Peer reviewed journals – Swiss National Cohort (SNC)

2021

Vienneau D, Saucy A, Schäffer B, et al. Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: 15-years of follow-up in a nationwide prospective cohort in Switzerland. Environ Int 2022;158:106974. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106974

2020

Di Girolamo C, Nusselder WJ, Bopp M, et al. Progress in reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease mortality in Europe. Heart 2020;106:40–9. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315129

West EA, Strassmann A, Wang C, et al. Increase in Airway Obstruction between 1993 and 2012 in Switzerland: An Observational Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc Published Online First: 28 January 2020. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.201907-542OC

2019

Baars AE, Rubio-Valverde JR, Hu Y, et al. Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries. Int J Public Health Published Online First: 11 June 2019. doi:10.1007/s00038-019-01253-w

Berlin C, Techel F, Moor BK, et al. Snow avalanche deaths in Switzerland from 1995 to 2014—Results of a nation-wide linkage study. PLoS One 2019;14:e0225735. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225735

Buzzell A, Chamberlain JD, Eriks-Hoogland I, et al. All-cause and cause-specific mortality following non-traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence from a population-based cohort study in Switzerland. Spinal Cord Published Online First: 7 October 2019. doi:10.1038/s41393-019-0361-6

Chamberlain JD, Buzzell A, Gmünder HP, et al. Comparison of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality of Persons with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries to the General Swiss Population: Results from a National Cohort Study. Neuroepidemiology 2019;52:205–13. doi:10.1159/000496976

Chamberlain JD, Buzzell A, Gmünder HP, et al. Excess burden of a chronic disabling condition: life lost due to traumatic spinal cord injury in a Swiss population-based cohort study. Int J Public Health Published Online First: 30 May 2019. doi:10.1007/s00038-019-01265-6

Egli-Gany D, Spaar Zographos A, Diebold J, et al. Human papillomavirus genotype distribution and socio-behavioural characteristics in women with cervical pre-cancer and cancer at the start of a human papillomavirus vaccination programme: the CIN3+ plus study. BMC Cancer 2019;19:111. doi:10.1186/s12885-018-5248-y

Eiholzer U, Fritz C, Katschnig C, et al. Contemporary height, weight and body mass index references for children aged 0 to adulthood in Switzerland compared to the Prader reference, WHO and neighbouring countries*. Ann Hum Biol 2019;46:437–47. doi:10.1080/03014460.2019.1677774

Guseva Canu I, Bovio N, Mediouni Z, et al. Suicide mortality follow-up of the Swiss National Cohort (1990-2014): sex-specific risk estimates by occupational socio-economic group in working-age population. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Published Online First: 24 May 2019. doi:10.1007/s00127-019-01728-4<

Remund A, Cullati S, Sieber S, et al. Longer and healthier lives for all? Successes and failures of a universal consumer-driven healthcare system, Switzerland, 1990–2014. Int J Public Health Published Online First: 31 August 2019. doi:10.1007/s00038-019-01290-5

Ruffieux Y, Lemsalu L, Aebi‐Popp K, et al. Mortality from suicide among people living with HIV and the general Swiss population: 1988‐2017. J Int AIDS Soc 2019;22:e25339. doi:10.1002/jia2.25339

Vienneau D, Héritier H, Foraster M, et al. Façades, floors and maps – Influence of exposure measurement error on the association between transportation noise and myocardial infarction. Environ Int 2019;123:399–406. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.015.

Wanner M, Lohse T, Braun J, et al. Occupational physical activity and all‐cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: Results from two longitudinal studies in Switzerland. Am J Ind Med 2019;:ajim.22975. doi:10.1002/ajim.22975

Zellweger U, Junker C, Bopp M, et al. Cause of death coding in Switzerland: evaluation based on a nationwide individual linkage of mortality and hospital in-patient records. Popul Health Metr 2019;17:2. doi:10.1186/s12963-019-0182-z

2018

Amoon A. T., Crespi C. M., Ahlbom A., Bhatnagar M., Bray I., Bunch K. J., Clavel J., Feychting M., Hemon D., Johansen C., Kreis C., Malagoli C., Marquant F., Pedersen C., Raaschou-Nielsen O., Roosli M., Spycher B. D., Sudan M., Swanson J., Tittarelli A., Tuck D. M., Tynes T., Vergara X., Vinceti M., Wunsch-Filho V., and Kheifets L., Proximity to overhead power lines and childhood leukaemia: an international pooled analysis, Br J Cancer (2018).

