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Overview

Matthias Greiner is affiliated with the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Germany and has contributed extensively to research spanning multiple fields of engineering and health sciences. Their work primarily intersects areas such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Mechanical Engineering, as well as Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum, including Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Heavy Metals in Environment, and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity.

Greiner's recent publications illustrate a focus on public health and toxicological assessment methodologies. Notable papers include:

  • "Comparison of Bayesian and frequentist methods for prevalence estimation under misclassification," 2020, BMC Public Health
  • "Exposure assessment of methylmercury in samples of the BfR MEAL Study," 2021, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • "Draft for internal testing Scientific Committee guidance on appraising and integrating evidence from epidemiological studies for use in EFSA's scientific assessments," 2020, EFSA Journal
  • "Collection of occurrence data in foods - The value of the BfR MEAL study in addition to the national monitoring for dietary exposure assessment," 2022, Food Chemistry X
  • "Assessment of the Long-Term Exposure to Lead in Four European Countries Using PBPK Modeling," 2023, Exposure and Health

Frequent publication venues highlight Greiner's engagement with journals focused on food chemistry, toxicology, public health, and risk assessment, including Food Chemistry X, SSRN Electronic Journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, EFSA Journal, and Exposure and Health.

Collaboration is a noteworthy aspect of Greiner's work. Frequent coauthors include Oliver Lindtner, Christian Mittelstedt, Christine Müller-Graf, Irmela Sarvan, and A. Großmann, representing a productive network contributing to their multidisciplinary research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Principles and practical application of the receiver-operating characteristic analysis for diagnostic tests.

    M Greiner;D Pfeiffer;R.D Smith

  • Epidemiologic issues in the validation of veterinary diagnostic tests.

    M Greiner;I.A Gardner

  • Demonstrating freedom from disease using multiple complex data sources 1: a new methodology based on scenario trees.

    P A J Martin;A R Cameron;M Greiner

  • Receiver-operating characteristic curves and likelihood ratios: improvements over traditional methods for the evaluation and application of veterinary clinical pathology tests.

    Ian A. Gardner;Matthias Greiner

  • Comparative evaluation of six ELISAs for the detection of antibodies to the non-structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus

    E. Brocchi;I.E. Bergmann;A. Dekker;D.J. Paton

  • Application of diagnostic tests in veterinary epidemiologic studies.

    M Greiner;I.A Gardner

  • Meta-analyses of the sensitivity and specificity of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the UK and Ireland

    Javier Nuñez-Garcia;Sara H. Downs;Jessica E. Parry;Darrell A. Abernethy

  • Network analysis of Danish cattle industry trade patterns as an evaluation of risk potential for disease spread.

    M. Bigras-Poulin;R.A. Thompson;R.A. Thompson;Mariann Chriél;S. Mortensen

  • Investigations on naturally occurring Trypanosoma evansi infections in horses, cattle, dogs and capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) in Pantanal de Poconé (Mato Grosso, Brazil)

    C.Roberto Franke;Matthias Greiner;Dieter Mehlitz

  • Application of non-structural protein antibody tests in substantiating freedom from foot-and-mouth disease virus infection after emergency vaccination of cattle.

    David J. Paton;Kris de Clercq;Matthias Greiner;Aldo Dekker

  • Relationship of trade patterns of the Danish swine industry animal movements network to potential disease spread.

    Michel Bigras-Poulin;Kristen Barfod;Sten Mortensen;Matthias Greiner

  • Demonstrating freedom from disease using multiple complex data sources 2: case study--classical swine fever in Denmark.

    P.A.J. Martin;A.R. Cameron;Kristen Barfod;E.S.G. Sergeant

  • Risk factors for dairy cow mastitis in the central highlands of Ethiopia.

    E.O. Mungube;B.-A. Tenhagen;T. Kassa;F. Regassa

  • Estimation of dietary intake of bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) by consumption of food in the German population.

    Gerhard Heinemeyer;Christine Sommerfeld;Andrea Springer;Astrid Heiland

  • Risk factors for changing test classification in the Danish surveillance program for Salmonella in dairy herds

    Lennarth Ravn Nielsen;L. D. Warnick;M. Greiner

  • Statistical Evaluation of Test Accuracy Studies for Toxoplasma gondii in Food Animal Intermediate Hosts

    I. A. Gardner;M. Greiner;J. P. Dubey

  • Construction of an intrinsic cut-off value for the sero-epidemiological study of Trypanosoma evansi infections in a canine population in Brazil: a new approach towards an unbiased estimation of prevalence

    M. Greiner;C.R. Franke;D. Böhning;P. Schlattmann

  • A field study to estimate the prevalence of Trypanosoma equiperdum in Mongolian horses.

    Peter-Henning Clausen;Saruultuya Chuluun;Ruuragchaa Sodnomdarjaa;Matthias Greiner

  • Application of field methods to assess isometamidium resistance of trypanosomes in cattle in western Ethiopia.

    Nega Tewelde;Getachew Abebe;Mark Eisler;John McDermott

  • Refining animal research: The Animal Study Registry.

    Bettina Bert;Céline Heinl;Justyna Chmielewska;Franziska Schwarz

  • The selection of ELISA cut-off points for testing antibody to Newcastle disease by two-graph receiver operating characteristic (TG-ROC) analysis

    Hui Xu;Jürgen Lohr;Matthias Greiner

  • Association between the ambient temperature and the occurrence of human Salmonella and Campylobacter infections.

    Josef Yun;Matthias Greiner;Matthias Greiner;Christiane Höller;Ute Messelhäusser

  • Lead content in wild game shot with lead or non-lead ammunition - Does "state of the art consumer health protection" require non-lead ammunition?

    Antje Gerofke;Ellen Ulbig;Annett Martin;Christine Müller-Graf

  • Defining output-based standards to achieve and maintain tuberculosis freedom in farmed deer, with reference to member states of the European Union.

    Simon J. More;Angus R. Cameron;Matthias Greiner;Richard S. Clifton-Hadley

  • Establishment of serological herd profiles for zoonoses and production diseases in pigs by “meat juice multi-serology”

    Diana Meemken;Anna Helene Tangemann;Dieter Meermeier;Susanne Gundlach

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. More
Simon J. More University College Dublin
Dankmar Böhning
Dankmar Böhning University of Southampton
Ian A. Gardner
Ian A. Gardner University of Prince Edward Island
Néstor Fernández
Néstor Fernández Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Richard S. Clifton-Hadley
Richard S. Clifton-Hadley Animal and Plant Health Agency
David J. Paton
David J. Paton The Pirbright Institute
Lis Alban
Lis Alban Danish Agriculture and Food Council
Alasdair J. C. Cook
Alasdair J. C. Cook University of Surrey
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Karsten Nöckler
Karsten Nöckler Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

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