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
Nerpin, E., Ferreira, D. S., Weyler, J., Schlunnsen, V., Jogi, R., Raherison Semjen, C., Gislasson, T., Demoly, P., Heinrich, J., Nowak, D., Corsico, A., Accordini, S., Marcon, A., Squillacioti, G., Olivieri, M., Nielsen, R., Johannessen, A., Gómez Real, F., Garcia-Aymerich, J. ... Malinovschi, A. (2021). Bronchodilator response and lung function decline: Associations with exhaled nitric oxide with regard to sex and smoking status. World Allergy Organization Journal, 14(5), Article 100544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2021.100544
Togawa, K., Leon, M. E., Lebailly, P., Beane Freeman, L. E., Nordby, K. C., Baldi, I., MacFarlane, E., Shin, A., Park, S., Greenlee, R. T., Sigsgaard, T., Basinas, I., Hofmann, J. N., Kjaerheim, K., Douwes, J., Denholm, R., Ferro, G., Sim, M. R., Kromhout, H. & Schüz, J. (2021). Cancer incidence in agricultural workers: Findings from an international consortium of agricultural cohort studies (AGRICOH). Environment International, 157, Article 106825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106825
Skaaby, S., Flachs, E. M., Lange, P., Schlünssen, V., Marott, J. L., Brauer, C., Nordestgaard, B. G., Sadhra, S., Kurmi, O. & Bonde, J. P. E. (2021). Chronic productive cough and inhalant occupational exposure–a study of the general population. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 94(5), 1033-1040. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-020-01634-2
Silva, V., Alaoui, A., Schlünssen, V., Vested, A., Graumans, M., van Dael, M., Trevisan, M., Suciu, N., Mol, H., Beekmann, K., Figueiredo, D., Harkes, P., Hofman, J., Kandeler, E., Abrantes, N., Campos, I., Martínez, M. Á., Pereira, J. L., Goossens, D. ... Scheepers, P. T. J. (2021). Collection of human and environmental data on pesticide use in Europe and Argentina: Field study protocol for the SPRINT project. PLOS ONE, 16(11 ), Article e0259748. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259748
Mikkelsen, S., Dinh, K. M., Boldsen, J. K., Pedersen, O. B., Holst, G. J., Petersen, M. S., Kaspersen, K. A., Møller, B. K., Nielsen, K. R., Paarup, H. M., Rostgaard, K., Hjalgrim, H., Sørensen, E., Handgaard, L. J., Hansen, T. F., Banasik, K., Burgdorf, K. S., Ullum, H., Sigsgaard, T. & Erikstrup, C. (2021). Combinations of self-reported rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma predicts IgE sensitization in more than 25,000 Danes. Clinical and Translational Allergy, 11(1), Article e12013. https://doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12013
Adhikari, T. B., Neupane, D., Karki, A., Drews, A., Cooper, B., Högman, M., Sigsgaard, T. & Kallestrup, P. (2021). Community-based intervention for prevention and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Nepal (COBIN-P trial): study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials, 22, Article 474. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05447-7
Lytras, T., Beckmeyer-Borowko, A., Kogevinas, M., Kromhout, H., Carsin, A.-E., Antó, J. M., Bentouhami, H., Weyler, J., Heinrich, J., Nowak, D., Urrutia, I., Martínez-Moratalla, J., Gullón, J. A., Pereira Vega, A., Raherison Semjen, C., Pin, I., Demoly, P., Leynaert, B., Villani, S. ... Zock, J.-P. (2021). Cumulative Occupational Exposures and Lung Function Decline in Two Large General Population Cohorts. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(2), 238–246. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202002-113OC