Feller A., Schmidlin K., Bordoni A., Bouchardy C., Bulliard J. L., Camey B., Konzelmann I., Maspoli M., Wanner M., Zwahlen M., and Clough-Gorr K. M., Socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in stage at diagnosis and survival among colorectal cancer patients: evidence from a Swiss population-based study, Cancer Med (2018).

Héritier H., Vienneau D., Foraster M., Eze I. C., Schaffner E., Thiesse L., Ruzdik F., Habermacher M., Kopfli M., Pieren R., Schmidt-Trucksass A., Brink M., Cajochen C., Wunderli J. M., Probst-Hensch N., and Roosli M., Diurnal variability of transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: A nationwide cohort study from Switzerland, Int J Hyg Environ Health (2018).

Héritier H, Vienneau D, Foraster M, Eze IC, Schaffner E, de Hoogh K, Thiesse L, Rudzik F, Habermacher M, Köpfli M, Pieren R, Brink M, Cajochen C, Wunderli JM, Probst-Hensch N, Röösli M. A systematic analysis of mutual effects of transportation noise and air pollution exposure on myocardial infarction mortality: a nationwide cohort study in Switzerland. Eur Heart J (2018).

Huss A., Spoerri A., Egger M., Kromhout H., and Vermeulen R,Occupational extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) exposure and hematolymphopoietic cancers – Swiss National Cohort analysis and updated meta-analysis, Environ Res,164 (2018), 467-74.

Keiser O, Giudici F, Müllhaupt B, et al. Trends in hepatitis C-related mortality in Switzerland. J Viral Hepat 2018;25:152–60. doi:10.1111/jvh.12803

Konstantinoudis G., Kreis C., Ammann R. A., Niggli F., Kuehni C. E., and Spycher B. D., Spatial clustering of childhood cancers in Switzerland: a nationwide study, Cancer Causes Control, 29 (2018), 353-62.

Krieger J. P., Cabaset S., Pestoni G., Rohrmann S., and Faeh D., Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Cardiovascular and Cancer Mortality among Swiss Adults in a Census-Linked Cohort, Nutrients, 10 (2018).

Lerch M, Oris M. Mortality during Heat Episodes in Switzerland: A Story of Vulnerability. In: Puschmann P, Riswick T, eds. Building Bridges. Scholars, History and Historical Demography. A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Theo Engelen. Nijmegen: : Valkhof Pers 2018. 626–46.

Moser A, Bopp M, Zwahlen M, Swiss National Cohort study group.Calibration adjustments to address bias in mortality analyses due to informative sampling—a census-linked survey analysis in Switzerland, PeerJ (2018).

Panczak R., von Wyl V., Reich O., Luta X., Maessen M., Stuck A. E., Berlin C., Schmidlin K., Goodman D. C., Egger M., Clough-Gorr K., and Zwahlen M., Death at no cost? Persons with no health insurance claims in the last year of life in Switzerland, BMC Health Serv Res, 18 (2018), 178.

Steck N., Junker C., and Zwahlen M., Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort, BMJ Open, 8 (2018), e020992.

2017

Feller A., Schmidlin K., Bordoni A., Bouchardy C., Bulliard J. L., Camey B., Konzelmann I., Maspoli M., Wanner M., and Clough-Gorr K. M., Socioeconomic and demographic disparities in breast cancer stage at presentation and survival: A Swiss population-based study, Int J Cancer (2017).

Feller A., Schmidlin K., and Clough-Gorr K. M., Trends and socioeconomic inequalities in amenable mortality in Switzerland with international comparisons, Swiss Med Wkly147 (2017), w14478.

