeling exposures with a spike at zero: simulation study and practical application to survival data
Lorenz E, Jenkner C, Sauerbrei W, Becher H
Biostatistics & Epidemiology. 2019;3(1):23-37.

Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in the Offspring Born through Elective or Non-elective Caesarean Section in Comparison to Vaginal Delivery: a Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Tanoey J, Gulati A, Patterson C, Becher H
CURR DIABETES REP. 2019;19(11):124.

DNA methylation at an enhancer of the three prime repair exonuclease 2 gene (TREX2) is linked to gene expression and survival in laryngeal cancer
Weigel C, Chaisaingmongkol J, Assenov Y, Kuhmann C, Winkler V, Santi I, Bogatyrova O, Kaucher S, Bermejo J, Leung S, Chan T, Lasitschka F, Bohrer M, Marx A, Haußen R, Herold-Mende C, Dyckhoff G, Boukamp P, Delank K, Hörmann K, Lippert B, Baier G, Dietz A, Oakes C, Plass C, Becher H, Schmezer P, Ramroth H, Popanda O
CLIN EPIGENETICS. 2019;11(1):67.

Aussiedler Mortality (AMOR): cohort studies on ethnic German migrants from the Former Soviet Union
Winkler V, Kaucher S, Deckert A, Leier V, Holleczek B, Meisinger C, Razum O, Becher H
BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(2):e024865.

2018

Oral health and access to dental care - a comparison of elderly migrants and non-migrants in Germany
Aarabi G, Reissmann D, Seedorf U, Becher H, Heydecke G, Kofahl C
ETHNIC HEALTH. 2018;23(7):703-717.

Low diet quality and the risk of stroke mortality: the multiethnic cohort study
Aigner A, Becher H, Jacobs S, Wilkens L, Boushey C, Le Marchand L, Haiman C, Maskarinec G
EUR J CLIN NUTR. 2018;72(7):1035-1045.

Bias due to differential participation in case-control studies and review of available approaches for adjustment
Aigner A, Grittner U, Becher H
PLOS ONE. 2018;13(1):e0191327.

Die Gesundheitssituation in Hamburg: Stand, Studien, Register: Die NAKO-Studie in Hamburg
Becher H
2018. Nachhaltige StadtGesundheit Hamburg. Fehr R, Trojan A (eds.). 1. ed. München: Oekom Verlag, 112-114.

Estimating lung cancer mortality attributable to second hand smoke exposure in Germany
Becher H, Belau M, Winkler V, Aigner A
INT J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;63:367–375.

Stage of cancer diagnoses among migrants from the former Soviet Union in comparison to the German population - are diagnoses among migrants delayed?
Cho A, Jaehn P, Holleczek B, Becher H, Winkler V
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;18(1):148.

A Two-Center Randomized Trial of an Additional Early Dose of Measles Vaccine
Fisker A, Nebie E, Schoeps A, Martins C, Rodrigues A, Zakane A, Kagone M, Byberg S, Thysen S, Tiendrebeogo J, Coulibaly B, Sankoh O, Becher H, Whittle H, van der Klis F, Benn C, Sie A, Müller O, Aaby P
CLIN INFECT DIS. 2018;66(10):1573-1580.

Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among Ethnic German Migrants From the Former Soviet Union
Kaucher S, Kajüter H, Becher H, Winkler V
FRONT ONCOL. 2018;8:378.

Exploring the statistical uncertainty in acceptable exposure limit values for hexavalent chromium exposure
Kauermann G, Becher H, Maier V
J EXPO SCI ENV EPID. 2018;28(1):69-75.

Validation of inflammatory genetic variants associated with long-term cancer related fatigue in a large breast cancer cohort
Kühl T, Behrens S, Jung A, Obi N, Thöne K, Becher H, Chang-Claude J
BRAIN BEHAV IMMUN. 2018;73:252-260.

