Publications

Bouma F, Hoek G, Koppelman G.H, Vonk J.M, Janssen N.A, van Ratingen S, Hendricx W, Wesseling J, Kerckhoffs J, Vermeulen R, de Hoogh K, Gehring U. Comparison of air pollution exposure assessment methods and the association with children's respiratory health. Environ Int. 2025;198(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109407

Gayraud L, Mortamais M, Schweitzer C, de Hoogh K, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Korobelnik J.F, Delyfer M.N, Rougier M.B, Leffondré K, Helmer C, Vienneau D, Delcourt C. Ambient air pollution exposure and incidence of cataract surgery: the prospective 3City-Alienor study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2025;103(3):e192-e199. DOI: 10.1111/aos.16790

Jeong A, Lovison G, Bussalleu A, Cirach M, Dadvand P, de Hoogh K, Flexeder C, Hoek G, Imboden M, Karrasch S, Koppelman G.H, Kress S, Ljungman P, Majewska R, Pershagen G, Pickford R, Shen Y, Vermeulen R.C.H, Vlaanderen J.J, Vogli M, Wolf K, Yu Z, Melén E, Pac A, Peters A, Schikowski T, Standl M, Gehring U, Probst-Hensch N. Lung function-associated exposome profile in the era of climate change: pooled analysis of 8 population-based European cohorts within the EXPANSE project. Environ Int. 2025;196:109269. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109269

Künstle N, Gorlanova O, Rüttimann C, Mostacci N, Röösli M, de Hoogh K, Flückiger B, Da Silva Sena C.R, Steinberg R, Korten I, Yammine S, Schulzke S, Latzin P, Hilty M, Frey U, BILD Study Group. The association of increased pre- and postnatal NO2 and PM2.5 exposure with the infant nasal microbiome composition and respiratory symptoms. Environ Res. 2025;267:120694. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120694

Ndiaye A, Vienneau D, Flückiger B, Probst-Hensch N, Jeong A, Imboden M, Schmitz O, Lu M, Vermeulen R, Kyriakou K, Shen Y, Karssenberg D, de Hoogh K, Hoek G. Associations between long-term air pollution exposure and mortality and cardiovascular morbidity: a comparison of mobility-integrated and residential-only exposure assessment. Environ Int. 2025;198:109387. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109387

Wei L, Helbich M, Flückiger B, Shen Y, Vlaanderen J, Jeong A, Probst-Hensch N, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Vermeulen R. Variability in mobility-based air pollution exposure assessment: effects of GPS tracking duration and temporal resolution of air pollution maps. Environ Int. 2025;198(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109454

Zhang J, Lim Y.H, So R, Yu Z, Tuffier S, Bergmann M, Cole-Hunter T, Napolitano G.M, Mortensen L.H, Scheike T, Loft S, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Melén E, Andersen Z.J. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lower respiratory tract infection in adults: Danish nationwide evidence. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202501-087OC

Bringolf-Isler B, Hänggi J, Kayser B, Suggs L.S, de Hoogh K, Dössegger A, Probst-Hensch N. Does growing up in a physical activity-friendly neighborhood increase the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood?. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:2883. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20373-4

Bussalleu A, Hoek G, Kloog I, Probst-Hensch N, Röösli M, de Hoogh K. Modelling Europe-wide fine resolution daily ambient temperature for 2003-2020 using machine learning. Sci Total Environ. 2024;928:172454. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172454

Cesaroni G, Jaensch A, Renzi M, Marino C, Ferraro P.M, Kerschbaum J, Haller P, Brozek W, Michelozzi P, Stafoggia M, de Hoogh K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Zitt E, Forastiere F, Nagel G, Weinmayr G. Association of air pollution with incidence of end-stage kidney disease in two large European cohorts. Sci Total Environ. 2024;948:174796. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174796

Chen J, Atkinson R.W, Andersen Z.J, Oftedal B, Stafoggia M, Lim Y.H, Bekkevold T, Krog N.H, Renzi M, Zhang J, Bauwelinck M, Janssen N, Strak M, Forastiere F, de Hoogh K, Rodopoulou S, Katsouyanni K, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Samoli E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Vienneau D. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of lung cancer: a comparative analysis of incidence and mortality in four administrative cohorts in the ELAPSE study. Environ Res. 2024;263(Pt 3):120236. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120236

Chen X, Gehring U, Dyer G.M.C, Khomenko S, de Hoogh K, Tonne C, Tatah L, Vermeulen R, Khreis H, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Hoek G. Single- and two-pollutant concentration-response functions for PM2.5 and NO2 for quantifying mortality burden in health impact assessments. Environ Res. 2024;263(Pt 3):120215. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120215

