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Helen Håkansson

Helen Håkansson

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
11460
World Ranking
7270
National Ranking
137

Best Publications

  • The 2005 World Health Organization reevaluation of human and Mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds.

    Martin Van den Berg;Linda S. Birnbaum;Michael Denison;Mike De Vito

  • 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin kills immature thymocytes by Ca2+-mediated endonuclease activation.

    David J. McConkey;Pia Hartzell;Steven K. Duddy;Helen Håkansson

  • Effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on thyroid hormone and vitamin A levels in rats and mice.

    Unknown

  • Phthalate diesters and their metabolites in human breast milk, blood or serum, and urine as biomarkers of exposure in vulnerable populations.

    Johan Högberg;Annika Hanberg;Marika Berglund;Staffan Skerfving

  • Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin???like PCBs in feed and food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård

  • A 28-day oral dose toxicity study enhanced to detect endocrine effects of hexabromocyclododecane in wistar rats

    Leo T. M. van der Ven;Aart Verhoef;Ton van de Kuil;Wout Slob

  • 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) alters the mRNA expression of critical genes associated with cholesterol metabolism, bile acid biosynthesis, and bile transport in rat liver: a microarray study.

    Unknown

  • Identification of the Tryptophan Photoproduct 6-Formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole, in Cell Culture Medium, as a Factor That Controls the Background Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activity

    Mattias Öberg;Linda Bergander;Helen Håkansson;Ulf Rannug

  • Endocrine effects of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) in Wistar rats as tested in a one-generation reproduction study and a subacute toxicity study

    Leo T.M. Van der Ven;Ton Van de Kuil;Aart Verhoef;Cynthia M. Verwer

  • Risk to all or none? A comparative analysis of controversies in the health risk assessment of Bisphenol A.

    Unknown

  • Cumulative health risk assessment of 17 perfluoroalkylated and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFASs) in the Swedish population

    Unknown

  • Endocrine effects of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in a one-generation reproduction study in Wistar rats

    Leo T.M. van der Ven;Ton van de Kuil;Pim E.G. Leonards;Wout Slob

  • Effect of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the Expression of Cytochrome P450 1A1, the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator in Rat Brain and Pituitary

    Ping Huang;Agneta Rannug;Eva Ahlbom;Helen Håkansson

  • Scientific principles for the identification of endocrine-disrupting chemicals: a consensus statement

    Roland Solecki;Andreas Kortenkamp;Åke Bergman;Ibrahim Chahoud

  • Change of bone tissue composition and impaired bone strength in rats exposed to 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126).

    Unknown

  • A 28-day oral dose toxicity study enhanced to detect endocrine effects of a purified technical pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE) mixture in Wistar rats.

    Leo T.M. van der Ven;Ton van de Kuil;Aart Verhoef;Pim E.G. Leonards

  • Subclinical hypervitaminosis A causes fragile bones in rats

    Unknown

  • The Effect of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) on the Uptake, Distribution and Excretion of a Single Oral Dose of [11,12-3H]Retinyl Acetate and on the Vitamin A Status in the Rat

    Unknown

  • Estrogen-like effects of cadmium in vivo do not appear to be mediated via the classical estrogen receptor transcriptional pathway.

    Unknown

  • Effects of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) in the Lactating Rat on Maternal and Neonatal Vitamin A Status

    Unknown

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