Environmental Exposure and Health

Humans are exposed to a plethora of environmental parameters all the time, all their lives. Examples include the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink.

In the research group “Environmental Exposure and Health”, we explore how the environment affects our health. We model environmental exposures for the entire population, often with big data from monitoring programs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), to estimate individuals’ lifetime exposures by linking our data with their residential history.

Using the nationwide renowned Danish health registers, we can carry out large epidemiological studies on the health effects of environmental exposures, including gene environment interactions. Examples of exposures include air pollution and nitrate in drinking water and their effects on health outcomes like NCDs, negative birth outcomes and infections.

Research areas

Our research projects cover the following topics, among others:

Air pollution and family related determinants of NCDs in the population
Nitrate in drinking water and risk of NCDs in the population
Nitrate in drinking water and risk of birth defects, and psychiatric diseases

Recent publications

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Schullehner, J., Cserbik, D., Gago-Ferrero, P., Lundqvist, J. & Nuckols, J. R. (2024). Integrating different tools and technologies to advance drinking water quality exposure assessments. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 34(1), 108-114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-023-00588-0

Høj, S., Thomsen, S. F., Høj, L., Sigsgaard, T. & Meteran, H. (2024). Investigating the Scientific Accuracy of YouTube Videos on Food Allergy. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 133(3), 342-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2024.05.017

Gungner, M., Säll, O., Adhikari, T. B. & Högman, M. (2024). Knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among physicians, nurses and students at a regional hospital in Nepal. Nepalese Respiratory Journal, 3(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.3126/nrj.v3i1.69212

Niroula, S., Bhattarai, G., Bhusal, S., Pandey, A., Shah, S., Wagle, S., Mandal, P., Parajuli, D., Jha, A., Dhakal, B., Bhandari, B., Paudel, K. & Adhikari, T. B. (2024). Levels of Health Literacy and Associated Factors Among Adults in a Rural Municipality of Nepal: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Community Health, 49(5), 879-886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-024-01375-0

Kjerulff, B., Dowsett, J., Jacobsen, R. L., Gladov, J., Larsen, M. H., Lundgaard, A. T., Banasik, K., Westergaard, D., Mikkelsen, S., Dinh, K. M., Hindhede, L., Kaspersen, K. A., Schwinn, M., Juul, A., Poulsen, B., Lindegaard, B., Pedersen, C. B., Sabel, C. E., Bundgaard, H. ... Erikstrup, C. (2024). Lifestyle and demographic associations with 47 inflammatory and vascular stress biomarkers in 9876 blood donors. Communications Medicine, 4(1), 50. Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00474-2

Ellermann, T., Nordstrøm, C., Brandt, J., Christensen, J. H., Ketzel, M., Massling, A., Bossi, R., Frohn, L. M., Geels, C., Jensen, S. S., Nielsen, O.-K., Winther, M., Poulsen, M. B., Sørensen, M. O. B., Andersen, M. S. & Sigsgaard, T. (2024). Luftkvalitet 2022: Status for den nationale luftkvalitetsovervågning. Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. Videnskabelig rapport fra DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi Vol. 2024 No. 580 https://dce.au.dk/fileadmin/dce.au.dk/Udgivelser/Videnskabelige_rapporter_500-599/SR580.pdf

Melén, E., Faner, R., Allinson, J. P., Bui, D., Bush, A., Custovic, A., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Guerra, S., Breyer-Kohansal, R., Hallberg, J., Lahousse, L., Martinez, F. D., Merid, S. K., Powell, P., Pinnock, H., Stanojevic, S., Vanfleteren, L. E. G. W., Wang, G., Dharmage, S. C. ... CADSET Investigator (2024). Lung-function trajectories: relevance and implementation in clinical practice. The Lancet, 403(10435), 1494-1503. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00016-3

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