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Lipoprotein(a) cascade screening in coronary artery disease.
Littmann K, Eriksson Hogling D, Suhel M, Juhlin K, Kara P, Bottai M, Svedberg N, Nordenskjöld AM, Ekström M, Mellbin L, Grimfjärd P, Erlinge D, Hagström E, Brinck J
Atherosclerosis 2026 Apr;417():120759
Mechanistic profiling of oxidative stress, cytokine responses, and NF-κB/TLR4 signaling induced by biomass-derived particulate organic extracts in a human lung epithelial-macrophage co-culture model.
Frias DP, Filho GPC, Moreira SMG, Batistuzzo de Medeiros SR, Dreij K, de Oliveira Galvão MF
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2026 Apr;317():120203
Antimicrobial nano silver (Ag)-enabled wound dressing evaluated using open flow microperfusion: Comparison of uncoated versus hydroxyethyl cellulose-coated Ag.
Zanoni I, Schwingenschuh S, Birngruber T, Reisenegger P, Keshavan S, Martin S, Fadeel B, Eder KM, Schnekenburger J, Bonetto A, Badetti E, Vineis C, Ortelli S, Costa AL, Blosi M
NanoImpact 2026 Apr;():100630
Longitudinal protein profiling of blood during childhood into early adulthood.
Bergström S, Björkander S, Bueno Álvez M, Kebede Merid S, Danielsson H, Bergström A, Kull I, Merritt AS, Edfors F, Klevebro S, Uhlén M, Nilsson P, Melén E
Nat Commun 2026 Apr;17(1):
Occupational Variation in the Incidence of Laryngeal Cancer in the Nordic Countries.
Carpén T, Hadj-Allal Z, Nikkilä R, Hansen J, Heikkinen S, Lynge E, Martinsen JI, Selander J, Mehlum IS, Wojewodzic MW, Torfadottir JE, Mäkitie A, Pukkala E
Oncol Ther 2026 Apr;():
Psychological distress and tumor cell β2-adrenergic receptor levels in patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer.
Hardardottir H, Aspelund T, Valdimarsdottir B, Asmundsson J, Petursdottir V, Fall K, Broström E, Valdimarsdottir H, Fang F, Magnusson MK, Gudjonsson T, Gudbjartsson T, Sloan EK, Lutgendorf SK, Jansson C, Valdimarsdottir UA
Acta Oncol 2026 May;65():370-374
Sibling Comparisons to Account for Confounding-Reply.
Ahlqvist VH, Lee BK, Chiu YH
JAMA 2026 Apr;():
Genetic determinants of childhood blood pressure and heart rate in relation to adult health outcomes: the consortium of childhood blood pressure.
Xie T, Ani A, Vaez A, Nolte IM, Su S, Ishikuro M, Wang S, Zhang W, Soares AG, Motazedi E, Calas L, Ronkainen J, Pedersen CT, Lu X, Stinson SE, Felix JF, Stankevic E, Wang CA, Thiering E, Fernández D, Calvo-Serra B, Stathopoulou MG, Fore R, Kumar A, Tuhkanen J, Bilbao JR, Ibarluzea J, Isaacs A, Fonvig CE, Rivadeneira F, Lund MAV, Holm LA, van der Most PJ, Riese H, Narita A, Tamiya G, Flexeder C, Wiersma R, Argoty-Pantoja AD, Vinding R, Hansen TW, Kümler T, Estarlich M, Bustamante M, Yuan WL, Boland-Augé A, Deleuze JF, Petrelis AM, Rifas-Shiman S, Kajantie E, Fernandez-Jimenez N, Santa-Marina L, Arts ICW, Lahti J, Strandberg T, Kull I, Bergström A, Hivert MF, Bønnelykke K, Kuriyama S, Beilin LJ, Mori TA, Hartman CA, Grarup N, Thijs C, Räikkönen K, Melén E, Oken E, Visvikis-Siest S, Gützkow KB, Grazuleviciene R, Heude B, Chatzi L, Vrijheid M, Standl M, Vrijkotte T, Pennell CE, Oldehinkel AJ, Hansen T, Jaddoe VWV, Holm JC, Sebert S, Timpson NJ, Obara T, Wang X, Lawlor DA, Corpeleijn E, Ahluwalia TS, Snieder H
Eur Heart J 2026 Apr;():
Challenges and needs in dementia care: people with dementia and family caregivers' experiences from diagnosis to follow-up in Swedish primary care: a qualitative study.
Bergqvist M, Bastholm-Rahmner P, Modig K, Schmidt-Mende K
Scand J Prim Health Care 2026 Dec;44(1):1-14
Workplace mistreatment and problem drinking among physicians in Sweden: a longitudinal study.
Peláez Zuberbuhler J, Strömberg A, Thern E, Landstad BJ, Sjöström M, Brulin E
Scand J Work Environ Health 2026 Apr;():
[From fragility fracture to secondary prevention - no standardized care pathways].
Ek S, Hedström M, Sääf M, Wolf O, Modig K
Lakartidningen 2026 Apr;123():
Trajectories of psychological distress and spinal pain in manual therapists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.
