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Overview

Peder Wolkoff is affiliated with the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with notable contributions to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Building and Construction; and Immunology and Allergy.

Their work addresses a range of topics including Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, Infection Control and Ventilation, Occupational Exposure and Asthma, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peder Wolkoff include Per Axel Clausen, Marie Frederiksen, Camilla Sandal Sejbæk, Karin Sørig ­Hougaard, and Karen Bo Frydendall.

Most publications have appeared in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, alongside contributions to Archives of Toxicology, Building and Environment, Journal of Applied Toxicology, and Frontiers in Public Health.

Recent papers authored by Peder Wolkoff include:

  • Health, work performance, and risk of infection in office-like environments: The role of indoor temperature, air humidity, and ventilation (2021, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)
  • Indoor air chemistry: Terpene reaction products and airway effects (2020, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)
  • Dry eye symptoms in offices and deteriorated work performance - A perspective (2020, Building and Environment)

Additional notable papers in the dataset, though not authored by Wolkoff but related to the same research environment, provide context on related topics such as chemicals inhaled from spray cleaning and disinfection products and their respiratory effects, and asthma-inducing potential of substances in spray cleaning products.

Best Publications

  • Indoor air humidity, air quality, and health - An overview.

    Peder Wolkoff

  • Organic compounds in indoor air—their relevance for perceived indoor air quality?

    Peder Wolkoff;Gunnar D Nielsen

  • Organic compounds in office environments - sensory irritation, odor, measurements and the role of reactive chemistry.

    P. Wolkoff;C. K. Wilkins;P. A. Clausen;G. D. Nielsen

  • