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55
Citations
11812
World Ranking
2023
National Ranking
21

Overview

Olle Lundberg is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed significantly to the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions. Their research spans multiple subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Demography.

Their scholarly work addresses various core topics, notably:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Lundberg has published articles in a range of scientific journals, contributing to these venues multiple times:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Nature Energy
  • BMJ Open
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Population Health Metrics

Significant papers by Lundberg include:

  • Next steps in the development of the social determinants of health approach: the need for a new narrative, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Is lack of causal evidence linking socioeconomic position with health an 'inconvenient truth'?, 2020, European Journal of Public Health

Other notable publications tied to Lundberg's collaborative network include:

  • High-concentration silver alloying and steep back-contact gallium grading enabling copper indium gallium selenide solar cell with 23.6% efficiency, 2024, Nature Energy
  • Changes in life expectancy and lifespan variability by income quartiles in four Nordic countries: a study based on nationwide register data, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Smoking and inequalities in mortality in 11 European countries: a birth cohort analysis, 2021, Population Health Metrics

The scientist has worked frequently with coauthors such as Olof Östergren, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Pekka Martikainen, Johan Rehnberg, and Jan Keller, representing collaborative efforts across their research topics.

Best Publications

  • Educational differences in smoking: international comparison.

    A. E. J. M. Cavelaars;A. E. Kunst;J. J. M. Geurts;R. Crialesi

  • Assessing reliability of a measure of self-rated health

    Olle Lundberg;Kristiina Manderbacka

  • The impact of childhood living conditions on illness and mortality in adulthood.

    Olle Lundberg

  • Do risk factors and health behaviours contribute to self-ratings of health?

    Kristiina Manderbacka;Olle Lundberg;Pekka Martikainen

  • Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades: register based study of European countries.

    Johan P Mackenbach;Ivana Kulhánová;Barbara Artnik;Matthias Bopp

  • The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health : An international comparative study

    Olle Lundberg;Monica Åberg Yngwe;Maria Kölegård Stjärne;Jon Ivar Elstad

  • Differences in self reported morbidity by educational level: a comparison of 11 western European countries.

    A. E. Cavelaars;A. E. Kunst;J. J. Geurts;R. Crialesi

  • Trends in inequalities in premature mortality: a study of 3.2 million deaths in 13 European countries

    Johan P Mackenbach;Ivana Kulhánová;Gwenn Menvielle;Matthias Bopp

  • Childhood conditions, sense of coherence, social class and adult ill health: exploring their theoretical and empirical relations.

    Olle Lundberg

  • Persistent variations in average height between countries and between socio-economic groups: an overview of 10 European countries.

    A E J M Cavelaars;A E Kunst;J J M Geurts;R Crialesi

  • Health inequalities in Britain and Sweden.

    Denny Vagerö;Denny Vagerö;Olle Lundberg;Olle Lundberg

  • Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations: a test of the "fundamental causes" theory of social inequalities in health.

    Johan P. Mackenbach;Ivana Kulhánová;Matthias Bopp;Patrick Deboosere

  • Causal explanations for class inequality in health--an empirical analysis.

    Olle Lundberg

  • Understanding the role of welfare state characteristics for health and inequalities – an analytical review

    Kersti Bergqvist;Monica Åberg Yngwe;Olle Lundberg;Olle Lundberg

  • A simplified way of measuring sense of coherence. Experiences from a population survey in Sweden

    O. Lundberg;M. Nyström Peck

  • Short stature as an effect of economic and social conditions in childhood.

    Maria Nyström Peck;Olle Lundberg

  • Exploring relative deprivation: is social comparison a mechanism in the relation between income and health?

    Monica Åberg Yngwe;Johan Fritzell;Olle Lundberg;Finn Diderichsen;Finn Diderichsen

  • Childhood Living Conditions, Socioeconomic Position in Adulthood, and Cognition in Later Life: Exploring the Associations

    Stefan Fors;Carin Lennartsson;Olle Lundberg;Olle Lundberg

  • Sense of coherence, social structure and health : evidence from a population survey in Sweden

    O. Lundberg;M. Nyström Peck

  • The impact of income: assessing the relationship between income and health in Sweden:

    Johan Fritzell;Magnus Nermo;Olle Lundberg

  • Educational differences in disability-free life expectancy: a comparative study of long-standing activity limitation in eight European countries.

    Netta Mäki;Pekka Martikainen;Terje Eikemo;Gwenn Menvielle

  • Differences in self reported morbidity by educational level: A comparison of 11 Western

    Adrienne E J M Cavelaars;Jose J M Geurts;Roberta Crialesi;Liv Grotvedt

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Johan Fritzell
Johan Fritzell Karolinska Institute
Mall Leinsalu
Mall Leinsalu National Institutes of Health
Eero Lahelma
Eero Lahelma University of Helsinki
Matthias Bopp
Matthias Bopp University of Zurich
Enrique Regidor
Enrique Regidor Complutense University of Madrid
Anton E. Kunst
Anton E. Kunst University of Amsterdam
Terje Andreas Eikemo
Terje Andreas Eikemo Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Joakim Palme
Joakim Palme Uppsala University
Giuseppe Costa
Giuseppe Costa University of Turin

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