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Pál Weihe is affiliated with the University of the Faroe Islands in the Faroe Islands. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with a focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Chemistry, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Genetics.

The scientist's work addresses key topics including Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Thyroid Disorders and Treatments, and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Frequent publication venues for Pál Weihe include the ISEE Conference Abstracts, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Environmental Research, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.

They have collaborated extensively with coauthors such as Maria Skaalum Petersen, Philippe Grandjean, Marin Strøm, Anna Sofía Veyhe, and Bjarni á Steig.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Human Health and Ocean Pollution, 2020, Annals of Global Health
  • Long COVID in the Faroe Islands: A Longitudinal Study Among Nonhospitalized Patients, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury, 2023, AMBIO
  • The impact of mercury contamination on human health in the Arctic: A state of the science review, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Human milk extracellular vesicle miRNA expression and associations with maternal characteristics in a population-based cohort from the Faroe Islands, 2021, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Cognitive Deficit in 7-year-old Children With Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury

    Philippe Grandjean;Pal Weihe;Roberta F White;Roberta F White;Roberta F White;Frodi Debes

  • Cognitive Performance of Children Prenatally Exposed to “Safe” Levels of Methylmercury

    Philippe Grandjean;Pal Weihe;Roberta F. White;Roberta F. White;Frodi Debes

  • Serum Vaccine Antibody Concentrations in Children Exposed to Perfluorinated Compounds

    Philippe Grandjean;Elisabeth Wreford Andersen;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Flemming Nielsen

  • Human Health and Ocean Pollution.

    Philip J Landrigan;John J Stegeman;Lora E Fleming;Denis Allemand

  • Impact of prenatal methylmercury exposure on neurobehavioral function at age 14 years.

    Frodi Debes;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Pal Weihe;Roberta F. White

  • Partition of Environmental Chemicals between Maternal and Fetal Blood and Tissues

    Larry L. Needham;Philippe Grandjean;Birger Heinzow;Poul J. Jørgensen

  • Maternal seafood diet, methylmercury exposure, and neonatal neurologic function

    Ulrike Steuerwald;Pal Weihe;Poul J. Jørgensen;Kristian Bjerve

  • Impact of Maternal Seafood Diet on Fetal Exposure to Mercury, Selenium, and Lead

    P Grandjean;P Weihe;P J Jørgensen;T Clarkson

  • Neurobehavioral deficits associated with PCB in 7-year-old children prenatally exposed to seafood neurotoxicants.

    Philippe Grandjean;Pal Weihe;Virlyn W. Burse;Larry L. Needham

  • Methylmercury Exposure Biomarkers as Indicators of Neurotoxicity in Children Aged 7 Years

    Philippe Grandjean;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Roberta F. White;Poul J. Jørgensen

  • Prenatal methylmercury exposure as a cardiovascular risk factor at seven years of age.

    Nicolina Sørensen;Katsuyuki Murata;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Pal Weihe

  • Birth weight and prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE): a meta-analysis within 12 European Birth Cohorts

    Eva Govarts;Mark Nieuwenhuijsen;Greet Schoeters;Greet Schoeters;Ferran Ballester

  • Long COVID in the Faroe Islands - a longitudinal study among non-hospitalized patients.

    Maria Skaalum Petersen;Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen;Katrin Dahl Hanusson;Marjun Eivindardóttir Danielsen

  • Delayed brainstem auditory evoked potential latencies in 14-year-old children exposed to methylmercury.

    Katsuyuki Murata;Pál Weihe;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Poul J Jørgensen

  • Balancing the benefits of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risks of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption

    Kathryn R Mahaffey;Elsie M Sunderland;Hing Man Chan;Anna L Choi

  • Cardiac autonomic activity in methylmercury neurotoxicity: 14-year follow-up of a Faroese birth cohort

    Philippe Grandjean;Katsuyuki Murata;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Pál Weihe

  • Separation of Risks and Benefits of Seafood Intake

    Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Philippe Grandjean;Pal Weihe

  • Methylmercury Exposure and Adverse Cardiovascular Effects in Faroese Whaling Men

    Anna Lai Choi;Pal Weihe;Esben Budtz-Jørgensen;Poul J. Jørgensen

  • Confounder Selection in Environmental Epidemiology: Assessment of Health Effects of Prenatal Mercury Exposure

    Esben Budtz–Jørgensen;Niels Keiding;Philippe Grandjean;Pal Weihe

  • The faroes statement: human health effects of developmental exposure to chemicals in our environment.

    Philippe Grandjean;Philippe Grandjean;David Bellinger;Åke Bergman;Sylvaine Cordier

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Grandjean University of Southern Denmark
Peter Krustrup
Peter Krustrup University of Southern Denmark
Tina Kold Jensen
Tina Kold Jensen University of Southern Denmark
Niels Keiding
Niels Keiding University of Copenhagen
Åke Bergman
Åke Bergman Stockholm University
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Kim Brøsen
Kim Brøsen University of Southern Denmark
Niels Jørgensen
Niels Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Elsebeth Lynge
Elsebeth Lynge University of Copenhagen
Elsie M. Sunderland
Elsie M. Sunderland Harvard University

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