Serum matrix metalloproteinase-8, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase and myeloperoxidase in ischemic stroke
Palm F, Pussinen P, Safer A, Tervahartiala T, Sorsa T, Urbanek C, Becher H, Grau A
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2018;271:9-14.

No effect of an additional early dose of measles vaccine on hospitalization or mortality in children: A randomized controlled trial
Schoeps A, Nebié E, Fisker A, Sié A, Zakane A, Müller O, Aaby P, Becher H
VACCINE. 2018;36(15):1965-1971.

Self-rated health among migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Stolpe S, Ouma M, Winkler V, Meisinger C, Becher H, Deckert A
BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(10):e022947.

Low self-reported sports activity before stroke predicts poor one-year-functional outcome after first-ever ischemic stroke in a population-based stroke register
Urbanek C, Gokel V, Safer A, Becher H, Grau A, Buggle F, Palm F
BMC NEUROL. 2018;18(1):181.

Is smoking a risk factor for tinnitus? A systematic review, meta-analysis and estimation of the population attributable risk in Germany
Veile A, Zimmermann H, Lorenz E, Becher H
BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(2):e016589.

2017

Estimating the standardized incidence ratio (SIR) with incomplete follow-up data
Becher H, Winkler V
BMC MED RES METHODOL. 2017;17(1):55.

Clustering of Subgingival Microbiota Reveals Microbial Disease Ecotypes Associated with Clinical Stages of Periodontitis in a Cross-Sectional Study
Boutin S, Hagenfeld D, Zimmermann H, El Sayed N, Höpker T, Greiser K, Becher H, Kim T, Dalpke A
FRONT MICROBIOL. 2017;8:340.

Acculturation and health-related quality of life: results from the German National Cohort migrant feasibility study
Brand T, Samkange-Zeeb F, Ellert U, Keil T, Krist L, Dragano N, Jöckel K, Razum O, Reiss K, Greiser K, Zimmermann H, Becher H, Zeeb H
INT J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;62(5):521-529.

Paracetamol Medication During Pregnancy: Insights on Intake Frequencies, Dosages and Effects on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Populations in Cord Blood From a Longitudinal Prospective Pregnancy Cohort
Bremer L, Goletzke J, Wiessner C, Pagenkemper M, Gehbauer C, Becher H, Tolosa E, Hecher K, Arck P, Diemert A, Tiegs G
EBIOMEDICINE. 2017;26:146-151.

Telescience : Feasibility studies, definition and a fair answer to the scientific brain drain
Craemer E, Bassa B, Jacobi C, Becher H, Meyding-Lamadé U
NERVENARZT. 2017;88(2):148-155.

Prenatal stress perception and coping strategies: Insights from a longitudinal prospective pregnancy cohort
Goletzke J, Kocalevent R, Hansen G, Rose M, Becher H, Hecher K, Arck P, Diemert A
J PSYCHOSOM RES. 2017;102:8-14.

Re: Negative Control Outcomes and the Analysis of Standardized Mortality Ratios
Hengelbrock J, Becher H
EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;28(3):e29-e30.

Strengthening capacity to research the social determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries lessons from the INTREC programme
Henschke N, Mirny A, Haafkens J, Ramroth H, Padmawati S, Bangha M, Berkman L, Trisnantoro L, Blomstedt Y, Becher H, Sankoh O, Byass P, Kinsman J
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;17(1):514.

Vaccination coverage and factors associated with adherence to the vaccination schedule in young children of a rural area in Burkina Faso
Kagoné M, Yé M, Nébié E, Sie A, Schoeps A, Becher H, Muller O, Fisker A
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2017;10(1):1399749.

Migration pattern and mortality of ethnic German migrants from the former Soviet Union: a cohort study in Germany
Kaucher S, Deckert A, Becher H, Winkler V
BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(12):e019213.

Time trends of cause-specific mortality among resettlers in Germany, 1990 through 2009
Kaucher S, Leier V, Deckert A, Holleczek B, Meisinger C, Winkler V, Becher H
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2017;32(4):289-298.

