ZORA Publication List

Publications

• Salvisberg, Vivienne; Le Vu, Mathilde; Floris, Joël; Matthes, Katarina L; Staub, Kaspar (2023). Health of neonates born in the maternity hospital in Bern, Switzerland, 1880–1900 and 1914–1922. PLoS ONE, 18(8):e0289157.
• Bernhard, Marco; Leuch, Corina; Kordi, Maryam; Gruebner, Oliver; Matthes, Katarina L; Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar (2023). From pandemic to endemic: Spatial-temporal patterns of influenza-like illness incidence in a Swiss canton, 1918-1924. Economics and Human Biology, 50:101271.
• Floris, Joël; Matthes, Katarina L; Le Vu, Mathilde; Staub, Kaspar (2023). Intergenerational transmission of height in a historical population: from taller mothers to larger offspring at birth (and as adults). PNAS Nexus, 2(6):pgad208.
• Matthes, Katarina Luise; Le Vu, Mathilde; Bhattacharyya, Urmila; Galliker, Antonia; Kordi, Maryam; Floris, Joel; Staub, Kaspar (2023). Reinfections and Cross-Protection in the 1918/19 Influenza Pandemic: Revisiting a Survey Among Male and Female Factory Workers. International Journal of Public Health, 68:1605777.
• Strässle, Michael; Grossmann, Jonas; Eppenberger, Patrick; Faas, Alexander; Jerkovic, Ivanka; Floris, Joel; Öhrström, Lena Maria; Akgül, Gülfirde; Aldakak, Lafi; Rühli, Frank J; Bender, Nicole; Staub, Kaspar (2023). 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, 11:e15205.
• Ziegler, Ella; Postma, Erik; Matthes, Katarina L; Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar (2023). Health and lifespan of Swiss men born in an alpine region in 1905–1907. The History of the Family, 28(2):339-359.
• Müller, Sarah-Maria; Floris, Joel; Rohrmann, Sabine; Staub, Kaspar; Matthes, Katarina L (2022). 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, 29:101980.
• Staub, Kaspar; Panczak, Radoslaw; Matthes, Katarina L; Floris, Joël; Berlin, Claudia; Junker, Christoph; Weitkunat, Rolf; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Zwahlen, Marcel; Riou, Julien (2022). Historically High Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain. Annals of Internal Medicine, 175(4):523-532.
• Jaeggi, Adrian V; Martin, Jordan S; Floris, Joël; Bender, Nicole; Haeusler, Martin; Sear, Rebecca; Staub, Kaspar (2022). Life-history tradeoffs in a historical population (1896-1939) undergoing rapid fertility decline: Costs of reproduction?. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4:e7.
• Staub, Kaspar; Floris, Joel; Rühli, Frank (2022). Lernen aus vergangenen Krisen - Das Beispiel der Influenza-Pandemie 1918 in der Schweizer Armee. Swiss Review of Military and Disaster Medicine (SRMDM), 99(1):619-1428.
• Floris, Joel; Staub, Kaspar (2022). Geschichtliche Trends von Körpergrösse und Körpergewicht in einer wechselnden Umwelt. In: Bender, Nicole; Habermann-Horstmeier, Lotte. Evolution und Gesundheit : Wie beeinflussen Lebensweise und Ernährung die Medizin und unsere Gesundheit? Bern: Hogrefe Verlag, 95-121.
• Floris, Joël; Kaiser, Laurent; Mayr, Harald; Staub, Kaspar; Woitek, Ulrich (2021). Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic. Applied Economics Letters:1-6.
• Staub, Kaspar; Panczak, Radoslaw; Matthes, Katarina L; Floris, Joel; Berlin, Claudia; Junker, Christoph; Weitkunat, Rolf; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Egger, Matthias; Zwahlen, Marcel; Riou, Julien (2021). Pandemic excess mortality in Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was at its highest since 1918. medRxiv 21261825, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Staub, Kaspar; Jüni, Peter; Urner, Martin; Matthes, Katarina L; Leuch, Corina; Gemperle, Gina; Bender, Nicole; Fabrikant, Sara I; Puhan, Milo; Rühli, Frank; Gruebner, Oliver; Floris, Joël (2021). 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, 174(4):533-539.
• Staub, Kaspar; Floris, Joël (2021). 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, 15(2):318-319.
• Floris, Joël; Kaiser, Laurent; Mayr, Harald; Staub, Kaspar; Woitek, Ulrich (2021). Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic. Working paper series / Department of Economics 316, University of Zurich.
• Butie, Claire; Matthes, Katarina L; Hösli, Irene; Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar (2020). Impact of World War 1 on placenta weight, birth weight and other anthropometric parameters of neonatal health. Placenta, 100:150-158.
• Trueb, Fabienne P; Wells, Jonathan C K; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar; Floris, Joël (2020). 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, 38:100891.
• Matthes, Katarina L; Floris, Joel; Hartmann, Christina; Burnier, Michel; Bochud, Murielle; Bührer, Thomas; Reber, Emilie; Stanga, Zeno; Gültekin, Nejla; Zwahlen, Marcel; Bender, Nicole; Staub, Kaspar (2020). 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. Zurich/Bern: Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG.
