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Wichmann, H.-E.

Epidemiology in Germany—general development and personal experience.

Eur. J. Epidemiol. 32, 635–656 (2017)
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Did you ever hear about epidemiology in Germany? Starting from an epidemiological desert the discipline has grown remarkably, especially during the last 10–15 years: research institutes have been established, research funding has improved, multiple curriculae in Epidemiology and Public Health are offered. This increase has been quite steep, and now the epidemiological infrastructure is much better. Several medium-sized and even big population cohorts are ongoing, and the number and quality of publications from German epidemiologists has reached a respectable level. My own career in epidemiology started in the field of environmental health. After German reunification I concentrated for many years on environmental problems in East Germany and observed the health benefits after improvement of the situation. Later, I concentrated on population-based cohorts in newborns (GINI/LISA) and adults (KORA, German National Cohort), and on biobanking. This Essay describes the development in Germany after worldwar 2, illustrated by examples of research results and build-up of epidemiological infractructures worth mentioning.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Allergy ; Biobanking ; Environmental Epidemiology ; Lung Cancer ; Omics ; Population Cohort; Genome-wide Association; Lung-cancer Risk; Coronary-heart-disease; Monica/kora-augsburg Cohort; Acute Myocardial-infarction; Body-mass Index; Middle-aged Men; C-reactive Protein; Infant Nutritional Intervention; Left-ventricular Hypertrophy
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0393-2990
e-ISSN 1573-7284
Zeitschrift European Journal of Epidemiology
Quellenangaben Band: 32, Heft: 8, Seiten: 635–656 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Springer
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)