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a population-based sample of Turkish migrants living in Germany
Krist L, Keller T, Selbald L, Yesil-Jürgens R, Ellert U, Reich A, Becher H, Heuschmann P, Willich S, Keil T, Liman T
AGING MENT HEALTH. 2017 [Epub ahead of print].

Modeling Variables With a Spike at Zero. Examples and Practical Recommendations.
Lorenz E, Jenkner C, Sauerbrei W, Becher H
AM J EPIDEMIOL. 2017;185(8):650-660.

Non-specific effects of childhood vaccinations - A case control study nested into a Health and Demographic Surveillance System in rural Burkina Faso
Pfeiffer G, Fisker A, Nebié E, Hengelbrock J, Sié A, Becher H, Müller O
VACCINE. 2017;35(51):7114-7120.

Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in children and adolescents born through elective and emergency Cesarean section: a meta-analysis
Tanoey J, Gulati A, Becher H
GESUNDHEITSWESEN. 2017;79(08/09):656-804.

Malaria incidence during early childhood in rural Burkina Faso: Analysis of a birth cohort protected with insecticide-treated mosquito nets
Wehner S, Stieglbauer G, Traoré C, Sie A, Becher H, Müller O
ACTA TROP. 2017;175:78-83.

2016

Tobacco Control Progress in Low and Middle Income Countries in Comparison to High Income Countries
Anderson C, Becher H, Winkler V
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2016;13(10):E1039.

Decreasing child mortality, spatial clustering and decreasing disparity in North-Western Burkina Faso
Becher H, Müller O, Dambach P, Gabrysch S, Niamba L, Sankoh O, Simboro S, Schoeps A, Stieglbauer G, Yé Y, Sié A
TROP MED INT HEALTH. 2016;21(4):546-555.

Socioeconomic Conditions in Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke
Becher H, Palm F, Aigner A, Safer A, Urbanek C, Buggle F, Grond-Ginsbach C, Grau A
STROKE. 2016;47(1):173-179.

Die AMOR-Studien – Untersuchungen zu Mortalität bei (Spät-)Aussiedlerinnen und (Spät-)Aussiedlern
Becher H, Winkler V
2016. Jahrbuch für deutsche und osteuropäische Volkskunde. Fendl E, Kasten T, Mezger W, Prosser-Schell M, Retterath H, Scholl-Schneider (eds.). 1. ed. Münster: Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 7-16.

Prevalence of TMD symptoms in Turkish migrants and re-settlers from the former Soviet Union in comparison to a German group
Diercke K, Zimmermann H, Hellmann D, Kim T, Fricke J, El Sayed N, Hagenfeld D, Kühnisch J, Schmitter M, Becher H
CRANIO. 2016;34(5):316-322.

Applying for, reviewing and funding public health research in Germany and beyond
Gerhardus A, Becher H, Groenewegen P, Mansmann U, Meyer T, Pfaff H, Puhan M, Razum O, Rehfuess E, Sauerborn R, Strech D, Wissing F, Zeeb H, Hummers-Pradier E
HEALTH RES POLICY SY. 2016;14(1):43.

Overweight, high blood pressure and arterial stiffness in early childhood
Hacke C, Ketelhut S, Wendt U, Schlesner C, Müller G, Becher H, Ketelhut K
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2016;31(1):72.

Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity as a Surrogate Marker for Arterial Stiffness and its Determinants in Early Childhood
Hacke C, Wendt U, Ketelhut K, Ketelhut S, Schlesner C, Becher H, Müller G
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2016;31(1):72.

Histologic types of gastric cancer among migrants from the former Soviet Union and the general population in Germany: what kind of prevention do we need?
Jaehn P, Holleczek B, Becher H, Winkler V
EUR J GASTROEN HEPAT. 2016;28(8):863-870.

Modeling continuous covariates with a "spike" at zero: Bivariate approaches
Jenkner C, Lorenz E, Becher H, Sauerbrei W
BIOMETRICAL J. 2016;58(4):783-796.

