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Göran Pershagen

Göran Pershagen

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
130
Citations
55675
World Ranking
2508
National Ranking
49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Göran Pershagen is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with notable focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Physiology, Pollution, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's body of work covers several key topics in environmental and health research, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control

Pershagen has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following journals and publication venues:

  • Environment International
  • Environmental Research
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis, 2021, BMJ
  • Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the ELAPSE project, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Biological age is increased by stress and restored upon recovery, 2023, Cell Metabolism
  • Long-term low-level ambient air pollution exposure and risk of lung cancer - A pooled analysis of 7 European cohorts, 2020, Environment International

Collaboration is an important aspect of Pershagen's research practice. The scientist has frequently co-authored work with:

  • Petter Ljungman
  • Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
  • Debora Rizzuto
  • Karin Leander
  • Erik Melén

Best Publications

  • Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.

    S. Darby;D. Hill;A. Auvinen;J. M. Barros-Dios

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts : Prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Rob Beelen;Evangelia Samoli

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Differential DNA Methylation in Purified Human Blood Cells: Implications for Cell Lineage and Studies on Disease Susceptibility

    Lovisa E. Reinius;Nathalie Acevedo;Maaike Joerink;Göran Pershagen

  • Dampness in buildings and health. Nordic interdisciplinary review of the scientific evidence on associations between exposure to "dampness" in buildings and health effects (NORDDAMP).

    Carl-Gustaf Bornehag;G. Blomquist;F. Gyntelberg;B. Järvholm

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Hypertension and exposure to noise near airports: the HYENA study.

    Lars Jarup;Wolfgang Babisch;Danny Houthuijs;Göran Pershagen

  • Atopy in children of families with an anthroposophic lifestyle

    Johan S Alm;Johan S Alm;Jackie Swartz;Gunnar Lilja;Annika Scheynius

  • Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project

    Giulia Cesaroni;Francesco Forastiere;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana J Andersen

  • Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE)

    Marie Pedersen;Lise Giorgis-Allemand;Claire Bernard;Inmaculada Aguilera

  • Prenatal farm exposure is related to the expression of receptors of the innate immunity and to atopic sensitization in school-age children.

    Markus Johannes Ege;Christian Bieli;Remo Frei;Robert Theodoor van Strien

  • Urban Air Pollution and Lung Cancer in Stockholm

    Fredrik Nyberg;Per Gustavsson;Lars Järup;Tom Bellander

  • WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects: A Summary.

    Elise van Kempen;Maribel Casas;Göran Pershagen;Maria Foraster

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: the ESCAPE project.

    Ulrike Gehring;Olena Gruzieva;Raymond M Agius;Rob Beelen

  • MMP12, lung function, and COPD in high-risk populations.

    Gary M. Hunninghake;Michael H. Cho;Yohannes Tesfaigzi;Manuel E. Soto-Quiros

  • Effects of the Asian dust events on daily mortality in Seoul, Korea.

    Ho-Jang Kwon;Ho-Jang Kwon;Soo-Hun Cho;Youngsin Chun;Frederic Lagarde

  • Residential radon exposure and lung cancer in Sweden.

    G Pershagen;G Akerblom;O Axelson;B Clavensjö

  • Allergic diseases and atopic sensitization in children related to farming and anthroposophic lifestyle : the PARSIFAL study

    T. Alfvén;C. Braun-Fahrländer;B. Brunekreef;E. von Mutius

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Magnus Wickman
Magnus Wickman Karolinska Institute
Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Inger Kull
Inger Kull Karolinska Institute
Tom Bellander
Tom Bellander Karolinska Institute
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Catarina Almqvist
Catarina Almqvist Karolinska Institute
Rob Beelen
Rob Beelen Utrecht University
Kees de Hoogh
Kees de Hoogh Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Annika Scheynius
Annika Scheynius Karolinska Institute

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