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  • 1967 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Holger M. Koch is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, focusing research efforts within the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly work predominantly addresses the intersection of environmental factors and human health, with a significant emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis as primary subfields of study.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Chemistry and chemical engineering
  • Health, environment, cognitive aging

Holger M. Koch has contributed to publications in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Holger M. Koch include:

  • "Biomarkers, matrices and analytical methods targeting human exposure to chemicals selected for a European human biomonitoring initiative," 2020, Environment International
  • "The European human biomonitoring platform - Design and implementation of a laboratory quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) programme for selected priority chemicals," 2021, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • "Phthalate metabolites in urine of children and adolescents in Germany. Human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey GerES V, 2014-2017," 2020, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • "Human Biomonitoring of Glyphosate Exposures: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Challenges," 2020, Toxics
  • "Bisphenol A and six other environmental phenols in urine of children and adolescents in Germany - human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014-2017 (GerES V)," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors who have made significant contributions alongside them. These include:

  • Daniel Bury
  • Thomas Brüning
  • Marike Kolossa-Gehring
  • Argelia Castaño
  • Marta Esteban

Best Publications

  • Assessing exposure to phthalates - the human biomonitoring approach.

    Matthias Wittassek;Holger Martin Koch;Jürgen Angerer;Thomas Brüning

  • Human body burdens of chemicals used in plastic manufacture

    Holger M. Koch;Antonia M. Calafat

  • Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP): human metabolism and internal exposure-- an update and latest results.

    Holger M. Koch;Ralf Preuss;Jürgen Angerer

  • New metabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) in human urine and serum after single oral doses of deuterium-labelled DEHP

    Holger M. Koch;Hermann M. Bolt;Ralf Preuss;Jürgen Angerer

  • An estimation of the daily intake of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) and other phthalates in the general population

    Holger M. Koch;Hans Drexler;Jürgen Angerer

  • Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) metabolites in human urine and serum after a single oral dose of deuterium-labelled DEHP

    Holger M. Koch;Hermann M. Bolt;Jürgen Angerer

  • DEHP metabolites in urine of children and DEHP in house dust

    Kerstin Becker;Margarete Seiwert;Jürgen Angerer;Wolfgang Heger

  • Internal exposure of the general population to DEHP and other phthalates--determination of secondary and primary phthalate monoester metabolites in urine.

    Holger M Koch;Bernd Rossbach;Hans Drexler;Jürgen Angerer

  • Identifying sources of phthalate exposure with human biomonitoring: results of a 48h fasting study with urine collection and personal activity patterns.

    Holger M. Koch;Matthew Lorber;Krista L.Y. Christensen;Claudia Pälmke

  • Internal phthalate exposure over the last two decades--a retrospective human biomonitoring study.

    Matthias Wittassek;Gerhard Andreas Wiesmüller;Holger Martin Koch;Rolf Eckard

  • Occurrence and daily variation of phthalate metabolites in the urine of an adult population.

    Hermann Fromme;Gabriele Bolte;Holger M. Koch;Jürgen Angerer

  • Di- n -butyl phthalate (DnBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP) metabolism in a human volunteer after single oral doses

    H. M. Koch;K. L. Y. Christensen;V. Harth;V. Harth;M. Lorber

  • On-line clean-up by multidimensional liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry for high throughput quantification of primary and secondary phthalate metabolites in human urine

    Holger M. Koch;Luis M. Gonzalez-Reche;Jürgen Angerer

  • Phthalate metabolites in 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) from 1988 to 2015 and a comparison with US NHANES data from 1999 to 2012

    Holger M. Koch;Maria Rüther;André Schütze;André Conrad

  • Transdermal Uptake of Diethyl Phthalate and Di(n-butyl) Phthalate Directly from Air: Experimental Verification.

    Charles J. Weschler;Gabriel Bekö;Holger M. Koch;Tunga Salthammer

  • Internal exposure of nursery-school children and their parents and teachers to di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)

    Holger M. Koch;Hans Drexler;Jürgen Angerer

  • First steps toward harmonized human biomonitoring in Europe: Demonstration project to perform human biomonitoring on a European scale

    Elly Den Hond;Eva Govarts;Hanny Willems;Roel Smolders

  • Bisphenol A in 24 h urine and plasma samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank from 1995 to 2009: a retrospective exposure evaluation.

    Holger M Koch;Marike Kolossa-Gehring;Christa Schröter-Kermani;Jürgen Angerer

  • A 3D transient model of keyhole and melt pool dynamics in laser beam welding applied to the joining of zinc coated sheets

    Manfred Geiger;Karl-Heinz Leitz;Holger Koch;Andreas Otto

  • Assessing Human Exposure to Organic Pollutants in the Indoor Environment.

    Tunga Salthammer;Yinping Zhang;Jinhan Mo;Holger M. Koch

  • Exposure to phthalates in 5-6 years old primary school starters in Germany--a human biomonitoring study and a cumulative risk assessment

    Holger M. Koch;Matthias Wittassek;Thomas Brüning;Jürgen Angerer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Brüning
Thomas Brüning Ruhr University Bochum
Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Marike Kolossa-Gehring German Environment Agency
Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Charles J. Weschler
Charles J. Weschler Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Milena Horvat
Milena Horvat Jožef Stefan Institute
Tunga Salthammer
Tunga Salthammer Fraunhofer Society
Peter Rudnai
Peter Rudnai National Institutes of Health
Jørn Toftum
Jørn Toftum Technical University of Denmark
Geo Clausen
Geo Clausen Technical University of Denmark
Arno C. Gutleb
Arno C. Gutleb Wageningen University & Research

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