Occupational, Social and Environmental Epidemiology - Selected Publications
| 2025: |
| Bauer J, Hegewald J, Rossnagel K, Jankowiak S, Prigge M, Chalabi J, Nübling M, Freiberg A, Riechman-Wolf M, Dietz P, Wild PS, Koeck T, Beutel ME, Pfeiffer N, Lackner KJ, Münzel T, Strauch K, Lutz P, Tüscher O, Weinmann-Menke J, Konstantinides S, Seidler A. Incidence of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome by Occupation – 10-Year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study. BMC Public Health. 07. February 2025 doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21732-5. Link to full text |
| 2024: |
| Romero Starke K, Kaboth P, Rath N, Reissig D, Kaempf D, Nienhaus A, Seidler A.
Cardiovascular disease risk after a SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Infection. 03. September 2024 doi: 10.1016/j.jimf.2024.106215. Link to full text |
| 2023: |
| Romero Starke K, Schubert M, Kaboth P, Gerlach J, Hegewald J, Reusche M, Friedemann D, Zülke A, Riedel-Heller SG, Zeeb H, Seidler A. Traffic noise annoyance in the LIFE-adult study in Germany: Exposure-response relationships and a comparison to the WHO curves. Environ Res., 2023 Jul 1; 228:115815. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115815. Link to full text. |
| Schubert M, Romero Starke K, Gerlach J, Reusche M, Kaboth P, Schmidt W, Friedemann D, Hegewald J, Zeeb H, Zülke A, Riedel-Heller SG, Seidler A. Traffic-Related High Sleep Disturbance in the LIFE-Adult Cohort Study: A Comparison to the WHO Exposure-Response-Curves. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Mar 10; 20(6):4903. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20064903. Link to full text. |
| 2022: |
| Starke K, Hegewald J, Schmauder S, Kaboth P, Uhlmann L M, Reissig D, Kaufmann K K, Wegge J, Marquadt G, Seidler A. Health and Care Dependency of Older Adults in Dresden, Germany: Results from the LAB60+ Study. IJERPH, 2022 September 18; doi:10.3390/ijerph191811777 Link to full text. |
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Starke K, Hegewald J, Büter K, Uhlmann LM, Reißig D, Motzek T, Pretzsch A, Kaboth P, Schmauder S, Bartha S, Hoffmann A, Wegge J, Marquardt G, Seidler A. Dresdner Lebenslagen 60+: Bericht zur individuellen Lebens-, Gesundheits- und Pflegesituation von Dresdnerinnen und Dresdnern ab dem 60. Lebensjahr (LAB60+ Studie). Ein Kooperationsprojekt zwischen der Landeshauptstadt Dresden und der Technischen Universität Dresden. Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Januar 2022. ISBN: 978-3-86780-690-9 Link to full text. |
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Reuter M, Rigó M, Formazin M, Liebers F, Latza U, Castell S, Jöckel K-H, Greiser KH, Michels KB, Krause G, Albrecht S, Öztürk I, Kuss O, Berger K, Lampl BMJ, Leitzmann M, Zeeb H, Romero Starke K, Schipf S, Meinke-Franze C, Ahrens W, Seidler A, Klee B, Pischon T, Deckert A, Schmidt B, Mikolajczyk R, Karch A, Bohn B, Brenner H, Holleczek B, Dragano N. Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany. Scand J Work Environ Health, Jun 2022; doi:10.5271/sjweh.4037 Link to full text. |
| Rossnagel K, Jankowiak S, Liebers F, Schulz A, Wild P, Arnold N, Seidler A, Hegewald J, Romero Starke K, Letzel S, Riechmann-Wolf M, Nübling M, Beut-El M, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Münzel T, Poplawski A, Latza U. Long working hours and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and diabetes type II: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS). Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2022 Jan; 95(1):303-312. doi: 10.1007/s00420-021-01786-9. Link to full text. |
| Nuebling M, Hegewald J, Romero Starke K, Lincke HJ, Jankowiak S, Liebers F, Latza U, Letzel S, Riechmann-Wolf M, Gianicolo E, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Münzel T, Wild PS, Seidler A. The Gutenberg health study: a five-year prospective analysis of psychosocial working conditions using COPSOQ (Copenhagen psychosocial Questoinnaire) and ERI (effort-reward imbalance). BMC Public Health, 2022 Jan 6; 22(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12240-3. Link to full text. |
| 2021: |
| Bahns C, Bolm-Audorff U, Seidler A, Romero Starke K, Ochsmann E. Occupational risk factors for meniscal lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2021 Dec 15; 22(1):1042. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04900-7. Link to full text. |
| Romero Starke K, Reissig D, Petereit-Haack G, Schmauder S, Nienhaus A, Seidler A.
