Petter Ljungman
Principal Researcher
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E-mail: petter.ljungman@ki.se
Telephone: +46852487232
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 Miljömedicinsk epidemiologi Ljungman, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a cardiologist and environmental epidemiologist. I grew up in the US, Kenya, India, Chile, Italy and Sweden, experiences that have contributed to my interest in global environmental health.
I am Associate Professor and Research Group Leader at the Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, KI and
Senior Consultant of Cardiology at the Department of Cardiology, Danderyd Hospital. I have been investigating the cardiovascular effects of air pollution exposure in national as well as in European collaborations since 2004. I completed a 2 year postdoc at Harvard Medical School, researching vascular effects of air pollution in the Framingham Heart Study.
My current research interests center around cardiovascular effects of environmental exposures including air pollution, ambient noise as well as
ambient temperature. Recently, I am expanding air pollution research efforts into low and middle income countries that are experiencing extreme levels of air pollution and rapid urban development. Together with colleagues at Harvard and the Public Health Foundation of India, I am heading a
large-scale effort to comprehensively assess PM2.5 levels across India and collaborate with Indian health researchers to conduct health association studies for a range of outcomes. I believe an important future direction is to harness the opportunities to prevent non-communicable disease through creating healthy urban environments, translating research into policy.
I also have an assignment as expert coordinator at the Centre for Health Crises at KI, in the field of extreme weather, climate and health effects.
2016: 2+2 year Strategic Research Area (SFO) Epidemiology Assistant Professor position
2015: FORTE Junior researcher grant
2012: 36-month COFAS Marie Curie Research Program fellowship for postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School and Karolinska Institute
2012-2014: Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) postdoc and researcher grants
2012: Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation grant
2019: Associate Professor of Epidemiology
2017: Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
2012-2014: Post doc Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Dep of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2012: Specialist of Cardiology
2010: Specialist of Internal Medicine
2009: PhD Karolinska Institute "Cardiovascular effects of short-term exposure to air pollution"
1999: Medical License
1996: MD Uppsala University
Research
- Current projects:
AIRFIB and DANTE: Air pollution and atrial fibrillation: We are investigating associations between short-term exposure to air pollution in relation to the burden and onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation using handheld EKG devices as well as implanted pacemakers and defibrillators. Funded by FORTE.
SCAC: Sources of particulate air pollution and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease: Using detailed dispersion models in Stockholm, Göteborg and Umeå we are investigating which local particulate matter source emissions may be most responsible for effects on mortality and
incidence of ischemic heart disease and stroke. Funded by Swedish EPA.
ELAPSE: Low-level air pollution exposure and mortality and morbidity in Europe: We are participating in a multi-center European study headed by
University of Utrecht using hybrid air pollution models to study associations with mortality, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and cancer in the low exposure range, exploring the relevance of current air pollution standards. Funded by Horizon 2020.
CHAIR-India: Air pollution, temperature and health in India: In this international collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health and the Public Health Foundation of India, including researchers from Brown University, Boston University and Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Israel, we are setting up a comprehensive assessment model by applying machine learning algorithms to estimate daily levels of ambient fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) and ambient temperature for every square kilometer across India since 2008. By linking
historical air pollution estimates to existing health studies, we can then characterize the links between air pollution and temperature and different
disorders such as heart and lung disease, dementia, pregnancy and birth outcomes. Financed through Formas and donations from Carl Bennet.
MiljöSCAPIS: Road traffic noise and air pollution and cardiometabolic outcomes in the Swedish Cardio Pulmonary Imaging Study (SCAPIS). Dispersion
models of air pollution and noise models will be used to understand how environmental exposures may affect the risk of atherosclerosis and metabolic disease characterised by advanced computer tomography exams in 30 000 individuals from 6 Swedish cities. Financed through FORTE.
Past projects include air pollution and ventricular arrhythmias in ICD patients, cardiac arrest patients, vascular function in the Framingham Heart
Study, and biomarkers of inflammation in myocardial infarction survivors. We have also studied the associations between ambient temperature and the risk of cardiac arrest.
