Agneta Åkesson
Professor
| Docent
E-mail: agneta.akesson@ki.se
Telephone: +46852487542
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 CVD-NUT-EPI Åkesson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Professor of Epidemiology, specializing in nutrition and toxicology
Head of the Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology unit
Deputy head of department 2018-2022
Research
- The overall aim of our research is to increase knowledge on how diet and drinking water, including their content of environmental pollutants affect our health. We combine epidemiological research with expertise in nutrition, toxicology and environmental medicine. By establishing this new area of research, we can further improve the understanding of factors of importance for the prevention of major chronic diseases and for sustainability.
Selected publications
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Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2023;115(12):1597-1604
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2023;6(9):e2333347
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2023;294(3):358-369
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Journal article: EFSA SUPPORTING PUBLICATIONS. 2023;20(5)
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2023;67
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 2022;373:133949
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2022;116(4):1091-1100
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2022;130(3):37007
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2022;161:107114
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2021;129(9):97012
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2021;129(4):47005
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2020;128(5):57006
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2020;287(2):197-209
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2019;123:390-398
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Article: HYPERTENSION. 2018;71(6):1258-1268
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Article: NUTRIENTS. 2017;9(12):E1355-1355
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Article: ADVANCES IN NUTRITION. 2017;8(5):652-678
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2017;72:137-143
Articles
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Article: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS. 2024;22(3):738-748
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2024;184:108495
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 2024;58(2):1036-1047
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;182:108346
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 2023;335:122214
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Article: TOXICS. 2023;11(8):711
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Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2023;42(8):1268-1275
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;178:108108
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Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2023;3(3):oead056
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2023;224:115454
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2023;201(4):783-792
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Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL OPEN. 2023;3(2):oead008
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2023;247:114073
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 2023;316(Pt 1):120566
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2023;216(Pt 2):114570
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;7(6):e279
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2022;146(Suppl_1):a11460
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2022;2022(1)
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2022;61(5):2697-2709
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):12139
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Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2022;41(7):1541-1548
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2022;64(1):83-91
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Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2022;41(6):1191-1196
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2022;29(7):1114-1123
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(9):5678
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Article: WATER RESEARCH. 2022;214:118202
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Article: FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY. 2022;13:909870
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 2021;287:117606
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Article: NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. 2021;31(10):2831-2838
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2021;2021(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2021;2021(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2021;2021(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2021;2021(1)
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2021;151(8):2390-2398
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2021;62(2):284-293
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 2021;306:127189
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Article: THROMBOSIS RESEARCH. 2021;202:119-124
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Article: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS. 2021;19(2):460-469
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2021;146:106180
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2020;2020(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2020;2020(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2020;2020(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2020;2020(1)
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2020;137:105575
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Article: BIOPRESERVATION AND BIOBANKING. 2020;18(2):122-135
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;3:102-103
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;3:350
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2019;149(8):1413-1423
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Article: METABOLITES. 2019;9(7):E133-133
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2019;174:35-45
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2019;126:1-6
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2019;124:58-65
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Article: FRONTIERS IN GENETICS. 2019;10:1069
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 2018;201:287-294
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2018;137(suppl_1)
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2018;137(suppl_1)
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2018;137(suppl_1)
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Article: JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;28(2):131-139
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Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2017;74(6):396-401
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2017;117(5):712-719
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2017;56(2):843-852
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Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 2016;37(12):1144-1151
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2016;115(9):1113-1121
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Article: NUTRITION BULLETIN. 2016;41(3):240-251
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2016;94:706-711
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2016;2016(1)
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2016;2016(1)
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2016;146(8):1580-1585
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Article: HEART. 2016;102(13):1017-1022
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2016;147:1-7
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Article: CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE. 2016;9(4):e002855
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2016;18(3):253-259
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2016;88:9-14
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2015;102(5):1007-1013
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Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2015;243(1):93-98
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2015;193:42-46
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Article: NEUROLOGY. 2015;84(22):2224-2228
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2015;183:242-248
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2015;131(suppl_1)
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Article: MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY. 2015;22(1):12-16
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Article: NEUROLOGY. 2014;83(19):1699-1704
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2014;134:265-269
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;64(13):1299-1306
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2014;217(7):720-725
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2014;276(3):248-259
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Article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2014;229(1):41-51
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Article: CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE. 2014;7(4):552-557
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2014;144(6):856-860
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2014;122(5):431-438
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Article: JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES. 2014;77(5):223-245
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Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2014;233(1):27-29
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Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;24(6):880-885
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2013;59:148-151
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2013;143(1):74-79
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(9):e74119
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Article: MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH. 2012;56(11):1748-1754
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;125(10):974-980
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2012;107(5):895-900
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Article: BONE. 2012;50(6):1372-1378
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Article: TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2012;127(1):66-75
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Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2012;72(6):1459-1466
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2011;10:105
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2011;141(12):2198-2203
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Article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2011;207(1):82-88
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;105(3):441-444
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2011;26(7):1601-1608
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2011;26(3):486-495
