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Maria Blettner is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with over 100 publications in this field. The subfields of study within their work include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Oncology; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of Maria Blettner's research encompass Radiation Dose and Imaging, Effects of Radiation Exposure, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
  • European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Environment International
  • BMC Public Health
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Maria Blettner include:

  • Risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children, adolescents and young adults, 2023, published in Nature Medicine
  • Brain cancer after radiation exposure from CT examinations of children and young adults: results from the EPI-CT cohort study, 2022, published in The Lancet Oncology
  • Cervical Cancer Screening: Comparison of Conventional Pap Smear Test, Liquid-Based Cytology, and Human Papillomavirus Testing as Stand-alone or Cotesting Strategies, 2020, published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Methods for Evaluating Causality in Observational Studies, 2020, published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
  • Gender specific excess mortality in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic accounting for age, 2021, published in European Journal of Epidemiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Maria Blettner include:

  • Emilio Gianicolo
  • Daniel Wollschläger
  • Heinz Schmidberger
  • Dan Baaken
  • Clement T. Narh

Best Publications

  • Generating survival times to simulate Cox proportional hazards models

    Ralf Bender;Thomas Augustin;Maria Blettner

  • The 15-Country Collaborative Study of Cancer Risk among Radiation Workers in the Nuclear Industry: Estimates of Radiation-Related Cancer Risks

    E. Cardis;M. Vrijheid;M. Blettner;E. Gilbert

  • Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries

    E. Cardis;M. Vrijheid;M. Blettner;E. Gilbert

  • Traditional reviews, meta-analyses and pooled analyses in epidemiology.

    Maria Blettner;Willi Sauerbrei;Brigitte Schlehofer;Thomas Scheuchenpflug

  • Vascular leakage in severe dengue virus infections: a potential role for the nonstructural viral protein NS1 and complement.

    Panisadee Avirutnan;Nuntaya Punyadee;Sansanee Noisakran;Chulaluk Komoltri

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Radiation dose and second cancer risk in patients treated for cancer of the cervix.

    John D. Boice;Goran Engholm;Ruth Kleinerman;Maria Blettner

  • Mortality in patients with acute aortic dissection type A: analysis of pre- and intraoperative risk factors from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERAADA).

    Lars Oliver Conzelmann;Ernst Weigang;Uwe Mehlhorn;Ahmad Abugameh

  • The INTERPHONE study: Design, epidemiological methods, and description of the study population

    Elisabeth Cardis;Lesley Richardson;Isabelle Deltour;Bruce Armstrong

  • Noise Annoyance Is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in the General Population- The Contribution of Aircraft Noise

    Manfred E. Beutel;Claus Jünger;Eva M. Klein;Philipp Wild

  • The Impact of Pre-Operative Malperfusion on Outcome in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: Results From the GERAADA Registry.

    Martin Czerny;Florian Schoenhoff;Christian Etz;Lars Englberger

  • Die Gutenberg Gesundheitsstudie

    P.S. Wild;T Zeller;M. Beutel;M. Blettner

  • Knowledge about infection with human papillomavirus: A systematic review

    Stefanie J. Klug;Meike Hukelmann;Maria Blettner

  • Role of medical history in brain tumour development. Results from the international adult brain tumour study.

    Brigitte Schlehofer;Maria Blettner;Susan Preston-Martin;Dorothea Niehoff

  • Genetic Variants Associated With Cardiac Structure and Function: A Meta-analysis and Replication of Genome-wide Association Data

    Ramachandran S. Vasan;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Nicole L. Glazer;Janine F. Felix;Wolfgang Lieb

  • Cerebral Protection During Surgery for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A Results of the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERAADA)

    Tobias Krüger;Ernst Weigang;Isabell Hoffmann;Maria Blettner

  • Leukaemia in young children living in the vicinity of German nuclear power plants.

    Peter Kaatsch;Claudia Spix;Renate Schulze-Rath;Sven Schmiedel

  • Mortality among workers employed in the titanium dioxide production industry in Europe

    Paolo Boffetta;Anne Soutar;John W. Cherrie;Fredrik Granath

  • The Generalised Estimating Equations: An Annotated Bibliography

    Andreas Ziegler;Christian Kastner;Maria Blettner

  • Severe and uncontrolled adult asthma is associated with vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency.

    Stephanie Korn;Marisa Hübner;Matthias Jung;Maria Blettner

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Münzel
Thomas Münzel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Norbert Pfeiffer
Norbert Pfeiffer Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Manfred E. Beutel
Manfred E. Beutel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Karl J. Lackner
Karl J. Lackner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hajo Zeeb
Hajo Zeeb Leibniz Association
Tanja Zeller
Tanja Zeller Universität Hamburg
Stefan Blankenberg
Stefan Blankenberg Universität Hamburg
Jörg Wiltink
Jörg Wiltink Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Anssi Auvinen
Anssi Auvinen Tampere University
Nadia Harbeck
Nadia Harbeck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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