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Joachim Schüz
Researcher at University of Mainz
Publications - 45
Citations - 3491
Joachim Schüz is an academic researcher from University of Mainz. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 45 publications receiving 3342 citations.
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The INTERPHONE study: Design, epidemiological methods, and description of the study population
Elisabeth Cardis,Lesley Richardson,Isabelle Deltour,Bruce K. Armstrong,Maria Feychting,Christoffer Johansen,Monique F Kilkenny,Patricia McKinney,Baruch Modan,Siegal Sadetzki,Siegal Sadetzki,Joachim Schüz,Anthony J. Swerdlow,Martine Vrijheid,Anssi Auvinen,Anssi Auvinen,Gabriele Berg,Maria Blettner,Joseph D. Bowman,Julianne Brown,Angela Chetrit,Helle Collatz Christensen,Angus Cook,S. J. Hepworth,Graham G. Giles,Martine Hours,Ivano Iavarone,Avital Jarus-Hakak,Lars Klaeboe,Daniel Krewski,Susanna Lagorio,Stefan Lönn,Simon Mann,Mary L. McBride,Kenneth Muir,Louise Nadon,Marie-Élise Parent,Neil Pearce,Tiina Salminen,Tiina Salminen,Minouk J. Schoemaker,Brigitte Schlehofer,Jack Siemiatycki,Masao Taki,Toru Takebayashi,Tore Tynes,Martie van Tongeren,Paolo Vecchia,Joe Wiart,Alistair Woodward,Naohito Yamaguchi +50 more
TL;DR: The INTERPHONE study is the largest case–control study to date investigating risks related to mobile phone use and to other potential risk factors for the tumours of interest and includes 2,765 glioma, 2,425 meningiomas, 1,121 acoustic neurinoma, 109 malignant parotid gland tumour cases and 7,658 controls.
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Population-based epidemiologic data on brain tumors in German children
TL;DR: Empirical data from a population‐based cancer registry provide the necessary information to obtain a full picture of the frequency of brain tumors, which is a great challenge in pediatric oncology.
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Association of childhood cancer with factors related to pregnancy and birth.
TL;DR: Overall, only weak associations were identified and the evaluated risk factors operating during the neonatal and prenatal period account at most for only a small proportion of childhood cancers.
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Cellular Phones, Cordless Phones, and the Risks of Glioma and Meningioma (Interphone Study Group, Germany)
Joachim Schüz,Eva Böhler,Gabriele Berg,Brigitte Schlehofer,Iris Hettinger,Klaus Schlaefer,Jürgen Wahrendorf,Katharina Kunna-Grass,Maria Blettner +8 more
TL;DR: The widespread use of cellular telephones has generated concern about possible adverse health effects, particularly brain tumors, but in this population-based case-control study carried out in three regions of Germany, no overall increased risk of glioma or meningioma was observed among these cellular phone users.
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Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Childhood and Exposure to Pesticides: Results of a Register-based Case-Control Study in Germany
TL;DR: The data provide some evidence for an increased leukemia risk for children living on farms and for an association between use of household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia or lymphoma.