Occupational and Environmental Medicine
![A woman entering an X-ray room with warning signs on the door.](/images/200.7630b4f918f153429f7a25/1714056385181/Arbetsmilj%C3%B6%20r%C3%B6ntgen_X9A9501_1932x828.jpg)
Our research in occupational and environmental medicine is about the importance of various environmental factors for health and covers all age groups. We run projects on work environment, indoor environment or outdoor environment, and the exposures can be physical, chemical, biological, psychosocial as well as organizational.
Description of our research
In our research, we use both quantitative and qualitative methods and do both epidemiological studies, experimental studies and intervention studies. We are also developing new measurement methods.
The Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) unit is comprised of a unit at the Department of Medical Sciences and a clinical unit at the Uppsala University Hospital serving the Counties of Uppsala, Dalarna and Gävleborg. The main task for occupational and environmental medicine today is to find exposures at workplaces and in the indoor and outdoor environment which may affect human beings in a negative or positive way.
Research projects
- Evaluation of the Demand- and Ability Protocol to promote early employer involvement and return to work for people with common mental disorders or chronic pain
- HaRe: A methodology for Retail to Reduce the Risk of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- New wearable measurement technique for investigation, risk assessment, and evaluation of sedentary and whole-body vibrations during work in vibrating vehicles
- Receiving occupational injury claim for a vibration injury – what happens next?
- Demand and Ability Protocol – a method to use in pain rehabilitation to strengthen cooperation
- Useful tools for identifying and risk assessing hand-intensive work
- Work Together: Using a systems approach to update an occupational health service and reduce the health gap
Publications
A user-centred development process for an equipment vest for the Swedish police force
Part of International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, p. 56-77, 2024
- DOI for A user-centred development process for an equipment vest for the Swedish police force
- Download full text (pdf) of A user-centred development process for an equipment vest for the Swedish police force
Part of EBioMedicine, 2024
- DOI for Accelerometer-based physical activity is associated with the gut microbiota in 8416 individuals in SCAPIS
- Download full text (pdf) of Accelerometer-based physical activity is associated with the gut microbiota in 8416 individuals in SCAPIS
Part of Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2024
- DOI for Assessing the performance of a targeted absolute quantification isotope dilution liquid chromatograhy tandem mass spectrometry assay versus a commercial nontargeted relative quantification assay for detection of three major perfluoroalkyls in human blood
- Download full text (pdf) of Assessing the performance of a targeted absolute quantification isotope dilution liquid chromatograhy tandem mass spectrometry assay versus a commercial nontargeted relative quantification assay for detection of three major perfluoroalkyls in human blood
Part of Building and Environment, 2024
Part of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, p. 136-141, 2024
- DOI for COVID-19: incidence and mortality in Sweden comparing all foreign-born to all Swedish-born individuals in different occupations in an unvaccinated cohort of year 2020
- Download full text (pdf) of COVID-19: incidence and mortality in Sweden comparing all foreign-born to all Swedish-born individuals in different occupations in an unvaccinated cohort of year 2020
Environmental exposures, body composition and pulmonary function: How can we improve diagnostics?
