Tobias Weinmann

Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich | LMU · Institute and Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine

In recent decades, the possibility that use of mobile communicating devices, particularly wireless (mobile and cordless) phones, may increase brain tumour risk, has been a concern, particularly given the considerable increase in their use by young people. MOBI-Kids, a 14-country (Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, I...

Objectives Evidence suggests that precarious employment can have detrimental effects on workers’ health, including mental health. Migrant workers are discussed to be especially vulnerable to such effects. Thus, we systematically reviewed existing research on the association between precarious employment and migrant workers’ mental health. Methods...

Chronic stress at work is ubiquitous in modern societies. However, its influence on atopic dermatitis (AD) has hardly been investigated. This study aimed to elucidate the association between work-related stress and AD via a longitudinal study. The analysis comprised data from three phases (2002-2003, 2007-2009, 2017-2018) of the prospective Study o...

Introduction: Known protective factors for long-term outcome in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are early diagnosis and a stable, non-violent supportive environment. Which factors contribute to the stability of care is not yet known. Thus, the aim of our study was to evaluate whether the age at diagnosis and the complexity of...

This paper aims to explain potential psychological effects of algorithmic management (AM) on human-centered task design and with that also workers' mental well-being. For this, we link research on algorithmic management (AM) with Sociomaterial System Theory and Action Regulation Theory (ART). Our main assumption is that psychological effects of soc...

Mit dem Cannabisgesetz (kurz: CanG) wurde der private Anbau durch Erwachsene zum Eigenkonsum sowie der gemeinschaftliche, nicht-gewerbliche Eigenanbau von Cannabis in Anbauvereinigungen legalisiert. Damit können auch Arbeitgeber den Freizeitkonsum ihrer Beschäftigten generell nicht mehr untersagen. Andererseits gilt für die Arbeitsplätze nach wie v...

Potential differential and non‐differential recall error in mobile phone use (MPU) in the multinational MOBI‐Kids case–control study were evaluated. We compared self‐reported MPU with network operator billing record data up to 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years before the interview date from 702 subjects aged between 10 and 24 years in eight countries....

Background Due to climate change, the increasing frequency of hot summer days and heat waves can result in occupational heat strain, especially in non-air-conditioned workplaces. Healthcare workers (HCW) engaged in patient care are particularly affected, as they are additionally exposed to physical stress. The use of personal protective equipment (...

Environmental exposure to lead substantially decreased over the past decades. However, soil of former mining areas still contains high lead levels. We therefore performed a biomonitoring study among children living in two former mining communities in Lower Saxony, Germany. In these communities, soil contains lead levels of 1000 to 30,000 mg/kg. Ove...

We aimed to summarise the evidence regarding the knowledge, risk perception and information needs of general practitioners (GPs) regarding electromagnetic fields (EMF). To achieve this aim, we searched for relevant articles in PubMed and additional sources, screened them based on the inclusion criteria and extracted relevant information from the el...

Background: Inadequate coordination between relevant professionals hampers the provision of appropriate care for individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Integrated, multidisciplinary care is thus urgently required. Hence, we aimed at establishing the first university-bound, interdisciplinary specialist centre for FASD in Germany,...

Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, healthcare workers worldwide faced major challenges in the form of psychological stress. The aim of this systematic literature review and meta-analysis is to identify mental health consequences and associated work-related factors in healthcare workers during a pandemic and to quantify the influence of associated work...

Einleitung: Verschiedene Studien deuten darauf hin, dass prekäre Arbeitsbedingungen negative Auswirkungen auf die psychische Gesundheit der Betroffenen haben können. Migrant*innen gelten dabei als besonders vulnerable Gruppe, unter anderem, weil sie besonders häufig unter solchen Bedingungen arbeiten. Ziel war es daher, die vorliegende wissenschaft...

Hintergrund: Obwohl berufsbedingter Stress in industrialisierten Gesellschaften weit verbreitet ist und ein Zusammenhang mit dem Risiko der Erkrankung an atopischer Dermatitis (AD) biologisch plausibel erscheint, gibt es wenige epidemiologische Studien zu dieser Fragestellung. Insbesondere mangelt es an Längsschnittuntersuchungen. Ziel war es daher...

Introduction Flow disruptions (FD) in the operating room (OR) have been found to adversely affect the levels of stress and cognitive workload of the surgical team. It has been concluded that frequent disruptions also lead to impaired technical performance and subsequently pose a risk to patient safety. However, respective studies are scarce. We the...