Brunei epidemiological stroke study: patterns of hypertension and stroke risk.
Lupat A, Hengelbrock J, Luissin M, Fix M, Bassa B, Craemer E, Becher H, Meyding-Lamadé U
J HYPERTENS. 2016;34(7):1416-1422.

Association between infectious burden, socioeconomic status, and ischemic stroke
Palm F, Pussinen P, Aigner A, Becher H, Buggle F, Bauer M, Grond-Ginsbach C, Safer A, Urbanek C, Grau A
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2016;254:117-123.

2015

Suicide and external mortality pattern in a cohort of migrants from the former Soviet Union to Germany
Deckert A, Winkler V, Meisinger C, Heier M, Becher H
J PSYCHIATR RES. 2015;63:36-42.

Association of history of allergies and influenza-like infections with laryngeal cancer in a case-control study
Filippidis F, Schwartz S, Becker N, Dyckhoff G, Kirschfink M, Dietz A, Becher H, Ramroth H
EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L. 2015;272(8):2063-2069.

Dose–response modelling for bivariate covariates with and without a spike at zero: theory and application to binary outcomes
Lorenz E, Jenckner C, Sauerbrei W, Becher H
STAT NEERL. 2015;69(4):374-398.

An insecticide-treated bed-net campaign and childhood malaria in Burkina Faso
Louis V, Schoeps A, Tiendrebéogo J, Beiersmann C, Yé M, Damiba M, Lu G, Mbayiha A, De Allegri M, Jahn A, Sié A, Becher H, Müller O
B WORLD HEALTH ORGAN. 2015;93(11):750-758.

Safety of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for infants and their mothers:randomized controlled community trial in Burkina Faso
Lu G, Traoré C, Meissner P, Kouyaté B, Kynast-Wolf G, Beiersmann C, Coulibaly B, Becher H, Müller O
MALARIA J. 2015;14(1):527.

RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and child mortality
Müller O, Tozan Y, Becher H
LANCET. 2015;386(10005):1736.

Seasonal and temporal trends in all-cause and malaria mortality in rural Burkina Faso, 1998-2007
Otte im Kampe E, Müller O, Sie A, Becher H
MALARIA J. 2015;14:300.

Decreasing disparities in infant survival using surveillance data from Burkina Faso
Schoeps A, Kynast-Wolf G, Nesbitt R, Müller O, Sié A, Becher H
AM J TROP MED HYG. 2015;92(5):1038-44.

Health insurance and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso
Schoeps A, Lietz H, Sié A, Savadogo G, De Allegri M, Müller O, Sauerborn R, Becher H, Souares A
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:27327.

Tracing defaulters in HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes through community health workers: results from a rural setting in Zimbabwe
Vogt F, Ferreyra C, Bernasconi A, Ncube L, Taziwa F, Marange W, Wachi D, Becher H
J INT AIDS SOC. 2015;18:Art. 20022.

Tobacco prevention policies in west-African countries and their effects on smoking prevalence
Winkler V, Lan Y, Becher H
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:Art. 1216.

Lung cancer in South Africa: a forecast to 2025 based on smoking prevalence data
Winkler V, Mangolo N, Becher H
BMJ OPEN. 2015;5(3):Art. e006993.

Pocket depth and bleeding on probing and their associations with dental, lifestyle, socioeconomic and blood variables: a cross-sectional, multicenter feasibility study of the German National Cohort
Zimmermann H, Hagenfeld D, Diercke K, El-Sayed N, Fricke J, Greiser K, Kühnisch J, Linseisen J, Meisinger C, Pischon N, Pischon T, Samietz S, Schmitter M, Steinbrecher A, Kim T, Becher H
BMC ORAL HEALTH. 2015;15:7.