2024
Part of Frontiers In Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Ergonomics and performance of using prismatic loupes in simulated surgical tasks among surgeons: a randomized controlled, cross-over trial
- Download full text (pdf) of Ergonomics and performance of using prismatic loupes in simulated surgical tasks among surgeons: a randomized controlled, cross-over trial
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2024
- DOI for Experiences of the Redesigning Daily Occupation programme - a qualitative study among persons with neurological diseases
- Download full text (pdf) of Experiences of the Redesigning Daily Occupation programme - a qualitative study among persons with neurological diseases
Part of Respiratory Medicine, 2024
- DOI for FEV1 and FVC as robust risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality: Insights from a large population study
- Download full text (pdf) of FEV1 and FVC as robust risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality: Insights from a large population study
Part of International Journal of Environmental Health Research, p. 213-224, 2024
Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort
Part of International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 2024
- DOI for Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort
- Download full text (pdf) of Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort
Part of International journal of hygiene and environmental health (Print), 2024
- DOI for Hexavalent chromium still a concern in Sweden: Evidence from a cross-sectional study within the SafeChrom project
- Download full text (pdf) of Hexavalent chromium still a concern in Sweden: Evidence from a cross-sectional study within the SafeChrom project
Part of Building and Environment, 2024
Part of Building and Environment, 2024
Part of Environmental Research, 2024
Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 1813-1822, 2024
Part of Eur J Epidemiol, 2024
Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Screening for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of Sri Lankan marine sponges through microfractionation: Isolation of bromopyrrole alkaloids from Stylissa massa
- Download full text (pdf) of Screening for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of Sri Lankan marine sponges through microfractionation: Isolation of bromopyrrole alkaloids from Stylissa massa
Part of JMIR Formative Research, 2023
Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
- DOI for A Quantitative Study on Employees' Experiences of a Support Model for Systematic Work Environment Management in Swedish Municipalities
- Download full text (pdf) of A Quantitative Study on Employees' Experiences of a Support Model for Systematic Work Environment Management in Swedish Municipalities
Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
- DOI for Absenteeism Costs Due to COVID-19 and Their Predictors in Non-Hospitalized Patients in Sweden: A Poisson Regression Analysis
- Download full text (pdf) of Absenteeism Costs Due to COVID-19 and Their Predictors in Non-Hospitalized Patients in Sweden: A Poisson Regression Analysis
Part of BMJ Open, 2023
- DOI for Accelerometer derived physical activity and subclinical coronary and carotid atherosclerosis: cross-sectional analyses in 22 703 middle-aged men and women in the SCAPIS study
- Download full text (pdf) of Accelerometer derived physical activity and subclinical coronary and carotid atherosclerosis: cross-sectional analyses in 22 703 middle-aged men and women in the SCAPIS study
Part of Disability and Rehabilitation, p. 4394-4403, 2023
- DOI for Active engagement of managers in employee RTW and manager-employee relationship: managers’ experiences of participating in a dialogue using the Demand and Ability Protocol
- Download full text (pdf) of Active engagement of managers in employee RTW and manager-employee relationship: managers’ experiences of participating in a dialogue using the Demand and Ability Protocol
Part of European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023
- DOI for Agreement between reported questionnaire data and medical records on diagnosis and COVID-19 symptoms at onset
- Download full text (pdf) of Agreement between reported questionnaire data and medical records on diagnosis and COVID-19 symptoms at onset
Part of ERJ Open Research, 2023
- DOI for Airspace Dimension Assessment for early detection of lung function impairment in the peripheral airways of firefighters
- Download full text (pdf) of Airspace Dimension Assessment for early detection of lung function impairment in the peripheral airways of firefighters
Part of Respiratory Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Association between abdominal and general obesity and respiratory symptoms, asthma and COPD: Results from the RHINE study
- Download full text (pdf) of Association between abdominal and general obesity and respiratory symptoms, asthma and COPD: Results from the RHINE study
Part of BMJ Open, 2023
- DOI for Association between obstructive sleep apnoea and cancer: a cross-sectional, population-based study of the DISCOVERY cohort
- Download full text (pdf) of Association between obstructive sleep apnoea and cancer: a cross-sectional, population-based study of the DISCOVERY cohort
Part of Environmental Science, p. 791-804, 2023
Part of Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, p. 748-756, 2023
- DOI for Associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and diabetes in two population-based cohort studies from Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and diabetes in two population-based cohort studies from Sweden
Associations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with lipid and lipoprotein profiles
Part of Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, p. 757-765, 2023
- DOI for Associations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with lipid and lipoprotein profiles