The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMJ Glob Health, 2021 Dec; 6(12):e006434. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006434. Link to full text. |
| Freiberg A, Schubert M, Romero Starke K, Hegewald J, Seidler A.
A Rapid Review on the Influence of COVID-19 Lockdown and Quarantine Measures on Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the General Population. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Aug 13; 18(16):8567. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168567. Link to full text. |
| Romero Starke K, Mauer R, Karskens E, Pretzsch A, Reissig D, Nienhaus A, Seidler AL, Seidler A. The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Jun 21; 18(12):6665. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126665. Link to full text. |
| Romero Starke K, Friedrich S, Schubert M, Kämpf D, Girbig M, Pretzsch A, Nienhaus A, Seidler A. Are Healthcare Workers at an Increased Risk for Obstructive Respiratory Diseases Due to Cleaning and Disinfection Agents? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health , 2021 May 13; 18(10):5159. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105159. Link to full text. |
| Hegewald J, Romero Starke K, Garthus-Niegel S, Schulz A, Nübling M, Latza U, Jankowiak S, Liebers F, Rossnagel K, Riechmann-Wolf M, Letzel S, Arnold N, Beutel M, Gianicolo E, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Münzel T, Wild P, Seidler A. Work-life conflict and cardiovascular health: 5-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study. PLoS ONE, 2021; 16(5): e0251260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251260. Link to full text. |
| Riechmann-Wolf M, Jankowiak S, Schulz A, Hegewald J, Romero Starke K, Liebers F, Rossnagel K, Poplawski A, Arnold N, Nübling M, Seidler A, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Münzel T, Bogner K, Wild PS, Latza U, Letzel S. Self-reported cardiovascular health of teachers: results from the 5-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study cohort. Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2021; 94(2):251-259. doi: 10.1007/s00420-020-01576-9. Epub 2020 Oct 26. Link to abstract. |
| 2020: |
| Romero Starke K, Hegewald J, Schulz A, Garthus-Niegel S, Nübling M, Wild PS, Arnold N, Latza U, Jankowiak S, Liebers F, Rossnagel K, Riechmann-Wolf M, Letzel S, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Münzel T, Seidler A. Cardiovascular health outcomes of mobbing at work: results of the population-based, five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg health study. J Occup Med Toxicol 2020; 15:15. doi: 10.1186/s12995-020-00266-z. Link to full text. |
| Mojahed A, Alaidarous N, Shabta H, Hegewald J, Garthus-Niegel S. Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Arab Countries: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 2020; 152483802095309. doi: 10.1177/1524838020953099. Link to abstract. |
| Bolm-Audorff U, Hegewald J, Pretzsch A, Freiberg A, Nienhaus A, Seidler A. Occupational Noise and Hypertension Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17(17):6281. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176281. Link to full text. |
| Hegewald J, Schubert M, Freiberg A, Romero Starke K, Augustin F, Riedel-Heller SG, Zeeb H, Seidler A. Traffic Noise and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17(17):6175. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176175. Link to full text. |
| Zenker R, Girbig M, Hegewald J, Gilewitsch I, Wagner M, Nienhaus A, Seidler A.
Musculoskeletal Complaints in Occupational Therapists Compared to the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study in Germany. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17(14):4916. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17144916. Link to full text. |
| Freiberg A, Brandes M, Schubert M, Romero Starke K, Hegewald J, Seidler A.
