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Jørgen Holm Petersen

Jørgen Holm Petersen

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Overview

Jørgen Holm Petersen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several related subfields including Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics, notably:

  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Hormonal and Reproductive Studies
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  • Hypothalamic Control of Reproductive Hormones

Jørgen Holm Petersen has published research in various venues, often appearing in:

  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Human Reproduction
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Petersen include:

  • "Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls," 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Risk of Testicular Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "Associations of Fish Oil Supplement Use With Testicular Function in Young Men," 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • "A Biphasic Pattern of Reproductive Hormones in Healthy Female Infants: The COPENHAGEN Minipuberty Study," 2022, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "Evaluation of Serum Insulin-like Factor 3 Quantification by LC-MS/MS as a Biomarker of Leydig Cell Function," 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Anders Juul
  • Marie Nørredam
  • Niels Jørgensen
  • Trine Holm Johannsen
  • Katharina M. Main

Best Publications

  • Double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial of the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist, tocilizumab, in European patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had an incomplete response to methotrexate.

    R N Maini;P C Taylor;J Szechinski;K Pavelka

  • Body mass index in relation to semen quality and reproductive hormones among 1,558 Danish men.

    Tina Kold Jensen;Anne-Maria Andersson;Niels Jørgensen;Anne-Grethe Andersen

  • Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age

    Katharina M. Main;Gerda K. Mortensen;Marko M. Kaleva;Kirsten A. Boisen

  • Recent Decline in Age at Breast Development: The Copenhagen Puberty Study

    Lise Aksglaede;Kaspar Sørensen;Jørgen H Petersen;Niels E Skakkebaek

  • Regional differences in semen quality in Europe.

    Niels Jørgensen;Anne-Grethe Andersen;Florence Eustache;D. Stewart Irvine

  • Interpreting Parameters in the Logistic Regression Model with Random Effects

    Klaus Larsen;Jørgen Holm Petersen;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Lars Endahl

  • Longitudinal Reproductive Hormone Profiles in Infants: Peak of Inhibin B Levels in Infant Boys Exceeds Levels in Adult Men

    Anna-Maria Andersson;Jorma Toppari;Anne-Maarit Haavisto;Jørgen H. Petersen

  • Serum levels of anti-Müllerian hormone as a marker of ovarian function in 926 healthy females from birth to adulthood and in 172 Turner syndrome patients.

    Casper P. Hagen;Lise Aksglaede;Kaspar Sørensen;Katharina M. Main

  • Recent Changes in Pubertal Timing in Healthy Danish Boys: Associations with Body Mass Index

    Kaspar Sørensen;Lise Aksglaede;Jørgen Holm Petersen;Anders Juul

  • East–West gradient in semen quality in the Nordic–Baltic area: a study of men from the general population in Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Finland

    Niels Jørgensen;Elisabeth Carlsen;Ingrid Nermoen;Margus Punab

  • Persistent pesticides in human breast milk and cryptorchidism.

    Ida N. Damgaard;Niels E. Skakkebæk;Jorma Toppari;Helena E. Virtanen

  • Serum inhibin B in healthy pubertal and adolescent boys: relation to age, stage of puberty, and follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, testosterone, and estradiol levels.

    Anna-Maria Andersson;Anders Juul;Jørgen H. Petersen;Jørn Müller

  • Intrauterine exposure to mild analgesics is a risk factor for development of male reproductive disorders in human and rat

    David Møbjerg Boslev Kristensen;Ulla Hass;Laurianne Lesné;Grete Lottrup

  • Human semen quality in the new millennium: a prospective cross-sectional population-based study of 4867 men

    Niels Jørgensen;Ulla Nordström Joensen;Tina Kold Jensen;Martin Blomberg Jensen

  • Vitamin D is positively associated with sperm motility and increases intracellular calcium in human spermatozoa

    Martin Blomberg Jensen;Poul J. Bjerrum;Torben E. Jessen;John E. Nielsen

  • Systemic Absorption of the Sunscreens Benzophenone-3, Octyl-Methoxycinnamate, and 3-(4-Methyl-Benzylidene) Camphor After Whole-Body Topical Application and Reproductive Hormone Levels in Humans

    Nadeem Rezaq Janjua;Brian Mogensen;Anna-Maria Andersson;Jørgen Holm Petersen

  • Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Camilla Eckert-Lind;Alexander S. Busch;Jørgen H. Petersen;Frank M. Biro;Frank M. Biro

  • Changes in Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) throughout the Life Span: A Population-Based Study of 1027 Healthy Males from Birth (Cord Blood) to the Age of 69 Years

    Lise Aksglæde;K Sørensen;M. Boas;Annette Korsholm Mouritsen

  • Mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms and susceptibility to infection in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Peter Garred;Hans O. Madsen;Poul Halberg;Jørgen Petersen

  • History of febrile illness and variation in semen quality

    Elisabeth Carlsen;Anna‐Maria Andersson;Jørgen Holm Petersen;Niels E. Skakkebæk

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Juul
Anders Juul University of Copenhagen
Niels E. Skakkebæk
Niels E. Skakkebæk University of Copenhagen
Niels Jørgensen
Niels Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Anna-Maria Andersson
Anna-Maria Andersson University of Copenhagen
Tina Kold Jensen
Tina Kold Jensen University of Southern Denmark
Katharina M. Main
Katharina M. Main University of Copenhagen
Marie Norredam
Marie Norredam University of Copenhagen
Allan Krasnik
Allan Krasnik University of Copenhagen
Jorma Toppari
Jorma Toppari University of Turku
Klaus Bendtzen
Klaus Bendtzen Rigshospitalet

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