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Marike Kolossa-Gehring

Marike Kolossa-Gehring

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
12355
World Ranking
2945
National Ranking
196

Overview

Marike Kolossa-Gehring is affiliated with the German Environment Agency in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a specialization in health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their contributions include significant work in carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, pollution, plant science, and environmental chemistry.

They have contributed to the understanding of various topics including:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment
  • Health, environment, cognitive aging
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Heavy metal exposure and toxicity
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

Marike Kolossa-Gehring has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (58 publications)
  • Toxics (19 publications)
  • Environment International (15 publications)
  • Environmental Research (11 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (9 publications)

Some of the recent papers featuring their work include:

  • Human biomonitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in German blood plasma samples from 1982 to 2019, 2020, Environment International
  • A walk in the PARC: developing and implementing 21st century chemical risk assessment in Europe, 2023, Archives of Toxicology
  • Human biomonitoring initiative (HBM4EU) - Strategy to derive human biomonitoring guidance values (HBM-GVs) for health risk assessment, 2020, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • 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

Marike Kolossa-Gehring collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Till Weber
  • Greet Schoeters
  • Aline Murawski
  • Argelia Castaño
  • Marta Esteban

Best Publications

  • GerES IV: phthalate metabolites and bisphenol A in urine of German children.

    Kerstin Becker;Thomas Göen;Margarete Seiwert;Andre Conrad

  • Update of the reference and HBM values derived by the German Human Biomonitoring Commission.

    Christine Schulz;Michael Wilhelm;Ursel Heudorf;Marike Kolossa-Gehring

  • Twenty years of the German Environmental Survey (GerES): human biomonitoring--temporal and spatial (West Germany/East Germany) differences in population exposure.

    C. Schulz;A. Conrad;K. Becker;M. Kolossa-Gehring

  • New HBM values for emerging substances, inventory of reference and HBM values in force, and working principles of the German Human Biomonitoring Commission.

    Petra Apel;Jürgen Angerer;Michael Wilhelm;Marike Kolossa-Gehring

  • Glyphosate in German adults – Time trend (2001 to 2015) of human exposure to a widely used herbicide

    André Conrad;Christa Schröter-Kermani;Hans Wolfgang Hoppe;Maria Rüther

  • Statement on advancing the assessment of chemical mixtures and their risks for human health and the environment.

    Elina Drakvik;Elina Drakvik;Rolf Altenburger;Yasunobu Aoki;Thomas Backhaus

  • The German Human Biomonitoring Commission.

    C. Schulz;J. Angerer;U. Ewers;M. Kolossa-Gehring

  • Current EU research activities on combined exposure to multiple chemicals

    Stephanie K. Bopp;Robert Barouki;Werner Brack;Silvia Dalla Costa

  • 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

  • GerES IV pilot study: assessment of the exposure of German children to organophosphorus and pyrethroid pesticides.

    Kerstin Becker;Margarete Seiwert;Jürgen Angerer;Marike Kolossa-Gehring

  • Economic benefits of methylmercury exposure control in Europe: Monetary value of neurotoxicity prevention

    Martine Bellanger;Céline Pichery;Dominique Aerts;Marika Berglund

  • Fetal exposure to phthalates – a pilot study

    Matthias Wittassek;Juergen Angerer;Marike Kolossa-Gehring;Sebastian Daniel Schäfer

  • 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

  • Human biomonitoring as a tool to support chemicals regulation in the European Union.

    Catherine Ganzleben;Jean-Philippe Antignac;Robert Barouki;Argelia Castaño

  • Urinary BPA measurements in children and mothers from six European member states: Overall results and determinants of exposure

    Adrian Covaci;Elly Den Hond;Tinne Geens;Eva Govarts

  • Human biomonitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in German blood plasma samples from 1982 to 2019.

    Bernd Göckener;Till Weber;Heinz Rüdel;Mark Bücking

  • Daily intake of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) by German children -- A comparison of two estimation models based on urinary DEHP metabolite levels.

    Matthias Wittassek;Wolfgang Heger;Holger M. Koch;Holger M. Koch;Kerstin Becker

  • Di-n-butylphthalate and butylbenzylphthalate - urinary metabolite levels and estimated daily intakes: pilot study for the German Environmental Survey on children.

    Holger M Koch;Kerstin Becker;Matthias Wittassek;Margarete Seiwert

  • Environmental surveys, specimen bank and health related environmental monitoring in Germany.

    Marike Kolossa-Gehring;Kerstin Becker;André Conrad;Christa Schröter-Kermani

  • The carcinogenic potential of nanomaterials, their release from products and options for regulating them.

    Heidi Becker;Frank Herzberg;Agnes Schulte;Marike Kolossa-Gehring

  • Human biomonitoring in health risk assessment in Europe: Current practices and recommendations for the future.

    Henriqueta Louro;Milla Heinälä;Jos Bessems;Jurgen Buekers

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger M. Koch
Holger M. Koch Ruhr University Bochum
Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Milena Horvat
Milena Horvat Jožef Stefan Institute
Thomas Brüning
Thomas Brüning Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Rudnai
Peter Rudnai National Institutes of Health
Gudrun Koppen
Gudrun Koppen University of Antwerp
Arno C. Gutleb
Arno C. Gutleb Wageningen University & Research
Hanna Tolonen
Hanna Tolonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Michael Wilhelm
Michael Wilhelm Ruhr University Bochum
Erik Lebret
Erik Lebret Utrecht University

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