Dimakopoulou K, Nobile F, de Bont J, Wolf K, Vienneau D, Ibi D, Coloma F, Pickford R, Åström C, Sommar J.N, Kasdagli M.I, Souliotis K, Tsolakidis A, Tonne C, Melén E, Ljungman P, de Hoogh K, Vermeulen R.C.H, Vlaanderen J.J, Katsouyanni K, Stafoggia M, Samoli E. Disentangling associations between multiple environmental exposures and all-cause mortality: an analysis of European administrative and traditional cohorts. Front Epidemiol. 2024;3:1328188. DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2023.1328188

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

El Haddad I, Vienneau D, Daellenbach K.R, Modini R, Slowik J.G, Upadhyay A, Vasilakos P.N, Bell D, de Hoogh K, Prevot A.S.H. Opinion: how will advances in aerosol science inform our understanding of the health impacts of outdoor particulate pollution?. Atmos Chem Phys. 2024;24(20):11981-12011. DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-11981-2024

Gorlanova O, Rüttimann C, Soti A, de Hoogh K, Vienneau D, Künstle N, Da Silva Sena C.R, Steinberg R, Bovermann X, Schulzke S, Latzin P, Röösli M, Frey U, Müller L. TOLLIP and MUC5B modulate the effect of ambient NO2 on respiratory symptoms in infancy. Chemosphere. 2024;363:142837. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142837

Hegelund E.R, Mehta A.J, Andersen Z.J, Lim Y.H, Loft S, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, de Hoogh K, Mortensen L.H. Air pollution and human health: a phenome-wide association study. BMJ Open. 2024;14(2):e081351. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081351

Hoek G, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K. Does residential address-based exposure assessment for outdoor air pollution lead to bias in epidemiological studies?. Environ Health. 2024;23(1):75. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01111-0

Kadelbach P, Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch Dipl-Dok A, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen Z.J, Bellander T, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, Fecht D, Forastiere P.F, Gulliver P.J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt U.A, Katsouyanni P.K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Ljungman P, Magnusson P.K.E, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland P.A, Vermeulen R, Peters A, Wolf K, Raaschou-Nielsen P.O, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Zitt E, Nage P.G. Long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic kidney disease-associated mortality: results from the pooled cohort of the European multicentre ELAPSE-study. Environ Res. 2024;252 (Pt 3):118942. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118942

Künstle N, Gorlanova O, Marten A, Müller L, Sharma P, Röösli M, Sinues P, Schär P, Schürmann D, Rüttimann C, Da Silva Sena C.R, Nahum U, Usemann J, Steinberg R, Yammine S, Schulzke S, Latzin P, Frey U, BILD Study Group. Differences in autophagy marker levels at birth in preterm vs. term infants. Pediatr Res. 2024;96(5):1299-1305. DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03273-6

Locatelli F, Martinelli L, Marchetti P, Caliskan G, Badaloni C, Caranci N, de Hoogh K, Gatti L, Giorgi Rossi P, Guarda L, Ottone M, Panunzi S, Stafoggia M, Silocchi C, Ricci P, Marcon A. Residential exposure to air pollution and incidence of leukaemia in the industrial area of Viadana, northern Italy. Environ Res. 2024;254:119120. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119120

Nagel G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen Z.J, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt U.A, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson P.K.E, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R.C.H, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Weinmayr G. Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project. Int J Cancer. 2024;154:1900-1910. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34864

Ndiaye A, Shen Y, Kyriakou K, Karssenberg D, Schmitz O, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Hoek G. Hourly land-use regression modeling for NO2 and PM2.5 in the Netherlands. Environ Res. 2024;256:119233. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119233

NobileF, DimakopoulouK, ÅströmC, ColomaF, DadvandP, de BontJ, de HooghK, IbiD, KatsouyanniK, LjungmanP, MelénE, NieuwenhuijsenM, PickfordR, SommarJ.N, TonneC, VermeulenR.C.H, VienneauD, VlaanderenJ.J, WolfK, SamoliE, StafoggiaM, EXPANSE Project. External exposome and all-cause mortality in European cohorts: the EXPANSE project. Front Epidemiol. 2024;4:1327218. DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2024.1327218

Patlán-Hernández A.R, Savouré M, Audureau E, Monfort C, de Castro M, Epaud R, de Hoogh K, Hough I, Kloog I, Lanone S, Lepeule J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Vienneau D, Warembourg C, Chevrier C, Jacquemin B. Associations of exposure to outdoor PM2.5 and NO2 during pregnancy with childhood asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in a predominantly rural French mother-child cohort. Environ Pollut. 2024;363(Pt 2):125206. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125206

Pedersen M, Nobile F, Stayner L.T, de Hoogh K, Brandt J, Stafoggia M. Ambient air pollution and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Rome. Environ Res. 2024;251(Pt 1):118630. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118630

