Unnur Valdimarsdottir
Principal Researcher
E-mail: unnur.valdimarsdottir@ki.se
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Solna
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 Integrativ epidemiologi Fang, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- In addition to serving as guest professor at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, [1] Karolinska Institutet, I am a professor of epidemiology and vice dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Iceland [2]. My research lies on the boundaries of psychiatric and cancer epidemiology with the main emphasis on understanding how psychological stress influences major disease onset and development. * Early Scientific Achievement Award (Hvatningarverðlaunin) – The Science and Technology Policy Council, Prime Ministry of Iceland (2010) * David and Astrid Hageléns Foundation´s Science Award, Karolinska Institutet (2005) * BA Psychology, University of Iceland (1996) * PhD Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet (2003) * Post Doc, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet (2004-2006) * Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Univerisity of Iceland (2007)[1] https://ki.se/en/meb[2] http://english.hi.is/
Research
- The overarching aim of my research program is to understand how various indices of psychological stress affect health and disease development during the life course. Another important aim of my research is to understand the genetics of favorable vs. adverse health outcomes in populations exposed to severe life stressors. I lead a graduate program in public health sciences at the University of Iceland, and a research group of several doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. In collaboration with an extended network of researchers from Sweden (e.g. Drs. Fang Fang [1] and Katja Fall [2]) and the US, we utilize the nationwide registries together with prospective cohorts with biomarker collections to address these hypotheses. Currently, my main research projects are the following: * Population-based registry studies in the Nordic countries of the impact of psychological stressors on disease development and progression (mostly based in Sweden). * The Genetics of survival and morbidity following exposure to extreme stressors (based at deCODE Genetics, Iceland) * The genetics of posttraumatic stress disorder in Swedish tsunami survivors. * The stress-response to a cancer diagnosis and disease progression (e.g. LUNG cancer project based in Reykjavik, Iceland
- PROCESS based in Örebro, Sweden). * The Stress-And-Gene-Analysis (SAGA) Cohort – a longitudinal study on the combined impact of modern lifestyle, psychological stress and inheritance on major disease risk (based in Reykjavik, Iceland).[1] http://ki.se/en/people/fanfan[2] http://ki.se/en/people/katjfa
Articles
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Article: STRESS AND HEALTH. 2023;39(4):828-840
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Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2023;78(5):753-761
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;52(2):600-610
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2023;180(4):294-304
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Article: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;8(4):e266-e275
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Article: JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE. 2023;9:e43419
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;93(4):362-369
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2023;322:108-117
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2023;6(2):e230133
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;13(1):12
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2023;6(1):e2249560
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(2):e0280587
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Article: CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA. 2022;537:1-8
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Article: BRAIN SCIENCES. 2022;12(11):1559
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2022;127(9):1650-1659
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Article: ELIFE. 2022;11:e80143
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Article: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;7(9):e763-e774
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;37(9):947-958
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Article: JOURNAL OF DIABETES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 2022;16(5):1150-1158
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Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2022;20(1):314
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):342
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Article: SLEEP. 2022;45(8):zsac100
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Article: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2022;6(7):e37382
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Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;71:38-43
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2022;52(9):1793-1800
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Article: THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - EUROPE. 2022;18:100402
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;51(3):e108-e122
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(5):e059375
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Article: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;7(5):e406-e416
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(4):e227503
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2022;31(3):528-535
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(3):1712-1719
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2022;31(3):688-691
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(3):e221256
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Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2022;20(1):60
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Article: ELIFE. 2022;11:e71770
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Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2022;33(2):205-211
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;191(2):320-330
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Article: BMC CANCER. 2022;22(1):75
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Article: BMC NEUROLOGY. 2022;22(1):15
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Article: STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS. 2022;25(1):48-56
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Article: SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER. 2022;30(1):259-269
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Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;2(8):e0000571
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Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2021;19(1):301
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2021;125(10):1450-1458
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2021;114(5):1837-1846
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Article: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2021;5(11):e29873
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(11):6736-6746
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Article: PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. 2021;83(8):887-893
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(7):e049967
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(7):2110-2118
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(6):e046931
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Article: PROSTATE. 2021;81(8):487-496
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Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2021;19(1):119
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Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):2161
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2021;135:189-196
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021;282:712-716
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Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2021;6(3):706-715
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2021;20(1):23
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Article: ELIFE. 2021;10:e63514
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2021;36(2):455-464
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2021;148(1):28-37
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Journal article: PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. 2021;83(8):887-893
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;30(6):1102-1108
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2020;3(12):e2028477
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2020;17(12):e1003392
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Article: THE LANCET HEALTHY LONGEVITY. 2020;1(2):e69-e79
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Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):4637
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Article: ELIFE. 2020;9:e56860
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Article: CEPHALALGIA. 2020;40(8):863-865
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Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2020;77(6):700-709
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2020;55(5):597-605
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Article: ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY. 2020;37:100861
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Article: HEART. 2020;106(4):267-272
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2020;29(1):119-126
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Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. 2019;21(1):139
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Article: ELIFE. 2019;8:e43476
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2019;367:l5784
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Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2019;30(9):997-1007
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Article: CANCER. 2019;125(16):2877-2885
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Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2019;79(15):3965-3972
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Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2019;73(6):496-501
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Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2019;8(6):3269-3277
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2019;45(3):312-315
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2019;365:l1255
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Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2019;30(4):333-342
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(2):260-268
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2019;28(2):400-408
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Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;11:285-298
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Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2018;40(15):1764-1772
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Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2018;63(1):108-114
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Article: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. 2018;27(7):1854-1860
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Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2018;319(23):2388-2400
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Article: BMC CANCER. 2018;18(1):322
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2018;142(6):1166-1173
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. 2018;27:642-648
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Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;10:593-604
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(5):e0198017
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2018;9(1):1510279
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Article: CLINICAL GENITOURINARY CANCER. 2017;15(6):e1021-e1028
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2017;26(12):1781-1787
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Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2017;71(10):947-953
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2017;6(8):e006249
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Article: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2017;28(8):1964-1969
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Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2017;77(13):3700-3707