Is frequency of tooth brushing a risk factor for periodontitis? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Zimmermann H, Zimmermann N, Hagenfeld D, Veile A, Kim T, Becher H
COMMUNITY DENT ORAL. 2015;43(2):116-127.

2014

The German National Cohort: aims, study design and organization
, Becher H
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2014;29(5):371-82.

Myocardial infarction incidence and ischemic heart disease mortality: overall and trend results in repatriates, Germany
Deckert A, Winkler V, Meisinger C, Heier M, Becher H
EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;24(1):127-133.

Training needs for research in health inequities among health and demographic researchers from eight African and Asian countries
Haafkens J, Blomstedt Y, Eriksson M, Becher H, Ramroth H, Kinsman J
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;14:1254.

Management of oral anticoagulation after cardioembolic stroke and stroke survival data from a population based stroke registry (LuSSt)
Palm F, Kraus M, Safer A, Wolf J, Becher H, Grau A
BMC NEUROL. 2014;14:199.

Biomarkers of periodontitis and inflammation in ischemic stroke: A case-control study
Palm F, Lahdentausta L, Sorsa T, Tervahartiala T, Gokel P, Buggle F, Safer A, Becher H, Grau A, Pussinen P
INNATE IMMUN-LONDON. 2014;20(5):511-518.

Comparing sampling strategies to recruit migrants for an epidemiological study. Results from a German feasibility study
Reiss K, Dragano N, Ellert U, Fricke J, Greiser K, Keil T, Krist L, Moebus S, Pundt N, Schlaud M, Yesil-Jürgens R, Zeeb H, Zimmermann H, Razum O, Jöckel K, Becher H
EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;24(5):721-726.

To what degree is the association between educational inequality and laryngeal cancer explained by smoking, alcohol consumption, and occupational exposure?
Santi I, Kroll L, Dietz A, Becher H, Ramroth H
SCAND J WORK ENV HEA. 2014;40(3):315-22.

STRengthening analytical thinking for observational studies: the STRATOS initiative
Sauerbrei W, Abrahamowicz M, Altman D, le Cessie S, Carpenter J
STAT MED. 2014;33(30):5413-5432.

Childhood mortality and its association with household wealth in rural and semi-urban Burkina Faso
Schoeps A, Souares A, Niamba L, Diboulo E, Kynast-Wolf G, Müller O, Sié A, Becher H
T ROY SOC TROP MED H. 2014;108(10):639-47.

Recent surgery or invasive procedures and the risk of stroke
Urbanek C, Palm F, Buggle F, Wolf J, Safer A, Becher H, Grau A
CEREBROVASC DIS. 2014;38(5):370-376.

Validity of self-reported BMI in older adults and an adjustment model
Vuksanović M, Safer A, Palm F, Stieglbauer G, Grau A, Becher H
BIOTECHNOL PROGR. 2014;22(3):257-263.

Cancer incidence in ethnic German migrants from the Former Soviet Union in comparison to the host population
Winkler V, Holleczek B, Stegmaier C, Becher H
CANCER EPIDEMIOL. 2014;38(1):22-27.

Response in individuals with and without foreign background and application to the National Cohort in Germany: which factors have an effect?
Winkler V, Leitzmann M, Obi N, Ahrens W, Edinger T, Giani G, Linseisen J, Löffler M, Michels K, Nöthlings U, Schipf S, Kluttig A, Wichmann H, Hoffmann B, Jöckel K, Becher H
INT J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;59(3):555-563.

Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wolf J, Wöhrle J, Palm F, Nix W, Maschke M, Safer A, Becher H, Grau A
AMYOTROPH LAT SCL FR. 2014;15(3-4):269-74.

2013

Declining malaria parasite prevalence and trends of asymptomatic parasitaemia in a seasonal transmission setting in North-Western Burkina Faso between 2000 and 2009-2012
Geiger C, Agustar H, Compaoré G, Coulibaly B, Sié A, Becher H, Lanzer M, Jänisch T
MALARIA J. 2013;12:27.