Heritier H., Vienneau D., Foraster M., Eze I. C., Schaffner E., Thiesse L., Rudzik F., Habermacher M., Kopfli M., Pieren R., Brink M., Cajochen C., Wunderli J. M., Probst-Hensch N., and Roosli M., Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide cohort study from Switzerland, Eur J Epidemiol (2017).

Konstantinoudis G., Kreis C., Ammann R. A., Niggli F., Kuehni C. E., and Spycher B. D., Spatial clustering of childhood leukaemia in Switzerland: A nationwide study, Int J Cancer (2017).

Keiser O., Giudici F., Mullhaupt B., Junker C., Dufour J. F., Moradpour D., Bruggmann P., Terziroli B., Semela D., Brezzi M., Bertisch B., Estill J., Negro F., and Spoerri A., Trends in hepatitis C-related mortality in Switzerland, J Viral Hepat (2017).

Kreis C., Lupatsch J. E., Niggli F., Egger M., Kuehni C. E., and Spycher B. D., Space-Time Clustering of Childhood Leukemia: Evidence of an Association with ETV6-RUNX1 (TEL-AML1) Fusion, PLoS One, 12 (2017), e0170020.

Lohse T., Rohrmann S., Richard A., Bopp M., and Faeh D., Type A personality and mortality: Competitiveness but not speed is associated with increased risk, Atherosclerosis, 262 (2017), 19-24.

Rohrmann S., Haile S. R., Staub K., Bopp M., and Faeh D., Body height and mortality – mortality follow-up of four Swiss surveys, Prev Med, 101 (2017), 67-71.

Spycher B. D., Lupatsch J. E., Huss A., Rischewski J., Schindera C., Spoerri A., Vermeulen R., and Kuehni C. E., Parental occupational exposure to benzene and the risk of childhood cancer: A census-based cohort study, Environ Int, 108 (2017), 84-91.

Steck N., Egger M., Schimmelmann B. G., and Kupferschmid S., Suicide in adolescents: findings from the Swiss National cohort, Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2017)

Vienneau D., de Hoogh K., Hauri D., Vicedo-Cabrera A.M., Schindler Ch., Huss A., and Röösli M, for the SNC Study Group, Effects of Radon and UV Exposure on Skincancer Mortality in Switzerland, EHP, Vol 125(6), (2017)

Vienneau D., de Hoogh K., Faeh D., Kaufmann M., Wunderli J. M., and Roosli M., More than clean air and tranquillity: Residential green is independently associated with decreasing mortality, Environ Int, 108 (2017), 176-84.

2016

Adam M., Rueegg C. S., Schmidlin K., Spoerri A., Niggli F., Grotzer M., von der Weid N. X., Egger M., Probst-Hensch N., Zwahlen M., and Kuehni C. E., Socioeconomic disparities in childhood cancer survival in switzerland, Int J Cancer (2016).

Berlin Claudia, Panczak Radoslaw, Hasler Rebecca, and Zwahlen Marcel, Do acute myocardial infarction and stroke mortality vary by distance to hospitals in Switzerland? Results from the Swiss National Cohort Study, BMJ Open, 6 (2016).

Faeh D., Moser A., Panczak R., Bopp M., Roosli M., and Spoerri A., Independent at heart: persistent association of altitude with ischaemic heart disease mortality after consideration of climate, topography and built environment, J Epidemiol Community Health (2016), Jan 20

Graf C. E., Herrmann F. R., Spoerri A., Makhlouf A. M., Sorensen T. I., Ho S., Karsegard V. L., and Genton L., Impact of body composition changes on risk of all-cause mortality in older adults, Clin Nutr (2016).

Gueler A., Moser A., Calmy A., Gunthard H. F., Bernasconi E., Furrer H., Fux C. A., Battegay M., Cavassini M., Vernazza P., Zwahlen M., and Egger M., Life expectancy in HIV-positive persons in Switzerland: matched comparison with general population, AIDS (2016).

Hedinger D., Braun J., Kaplan V., and Bopp M., Determinants of aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year of life in Switzerland, BMC Health Serv Res, 16 (2016), 463

Kreis C., Grotzer M., Hengartner H., and Spycher B. D., Space-time clustering of childhood cancers in Switzerland: A nationwide study, Int J Cancer, 138 (2016), 2127-35.