(243/250) Background Growing up on a farm is associated with a reduced prevalence of respiratory allergies in childhood. It is unknown whether this protective effect remains into adulthood. Objectives We aimed to prospectively investigate the relationship between farm exposure and prevalence of allergic rhinitis and wheeze from childhood to early...

To investigate whether wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) workers and residents living in close proximity to a WWTP have elevated carriage rates of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales, as compared to the general population. From 2018 to 2020, we carried out a cross-sectional study in Germany, the Netherlands, and Romania among WWTP workers (N = 344), ne...

Background Phenotypes of asthma and allergic diseases are mainly studied separately for children and adults. To explore the role of adolescence and young adulthood, we investigated symptom trajectories at the transition from childhood into adulthood. Methods Latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted in a population initially recruited for the Germ...

Purpose. To investigate whether wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) workers and residents living in close proximity to a WWTP have elevated carriage rates of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales, as compared to the general population. Methods. From 2018 to 2020, we carried out a cross-sectional study in Germany, the Netherlands, and Romania among WWTP wor...

Previous studies have shown poor working conditions and poor mental health among au pairs. However, there are limited longitudinal approaches to these conditions. Therefore, the main objectives of this study were to assess the occurrence of depressive symptoms longitudinally and to analyze the association between sociodemographic characteristics, w...

Introduction Brain function deficits in children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have a strong negative impact on their everyday life. Evidence-based intervention programs specifically designed for patients with FASD are therefore needed but still scarce. The aim of the current article is a systematic literature review...

Zusammenfassung Die Fetale Alkoholspektrumstörung ist eine der häufigsten bei Geburt bestehenden chronischen Erkrankungen, die zum Großteil nicht oder fehldiagnostiziert wird. Dies führt zu inadäquater, ineffektiver Förderung und Therapie der erkrankten Kinder sowie mangelnder Unterstützung der betroffenen Familien. Daraus resultiert nicht nur ein...

Introduction Caring for individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) puts a substantial and often life-long burden on affected families. Caregivers’ specific needs and demands are, however, not well understood so far. We thus aimed at systematically collecting data on the needs of individuals caring for children and adolescents with FAS...

Antibiotic resistance has become a serious global health threat. Wastewater treatment plants may become unintentional collection points for bacteria resistant to antimicrobials. Little is known about the transmission of antibiotic resistance from wastewater treatment plants to humans, most importantly to wastewater treatment plant workers and resid...

Introduction: Asthma and allergies are complex diseases affected by genetic and environmental factors, such as occupational and psychosocial factors, as well as interactions between them. Although childhood is a critical phase in the development of asthma and allergies, few cohort studies on occupational outcomes followed up participants from child...

Background: Antibiotic resistance has become a serious global health threat. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) may become unintentional collection points for bacteria resistant to antimicrobials. Little is known about the transmission of antibiotic resistance from wastewater treatment plants to humans, most importantly to WWTP workers and residen...

Background Long-term effectiveness of asthma control medication has been shown in clinical trials but results from observational studies with children and adolescents are lacking. Marginal structural models estimated using targeted maximum likelihood methods are a novel statistiscal approach for such studies as it allows to account for time-varying...

IntroductionWe used data from MOBI-Kids, a 14-country international collaborative case–control study of brain tumors (BTs), to study clinical characteristics of the tumors in older children (10 years or older), adolescents and young adults (up to the age of 24).Methods Information from clinical records was obtained for 899 BT cases, including signs...

Background: We explored the association between ionizing radiation (IR) from pre-natal and post-natal radio-diagnostic procedures and brain cancer risk within the MOBI-kids study. Methods: MOBI-kids is an international (Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Spain, The Netherlands) c...

Background: Precarious employment has become an urgent public health issue at a global scale with potential consequences for quality of life and health of employees, especially in vulnerable groups such as migrants. The primary aim of this systematic review is thus to analyze and summarize existing research on the association between precarious em...

The number of au-pairs in Germany is on the rise. In 2017, about 13,500 au-pairs were living in German families, almost half of them originating from non-European Union (EU) countries and many of them from Spanish speaking countries. Knowledge about mental health among au-pairs in Germany is limited. Therefore, the main objective of this study was...

Background: The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic investigation elucidating the quantitative association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer in former German asbestos workers. Methods: Between December 2017 and May 2018, a random sample of one thousand insured woman regist...

