Exposure to inhalable, respirable, and ultrafine particles in welding fume

M Lehnert, B Pesch, A Lotz, J Pelzer… - Annals of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
This investigation aims to explore determinants of exposure to particle size-specific welding
fume. Area sampling of ultrafine particles (UFP) was performed at 33 worksites in parallel …

Levels and predictors of airborne and internal exposure to chromium and nickel among welders—results of the WELDOX study

T Weiss, B Pesch, A Lotz, E Gutwinski… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The objective of this analysis was to investigate levels and determinants of exposure to
airborne and urinary chromium (Cr, CrU) and nickel (Ni, NiU) among 241 welders …

Levels and predictors of airborne and internal exposure to manganese and iron among welders

B Pesch, T Weiss, B Kendzia, J Henry… - Journal of Exposure …, 2012 - nature.com
We investigated airborne and internal exposure to manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) among
welders. Personal sampling of welding fumes was carried out in 241 welders during a shift …

Polymorphisms in circadian genes, night work and breast cancer: results from the GENICA study

S Rabstein, V Harth, C Justenhoven… - Chronobiology …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The role of genetic variants and environmental factors in breast cancer etiology
has been intensively studied in the last decades. Gene-environment interactions are now …

Night work and breast cancer estrogen receptor status—results from the German GENICA study

S Rabstein, V Harth, B Pesch, D Pallapies, A Lotz… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2013 - JSTOR
Objectives The potential mechanisms that link night-shift work with breast cancer have been
extensively discussed. Exposure to light at night (LAN) depletes melatonin that has …

[HTML][HTML] Diminished white matter integrity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

T Schmidt-Wilcke, P Cagnoli, P Wang, T Schultz… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease
that can affect the central nervous system. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are found in 25–70 …

Influence of welding fume on systemic iron status

S Casjens, J Henry, HP Rihs, M Lehnert… - Annals of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Iron is the major metal found in welding fumes, and although it is an essential trace element,
its overload causes toxicity due to Fenton reactions. To avoid oxidative damage, excess iron …

An increase of fractional exhaled nitric oxide after specific inhalation challenge is highly predictive of occupational asthma

J Engel, V van Kampen, A Lotz, J Abramowski… - International Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose An increase of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) has been described after
specific inhalation challenges (SICs) with occupational allergens, but the clinical role of …

[HTML][HTML] Impairment of motor function correlates with neurometabolite and brain iron alterations in Parkinson's disease

B Pesch, S Casjens, D Woitalla, S Dharmadhikari… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
We took advantage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) as non-
invasive methods to quantify brain iron and neurometabolites, which were analyzed along …

Exposure to hexavalent chromium in welders: Results of the WELDOX II field study

B Pesch, M Lehnert, T Weiss, B Kendzia… - Annals of work …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) has been primarily studied in
chromate production. Here, we measured personal exposure to respirable Cr (VI) together …