Lohse T., Faeh D., Bopp M., and Rohrmann S., Adherence to the cancer prevention recommendations of the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research and mortality: a census-linked cohort, Am J Clin Nutr, 104 (2016), 678-85.

Lohse T., Rohrmann S., Bopp M., and Faeh D., Heavy Smoking Is More Strongly Associated with General Unhealthy Lifestyle than Obesity and Underweight, PLoS One, 11 (2016), e0148563
Lupatsch J. E., Kreis C., Zwahlen M., Niggli F., Ammann R. A., Kuehni C. E., and Spycher B. D., Temporal association between childhood leukaemia and population growth in Swiss municipalities, Eur J Epidemiol (2016).

Steck N., Egger M., and Zwahlen M., Assisted and unassisted suicide in men and women: longitudinal study of the Swiss population, Br J Psychiatry (2016)

Zufferey Jonathan, Investigating the migrant mortality advantage at the intersections of social stratification in Switzerland: The role of vulnerability, Demographic Research, 34 (2016), 899-926.

2015

Adam M., Kuehni C. E., Spoerri A., Schmidlin K., Gumy-Pause F., Brazzola P., Probst-Hensch N., and Zwahlen M., Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Leukemia Incidence in Switzerland, Front Oncol,5 (2015), 139.

Clough-Gorr K. M., Egger M., and Spoerri A., A Swiss paradox? Higher income inequality of municipalities is associated with lower mortality in Switzerland, Eur J Epidemiol, 30 (2015), 627-36.

Graf C. E., Karsegard V. L., Spoerri A., Makhlouf A. M., Ho S., Herrmann F. R., and Genton L., Body Composition and All-Cause Mortality in Subjects Older Than 65 Y, Am J Clin Nutr, 101 (2015), 760-7.

Gueler A., Schoeni-Affolter F., Moser A., Bertisch B., Bucher H. C., Calmy A., Cavassini M., Ledergerber B., Wandeler G., and Egger M., Neighbourhood Socio-Economic Position, Late Presentation and Outcomes in People Living with HIV in Switzerland, AIDS, 29 (2015), 231-8.

Hedinger D., Hammig O., and Bopp M., Social determinants of duration of last nursing home stay at the end of life in Switzerland: a retrospective cohort study, BMC Geriatr, 15 (2015), 114.

Kreis C., Grotzer M., Hengartner H., and Spycher B. D., Space-time clustering of childhood cancers in Switzerland: A nationwide study, Int J Cancer (2015).

Lupatsch J. E., Kuehni C. E., Niggli F., Ammann R. A., Egger M., and Spycher B. D., Population Mixing and the Risk of Childhood Leukaemia in Switzerland: A Census-Based Cohort Study, Eur J Epidemiol (2015)

Mackenbach J. P., Kulhanova I., Bopp M., Deboosere P., Eikemo T. A., Hoffmann R., Kulik M. C., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Menvielle G., Regidor E., Wojtyniak B., Ostergren O., and Lundberg O., Variations in the Relation between Education and Cause-Specific Mortality in 19 European Populations: A Test of the “Fundamental Causes” Theory of Social Inequalities in Health, Soc Sci Med, 127 (2015), 51-62.

Mackenbach J. P., Kulhanova I., Menvielle G., Bopp M., Borrell C., Costa G., Deboosere P., Esnaola S., Kalediene R., Kovacs K., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Regidor E., Rodriguez-Sanz M., Strand B. H., Hoffmann R., Eikemo T. A., Ostergren O., and Lundberg O., Trends in Inequalities in Premature Mortality: A Study of 3.2 Million Deaths in 13 European Countries, J Epidemiol Community Health, 69 (2015), 207-17; discussion 05-6.

Meyer J., Rohrmann S., Bopp M., and Faeh D., Impact of Smoking and Excess Body Weight on Overall and Site-Specific Cancer Mortality Risk, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2015).

