Publications

Mazzei-Abba A, Folly CL, Kreis C, Ammann RA, Adam C, Brack E, Egger M, Kuehni CE, Spycher BD. External background ionizing radiation and childhood cancer: Update of a nationwide cohort analysis. J Environ Radioact. 2021;238-239:106734. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106734. Epub 2021 Sep 11

Christophe L. Folly, Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, Antonella Mazzei-Abba, Christian Kreis, Benno Bucher, Reinhard Furrer, Ben D. Spycher, “Bayesian spatial modelling of terrestrial radiation in Switzerland”, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Volume 233, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106571.

Mazzei-Abba A, Folly CL, Coste A, Wakeford R, Little MP, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Kendall G, Hémon D, Nikkilä A, Spix C, Auvinen A, Spycher BD. “Epidemiological studies of natural sources of radiation and childhood cancer: current challenges and future perspectives”. J Radiol Prot. 2020 Mar;40(1):R1-R23. doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ab5a38. Epub 2019 Nov 21. PMID: 31751953.

Mazzei-Abba A, Folly CL, Spycher BD. Cancer chez les enfants dû à l’exposition aux rayonnements ionisants. PAEDIATRICA 2018; 29: 22-29.

Spycher BD, Roosli M, Egger M, Kuehni CE. Response to « Comment on ‘Background Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-Based Nationwide Cohort Study' ». Environ Health Perspect 2015; 123:A198-A199. doi:10.1289/ehp.1509938R

Spycher BD, Lupatsch J, Zwahlen M, Röösli M, Niggli F, Grotzer M, Rischewski J, Egger M, Kuehni CE. Background ionizing radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: a census-based nationwide cohort study. Environ Health Perspect 2015; 123:622-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408548

Laurier D, Grosche B, Auvinen A, Clavel J, Cobaleda C, Dehos A, Hornhardt S, Jacob S, Kaatsch P, Kosti O, Kuehni C, Lightfoot T, Spycher B, Van Nieuwenhuyse A, Wakeford R, Ziegelberger G. Childhood leukaemia risks: from unexplained findings near nuclear installations to recommendations for future research. J Radiol Prot 2014; 34: R53-R68. doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/34/3/R53

Kuehni CE, Spycher BD. Nuclear power plants and childhood leukaemia: lessons from the past and future directions. Swiss Med Wkly 2014; 144: w13912. doi: 10.4414/smw.2014.13912

Hauri DD, Spycher BD, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Grotzer M, von der Weid N, Spörri A, Kuehni CE, Röösli M. Domestic radon exposure and risk of childhood cancer: a prospective census-based cohort study from Switzerland. Environ Health Perspect 2013; 121:1239-44. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1306500

Hauri DD, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Kuehni CE, Röösli M. Prediction of residential radon exposure of the whole Swiss population: comparison of model-based predictions withmeasurement-based predictions. Indoor Air 2013; 23: 406–416. doi: 10.1111/ina.1204

Hauri DD, Huss A, Zimmermann F, Kuehni CE, Röösli M. A prediction model for assessing residential radon concentration in Switzerland. J Environmental Radioactivity 2012; 112: 83-89. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.03.014

Spycher BD, Kuehni CE, Zwahlen M, Egger M on behalf of the Swiss National Cohort Study Group and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group. Authors’ response to: Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: a census-based cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2012; 41: 321-322. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr212.

Spycher BD*, Feller M*, Zwahlen M, Röösli M, von der Weid N, Hengartner H, Egger M, Kuehni CE for the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group and the Swiss National Cohort Study Group. Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: A census-based cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2011; 40:1247- 60. doi:10.1093/ije/dyr115. *shared first authorship with equal contributions