Addressing research capacity for health equity and the social determinants of health in three African countries: the INTREC programme
Hofman K, Blomstedt Y, Addei S, Kalage R, Maredza M, Sankoh O, Bangha M, Kahn K, Becher H, Haafkens J, Kinsman J
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2013;6:19668.

In Vitro Efficacy of Four Insecticides Against Eggs of Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera)
Kiesewetter T, Ariza L, Martins M, Limongi J, Junqueira da Silva J, Mendes J, Lins Calheiros C, Becher H, Heukelbach J
Open Dermatol J. 2013;(7):15-18.

Immunization coverage in young children: a study nested into a health and demographic surveillance system in Burkina Faso
Ouédraogo N, Kagoné M, Sié A, Becher H, Müller O
J TROP PEDIATRICS. 2013;59(3):187-94.

Timeliness and Out-of-Sequence Vaccination among Young Children in Burkina Faso – Analysis of Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) Data
Ouédraogo N, Kagoné M, Sié A, Becher H, Müller O
Int J Trop Dis Health. 2013;3(1):45-56.

Stroke seasonality associations with subtype, etiology and laboratory results in the Ludwigshafen Stroke Study (LuSSt)
Palm F, Dos Santos M, Urbanek C, Greulich M, Zimmer K, Safer A, Grau A, Becher H
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2013;28(5):373-81.

Intracerebral haemorrhage in a population-based stroke registry (LuSSt): incidence, aetiology, functional outcome and mortality
Palm F, Henschke N, Wolf J, Zimmer K, Safer A, Schröder R, Inselmann G, Brenke C, Becher H, Grau A
J NEUROL. 2013;260(10):2541-50.

Stroke due to atrial fibrillation in a population-based stroke registry (Ludwigshafen Stroke Study) CHADS(2) , CHA(2) DS(2) -VASc score, underuse of oral anticoagulation, and implications for preventive measures
Palm F, Kleemann T, Dos Santos M, Urbanek C, Buggle F, Safer A, Hennerici M, Becher H, Zahn R, Grau A
EUR J NEUROL. 2013;20(1):117-23.

Assessing the effect of regional deprivation on mortality avoiding compositional bias: a natural experiment
Reiss K, Berger U, Winkler V, Voigtländer S, Becher H, Razum O
J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H. 2013;67(3):213-8.

Occupation and educational inequalities in laryngeal cancer: the use of a job index
Santi I, Kroll L, Dietz A, Becher H, Ramroth H
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;13:1080.

Socio-demographic determinants of timely adherence to BCG, Penta3, measles, and complete vaccination schedule in Burkina Faso
Schoeps A, Ouédraogo N, Kagoné M, Sié A, Müller O, Becher H
VACCINE. 2013;32(1):96-102.

Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, folate and vitamin B12 biomarkers among international colorectal cancer patients: a pilot study
Ulrich C, Toriola A, Siegel E, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Abbenhardt C, Kotzmann J, Song X, Owen R, Hoffmeister M, Becher H, Shibata D, Vickers K, Rush S, Makar K, Würtele G, Haubner R, Sellers T, Grady W
J Nutr Sci. 2013;2(e9):1-6.

Smoking prevalence and its impacts on lung cancer mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: an epidemiological study
Winkler V, Ott J, Cowan M, Becher H
PREV MED. 2013;57(5):634-40.

2012

Analysing covariates with spike at zero: a modified FP procedure and conceptual issues
Becher H, Lorenz E, Royston P, Sauerbrei W
BIOMETRICAL J. 2012;54(5):686-700.

Childhood and adult social conditions and risk of stroke
Grau A, Ling P, Palm F, Urbanek C, Becher H, Buggle F
CEREBROVASC DIS. 2012;33(4):385-91.

Risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases among ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union: results of a nested case-control study
Kuhrs E, Winkler V, Becher H
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2012;12:190.