Objectives This study analyzes the association of work-related stress with incident asthma and rhinitis in young adults with a special focus on gender-specific differences. Methods Incident asthma, wheezing and rhinitis were measured in a cohort of 2051 young German adults (aged 16–18 years at baseline) recruited by the prospective population-base...

Objective: To analyse the association of occupational disinfectants use with asthma and wheezing in young professionals. Methods: 365 participants from the German Study on Occupational Allergy Risks II aged 20 to 24 years and working in cleaning or health services answered a questionnaire on respiratory health, occupational exposure to disinfect...

Background: Studies elucidating health-related information and special needs of Syrian migrants living in Germany are urgently required. However, data is scarce and finding appropriate sampling strategies to obtain representative results is challenging. In order to increase survey response in hard-to-reach populations, new methods were developed. O...

Background The effect of shift work on impairment of cognition in later life has not yet been sufficiently investigated. Therefore, we aimed at testing the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic study examining this putative association in a pilot study. Methods Between January and April 2017, a cross-sectional study invited a random sample of...

Background MOBI-Kids is a 14-country case–control study designed to investigate the potential effects of electromagnetic field exposure from mobile telecommunications devices on brain tumor risk in children and young adults conducted from 2010 to 2016. This work describes differences in cellular telephone use and personal characteristics among inte...

Children from disadvantaged families are particularly exposed to second hand smoke in their home environment. Using a mixed methods participatory approach, we aimed at identifying suitable media channels and appropriate content for a campaign increasing caregivers' knowledge about the risks of second hand smoke (SHS) exposure for their children and...

Introduction The war in Syria belongs to the most dramatic emergencies in the last decades forcing a large number of people to seek refuge in other countries. Information on health-related aspects and special needs of Syrian migrants is urgently required, especially in countries hosting a considerable number of Syrians like Germany. However, data i...

Objective: To study recall of mobile phone usage, including laterality and hands-free use, in young people. Methods: Actual mobile phone use was recorded among volunteers aged between 10 and 24 years from 12 countries by the software application XMobiSense and was compared with self-reported mobile phone use at 6 and 18 months after using the ap...

Characterizing exposure to radiofrequency (RF) fields from wireless telecommunications technologies during childhood and adolescence is a research priority in investigating the health effects of RF. The Mobi-Expo study aimed to describe characteristics and determinants of cellular phone use in 534 young people (10–24 years) in 12 countries. The stu...

Objectives: We scrutinised the association of private use of household sprays and disinfectants with asthma incidence in young adults in the transition from school to working life. Methods: Between 2007 and 2009,2051 young adults aged 19-24 years living in two major German cities took part in the Study on Occupational Allergy Risks II. Self-repo...

An emerging body of evidence has implicated plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D), though findings have not always been consistent. We systematically reviewed epidemiological studies examining the association of PAI-1 with T2D. EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched to...

Background Atopic diseases are a major burden of disease on a global scale. Regarding their aetiology, the early years of life are assumed to play a crucial role. In addition, there is growing evidence that elucidating the impact of cross-generational effects and epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation can substantially widen the scientific k...

Background: Although the widespread private use of household cleaning agents and disinfectants may have an influence on asthma prevalence, there is only limited evidence in young adults. Aims and Objectives: To investigate the potential association of asthma prevalence in young adults with private use of household cleaning sprays and disinfectants...

The rapid increase in mobile phone use in young people has generated concern about possible health effects of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) and extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields (EMF). MOBI-Kids, a multinational case–control study, investigates the potential effects of childhood and adolescent exposure to EMF from mobile commun...

Noise, one of the major environmental nuisances, affects the learning ability of children negatively. With the assumption that in the existing German 4-type school system children are exposed to various noise levels in each type of school, we investigated the association between children's school type and environmental noise level. In this cross-se...

Introduction: Despite its popularity, Skype has not been tested as a tool for epidemiologic research. We examined its feasibility in Germany. Methods: A population-based sample of young adults was randomly invited to a Skype (n = 150) or a phone interview (n = 150). Response and duration of interviews were analysed to evaluate the feasibility of...

Introduction: Noise can affect well-being and performance of individuals and might be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. To date most epidemiological studies considered exposure from a single source of noise. The EU Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) requires a summative measurement of ambient noise. This study aim...

Evidence for an association between chronic noise exposure and hypertension has been observed in several studies but suffers from limitations like crude exposure assessment. In this analysis, an association between noise exposure and hypertension was investigated using personal noise dosimeters. Study population included 628 children (8-12 years of...