Saucy A, Coloma F, Olmos S, Åström C, Blay N, Boer J.M.A, Dadvand P, de Bont J, de Cid R, de Hoogh K, Dimakopoulou K, Gehring U, Huss A, Ibi D, Katsouyanni K, Koppelman G, Ljungman P, Melén E, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Nobile F, Peters A, Pickford R, Vermeulen R, Vienneau D, Vlaanderen J, Wolf K, Yu Z, Samoli E, Stafoggia M, Tonne C, EXPANSE Project. Socioeconomic inequalities in the external exposome in European cohorts: the EXPANSE Project. Environ Sci Technol. 2024;58(3):16248-16257. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c01509

Shen Y, de Hoogh K, Schmitz O, Clinton N, Tuxen-Bettman K, Brandt J, Christensen J.H, Frohn L.M, Geels C, Karssenberg D, Vermeulen R, Hoek G. Monthly average air pollution models using geographically weighted regression in Europe from 2000 to 2019. Sci Total Environ. 2024;918:170550. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170550

Shen Y, de Hoogh K, Schmitz O, Gulliver J, Vienneau D, Vermeulen R, Hoek G, Karssenberg D. Europe-wide high-spatial resolution air pollution models are improved by including traffic flow estimates on all roads. Atmos Environ X. 2024;335:120719. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120719

Taj T, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Poulsen A.H, Andersen Z.J, Bellander T, Brandt J, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt U.A, Jørgensen J.T, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Severi G, Besson C, Magnusson P.K.E, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Sørensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of leukemia and lymphoma in a pooled European cohort. Environ Pollut. 2024;343:123097. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123097

Usemann J, Mozun R, Kuehni C.E, de Hoogh K, Flückiger B, Singer F, Zwahlen M, Moeller A, Latzin P, LUIS Study Group. Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and lung function in childhood: the LUIS study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024;59(12):3178-3189. DOI: 10.1002/ppul.27169

Valipour Shokouhi B, de Hoogh K, Gehrig R, Eeftens M. Estimation of historical daily airborne pollen concentrations across Switzerland using a spatio temporal random forest model. Sci Total Environ. 2024;906:167286. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167286

Valipour Shokouhi B, de Hoogh K, Gehrig R, Eeftens M. Spatiotemporal modelling of airborne birch and grass pollen concentration across Switzerland: a comparison of statistical, machine learning and ensemble methods. Environ Res. 2024;263(Pt 1):119999. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119999

Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen Z.J, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt U.A, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson P.K.E, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Thurston G, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Nagel G. Long-term exposure to several constituents and sources of PM2.5 is associated with incidence of upper aerodigestive tract cancers but not gastric cancer: results from the large pooled European cohort of the ELAPSE project. Sci Total Environ. 2024;912:168789. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168789

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

Zhang J, Lim Y.H, Chen J, Hyman S, Cole-Hunter T, Tuffier S, Napolitano G, Bergmann M, Mortensen L.H, Brandt J, Mueller N, Barboza E.P, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Loft S, Andersen Z.J. Residential greenspace and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality: a nationwide cohort study in Denmark. Environ Int. 2024;194:109173. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109173

Bouma F, Janssen N.A, Wesseling J, van Ratingen S, Strak M, Kerckhoffs J, Gehring U, Hendricx W, de Hoogh K, Vermeulen R, Hoek G. Long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and natural and cause-specific mortality. Environ Int. 2023;175:107960. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107960

Castro A, de Hoogh K, Kappeler R, Kutlar Joss M, Vienneau D, Röösli M. Methodological manual for air pollution health risk assessments in Switzerland: deliverable 5 of the project QHIAS (Quantification of health impact of air pollution in Switzerland); Version 1.0. Bern, Switzerland: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), 2023. DOI: 10.5451/unibas-ep96059

Castro A, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Kappeler R, Kutlar Joss M, Vienneau D, Röösli M. Mortality attributable to ambient fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in Switzerland in 2019: use of two-pollutant effect estimates. Environ Res. 2023;231(Pt 1):116029. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116029

Chen J, Braun D, Christidis T, Cork M, Rodopoulou S, Samoli E, Stafoggia M, Wolf K, Wu X, Yuchi W, Andersen Z.J, Atkinson R, Bauwelinck M, de Hoogh K, Janssen N.A.H, Katsouyanni K, Klompmaker J.O, Kristoffersen D.T, Lim Y.H, Oftedal B, Strak M, Vienneau D, Zhang J, Burnett R.T, Hoek G, Dominici F, Brauer M, Brunekreef B. Long-term exposure to low-level PM2.5 and mortality: investigation of heterogeneity by harmonizing analyses in large cohort studies in Canada, United States, and Europe. Environ Health Perspect. 2023;131(12):127003. DOI: 10.1289/EHP12141