PhD supervision:
Auriba Raza, completed 2018, main supervisor
Marcus Dahlquist, ongoing, main supervisor
Joakim Olbers, ongoing, co-supervisor
Martin Jonsson, ongoing, co-supervisor
Articles
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Article: PNAS NEXUS. 2024;3(3):pgae088
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 2024;343:123097
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2024;184:108461
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Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(12):5541-5549
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2023;148
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2023;12(21):e030456
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 2023;336:122394
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Article: NEUROLOGY. 2023;101(12):e1231-e1240
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. 2023;37(9):1854-1862
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;179:108136
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2023;49(6):439-448
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;178:108108
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(7):e072582
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Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;23(1):1026
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Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2023;61(5):2201783
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2023;224:115454
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Article: THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - EUROPE. 2023;28:100608
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2023;49(2):145-154
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;173:107849
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Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2023;32(1):105-113
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;171:107667
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Article: FRONTIERS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;3:1328188
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2023;131(1):17003
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2022;170:107581
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;215(Pt 2):114385
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;213:113586
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Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2022;18(10):1779-1787
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Article: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 2022;839:156235
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2022;48(7):520-529
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;212(Pt D):113596
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Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2022;95(7):1537-1548
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;6(4):e215
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2022;166:107341
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 2022;56(13):9277-9290
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. 2022;205(12):1429-1439
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2022;126(10):1499-1507
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2022;29(8):1202-1211
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;208:112760
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Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2022;79(9):594-601
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(4):e228109
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(5):2630
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2022;160:107067
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2022;48(1):31-40
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Article: LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH. 2022;6(1):E9-E18
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Article: CIRCULATION. 2021;144(24):1915-1925
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2021;149(11):1887-1897
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2021;129(10):107002
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(9):e046040
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Article: LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH. 2021;5(9):E620-E632
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2021;374:n1904
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Article: RESEARCH REPORT (HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE). 2021;2021(208):1-127
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Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2021;57(6):2003099
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Journal article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2021;57(6):2003099
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2021;129(4):47009
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Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2021;80(2):591-599
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2021;147:106371
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Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2021;39(2):243-249
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2021;193:110568
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2021;47(1):33-41
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2021;146:106267
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2021;146:106249
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OPEN. 2020;1(6):1312-1319
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;4(5):e117
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Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2020;74(9):726-731
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Article: ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 2020;76(2):179-190
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2020;141:105765
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Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2020;77(7):801-809
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2019;127(10):107012
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2019;171:36-43
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Article: HEART. 2019;105(8):632-638
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION. 2019;21(3):363-368
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 2019;245:1-8
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2019;275:26-30
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2018;121(Pt 1):139-147
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Article: NEUROLOGY. 2018;91(19):e1732-e1740
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Article: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2018;27(5):249-255
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Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;29(3):333-341
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2018;17(1):37
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Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37(9):1793-1800
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(3):e013455
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Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;27(5):663-669
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Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(8):1679-1685
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2016;219(4-5):389-397
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;183(7):680-688
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Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;27(2):194-201
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2016;133(suppl_1)
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Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2015;132(suppl_3)
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. 2015;191(6):656-664
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Article: PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY. 2015;50(3):252-259
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;180(5):482-489
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;113(12):2057-2063
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Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2014;35(13):861-867
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. 2013;188(11):1351-1357
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2013;3(9):e003058
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;7(4):1486-1499
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Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2009;66(11):747-753
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2009;117(9):1373-1379
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Article: THROMBOSIS RESEARCH. 2009;124(1):57-64
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Article: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK. 2008;15(6):631-638
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Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29(23):2894-2901
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2007;115(7):1072-1080
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Article: TROPICAL DOCTOR. 2000;30(1):6-10
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Editorial comment: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2023;62(4):2301380
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2023;62:oa2518
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Editorial comment: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;173:107853
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Conference publication: 2023;:a86.1-a8a86
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Preprint: 2023;Elsevier BV
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Conference publication: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2022;18(S11)
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2022;60:2374
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Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2022;291(6):779-800
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Conference publication: SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK. 2022;13:S97-S98
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Conference publication: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2021;17(S10)
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Conference publication: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2021;17(S10)
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Review: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2021;84(3):1303-1322
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Conference publication: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2021;2021(1)
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Book chapter: ADVANCES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 2021;p.
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Conference publication: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2020;2020(1)
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Conference publication: NEUROLOGY. 2020;94(15)
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Conference publication: INNOVATION IN AGING. 2019;3(Supplement_1):s119
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Conference publication: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;3:443
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Conference publication: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;3:246
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Conference publication: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2018;2018(1)
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Conference publication: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2017;13(7S_Part_4):p238
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Conference publication: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2017;13(7S_Part_10):p520
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2017;135(suppl_1)
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2017;135
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2016;133
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Conference publication: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2015;2015(1)
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Conference publication: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. 2015;191
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2015;132
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Review: STROKE. 2014;45(12):3734-3741
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Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2014;129(suppl_1)
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2014;35:1101
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Conference publication: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2012;23(5S):&na-1
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Meeting abstract: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2009;20(6):S100
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Meeting abstract: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2009;20(6):S156-S157
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Conference publication: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2008;19(6):S174-S175
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29:852
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Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(37):2586-2588
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Conference publication: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2007;18(5):S22
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Meeting abstract: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2006;17(6):S212
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Meeting abstract: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2005;16(5):S66-S67
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Grants
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 October 2023 - 30 September 2029
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 October 2023 - 30 September 2029
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Dwelling vulnerability in a changing climate: Indoor heat exposure and public healthForte1 October 2023 - 30 September 2029
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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 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 Council1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 August 2020 - 31 July 2024
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2017 - 30 November 2020
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2019
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 August 2012 - 31 July 2015
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-
- Principal Researcher, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2019
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, 2009