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Barbara Hoffmann is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research contributions predominantly fall within the broad field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, and Automotive Engineering as subfields.

Their main research topics cover various aspects of environmental impacts on health, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Barbara Hoffmann has been frequently published in several academic venues, notably:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environment International
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Environmental Research

Some of the more recent papers co-authored by Hoffmann include:

  • The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma (2020, Allergy)
  • Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project (2022, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis (2021, BMJ)
  • Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and selected health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, Environment International)
  • Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the ELAPSE project (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)

The scientist commonly collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
  • Francesco Forastiere
  • Evangelia Samoli
  • Bert Brunekreef
  • Kathrin Wolf

Best Publications

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts : Prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Rob Beelen;Evangelia Samoli

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Development of Land Use Regression Models for PM2.5, PM2.5 Absorbance, PM10 and PMcoarse in 20 European Study Areas; Results of the ESCAPE Project

    Marloes Eeftens;Rob Beelen;Kees de Hoogh;Tom Bellander

  • Development of NO2 and NOx land use regression models for estimating air pollution exposure in 36 study areas in Europe - The ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Danielle Vienneau;Marloes Eeftens

  • Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

    David E. Newby;Pier M. Mannucci;Grethe S. Tell;Andrea A. Baccarelli

  • Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project

    Giulia Cesaroni;Francesco Forastiere;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana J Andersen

  • Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Diabetes Mellitus in Europe and North America: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Ikenna Collins Eze;Lars G. Hemkens;Heiner C. Bucher;Barbara Hoffmann

  • Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: the ESCAPE project.

    Ulrike Gehring;Olena Gruzieva;Raymond M Agius;Rob Beelen

  • Health effects of ultrafine particles: a systematic literature review update of epidemiological evidence

    Simone Ohlwein;Ron Kappeler;Meltem Kutlar Joss;Nino Künzli

  • The need for clean air: the way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma

    Ibon Eguiluz‐Gracia;Alexander G. Mathioudakis;Alexander G. Mathioudakis;Sabine Bartel;Susanne J. H. Vijverberg

  • Spatial variation of PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5 absorbance and PMcoarse concentrations between and within 20 European study areas and the relationship with NO2 : results of the ESCAPE project

    Marloes Eeftens;Ming-Yi Tsai;Ming-Yi Tsai;Ming-Yi Tsai;Christophe Ampe;Bernhard Anwander

  • Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project.

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  • Variation of NO2 and NOx concentrations between and within 36 European study areas: Results from the ESCAPE study

    Josef Cyrys;Marloes Eeftens;Joachim Heinrich;Christophe Ampe

  • Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project.

    Massimo Stafoggia;Giulia Cesaroni;Annette Peters;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Long-term exposure to air pollution and cardiovascular mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts.

    Rob Beelen;Massimo Stafoggia;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Spatial PM2.5, NO2, O3 and BC models for Western Europe - Evaluation of spatiotemporal stability.

    Kees de Hoogh;Kees de Hoogh;Jie Chen;John Gulliver;Barbara Hoffmann

  • Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

    Elaina A. MacIntyre;Ulrike Gehring;Anna Mölter;Elaine Fuertes

  • Particulate matter air pollution components and risk for lung cancer

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Rob Beelen;Meng Wang;Gerard Hoek

  • A comparison of linear regression, regularization, and machine learning algorithms to develop Europe-wide spatial models of fine particles and nitrogen dioxide.

    Jie Chen;Kees de Hoogh;Kees de Hoogh;John Gulliver;Barbara Hoffmann

  • Distribution and prevalence of reflux in the superficial and deep venous system in the general population – results from the Bonn Vein Study, Germany

    Uldis Maurins;Barbara H. Hoffmann;Christian Lösch;Karl-Heinz Jöckel

  • Effect of long-term outdoor air pollution and noise on cognitive and psychological functions in adults

    Lilian Tzivian;Angela Winkler;Martha Dlugaj;Tamara Schikowski

  • Spatial variation of PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5 absorbance and PMcoarse concentrations between and within 20 European study areas and the relationship with NO2 - Results of the ESCAPE project

    Marloes Eeftens;Ming-Yi Tsai;Christophe Ampe;Bernhard Anwander

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl-Heinz Jöckel
Karl-Heinz Jöckel University of Duisburg-Essen
Susanne Moebus
Susanne Moebus University of Duisburg-Essen
Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Raimund Erbel
Raimund Erbel University of Duisburg-Essen
Kees de Hoogh
Kees de Hoogh Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Gerard Hoek
Gerard Hoek Utrecht University
Ming-Yi Tsai
Ming-Yi Tsai University of Washington
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rob Beelen
Rob Beelen Utrecht University

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