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Intergenerational transmission of height in a historical population: From taller mothers to larger offspring at birth (and as adults)

PNAS Nexus
2023-05-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Joël Floris; Katarina L Matthes; Mathilde Le Vu; Kaspar Staub; Rebecca Seguin-Fowler
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Reinfections and Cross-Protection in the 1918/19 Influenza Pandemic: Revisiting a Survey Among Male and Female Factory Workers

International Journal of Public Health
2023-04-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1661-8564
Contributors: Katarina L. Matthes; Mathilde Le Vu; Urmila Bhattacharyya; Antonia Galliker; Maryam Kordi; Joël Floris; Kaspar Staub
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Joël Floris

Short-termed changes in quantitative ultrasound estimated bone density among young men in an 18-weeks follow-up during their basic training for the Swiss Armed Forces

PeerJ
2023-04-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2167-8359
Contributors: Michael Straessle; Jonas Grossmann; Patrick Eppenberger; Alexander Faas; Ivanka Jerkovic; Joël Floris; Lena Öhrström; Gülfirde Akgül; Lafi Aldakak; Frank Rühli et al.
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Joël Floris

Health and lifespan of Swiss men born in an alpine region in 1905–1907

The History of the Family
2023-04-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Ella Ziegler; Erik Postma; Katarina L. Matthes; Joël Floris; Kaspar Staub
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Geschichtliche Trends von Körpergrösse und Körpergewicht in einer wechselnden Umwelt

Evolution und Gesundheit: Wie beeinflussen Lebensweise und Ernährung die Medizin und unsere Gesundheit ?
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Joël Floris; Kaspar Staub
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Joël Floris

Lernen aus vergangenen Krisen - Das Beispiel der Influenza-Pandemie 1918 in der Schweizer Armee

Swiss Review of Military and Disaster Medicine (SRMDM)
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Joël Floris; Kaspar Staub; Frank Rühli
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Joël Floris

Life-history tradeoffs in a historical population (1896–1939) undergoing rapid fertility decline: Costs of reproduction?

Evolutionary Human Sciences
2022 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2513-843X
Contributors: Adrian Jaeggi; Jordan S. Martin; Joël Floris; Nicole Bender; Martin Haeusler; Rebecca Sear; Kaspar Staub
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Joël Floris

Body height among adult male and female Swiss Health Survey participants in 2017: Trends by birth years and associations with self-reported health status and life satisfaction

Preventive Medicine Reports
2022-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2211-3355
Contributors: Sarah-Maria Müller; Joël Floris; Sabine Rohrmann; Kaspar Staub; Katarina L Matthes
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Joël Floris

Historically High Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain

Annals of Internal Medicine
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Kaspar Staub; Radoslaw Panczak; Katarina L. Matthes; Joël Floris; Claudia Berlin; Christoph Junker; Rolf Weitkunat; Svenn-Erik Mamelund; Marcel Zwahlen; Julien Riou
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Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic

Applied Economics Letters
2021-09-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1350-4851
Part of ISSN: 1466-4291
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Joël Floris
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Pandemic excess mortality in Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was at its highest since 1918

2021-08-13 | Other
Contributors: Kaspar Staub; Radoslaw Panczak; Katarina L. Matthes; Joël Floris; Claudia Berlin; Christoph Junker; Rolf Weitkunat; Svenn-Erik Mamelund; Matthias Egger; Marcel Zwahlen et al.
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Public Health Interventions, Epidemic Growth, and Regional Variation of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Outbreak in a Swiss Canton and Its Greater Regions.

Annals of internal medicine
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Staub K; Jüni P; Urner M; Matthes KL; Leuch C; Gemperle G; Bender N; Fabrikant SI; Puhan M; Rühli F et al.
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Joël Floris via Europe PubMed Central

Das Gewicht der Schweiz: Eine quantitative Synthesestudie zum Body Mass Index und Bauchumfang sowie den damit verbundenen Kofaktoren bei erwachsenen Männern und Frauen in der Schweiz

Bundesamt für Gesundheit
2020 | Report
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Joël Floris

Down memory lane: Unprecedented strong public and scientific interest in the "Spanish flu" 1918/1919 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Influenza and other respiratory viruses
2020 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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The “Pandemic Gap” in Switzerland across the 20th century and the necessity of increased science communication of past pandemic experiences

Swiss medical weekly - Op-eds
2020-11-12 | Journal article
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Joël Floris

Impact of World War 1 on placenta weight, birth weight and other anthropometric parameters of neonatal health

Placenta
2020-07 | Journal article
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Joël Floris

Filling the weight gap: Estimating body weight and BMI using height, chest and upper arm circumference of Swiss conscripts in the first half of the 20th century.

Economics and human biology
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Trüb FP; Wells JC; Rühli FJ; Staub K; Floris J
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Joël Floris via Europe PubMed Central

Changes in mortality in Switzerland, 1880–1910

Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
2019 | Book chapter
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Joël Floris

Spatial Association of Food Sales in Supermarkets with the Mean BMI of Young Men: An Ecological Study

Nutrients
2019 | Journal article
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Joël Floris

Wealthier – older – taller: Measuring the standard of living in Switzerland since the 19th century

Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte
2019 | Journal article
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Joël Floris

Have Swiss adult males and females stopped growing taller? Evidence from the population-based nutrition survey menuCH, 2014/2015

Economics & Human Biology
2019-05 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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Water, sanitation and mortality in Swiss towns in the context of urban renewal in the late nineteenth century

The History of the Family
2019-04-03 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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Intergenerational mobility in the 19th century: micro-level evidence from the city of Zurich

Working paper series, Department of Economics, University of Zurich, No 274
2018 | Working paper
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Joël Floris

Associations between anthropometric indices, blood pressure and physical fitness performance in young Swiss men: a cross-sectional study.

BMJ open
2018-06 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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Ladies first: Female and male adult height in Switzerland, 1770-1930.

Economics and human biology
2018-02 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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Armutsgrenzen in der Stadt Zürich während des Ersten Weltkriegs

traverse: Zeitschrift für Geschichte
2017 | Journal article
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Joël Floris

Der Body-Mass-Index der Schweizer Stellungspflichtigen 2015

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Joël Floris

Waist Circumference und Waist-to-Height-Ratio bei Schweizer Stellungspflichtigen 2016

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Joël Floris

Temporal trends, regional variation and socio-economic differences in height, BMI and body proportions among German conscripts, 1956-2010.

Public Health Nutrition
2017-02 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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Analyse möglicher Ursachen für die kantonalen Unterschiede in den Militärtauglichkeitsraten

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Joël Floris

From Undernutrition to Overnutrition: The Evolution of Overweight and Obesity among Young Men in Switzerland since the 19th Century.

Obesity Facts
2016 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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The benefits of intervention: birth weights in Basle 1912-1920

Working paper series, Department of Economics, University of Zurich, No 236
2016 | Working paper
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Joël Floris

Körpergrösse, Body-Mass-Index und Geburtsgewichte

E-Dissertation
2016-04-01 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Joël Floris

From left-skewness to symmetry: how body-height distribution among Swiss conscripts has changed shape since the late 19th century.

Annals of Human Biology
2015 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
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Income inequality amongst Swiss primary school teachers in the late 19th century

Economic History Yearbook
2013 | Journal article
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Joël Floris
grade
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Der biologische Lebensstandard im Kanton Zürich 1919 bis 1951: Eine historisch-anthropometrische Analyse dreier militärischer Kreiskommandos

Bulletin der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie
2012 | Journal article
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Joël Floris