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Niels E. Skakkebæk

Niels E. Skakkebæk

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161
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93402
World Ranking
753
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Overview

Niels E. Skakkebæk is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has made significant contributions in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on reproductive medicine and related disciplines. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics including sperm and testicular function, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, testicular diseases and treatments, sexual differentiation and disorders, birth, development, and health, reproductive biology and fertility, as well as the impact of toxic organic pollutants.

The scientist's scholarly output includes numerous publications in well-regarded journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Human Reproduction
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Endocrine Connections
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Among recent published papers by Niels E. Skakkebæk are:

  • "Environmental factors in declining human fertility," 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "Paracetamol use during pregnancy - a call for precautionary action," 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology (co-authored by Ann Z. Bauer)
  • "Global patterns in testicular cancer incidence and mortality in 2020," 2022, International Journal of Cancer (co-authored by Ariana Znaor)
  • "Variant PNLDC1, Defective piRNA Processing, and Azoospermia," 2021, New England Journal of Medicine (co-authored by Liina Nagirnaja)
  • "Preconception Antidiabetic Drugs in Men and Birth Defects in Offspring," 2022, Annals of Internal Medicine (co-authored by Maarten Jan Wensink)

Niels E. Skakkebæk collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Anders Juul
  • Anna-Maria Andersson
  • Lærke Priskorn
  • Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen
  • Niels Jørgensen

Their work is situated mainly within the broad field of medicine, with a strong interdisciplinary approach toward public health, environmental factors, molecular biology, and pediatrics. Subfields of study that characterize their research include reproductive medicine, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, health toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for Decreasing Quality of Semen During Past 50 Years

    Elisabeth Carlsen;Aleksander Giwercman;Niels Keiding;Niels E. Skakkebaek

  • Testicular dysgenesis syndrome: an increasingly common developmental disorder with environmental aspects

    N‐E. Skakkebaek;E. Rajpert De Meyts;K.M. Main

  • Are oestrogens involved in falling sperm counts and disorders of the male reproductive tract

    R Sharpe;Niels E Skakkebaek

  • The timing of normal puberty and the age limits of sexual precocity: variations around the world, secular trends, and changes after migration

    Anne-Simone Parent;Grete Teilmann;Anders Juul;Niels E Skakkebaek

  • Male reproductive health and environmental xenoestrogens

    J Toppari;JC Larsen;P Christiansen;A Giwercman

  • Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Public Health Protection: A Statement of Principles from The Endocrine Society

    R. Thomas Zoeller;T. R. Brown;L. L. Doan;A. C. Gore

  • BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF GROWTH HORMONE TREATMENT IN GH-DEFICIENT ADULTS

    J O Jørgensen;S A Pedersen;L Thuesen;J Jørgensen

  • Carcinoma-in-situ of the testis: possible origin from gonocytes and precursor of all types of germ cell tumours except spermatocytoma.

    N. E. Skakkebæk;J. G. Berthelsen;A. Giwercman;J. Müller

  • Plasma Leptin Levels in Healthy Children and Adolescents: Dependence on Body Mass Index, Body Fat Mass, Gender, Pubertal Stage, and Testosterone

    Werner F. Blum;Piera Englaro;Sigrid Hanitsch;Anders Juul

  • 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

  • Relation between semen quality and fertility: a population-based study of 430 first-pregnancy planners

    Jens Peter E Bonde;Erik Ernst;Tina Kold Jensen;Niels Henrik I Hjollund

  • Male Reproductive Disorders and Fertility Trends: Influences of Environment and Genetic Susceptibility

    Niels E Skakkebaek;Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts;Germaine M Buck Louis;Jorma Toppari

  • State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012. Summary for Decision-Makers

    Georg Becher;Åke Bergman;Poul Bjerregaard;Riana Bornman

  • Serum insulin-like growth factor I in 1030 healthy children, adolescents and adults ; relation to age, sex, stage of puberty, testicular size and body mass index

    A Juul;P Bang;N T Hertel;K Main

  • 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

  • POSSIBLE CARCINOMA-IN-SITU OF THE TESTIS

    NielsE. Skakkebæk

  • European Consensus Conference on Diagnosis and Treatment of Germ Cell Cancer: A Report of the Second Meeting of the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus group (EGCCCG): Part I

    Susanne Krege;Jörg Beyer;Rainer Souchon;Peter Albers

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

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

  • Environmental chemicals and thyroid function

    Malene Boas;Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen;Niels E Skakkebæk;Katharina M Main

  • Metabolism of phthalates in humans.

    Hanne Frederiksen;Niels E. Skakkebaek;Anna-Maria Andersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Juul
Anders Juul 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
Niels Jørgensen
Niels Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Jorma Toppari
Jorma Toppari University of Turku
Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts
Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts University of Copenhagen
Jørgen Holm Petersen
Jørgen Holm Petersen University of Copenhagen
Henrik Leffers
Henrik Leffers Copenhagen University Hospital
Aleksander Giwercman
Aleksander Giwercman Lund University

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