Moser A., Clough-Gorr K. M. and Zwahlen M, for the SNC study group, Modeling absolute differences in life expectancy with a censored skew-normal regression approach, PeerJ 3:e1162; DOI 10.7717/peerj. 1162

Schmidlin K., Clough-Gorr K. M., Spoerri A., and the Swiss National Cohort Study Group (SNC), Privacy Preserving Probabilistic Record Linkage (P3RL): A Novel Method for Linking Existing Health-Related Data and Maintaining Participant Confidentiality, BMC Med Res Methodol, 15 (2015), 46

Spycher B. D., Feller M., Roosli M., Ammann R. A., Diezi M., Egger M., and Kuehni C. E., Childhood cancer and residential exposure to highways: a nationwide cohort study, Eur J Epidemiol (2015), Nov 2.

Spycher B. D., Lupatsch J. E., Zwahlen M., Roosli M., Niggli F., Grotzer M. A., Rischewski J., Egger M., and Kuehni C. E., Background Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-Based Nationwide Cohort Study, Environ Health Perspect, 123 (2015), 622-8

Steck N., Zwahlen M., and Egger M., Time-Trends in Assisted and Unassisted Suicides Completed with Different Methods: Swiss National Cohort, Swiss Med Wkly, 145 (2015), w14153.Stuck A. E.,

Moser A., Morf U., Wirz U., Wyser J., Gillmann G., Born S., Zwahlen M., Iliffe S., Harari D., Swift C., Beck J. C., and Egger M., Effect of Health Risk Assessment and Counselling on Health Behaviour and Survival in Older People: A Pragmatic Randomised Trial, PLoS Med, 12 (2015), e1001889.

Van Hedel K., Avendano M., Berkman L. F., Bopp M., Deboosere P., Lundberg O., Martikainen P., Menvielle G., van Lenthe F. J., and Mackenbach J. P., The Contribution of National Disparities to International Differences in Mortality between the United States and 7 European Countries, Am J Public Health, 105 (2015), e112-9.Van

Hedel K., Van Lenthe F. J., Avendano M., Bopp M., Esnaola S., Kovacs K., Martikainen P., Regidor E., and Mackenbach J. P., Marital Status, Labour Force Activity and Mortality: A Study in the USA and Six European Countries, Scand J Public Health, 43 (2015), 469-80.

Vandenheede H., Deboosere P., Espelt A., Bopp M., Borrell C., Costa G., Eikemo T. A., Gnavi R., Hoffmann R., Kulhanova I., Kulik M., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Menvielle G., Rodriguez-Sanz M., Rychtarikova J., and Mackenbach J. P., Educational Inequalities in Diabetes Mortality across Europe in the 2000s: The Interaction with Gender, Int J Public Health, 60 (2015), 401-10.

2014

Bopp M., Braun J., and Faeh D., Variation in Mortality Patterns among the General Population, Study Participants, and Different Types of Nonparticipants: Evidence from 25 Years of Follow-Up, Am J Epidemiol, 180 (2014), 1028-35.

Hauri D, Spycher B, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Grotzer M, von der Weid N, Weber D, Spoerri A, Kuehni C, Röösli M.Domestic Radon Exposure and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Prospective Census-Based Cohort Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2014, 21(10), 1239-44

Hauri D, Spycher B, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Grotzer M, von der Weid N, Spoerri A, Kuehni C, Röösli M. Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from broadcast transmitters and risk of childhood cancer: a census-based cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2014, 179(7), 843-51

Hedinger D., Braun J., Zellweger U., Kaplan V., and Bopp M., Moving to and Dying in a Nursing Home Depends Not Only on Health – an Analysis of Socio-Demographic Determinants of Place of Death in Switzerland, PLoS One, 9 (2014), e113236.

Huss A, Spoerri A, Egger M, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R., Occupational exposure to magnetic fields and electric shocks and risk of ALS: The Swiss National Cohort. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener: 2014, Sept17, 1-6, online first

Kulhanova I., Hoffmann R., Judge K., Looman C. W., Eikemo T. A., Bopp M., Deboosere P., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Rychtarikova J., Wojtyniak B., Menvielle G., and Mackenbach J. P., Assessing the Potential Impact of Increased Participation in Higher Education on Mortality: Evidence from 21 European Populations, Soc Sci Med, 117 (2014), 142-9.