Einfluss von sozialer Isolation auf Herz-Kreislauf-Risikofaktoren und -Erkrankungen. Kompetenznetz Public Health COVID-19 2020. Link to full text. |
| Kofahl M, Romero Starke K, Hellenbrand W, Freiberg A, Schubert M, Schmauder S, Groß ML, Hegewald J, Kämpf D, Stranzinger J, Nienhaus A, Seidler A. Vaccine-Preventable Infections in Childcare Workers – A Systematic Review and Analysis of the DEGS1 Study and of Notifiable Disease Surveillance Data. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020; 117:365-72. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0365. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Hegewald J, Schubert M, Popp C, Moebus S. Auswirkungen lärmmindernder Maßnahmen auf die Häufigkeit von Lärmbelästigung, Schlafstörungen und Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen – eine Modellrechnung. Gesundheitswesen 2020; online publiziert am 04.03.2020. doi: 10.1055/a-1082-0809. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Romero Starke K, Freiberg A, Hegewald J, Nienhaus A, Bolm-Audorff U. Dose–Response Relationship between Physical Workload and Specific Shoulder Diseases—A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17(4):1243. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041243. Link to full text. |
| 2019: |
| Schubert M, Hegewald J, Freiberg A, Romero Starke K, Augustin F, Riedel-Heller SG, Zeeb H, Seidler A. Behavioral and Emotional Disorders and Transportation Noise among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16(18):3336. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183336. Link to full text. |
| Romero Starke K, Seidler A, Hegewald J, Klimova A, Palmer K. Retirement and decline in episodic memory: analysis from a prospective study of adults in England. International Journal of Epidemiology 2019, 48(6);1925–1936, doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz135. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Schubert M, Romero Starke K, Freiberg A, Zeeb J, Riedel-Heller SG, Hegewald J. Traffic noise and mental illness – a systematic review. Environmental Epidemiology 2019; 3:360. doi: 10.1097/01.EE9.0000609984.76129.9e. Link to abstract. |
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Freiberg A, Schefter C, Hegewald, J, Seidler A. The influence of wind turbine visibility on the health of local residents: a systematic review. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2019; 92:609–628. doi: 10.1007/s00420-019-01403-w. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Hegewald J, Seidler AL, Schubert M, Zeeb H. Is the Whole More Than the Sum of Its Parts? Health Effects of Different Types of Traffic Noise Combined. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16(9): 1665. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091665. Link to full text. |
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Freiberg A, Schefter C, Girbig M, Murta VC, Seidler A. Health effects of wind turbines on humans in residential settings: Results of a scoping review. Environ Res. 2019; 169:446-463. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.11.032. Link to full text. |
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Hegewald J, Wegewitz UE, Euler U, Van Dijk JL, Adams J, Fishta A, Heinrich P, Seidler A. Interventions to support return to work for people with coronary heart disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019; 3(3);CD010748. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010748.pub2. Link to full text. |
| 2018: |
| Hegewald J. Workshop Mantelabstract: Parents at work: how the workplace impacts family health. Gesundheitswesen 2018; 80(08/09):817-818. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1667758. Link to abstract. |
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Hegewald J, Berge W, Heinrich P, Staudte R, Freiberg A, Scharfe J, Girbig M, Nienhaus A, Seidler A. Do technical aids for patient handling prevent musculoskeletal complaints in health care workers? – A systematic review of intervention studies. Gesundheitswesen 2018; 80(08/09):770. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1667604. Link to full text. |
| Freiberg A, Scharfe J, Murta VC, Seidler A. The use of biomass for electricity generation: A scoping review of health effects on humans in residential and occupational settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018; 15(2):354. doi:10.3390/ijerph15020354. Link to full text. |
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Freiberg A, Schefter C, Girbig M, Murta V C, Seidler A. Health effects of wind turbines in working environments - a scoping review. Scand J Work Environ Health 2018;44(4):351-369. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3711. Link to abstract. |
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Hegewald J, Berge W, Heinrich P, Staudte R, Freiberg A, Scharfe J, Girbig M, Nienhaus A, Seidler A. Do Technical Aids for Patient Handling Prevent Musculoskeletal Complaints in Health Care Workers?—A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018; 15(3):476. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15030476. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Steputat A, Drössler S, Schubert M, Günther N, Staudte R, Kofahl M, Hegewald J. Determinanten und Auswirkungen von Informationsüberflutung am Arbeitsplatz - Ein systematischer Review. Journal Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie. 2018;68(1):12-26. Link to full text. |
| 2017: |
| Manuwald U, Heinke P, Salzsieder E, Hegewald J, Schoffer O, Kugler J, Kapellen T, Kiess W, Rothe U. Incidence trends of type 1 diabetes before and after the reunification in children up to 14 years of age in Saxony, Eastern Germany. PLoS ONE 2017; 12(9):e0183665. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183665. Link to full text. |
| Hegewald J, Schubert M, Wahner M, Dröge P, Prote U, Swart E, Möhler U, Zeeb H, Seidler A. Breast cancer and exposure to aircraft, road, and railway noise: A case-control study based on health insurance records. Scand J Work Environ Health 2017; 43(6):509-518. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3665. Link to full text. |
