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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Veber, T., Pyko, A., Carlsen, H. K., Holm, M., Gislason, T., Janson, C., Johannessen, A., Sommar, J. N., Modig, L., Lindberg, E., Schlünssen, V., Toompere, K. & Orru, H. (2023). Traffic noise in the bedroom in association with markers of obesity: a cross-sectional study and mediation analysis of the respiratory health in Northern Europe cohort. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1246. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16128-2

Cramer, C., Hansen, K. K., Kinnerup, M. B., Flachs, E. M., Vestergaard, J. M., Biering, K., Nielsen, K., Würtz, A. M., Dalbøge, A., Würtz, E. T., Kjærsgaard, M., Kolstad, H. A. & Schlünssen, V. (2023). Use of Personal Protective Equipment Among Healthcare Workers During the First and the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 67(1), 59–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac054

van der Feltz, S., Peters, S., Pronk, A., Schlünssen, V., Stokholm, Z. A., Kolstad, H. A., van Veldhoven, K., Basinas, I., van Tongeren, M., Burdorf, A. & Oude Hengel, K. M. (2023). Validation of a COVID-19 Job Exposure Matrix (COVID-19-JEM) for Occupational Risk of a SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Work: Using Data of Dutch Workers. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 67(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac032

Kölli, F., Breyer, M.-K., Hartl, S., Burghuber, O., Wouters, E. F. M., Sigsgaard, T., Pohl, W., Kohlböck, G. & Breyer-Kohansal, R. (2022). Aero-Allergen Sensitization in the General Population: Longitudinal Analyses of the LEAD (Lung Heart Social Body) Study. Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2022(15), 461-473. https://doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S349614

Amdisen, L., Daugaard, S., Vestergaard, J. M., Vested, A., Bonde, J. P., Vistisen, H. T., Christoffersen, J., Garde, A. H., Hansen, Å. M., Markvart, J., Schlünssen, V. & Kolstad, H. A. (2022). A longitudinal study of morning, evening, and night light intensities and nocturnal sleep quality in a working population. Chronobiology International, 39(4), 579-589. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2021.2010741

Pronk, A., Loh, M., Kuijpers, E., Albin, M., Selander, J., Godderis, L., Ghosh, M., Vermeulen, R., Peters, S., Mehlum, I. S., Turner, M. C., Schlünssen, V., Goldberg, M., Kogevinas, M., Harding, B. N., Solovieva, S., Garani-Papadatos, T., Van Tongeren, M. & Stierum, R. (2022). Applying the exposome concept to working life health: The EU EPHOR project. Environmental Epidemiology, 6(2), E185. https://doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000185

Jõgi, N. O., Kitaba, N., Storaas, T., Schlünssen, V., Triebner, K., Holloway, J. W., Horsnell, W. G. C., Svanes, C. & Bertelsen, R. J. (2022). Ascaris exposure and its association with lung function, asthma, and DNA methylation in Northern Europe. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 149(6), 1960-1969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2021.11.013

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