Kulhanova I., Menvielle G., Bopp M., Borrell C., Deboosere P., Eikemo T. A., Hoffmann R., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Regidor E., Rodriguez-Sanz M., Rychtarikova J., Wojtyniak B., and Mackenbach J. P., Socioeconomic Differences in the Use of Ill-Defined Causes of Death in 16 European Countries, BMC Public Health, 14 (2014), 1295

Kulik M. C., Menvielle G., Eikemo T. A., Bopp M., Jasilionis D., Kulhanova I., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Ostergren O., and Mackenbach J. P., Educational Inequalities in Three Smoking-Related Causes of Death in 18 European Populations, Nicotine Tob Res, 16 (2014), 507-18.

Moser A, Panzack R, Zwahlen M, Clough-Gorr K, Spoerri A, Stuck A, Egger M.What does your neighbourhood say about you? A study of life expectancy in 1.3 million Swiss neighbourhoods. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, Aug14, online first

Martin-Diener E, Meyer J, Braun J, Tarnutzer S, Faeh D, Rohrmann S, Martin BW., The combined effect on survival of four main behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Prev Med. 2014 Aug;65:148-52

Richard A, Faeh D, Rohrmann S, Braun J, Tarnutzer S, Bopp M., Italianity is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer mortality in Switzerland. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Aug 22. EPUB ahead of print
Roh L, Braun J, Chiolero A, Bopp M, Rohrmann S, Faeh D., Mortality risk associated with underweight: a census-linked cohort of 31,578 individuals with up to 32 years of follow-up. BMC Public Health. 2014 Apr 16;14:371

Spoerri A, Schmidlin K, Richter M, Egger M, Cloug-Gorr K. Individual and spousal education, mortality and life expectancy in Switzerland: a national cohort study. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2014, Apr24, online first

Steck N, Junker C, Maessen M, Reisch T, Zwahlen M, Egger M. Suicide assisted by right-to-die associations: a population based cohort study. Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;43(2):614-22

Toch-Marquardt M., Menvielle G., Eikemo T. A., Kulhanova I., Kulik M. C., Bopp M., Esnaola S., Jasilionis D., Maki N., Martikainen P., Regidor E., Lundberg O., and Mackenbach J. P., Occupational Class Inequalities in All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Middle-Aged Men in 14 European Populations During the Early 2000s, PLoS One, 9 (2014), e108072.

Vormund K, Braun J, Rohrmann S, Bopp M, Ballmer P, Faeh D. Mediterranean diet and mortality in Switzerland: an alpine paradox? Eur J Nutr. 2014 Apr 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Wanner M., Tarnutzer S., Martin B.W., Braun J., Rohrmann S., Bopp M., and Faeh D., Impact of different domains of physical activity on cause-specific mortality: a longitudinal study, Prev Med, 62 (2014), 89-95.

2013

Rohrmann S, Braun J, Bopp M, Faeh D., Inverse association between circulating vitamin D and mortality – dependent on sex and cause of death? Nutr Metab Cardiovasc. 2013 23(10): 960-6

Hauri D.D., Huss A., Zimmermann F., Kuehni C.E., Roosli M., Prediction of residential radon exposure of the whole Swiss population: comparison of model-based predictions with measurement based predictions. Indoor Air, 2013, 23(5):406-416.

Kulik M. C., Hoffmann R., Judge K., Looman C., Menvielle G., Kulhanova I., Toch M., Ostergren O., Martikainen P., Borrell C., Rodriguez-Sanz M., Bopp M., Leinsalu M., Jasilionis D., Eikemo T. A., and Mackenbach J. P., Smoking and the Potential for Reduction of Inequalities in Mortality in Europe, Eur J Epidemiol, 28 (2013), 959-71.