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2017;35(14):1522-1529
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;45(3):260-268
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Article: LAEKNABLADID. 2017;103(4):171-177
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27(2):339-345
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2017;26(3):346-354
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2016;7:30995
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Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS. 2016;31(5):461-469
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Article: JAMA ONCOLOGY. 2016;2(9):1188-1196
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2016;354:i4218
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Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2016;16(1):419
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Article: SLEEP. 2016;39(8):1551-1554
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Article: JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES. 2016;17(3):1219-1234
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Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2016;38(9):828-836
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Article: JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE. 2016;204(4):298-305
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2016;25(2):302-308
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Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2016;76(3):643-651
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Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2016;22(3):765-772
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Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2016;19(2):318-325
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(3):e0152187
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(3):e0150726
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Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2015;122(12):1618-1624
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Article: ELIFE. 2015;4:e08500
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Article: CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH. 2015;8(10):905-911
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Article: SLEEP. 2015;38(9):1405-1410
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Article: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2015;2(9):817-824
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;25(4):638-643
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Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2015;54(6):944-950
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS. 2015;32:103-111
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2015;350:h1798
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Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:227
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Article: EUROPEAN UROLOGY. 2015;67(2):191-194
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;39(1):79-85
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2015;94(2):156-164
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(12):e0144474
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(9):e0138534
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(4):e0122960
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Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2015;26(1):25-33
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Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;24(12):882-887
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2014;43(5):419-423
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Article: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. 2014;23(9):989-997
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Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2014;53(6):752-758
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;42(3):310-318
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Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2014;25(4):499-506
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2014;93(4):351-358
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Article: COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE. 2014;22(2):226-234
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;179(6):674-683
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Article: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2013;24(12):3112-3117
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Article: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. 2013;22(12):2763-2770
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;178(4):582-589
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2013;31(23):2886-2894
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(6):597-601
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;177(9):979-988
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2013;22(5):872-879
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Article: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. 2013;22(2):352-361
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Article: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2013;167(2):133-140
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Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2013;309(1):48-54
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2013;42(1):59-70
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(12):e80499
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(4):e59799
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Article: LAEKNABLADID. 2012;98(12):639-644
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Article: PEDIATRICS. 2012;130(6):1012-1018
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Article: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL. 2012;29(9):694-698
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Article: PEDIATRICS. 2012;130(1):e53-e62
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Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2012;23(6):941-950
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Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;366(14):1310-1318
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2012;113:33-39
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2012;175(2):144-153
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2012;344:d8012
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2012;91(1):134-142
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(6):e001851
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(5):e001386
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;47(10):1564-1570
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2011;204(5):423.e1-423.e6
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Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2011;71(1):116-122
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2010;34(5):644-647
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2010;172(4):389-396
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Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2010;102(5):307-314
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Article: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2010;21(2):354-361
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2009;19(6):757-764
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2009;6(12):e1000197
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2009;45(10):1839-1845
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Article: ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY. 2009;66(4):515-519
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2009;6(2):e13-201
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Article: BRAIN. 2008;131(Pt 10):2729-2733
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2008;26(20):3372-3379
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2008;167(2):203-210
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Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2008;47(5):870-878
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Article: LANCET ONCOLOGY. 2007;8(8):706-714
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Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2007;46(6):810-816
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Article: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. 2006;20(6):567-577
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Article: JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. 2006;9(2):317-331
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Article: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. 2006;20(1):11-16
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY. 2005;39(4):271-276
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2004;34(8):1431-1441
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Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2004;351(12):1175-1186
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Article: LANCET. 2004;364(9436):787-789
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Article: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. 2004;18(5):432-443
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2003;31(1):31-36
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2002;86(10):1540-1545
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All other publications
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Review: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2022;76(6):423-432
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Corrigendum: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2022;37(6):1373
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Letter: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;33(1):e5-e6
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Corrigendum: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2021;5(11):e34897
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Letter: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(11):1952-1954
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Corrigendum: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(11):1960
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Letter: THE LANCET HEALTHY LONGEVITY. 2021;2(2):e65
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Review: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;13:533-554
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Letter: CANCER COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;40(5):239-242
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Editorial comment: LAEKNABLADID. 2019;105(12):543
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Letter: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2019;173(11):1095-1097
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Letter: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2019;49(6):e13097
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Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2019;49(3):e13062
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Letter: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2018;320(17):1817-1818
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Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(10):e0206026
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Letter: JAMA ONCOLOGY. 2017;3(4):566
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Letter: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2015;2(11):962-963
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Editorial comment: OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2015;70(9):553-554
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Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;30(7):525-527
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Review: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;23(12):797-811.e2
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Review: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2012;21(7):1002-1011
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Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;367(3):277
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Letter: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2010;102(18):1448
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Published paper: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2005;23(36):9162-9171
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Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2005;352(1):92
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Employments
- Principal Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
- Principal Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2024
Degrees and Education
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2003