Work and Health

Work is a key part of most people's lives. We work to earn for a living, but in addition, work is also about community, social relationships and professional identity. In our research group, we explore how work affects health.

At work we encounter chemical, biological, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial exposures. By using newly collected and register-based data, we investigate how these exposures influence our health. We focus on how occupational exposures directly influence workers’ health, but we also explore how the work of parents and previous generations can affect children's health.

In addition, we identify determinants for exposure in order to inform preventive initiatives at the work place.

Research areas

The group’s research projects fall within the following areas, among others:

Working life exposome and respiratory health
Preconception and early life occupational exposure and offspring health
Pesticide exposure and health
Dust, microbial exposure and respiratory health
Occupational exposures and asthma

Recent publications

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Høj, S., Thomsen, S. F., Meteran, H., Sigsgaard, T. & Meteran, H. (2024). Artificial intelligence and allergic rhinitis: does ChatGPT increase or impair the knowledge? Journal of Public Health, 46(1), 123-126. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad219

Navarro, I., de la Torre, A., Sanz, P., Abrantes, N., Campos, I., Alaoui, A., Christ, F., Alcon, F., Contreras, J., Glavan, M., Pasković, I., Pasković, M. P., Nørgaard, T., Mandrioli, D., Sgargi, D., Hofman, J., Aparicio, V., Baldi, I., Bureau, M. ... Martínez, M. Á. (2024). Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective. Water Research, 254, Article 121419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121419

Sigsgaard, T. & Hoffmann, B. (2024). Assessing the health burden from air pollution. Science, 384(6691), 33-34. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo3801

Kaspersen, K. A., Antonsen, S., Horsdal, H. T., Kjerulff, B., Brandt, J., Geels, C., Christensen, J. H., Frohn, L. M., Sabel, C. E., Dinh, K. M., Hertel, O., Sigsgaard, T., Pedersen, C. B. & Erikstrup, C. (2024). Exposure to air pollution and risk of respiratory tract infections in the adult Danish population - a nationwide study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 30(1), 122-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.10.013

Pan, H., Jarvis, D., Potts, J., Casas, L., Nowak, D., Heinrich, J., Aymerich, J. G., Urrutia, I., Martinez-Moratalla, J., Gullón, J. A., Pereira-Vega, A., Raherison, C., Chanoine, S., Demoly, P., Leynaert, B., Gislason, T., Probst, N., Abramson, M. J., Jõgi, R. ... Fuertes, E. (2024). Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 256, Article 114310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114310