Von Gunten, E., Braun, J., Bopp, M., Keller, U., Faeh, D., J-shaped association between plasma glucose concentration and cardiovascular diseasemortality over a follow-up of 32 years. Prev. Med. (2013), doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.016

Spoerri, A., Zwahlen, M., Panczak, R., Egger, M., Huss, A., Alcohol-selling outlets and mortality in Switzerland – the Swiss National Cohort. Addiction. 2013 May 13 [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1111/add.12218

Panczak R, Galobardes B, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Egger M.High life in the sky: mortality by floor of residence in Switzerland. Eur J Epidemiol. 2013 May 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Faeh D, Braun J, Rufibach K, Puhan M, Marques-Vidal P, Bopp M., Population specific and up to date cardiovascular risk charts can be efficiently obtained with record linkage of routine and observational data. PLoS ONE 2013;8(2):e56149.

Maag J, Braun J, Bopp M, Faeh D., Direct estimation of death attributable to smoking in Switzerland based on record linkage of routine and observational data. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013;15;1588-97, doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntt023
Panczak R, Zwahlen M, Spoerri A, Tal K, Killias M, Egger M, Incidence and risk factors of homicide-suicide in Swiss households: National Cohort study. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53714. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053714. Epub 2013 Jan 9.

Faeh D, Braun J, Tarnutzer S, Bopp M. Public health significance of four cardiovascular risk factors assessed 25 years ago in a low prevalence country. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2013 Feb;20(1):151-60

Panczak R, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Egger M., Featured graphic: The socioeconomic position of Swiss neighbourhoods. Environment and Planning A 2013;45:751-2Braun J, Bopp M, Faeh D. Blood glucose may be an alternative to cholesterol in CVD risk prediction charts. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2013;12(1):24.

Panczak R, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Bopp M, Gutzwiller F, Egger M., Religion and Suicide in Patients with Mental Illness or Cancer: Swiss National Cohort Study. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2013 Jan 18. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12009. [Epub ahead of print]

Schmidlin K, Clough-Gorr KM, Spoerri A, Egger M, Zwahlen M., Impact of unlinked deaths and coding changes on mortality estimates in the Swiss National Cohort. BMC Medical Informatics and Desicion Making. 2013;13(1).

Weber R, Ruppik M, Rickenbach M, Spoerri A, Furrer H, Battegay M, et al., Decreasing mortality and changing patterns of causes of death in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. HIV Med 2013;14(4):195-207

2012

Bopp M, Braun J, Gutzwiller F, Faeh D; Health Risk or Resource? Gradual and Independent Association between Self-Rated Health and Mortality Persists Over 30 Years. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(2):e30795.

Schmidlin K., Spoerri A., Egger M., Zwahlen M., Stuck A. & Clough-Gorr K., Cancer a disease of aging Part 1: Trends in older adult cancer mortality in Switzerland 1991 – 2008 results from the Swiss National Cohort (SNC). Swiss Medical Weekly, doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13637

Schmidlin K., Spoerri A., Egger M., Zwahlen M., Stuck A. & Clough-Gorr K. Cancer a disease of aging. Part 2: Risk factors for older adult cancer mortality in Switzerland 1991-2008. Swiss Medical Weekly, doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13607

Panczak R., Galobardes B.,Voorpostel M., Spoerri A., Zwahlen M. & Egger M.A Neighbourhood Index of Socio–Economic Position for Switzerland: Development and Association with Income and Mortality. J.Epidemiol.Community Health, doi: 10.1136/jech-2011-200699

Tarnutzer S, Bopp M. Healthy migrants but unhealthy offspring? A retrospective cohort study among Italians in Switzerland. BMC Public Health. 2012;12:1104

Panczak R, Galobardes B, Voorpostel M, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Egger M. A Neighbourhood Index of Socio–Economic Position for Switzerland: Development and Association with Income and Mortality. JECH. 2012;10.1136/jech-2011-200699

Faeh D, Braun J, Bopp M. Body mass index vs cholesterol in cardiovascular disease risk prediction models. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(22):1766-1768.