ITN protection, MSP1 antibody levels and malaria episodes in young children of rural Burkina Faso
Kynast-Wolf G, Wakilzadeh W, Coulibaly B, Schnitzler P, Traoré C, Becher H, Müller O
ACTA TROP. 2012;123(2):117-22.

Long-term effects of malaria prevention with insecticide-treated mosquito nets on morbidity and mortality in African children: randomised controlled trial
Louis V, Bals J, Tiendrebéogo J, Bountogo M, Ramroth H, De Allegri M, Traoré C, Beiersmann C, Coulibaly B, Yé M, Jahn A, Becher H, Müller O
TROP MED INT HEALTH. 2012;17(6):733-41.

Etiology, risk factors and sex differences in ischemic stroke in the Ludwigshafen Stroke Study, a population-based stroke registry
Palm F, Urbanek C, Wolf J, Buggle F, Kleemann T, Hennerici M, Inselmann G, Hagar M, Safer A, Becher H, Grau A
CEREBROVASC DIS. 2012;33(1):69-75.

Cause of death distribution with InterVA and physician coding in a rural area of Burkina Faso
Ramroth H, Lorenz E, Rankin J, Fottrell E, Yé M, Neuhann F, Ssennono M, Sié A, Byass P, Becher H
TROP MED INT HEALTH. 2012;17(7):904-13.

Exploring the role narrative free-text plays in discrepancies between physician coding and the InterVA regarding determination of malaria as cause of death, in a malaria holo-endemic region
Rankin J, Lorenz E, Neuhann F, Yé M, Sié A, Becher H, Ramroth H
MALARIA J. 2012;11:51.

Prostate cancer in Germany among migrants from the Former Soviet Union
Winkler V, Holleczek B, Stegmaier C, Becher H
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2012;5:9135.

2011

Lung cancer mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Becher H, Winkler V
INT J CANCER. 2011;129(6):1537-9; author reply 1540.

Tod an behandlungsbedürftiger Tuberkulose oder an Begleitkrankheiten? Ein Beitrag zur Letalität und Mortalität der Tuberkulose in Deutschland
Forssbohm M, Kropp R, Loytved G, Neher A, Simma M, Rabbow M, Becher H
PNEUMOLOGIE. 2011;65(10):607-14.

Ovicidal efficacy of high concentration dimeticone: a new era of head lice treatment
Heukelbach J, Sonnberg S, Becher H, Melo I, Speare R, Oliveira F
J AM ACAD DERMATOL. 2011;64(4):e61-2.

Occupational asbestos exposure as a risk factor for laryngeal carcinoma in a population-based case-control study from Germany
Ramroth H, Ahrens W, Dietz A, Becher H
AM J IND MED. 2011;54(7):510-4.

Intensity and inhalation of smoking in the aetiology of laryngeal cancer
Ramroth H, Dietz A, Becher H
INT J ENV RES PUB HE. 2011;8(4):976-84.

Factors predicting survival after diagnosis of laryngeal cancer
Ramroth H, Schoeps A, Rudolph E, Dyckhoff G, Plinkert P, Lippert B, Feist K, Delank K, Scheuermann K, Baier G, Ott I, Chenouda S, Becher H, Dietz A
ORAL ONCOL. 2011;47(12):1154-8.

Effects of tumour stage, comorbidity and therapy on survival of laryngeal cancer patients: a systematic review and a meta-analysis
Rudolph E, Dyckhoff G, Becher H, Dietz A, Ramroth H
EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L. 2011;268(2):165-79.

The effect of distance to health-care facilities on childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso
Schoeps A, Gabrysch S, Niamba L, Sié A, Becher H
AM J EPIDEMIOL. 2011;173(5):492-8.

Drug utilization patterns and reported health status in ethnic German migrants (Aussiedler) in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Volodina A, Bertsche T, Kostev K, Winkler V, Haefeli W, Becher H
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2011;11:509.

Predicting lung cancer deaths from smoking prevalence data
Winkler V, Ng N, Tesfaye F, Becher H
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