Department of Public Health

 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Epidemiology, Environment and Biostatistics Vaccination epidemiology

Vaccination epidemiology

In 2019, the WHO put vaccine scepticism on their top 10 list of global threats to public health. We experienced it ourselves in Denmark when introducing the HPV vaccine, and there has been discussions in connection with vaccination against COVID-19.

When we introduce vaccines to a large number of citizens, symptoms that actually have other causes may occur in temporal relations with the vaccines, just by accident. If the true causes of the symptoms are unclear, then the vaccine will often be a tangible explanation in the hunt for a cause. Thus, our research aims to contribute to greater confidence in the vaccination programme by identifying the actual side effects and by rejecting side effects that have other causes.

Research areas

We have a particular focus on non-specific symptoms. We often cannot find information about these in the registers, and, it is therefore necessary to collect the information directly from the citizens.

Currently, our research focuses on two projects:

  • Possible side effects from Corona vaccine
  • Possible causes of symptoms after HPV vaccination

Recent publications

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Dik, V. K., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Van Oijen, M. G. H., Siersema, P. D., Uiterwaal, C. S. P. M., Van Gils, C. H., Van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Cauchi, S., Yengo, L., Froguel, P., Overvad, K., Bech, B. H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Racine, A., Fagherazzi, G., Kühn, T., Campa, D. ... Riboli, E. (2014). Coffee and tea consumption, genotype based CYP1A2 and NAT2 activity, and colorectal cancer risk - results from the EPIC cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 135(2), 401-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28655
Bossi, R. & Bech, B. H. (2014). Determination of methylxanthines and cotinine in human plasma by Solid-Phase Extraction Followed by LC–MS–MS. LCGC Europe, (5), 234-238. http://www.chromatographyonline.com/node/246186
Bjerregaard-Olesen, C., Bossi, R., Bech, B. H. & Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E. C. (2014). Extraction of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids from Human Serum and their Combined Xenoestrogenic Transactivity: A Method Development. Poster session presented at PhD day Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Bjerregaard-Olesen, C., Bossi, R., Bech, B. H. & Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E. C. (2014). Extraction of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids from Human Serum and their Combined Xenoestrogenic Transactivity: A Method Development. Poster session presented at 2014 Conference of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Asia Chapter, Shanghai, China.
Rytter, D., Bech, B. H., Frydenberg, M., Henriksen, T. B. & Olsen, S. F. (2014). Fetal growth and cardio-metabolic risk factors in the 20 year old offspring. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 93(11). https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12463
Håkonsen, L. B., Brath-Lund, M. L., Hounsgaard, M. L., Olsen, J., Ernst, A., Thulstrup, A. M., Bech, B. H. & Ramlau-Hansen, C. H. (2014). In utero exposure to alcohol and puberty in boys: a pregnancy cohort study. BMJ Open, 4(6), e004467. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004467
Bach, C. C., Bech, B. H., Nøhr, E. A., Bossi, R., Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E. C., Olsen, J. & Henriksen, T. B. (2014). Maternal concentrations of perfluorinated chemicals during pregnancy and fetal growth - Preliminary results. Poster session presented at Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

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A research project that aims to clarify frequency of symptoms among vaccinated vs. unvaccinated persons.
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