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Overview

Dennis Nowak is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with extensive work in pulmonary and respiratory medicine as well as environmental health.

The scientist's publication record includes a total of 254 works in Medicine and 86 in Environmental Science. Their specialized subfields include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (90 publications), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (70), Physiology (41), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (33), and General Health Professions (28).

Key research topics covered by Dennis Nowak include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dennis Nowak are:

  • Joachim Heinrich
  • Stephan Böse-O'Reilly
  • Katja Radon
  • Uta Ochmann
  • Rudolf A. Jörres

Major venues for publication include:

  • Pneumologie
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Das Gesundheitswesen
  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Dennis Nowak include:

  • Effectiveness of a Three-Week Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for Patients after COVID-19: A Prospective Observational Study (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study (2020), Thorax
  • Wastewater treatment plants, an "escape gate" for ESCAPE pathogens (2023), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • [Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma - Addendum 2020 - Guideline of the German Respiratory Society and the German Atemwegsliga in Cooperation with the Paediatric Respiratory Society and the Austrian Society of Pneumology] (2021), PubMed
  • COVID-19 and heat waves: New challenges for healthcare systems (2021), Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children.

    Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;Josef Riedler;Udo Herz;Waltraud Eder

  • Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey

    Josef Riedler;Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;Waltraud Eder;Mynda Schreuer

  • Toll-like receptor 2 as a major gene for asthma in children of European farmers

    Waltraud Eder;Waltraud Eder;Walt Klimecki;Lizhi Yu;Erika von Mutius

  • The effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace: a systematic review

    Sabine E. Hanisch;Conal D. Twomey;Andrew C. H. Szeto;Ulrich W. Birner

  • Expression of CD14 and Toll-like receptor 2 in farmers' and nonfarmers' children

    Roger P Lauener;Thomas Birchler;Jill Adamski;Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer

  • Ambient air pollution and diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Bo-Yi Yang;Shujun Fan;Elisabeth Thiering;Jochen Seissler

  • The effect of ozone exposure on allergen responsiveness in subjects with asthma or rhinitis

    R Jörres;D Nowak;H Magnussen

  • References values for forced spirometry. Group of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

    J. Roca;F. Burgos;J. Sunyer;M. Saez

  • Prevalence of respiratory symptoms, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and atopy among adults: west and east Germany.

    Nowak D;Heinrich J;Jörres R;Wassmer G

  • AIR CONTAMINANTS IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN FARMING ENVIRONMENTS

    Katja K Radon;Brigitta B Danuser;Martin M Iversen;Eduard E Monso

  • Microbial exposure of rural school children, as assessed by levels of N-acetyl-muramic acid in mattress dust, and its association with respiratory health.

    Robert Theodoor van Strien;Regina Engel;Otto Holst;Albrecht Bufe

  • Respiratory symptoms in European animal farmers.

    K Radon;B Danuser;M Iversen;R Jörres

  • Opposite effects of CD14/-260 on serum IgE levels in children raised in different environments

    Waltraud Eder;Waltraud Eder;Walt Klimecki;Lizhi Yu;Erika von Mutius

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of COPD issued by Deutsche Atemwegsliga and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin

    C. Vogelmeier;R. Buhl;C. P. Criée;A. Gillissen

  • Comparison of the effects of salmeterol and formoterol on airway tone and responsiveness over 24 hours in bronchial asthma.

    Klaus F. Rabe;Rudolf Jörres;Dennis Nowak;Nikolaus Behr

  • Environmental exposure to confined animal feeding operations and respiratory health of neighboring residents.

    Katja Radon;Anja Schulze;Vera Ehrenstein;Rob T. Van Strien

  • Uptake of antineoplastic agents in pharmacy and hospital personnel. Part I: monitoring of urinary concentrations.

    Angelika Pethran;Rudolf Schierl;Karlheinz Hauff;Carl-Heinz Grimm

  • Evaluation of exposure–response relationships for health effects of microbial bioaerosols – A systematic review

    Sandra M. Walser;Doris G. Gerstner;Bernhard Brenner;Jürgen Bünger

  • Exposure assessment and lung function in pig and poultry farmers

    K. Radon;C. Weber;M. Iversen;B. Danuser

  • Cost of illness of atopic asthma and seasonal allergic rhinitis in Germany: 1‐yr retrospective study

    B Schramm;B Ehlken;A Smala;K Quednau

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
Erika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Holger Schulz
Holger Schulz Universität Hamburg
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jon Genuneit
Jon Genuneit Leipzig University
Pascal Demoly
Pascal Demoly University of Montpellier
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Christer Janson
Christer Janson Uppsala University

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