• Staub, Kaspar; Rühli, Frank J; Floris, Joël (2020). The “Pandemic Gap” in Switzerland across the 20th century and the necessity of increased science communication of past pandemic experiences. Swiss Medical Weekly:e1.
• Vinci, Linda; Floris, Joël; Koepke, Nikola; Matthes, Katarina L; Bochud, Murielle; Bender, Nicole; Rohrmann, Sabine; Fäh, David; Staub, Kaspar (2019). Have Swiss adult males and females stopped growing taller? Evidence from the population-based nutrition survey menuCH, 2014/2015. Economics and Human Biology, 33:201-210.
• Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar (2019). Water, sanitation and mortality in Swiss towns in the context of urban renewal in the late nineteenth century. The History of the Family, 24(2):249-276.
• Güsewell, Sabine; Floris, Joël; Berlin, Claudia; Zwahlen, Marcel; Rühli, Frank; Bender, Nicole; Staub, Kaspar (2019). Spatial Association of Food Sales in Supermarkets with the Mean BMI of Young Men: An Ecological Study. Nutrients, 11(3):579.
• Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar; Stohr, Christian; Woitek, Ulrich (2019). Changes in mortality in Switzerland, 1880–1910. In: Flores Zendejas, Juan; Hürlimann, Gisela; Lorenzetti, Luigi; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich. Texte und Zahlen / Des textes et des chiffres. Zürich: Chronos Verlag, 69-91.
• Floris, Joël; Höpflinger, Francois; Stohr, Christian; Studer, Roman; Staub, Kaspar (2019). Wealthier – older – taller: measuring the standard of living in Switzerland since the 19th century. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte (Revue suisse d'histoire), 69(2):207-232.
• Favre, Giacomin; Floris, Joël; Woitek, Ulrich (2018). Intergenerational mobility in the 19th century: micro-level evidence from the city of Zurich. Working paper series / Department of Economics 274, University of Zurich.
• Staub, Kaspar; Floris, Joël; Koepke, Nikola; Trapp, Adrian; Nacht, Andreas; Schärli Maurer, Susanna; Rühli, Frank J; Bender, Nicole (2018). Associations between anthropometric indices, blood pressure and physical fitness performance in young Swiss men: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 8(6):e018664.
• Koepke, Nikola; Floris, Joël; Pfister, Christian; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar (2018). Ladies First: female and male adult height in Switzerland, 1770-1930. Economics and Human Biology, 29:76-87.
• Floris, Joël; Kuster, Marius; Woitek, Ulrich (2017). Armutsgrenzen in der Stadt Zürich während des Ersten Weltkriegs. Traverse: Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Zürich, 2017(3):97-112.
• Lehmann, Andreas; Floris, Joël; Woitek, Ulrich; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar (2017). Temporal trends, regional variation and socio-economic differences in height, BMI and body proportions among German conscripts, 1956-2010. Public Health Nutrition, 20(3):391-403.
• Koepke, Nikola; Floris, Joël; Bender, Nicole; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar (2017). Waist Circumference und Waist-to-Height-Ratio bei Schweizer Stellungspflichtigen 2016. Zürich: Bundesamt für Gesundheit.
• Floris, Joël; Koepke, Nikola; Bender, Nicole; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar (2017). Der Body-Mass-Index der Schweizer Stellungspflichtigen 2015. Zürich: Bundesamt für Gesundheit.
• Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar; Woitek, Ulrich (2016). The benefits of intervention: birth weights in Basle 1912-1920. Working paper series / Department of Economics 236, University of Zurich.
• Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar; Rühli, Frank J (2016). Analyse möglicher Ursachen für die kantonalen Unterschiede in den Militärtauglichkeitsraten. Bericht zuhanden des Oberfeldarztes der Schweizer Armee. Zürich: University of Zurich.
• Staub, Kaspar; Bender, Nicole; Floris, Joël; Pfister, Christian; Rühli, Frank J (2016). From undernutrition to overnutrition: the evolution of overweight and obesity among young men in Switzerland since the 19th century. Obesity Facts, 9(4):259-272.
• Floris, Joël. Körpergrösse, Body-Mass-Index und Geburtsgewichte: Lebensstandard und Anthropometrie in Zürich und Basel 1904-1951. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts.
• Staub, Kaspar; Floris, Joël; Woitek, Ulrich; Rühli, Frank (2014). From left-skewness to symmetry: how body-height distribution among Swiss conscripts has changed shape since the late 19th century. Annals of Human Biology:1-8.
• Floris, Joël; Woitek, Ulrich; Wüthrich, Gabriela (2013). Income inequality of Swiss primary school teachers in the late 19th century. Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 54(1):57-74.
• Floris, Joël (2012). Der biologische Lebensstandard im Kanton Zürich 1919 bis 1951: eine historisch-anthropometrische Analyse dreier militärischer Kreiskommandos. Bulletin der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, 18(2):13-23.