- Download full text (pdf) of Associations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with lipid and lipoprotein profiles
Part of International Journal of Environmental Health Research, p. 710-722, 2023
- DOI for Asthma and rhinitis in wet and dry season among students in upper Northern Thailand: the role of building dampness and household air pollution
- Download full text (pdf) of Asthma and rhinitis in wet and dry season among students in upper Northern Thailand: the role of building dampness and household air pollution
Part of Science of the Total Environment, 2023
- DOI for Average uranium bedrock concentration in Swedish municipalities predicts male lung cancer incidence rate when adjusted for smoking prevalence: Indication of a cumulative radon induced detriment
- Download full text (pdf) of Average uranium bedrock concentration in Swedish municipalities predicts male lung cancer incidence rate when adjusted for smoking prevalence: Indication of a cumulative radon induced detriment
Part of Atherosclerosis, p. 46-54, 2023
- DOI for Body weight at age 20 and in midlife is more important than weight gain for coronary atherosclerosis: Results from SCAPIS
- Download full text (pdf) of Body weight at age 20 and in midlife is more important than weight gain for coronary atherosclerosis: Results from SCAPIS
Part of Respiratory Research, 2023
- DOI for Can we predict who will benefit most from biologics in severe asthma?: A post-hoc analysis of two phase 3 trials
- Download full text (pdf) of Can we predict who will benefit most from biologics in severe asthma?: A post-hoc analysis of two phase 3 trials
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1343-1359, 2023
Part of Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Clustering Analysis Identified Three Long COVID Phenotypes and Their Association with General Health Status and Working Ability
- Download full text (pdf) of Clustering Analysis Identified Three Long COVID Phenotypes and Their Association with General Health Status and Working Ability
Part of Building and Environment, 2023
- DOI for Dampness and mould in Chinese homes and sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms - Associations with climate, family size, cleaning and ventilation
- Download full text (pdf) of Dampness and mould in Chinese homes and sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms - Associations with climate, family size, cleaning and ventilation
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2023
- DOI for Development and performance of a sleep estimation algorithm using a single accelerometer placed on the thigh: an evaluation against polysomnography
- Download full text (pdf) of Development and performance of a sleep estimation algorithm using a single accelerometer placed on the thigh: an evaluation against polysomnography
Part of European Heart Journal, 2023
- DOI for Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium
- Download full text (pdf) of Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium
Diagnostic spirometry in COPD is increasing, a comparison of two Swedish cohorts
Part of npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Diagnostic spirometry in COPD is increasing, a comparison of two Swedish cohorts
- Download full text (pdf) of Diagnostic spirometry in COPD is increasing, a comparison of two Swedish cohorts
Does multimorbidity result in de-prioritisation of COPD in primary care?
Part of npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Does multimorbidity result in de-prioritisation of COPD in primary care?
- Download full text (pdf) of Does multimorbidity result in de-prioritisation of COPD in primary care?
Part of Applied Ergonomics, 2023
- DOI for Does occupational health surveillance lead to risk reduction for workers exposed to hand-intensive work?
- Download full text (pdf) of Does occupational health surveillance lead to risk reduction for workers exposed to hand-intensive work?
Part of ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2023
- DOI for Dose-response analysis of protracted absorbed organ dose and site-specific cancer incidence in Sweden after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
- Download full text (pdf) of Dose-response analysis of protracted absorbed organ dose and site-specific cancer incidence in Sweden after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
Part of eClinicalMedicine, 2023
- DOI for Early life exposures contributing to accelerated lung function decline in adulthood: a follow-up study of 11,000 adults from the general population
- Download full text (pdf) of Early life exposures contributing to accelerated lung function decline in adulthood: a follow-up study of 11,000 adults from the general population
Part of Environmental Research, 2023
Part of Building and Environment, p. 109814-109814, 2023
- DOI for Effects of mold, water damage and window pane condensation on adult rhinitis and asthma partly mediated by different odors
- Download full text (pdf) of Effects of mold, water damage and window pane condensation on adult rhinitis and asthma partly mediated by different odors
Part of Building and Environment, 2023
2023
- DOI for Estimating the organ absorbed dose in Swedish inhabitants following the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident with the R package absorbedDose
- Download full text (pdf) of Estimating the organ absorbed dose in Swedish inhabitants following the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident with the R package absorbedDose
Part of Disability and Rehabilitation, p. 2118-2127, 2023
- DOI for Ethical aspects of the coordination of return-to-work among employees on sick leave due to common mental disorders: a qualitative study
- Download full text (pdf) of Ethical aspects of the coordination of return-to-work among employees on sick leave due to common mental disorders: a qualitative study
Part of Atmospheric Environment, 2023