| Zeeb H, Hegewald J, Schubert M, Wagner M, Dröge P, Swart E, Seidler A. Traffic noise and hypertension – results from a large case-control study. Environmental Research 2017; 157:110-117. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.019. Link to full text. |
| Hegewald J, Schubert M, Dröge P, Swart E, Zeeb H, Seidler A. Verkehrslärm und Brustkrebs-Risiko: eine Fall-Kontroll-Studie auf der Grundlage von Krankenversicherungsdaten. Gesundheitswesen 2017; 79(08/09):656-804. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1605746. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Hegewald J, Seidler AL, Schubert M, Wagner M, Droge P, Haufe E, Schmitt J, Swart E, Zeeb H. Association between aircraft, road and railway traffic noise and depression in a large case-control study based on secondary data. Environ Res. 2017;152:263-71. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.10.017. Link to full text. |
| 2016: |
| Garthus-Niegel S, Hegewald J, Seidler A, Nübling M, Espinola-Klein C, Liebers F, Wild PS, Latza U, Letzel S. The Gutenberg health study: Associations between occupational and private stress factors and work-privacy conflict. BMC Public Health 2016; 16(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2881-8. Link to full text. |
| Freiberg A, Girbig M, Seidler A. Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen von Scoping-Reviews am Beispiel der gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Windkraftanlagen. Dokumentationsband zur 56. DGAUM-Jahrestagung: Seiten 513–5. ISBN: 978-3-9817007-2-5. |
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Freiberg A, Girbig M, Euler U, Scharfe J, Nienhaus A,, Freitag S, Seidler A. Influence of the Kinaesthetics care conception during patient handling on the development of musculoskeletal complaints and diseases – A scoping review. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2016; 11:24. doi:10.1186/s12995-016-0113-x Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Wagner M, Schubert M, Dröge P, Römer K, Pons-Kühnemann J, Swart E, Zeeb H, Hegewald J. Aircraft, road and railway traffic noise as risk factors for heart failure and hypertensive heart disease-A case-control study based on secondary data. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2016 Nov;219(8):749-758. doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.09.012. Epub 2016 Sep 19. Link to full text. |
| 2015: |
| Wagner M, Bolm-Audorff U, Hegewald J, Fishta A, Schlattmann P, Schmitt J, Seidler A. Occupational polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and risk of larynx cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occup Environ Med 2015 ;72(3):226-233 Link to full text. |
| Lange T, Freiberg A, Dröge P, Lützner J, Schmitt J, Kopkow C. The reliability of physical examination tests for the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament rupture – A systematic review. Manual Therapy 2015; 20(3): 402-411 Link to full text. |
| 2014: |
| Wagner M, Bolm-Audorff U, Hegewald J, Fishta A, Schlattmann P, Schmitt J, Seidler A. Occupational polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and risk of larynx cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occup Environ Med 2014;72:226-233. doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102317. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Thinschmidt M, Deckert S, Then F, Hegewald J, Nieuwenhuijsen K, Riedel-Heller SG. The role of psychosocial working conditions on burnout and its core component emotional exhaustion – a systematic review. J Occup Med Toxicol 2014;9:10 Link to full text. |
| 2013: |
| Euler U, Dahmann D, Follmann M, Gaede KI, Gäßler A, Groneberg D, Heger M, Krutz K, Latza U, Lelgemann M, Letzel S, Merget R, Müller-Quernheim J, Nauert T, Seidler A. S3-Leitlinie Gesundheitsüberwachung bei Beryllium-Exposition und diagnostisches Vorgehen bei berylliumassoziierter Erkrankung. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2013;1380: 488–492 Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Jähnichen S, Hegewald J, Fishta A, Krug O, Rüter L, Strik C, Hallier E, Straube S. Reply to: Pesch B, Weiss T, Pallapies D, Schlüter G, Brüning T. Letter to the editor. Systematic review and quantification of respiratory cancer risk for occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2013 doi:10.1007/s00420-013-0888-3 Link to full text. |
| Thinschmidt M, Deckert S, Then F, Hegewald J, Nieuvenhuijsen K, Riedel-Heller S, Seidler A. Systematischer Review zum Thema „Mentale Gesundheit/Kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit im Kontext der Arbeitswelt“. Los 1: Der Einfluss arbeitsbedingter psychosozialer Belastungsfaktoren auf die Entstehung psychischer Beeinträchtigungen und Erkrankungen. Federal Institute of occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (Ed). Dortmund, 2013 (in press). Link to full text. |
| Kopkow C, Freiberg A, Kirschner A, Seidler A, Schmitt S. Physical Examination Tests for the Diagnosis of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture: A Systematic Review. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2013; 43(11): 804-813. Link to full text. |
| 2012: |
| Euler U, Fenz'l C, Martin Y. S3-Leitlinie “Gesundheitsüberwachung bei Beryllium- Exposition und diagnostisches Vorgehen bei Beryllium- assoziierter Erkrankung“ HrsG. BAuA. Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Euler U, Müller-Quernheim J, Gaede KI, Latza U, Groneberg D, Letzel S. Systematic review: Progression of beryllium sensitization to chronic beryllium disease. Occup Med (Lond). 2012 ;62(7):506-513 Link to full text. |
| Seidler A, Jähnichen S, Hegewald J, Fishta A, Krug O, Rüter L, Strik C, Hallier E, Straube S. Systematic review and quantification of respiratory cancer risk for occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2012. doi:10.1007/s00420-012-0822-0. Link to full text. |