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411. [BIPS Project] Exploitation of claims data of statutory health insurances for health monitoring and reporting

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Date: 01-01-10

Health monitoring describes the state of health of populations and is used to inform politics, researchers, stakeholders and the public. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a central federal…

412. [BIPS Project] German population based long-term follow-up of ADHD

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=290&cHash=bd4d9a50737fcd770b6335af5fa6e270
Date: 01-01-09

The German Population Based Long Term Follow-Up of ADHD The central aim of this study is to investigate the course of ADHD from childhood to adulthood considering therapy, comorbidities and…

413. [BIPS Project] Errors in autobiographical memory and their effects in time-to-event analysis (Project in the Priority Programme "Survey Methodology and Statistics")

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Date: 01-03-08

The aim of this project was the evaluation of the nature and extend of memory errors in retrospectively collected datings in a sociological and an epidemiological survey. The effects of memory errors…

414. [BIPS Project] Database study of lenalidomide (Revlimid®) in Germany: Monitoring off-label use

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=289&cHash=6b16a9e172b836511cb933b8f0c929e6
Date: 10-12-07

Lenalidomide, a derivate of thalidomide, is in combination with dexamethasone indicated for the treatment of multiple myeloma in patients who have received at least one prior therapy. In the USA,…

415. [BIPS Project] Pooled analysis of European case-control studies on the interaction of occupational carcinogens in the development of lung cancer

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=255&cHash=9467fe697f13e1339ae60e26527d392f
Date: 01-04-07

The SYNERGY project -a pooled analysis of case-control studies on the joint effects of occupational carcinogens in the development of lung cancer- began in January 2007. The aim of SYNERGY is to…

416. [BIPS Project] Drug interactions and the risk of serious hemorrhage in patients receiving phenprocoumon

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=335&cHash=518d947f32cad43b7292c4f58b20f134
Date: 01-01-07

Vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) have been widely used for more than 50 years for oral anticoagulation and the prevention of venous and arterial thromboembolic diseases. Atrial fibrillation is a common…

417. [BIPS Project] Identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants - IDEFICS study

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Date: 01-09-06

The IDEFICS study started in September 2006 and ended in February 2012. The Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine at the University of Bremen (today Leibniz Institute for…

418. [BIPS Project] Artificial neural networks for modeling gene-gene- and gene-environment-interactions in genetic epidemiology

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Date: 01-08-06

The investigation of genetic factors is an important research topic in epidemiology. Most relevant from a public health perspective are complex diseases that are characterised by complex pathways…

419. [BIPS Project] Modeling of gene-gene- and gene-environment-interactions in genetic epidemiology using directed graphs

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Date: 01-08-04

This project uses directed graphs for modelling gene-gene- and gene-environment-interactions in genetic epidemiology. At present the work is focused on graphical models. Background: In genetic…

420. [BIPS Project] Alcohol-related cancers and genetic susceptibility in Europe

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Date: 01-01-02

Cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) include those of the oral cavity, pharynx (other than nasopharynx), larynx, and esophagus. Tobacco smoking and consumption of alcoholic beverages are…