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Journal article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2011;93(3):674
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Article: JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES. 2011;74(19):1304-1318
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2010;92(5):1251-1256
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2010;118(10):1389-1394
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Article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2010;197(2):123-127
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2010;91(5):1268-1272
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2009;109(8):991-996
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2009;266(5):476-483
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2009;109(7):874-879
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2009;117(8):1293-1301
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2009;18(6):1939-1941
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2009;45(4):513-516
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2009;124(5):1196-1199
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2009;18(3):994-997
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2009;109(2):188-192
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2009;169(3):376-381
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Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2008;68(15):6435-6441
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2008;99(3):626-631
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2007;86(5):1399-1404
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Article: ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (CHICAGO, ILL. : 1908). 2007;167(19):2122-2127
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Article: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2007;222(2):221-226
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2007;165(3):288-293
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2007;86(8):957-962
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2006;136(10):2580-2587
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2006;114(7):1072-1076
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2006;114(6):830-834
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2006;136(3):626-633
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2005;117(5):848-853
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2005;113(11):1627-1631
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2005;135(7):1757-1762
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Article: BIOMARKERS. 2005;10(2-3):117-126
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2004;83(11):1049-1055
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Journal article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2004;83(11):1049-1055
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2002;110(5):523-526
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2002;92(2):284-287
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Article: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2002;99(2):260-266
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Journal article: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2002;99(2):260-266
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2000;84(2):186-194
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2000;108(4):289-291
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Article: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY. 2000;33(2):131-138
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2000;108(4):289-291
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. 1999;59(2):77-81
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Journal article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 1999;69(4):743
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 1998;68(6):1241-1246
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Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 1998;1(3):199-206
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Journal article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 1998;9(4):s155
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Article: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 1996;136(2):332-341
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 1994;102(12):1058-1066
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Journal article: FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY. 1992;30(4):281-287
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All other publications
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Review: BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY. 2024;134(1):141-152
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2023;67
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2023;67
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2023;67
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2023;67
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2022;43:2432
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Review: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;213:113705
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Corrigendum: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2022;61(6):3311
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2022;368:S67
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Review: FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION. 2022;9:875607
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2022;66
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2022;66:1-23
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Book chapter: 2022;p. 141-196
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Preprint: 2022;SSRN Electronic Journal
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Book chapter: 2021;p. 337-350
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Book chapter: 2020;p. 384-393
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Book chapter: 2019;p. 475-484
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Review: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW. 2018;27(147):170122
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2018;137
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2018;137
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2018;137
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Review: PLOS MEDICINE. 2016;13(6):e1002036
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Letter: NEUROLOGY. 2015;84(22):2293
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Letter: NEUROLOGY. 2015;84(22):2293-2228
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Editorial comment: HYPERTENSION. 2014;64(1):26-27
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Review: FOOD & NUTRITION RESEARCH. 2013;57:22790
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Letter: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;28(10):837-840
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Letter: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2013;173(14):1384
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Letter: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2013;173(5):386-388
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Conference publication: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;177:S158
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Conference publication: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;177:S130
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Conference publication: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;177:S64
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S215-S216
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S141
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S48-S49
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S38
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S36-S37
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S11
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Meeting abstract: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S145
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Meeting abstract: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S37
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Letter: THROMBOSIS RESEARCH. 2011;127(6):605-606
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Conference publication: CANCER RESEARCH. 2011;71:1321
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Book chapter: 2011;p. 465-473
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Published paper: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2010;198(1):40-43
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2010;196:S190-S191
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Meeting abstract: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2009;189:S146
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Meeting abstract: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2009;189:S233
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Review: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2009;238(3):201-208
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Editorial comment: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2008;100(6):1346
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Published paper: CELL BIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY. 2008;24(5):448-451
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Review: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2007;104(1):85-95
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Review: MENOPAUSE INTERNATIONAL. 2004;10(2):60-64
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2004;197(3):189
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Review: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2002;88(3):145-155
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Published paper: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2000;112-113:219-225
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Conference publication: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 1999;10(4):S101
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Preprint: SSRN Electronic Journal
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Selected grants
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2018 - 31 December 2021
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Swedish Cancer Society1 January 2018
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2016 - 31 December 2018
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 May 2008 - 31 December 2010
Grants
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
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Blood lipid profiling to explore effects of PFAS with relevance for cardiovascular disease in humansSwedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2019 - 30 November 2021
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017
Employments
- Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2015-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2007
- Master Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2000
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2000
Supervisor
- Shuai Yuan, Modifiable Risk Factors, Blood Proteins and Venous Thromboembolism, https://openarchive.ki.se/xmlui/handle/10616/48888, 2020