Weiss N, Axén I, Hoekstra T, Skillgate E
Sci Rep 2026 Apr;16(1):
Standardizing upper arm movement definitions across observational and sensor-based methods: A Delphi consensus study among European ergonomics experts.
Frost AD, Forsman M, Brusaca LA, Holtermann A, Andersen LL, Søgaard K, Gupta N
Scand J Work Environ Health 2026 May;52(3):231-240
Associations between respiratory health, reported traffic, and occupational-related exposure.
Saers J, Sundh J, Andersson L, Ekerljung L, Modig L, Dahlen SE, Westman M, Janson C
Eur Clin Respir J 2026 ;13(1):2661503
Theses
2025
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2024
A problem-solving intervention for employees on sickness absence due to common mental disorders : effects, ethics and process
Ida karlsson
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research
“Should i stay, or should i go” : teachers’ motivation to stay at their workplace
Jeffrey Casely-Hayford
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research
Epithelial alarmins as novel targets for treatment of asthma
Maria Belikova
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research
Diet, genetic susceptibility, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Anna-Maria Lampousi
Unit of Epidemiology
Exposures through drinking water and risk of chronic disease
Emilie Helte
Enheten för kardiovaskulär och nutritionsepidemiologi
Exploring allergic and irritant contact dermatitis : biomarkers, mechanisms, and allergen uptake
Paulina Werner Nosrati
Unit of Systems Toxicology
Health consequences of gender-based harassment at work
Katrina Julia Blindow
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Infections, antibiotics, tobacco, genetic factors and risk of lada : latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, and type 2 diabetes
Jessica Edstorp
Unit of Epidemiology
The role of inflammatory cells in sarcoidosis and asthma
Mu Nie
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research
Modifiable risk factors, blood proteins, and venous thromboembolism
Shuai Yuan
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology
Congenital heart disease, genetic syndromes, and childhood cancer
Christina-Evmorfia Kampitsi
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
2023
Studies on the molecular and functional properties of exosomes in the metastatic prostate cancer bone microenvironment
Ioulia Vardaki
Unit of Toxicology
T cell responses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : friends or foes?
Solmaz Yazdani
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
Occupational exposure to particles in relation to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease
Karin Grahn
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Persistent environmental pollutants and risk of cardiovascular disease
Tessa Schillemans
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology
Environmental exposures and cardiac arrhythmias
Marcus Dahlquist
Unit of environmental epidemiology
Evaluating occupational health interventions : design, implementation, and effects
Emma Cedstrand
Unit of Occupational Medicine
2022
Psychological distress and breast cancer : a bidirectional link
Kejia Hu
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
Physical workload and exit from the labour market : epidemiological studies with a focus on employees with musculoskeletal disorders
Kathryn Badarin
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Mental disorders as risk factors, comorbidities, and consequences of cancer
Qianwei Liu
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
The effect of spinal manipulative therapy on heart rate variability and pain in patients with persistent or recurrent neck pain
Anders Galaasen Bakken
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research
Early-life metal exposure and child growth and development
Annachiara Malin Igra
Unit of Metals and Health
Exploring toxicity and fate of metal-based particles in the lung : from mechanistic screening to lung deposition modelling
Sarah McCarrick
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology
Physical workload in surgery : from risk assessments to interventions
Xuelong Fan
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Defining the role of mast cells in guinea pig models of asthma
Jielu Liu
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research
Immune mechanisms and potential immunological treatment in atherosclerosis
Shailesh Kumar Samal
Unit of Immunology and Chronic Disease
Toxic metals, essential micronutrients, gestational thyroid hormones, and size at birth
Klara Gustin Mossegård
Unit of Metals and Health
Premenstrual disorders : risk factors, comorbidities and health impact
Qian Yang
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
DissolvIt : development and validation of a new in vitro dissolution apparatus for dry powder aerosols
Maria Malmlöf,
Unit of Integrative Toxicology
Application of the benchmark dose-response modelling approach for risk characterization of chemicals
Antero Vieira da Silva
Unit of Integrative Toxicology
Socioeconomic factors and childhood cancer : survival and long-term consequences
Hanna Mogensen
Unit of Epidemiology
Biomedical factors in the risk and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Jiangwei Sun
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
Precarious employment and occupational injuries in Sweden
Bertina Kreshpaj
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Trends in population health in an era of increasing longevity
Anna C. Meyer
Unit of Epidemiology
Profiling of microglia in inflammation, aging, and the tumor microenvironment
Lara Friess,
Unit of Toxicology
2021
Immunity and inflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : an epidemiological approach
Can Cui
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology
Precarious employment in Sweden : methodological development and health associations
Johanna Jonsson
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Silica particle-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and DNA damage in respiratory epithelium
Rongrong Wu
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology
Environmental arsenic exposure in humans : toxicity and adaptation in the Bolivian Andes
Jessica De Loma Olson
Unit of metals & health
Experimental studies of lipid mediator modulation of airway responsiveness
Willem Abma
Unit of experimental asthma and allergy research
Risks and benefits of drinking water treatment : focusing on child health and prenatal development
Melle Säve-Söderbergh
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology
2020
Dietary carbohydrate quality and health : focus on low-grade systemic inflammation and cardiometabolic risk factors
Nor Adila Mhd Omar
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology
Urban greenness and related health effects
Åsa Persson
Unit of environmental epidemiology
Health effects of air pollution : innovative approaches for spatio-temporal evaluations
Massimo Stafoggia
Unit of environmental epidemiology
Short and long-term regulation of autophagy
Patricia González-Rodríguez
Unit of toxicology
Genotoxic effects among Bolivian farmers exposed to mixtures of pesticides : population and in vitro based studies
Jessika Ximen Barrón Cuenca
Unit of biochemical toxicology
Evaluation of biomarkers in chronic inflammatory diseases
Zahra Golabkesh
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology
Stress prevention at work : intervention effectiveness and implementation process evaluation
Bozana Arapovic-Johansson
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research
Deep tissue massage therapy and/or strengthening and stretching exercises for disabling subacute or chronic neck pain. A randomized controlled trial
Oscar Javier Pico Espinosa
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research
2019
Health effects of road traffic noise in childhood and adolescence
Alva Käte Enoksson Wallas
Unit of Environmental Epidemiology
Ergonomic risk assessment and intervention through smart workwear systems
Liyun Yang
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Exposure to air pollution in the work and residential environment during pregnancy and adverse birth effects
Filip Norlén
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Shoulder injuries in adolescent elite handball players
Martin Asker
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research
Topics on mathematical statistics for medical applications : summary measures and exact simulation of diffusions
Celia García-Pareja
Unit of Biostatistics
Interplay between birthweight, family history, obesity, and genes in the development of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and type 2 diabetes
Rebecka Hjort
Unit of Epidemiology
Airborne occupational exposures and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
Anna Ilar
Unit of Translational Epidemiology
Molecular mechanisms of cell death and cell clearance
Katharina Klöditz
Unit of Molecular Toxicology
Diet and the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) : studies on the association with fish and sweetened beverages
Josefin Edwall Löfvenborg
Unit of Epidemiology
Contact allergy in Swedish adolescents : results from the BAMSE cohort study
Maria Lagrelius
Unit of Environmental Epidemiology
Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and early biomarkers related to cardiovascular disease and cancer
Ayman Alhamdow
Unit of Metals & Health
Phospholipid related antigens and protective mechanisms : implications for cardiovascular diseases, human autoimmunity and inflammation
Divya Thiagarajan
Unit of Immunology and Chronic Disease
Occupational exposure to chemicals and cancer
Cecilia Videnros
Unit of Occupational Medicine
Novel immunologic cellular mechanisms in atherosclerosis and potential therapeutic implications
Mizanur Rahman
Unit of Immunology and Chronic Disease
Deciphering microglia plasticity in glioma
Dalel Saidi
Unit of Toxicology
2018
Mitochondria targeting and its consequences for cell death in neuroblastoma
Kadri Valter
Unit of Toxicology
The impact of transcriptional mutagenesis on cellular homeostasis
Monika Ezerskyte
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology
Early-life selenium status and cognitive development
Helena Skröder Löveborn
Unit of Metals & Health
Cellular effects of nickel and nickel oxide nanoparticles : focus on mechanisms related to carcinogenicity
Emma Åkerlund
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology
Innate immune airway responses after exposure to ultrafine and ambient particles : in vivo and in vitro models
Anna Steneholm
Unit of Work Environment Toxicology
Quantification of inflammatory mediators to explore molecular mechanisms and sub-phenotypes of asthma
Johan Kolmert
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research
Evidence by interaction : a new role of caspase-2
Jeremy Forsberg
Unit of Toxicology
Occupational skin exposure to cobalt : origin and fate
Jolinde Kettelarij
Unit of work environment toxicology
Development of multi-cellular human lung models to study inflammatory mechanisms and cell-cell interactions
Jie Ji
Unit of work environment toxicology
Characterizing chemical exposure : focus on children's environment
Kristin Larsson
Unit of biochemical toxicology
Use of novel statistical methods in assessing particulate air pollution and evaluating its association with mortality in China
Xin Fang
Unit of biostatistics
Long-term exposure to transportation noise in relation to metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes
Andrei Pyko
Unit of environmental epidemiology
Neutrophil extracellular traps : function in infectious and non-Infectious conditions
Beatrice Lazzaretto
Unit of molecular toxicology
Overweight in relation to allergic disease in childhood and adolescence
Sandra Ekström
Unit of environmental epidemiology
Mathematical programming for optimal probability weighting
Michele Santacatterina
Unit of biostatistics
Short-term exposure to ozone in relation to mortality and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest : exploring sensitive subgroups by previous hospitalizations
Auriba Raza
Unit of environmental epidemiology
Postmenopausal hormone therapy and cardiovascular risk
Germán D. Carrasquilla
Unit of cardiovascular epidemiology