2011

Faeh D, Braun J, Tarnutzer S, Bopp M., Public health significance of four cardiovascular risk factors assessed 25 years ago in a low prevelance country. Eur J Card Prev Reh, November 11, 2011, doi: 10.1177/1741826711430282

Faeh D, Tarnutzer S, Braun J, Bopp M., Individual and combined impact of traditional risk factors on cardiovascular mortality in Switzerland. Eur J Card Prev Reh 2011

Spycher, B. D., Feller, M., Zwahlen, M., Roosli, M., von der Weid, N. X., Hengartner, H., Egger, M., and Kuehni, C. E. Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: a census-based cohort study. Int.J.Epidemiol. 40(5), 1247-1260.

Staehelin, K., Schindler, C., Spoerri, A., and Zemp, Stutz E. Marital status, living arrangement and mortality: does the association vary by gender? J.Epidemiol.Community Health . doi:10.1136/jech.2010.128397

Faeh D, Braun J, Tarnutzer S, Bopp M., Obesity but not overweight is associated with increased mortality risk. Eur J Epidemiol 26, 6470, 2011

Spoerri A, Egger M, Von Elm E., Mortality from road traffic accidents in Switzerland: longitudinal and spatial analyses. Accid.Anal.Prev 43(1), 40-48. 2011

Schumacher, R. and Oris M., Long-term changes in social mortality differentials, Geneva, 1625-2004. Explorations in Economic History 48(3): 357-365. 2011

Schumacher, R. and Vilpert S., Gender differences in social mortality differentials in Switzerland (1990-2005). Demographic Research 25(8): 285-310.

2010

Bopp M, Braun J, Faeh D, Gutzwiller F., Establishing a follow-up of the Swiss MONICA participants (1984-1993): Record linkage with census and mortality data. BMC Public Health 10, 562, 2010

Feller M, Adam M, Zwahlen M, Brazzola P, Niggli F, Kuehni C. Family characteristics as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a population-based case-control study. PLoS One 2010;5.

Faeh D, Bopp M. Educational inequalities in mortality and associated risk factors: German- versus French-speaking Switzerland. BMC. Public Health 10, 567. 2010

Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Egger M, Bopp M. The Swiss National Cohort: a unique database for national and international researchers. Int.J.Public Health 55(4), 239-242. 2010 PDF

Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Bopp M, Gutzwiller F, Egger M. Religion and assisted and non-assisted suicide: a national cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 39(6), 1486-1494. 2010.

Huss A, Spoerri A, Egger M, Roosli M. Aircraft noise, air pollution and mortality from myocardial infarction. Epidemiology 21(6), 829-836. 2010.Lerch, M., Oris, M., Wanner, Ph., Forney, Y., Dutreuilh, C.Religious Affiliation and Mortality in Switzerland, 1991-2004. Population (English Edition) 65(2): 217-250. 2010

2009

Keiser O, Spoerri A, Brinkhof MWG, Hasse B, Gayet-Ageron A, Tissot F et al. Suicide in HIV-infected individuals and the general population, Switzerland 1988-2008. Am J Psychiatry 2009;167:143-50. Abstract

Faeh D, Minder C, Gutzwiller F, Bopp M. Culture, risk factors and mortality: Can Switzerland add missing pieces to the European puzzle? JECH 2009;63:639-45. PDF

Huss A, Spoerri A, Egger M, Roosli M. Residence near power lines and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases: longitudinal study of the Swiss population. Am.J Epidemiol 2009;169:167-75. Abstract

Faeh D, Gutzwiller F, Bopp M. Lower mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke at higher altitudes in Switzerland. Circulation 120(6), 495-501. 2009. Abstract

Bopp M, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Gutzwiller F, Paccaud F, Braun-Fahrlaender C et al. Cohort Profile: The Swiss National Cohort–a longitudinal study of 6.8 million people. Int J Epidemiol 2009;38:379-84. PDF

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Spoerri, A., Zwahlen, M., Egger, M., Gutzwiller, F., Minder, C., & Bopp, M. (2006). Educational inequalities in life expectancy in German speaking part of Switzerland 1990 – 1997: Swiss National Cohort. Swiss Medical Weekly, 136, 145-148. PDF

Bopp, M. & Minder, C. E. (2003). Mortality by education in German speaking Switzerland, 1990-1997: results from the Swiss National Cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 32, 346-354. PDF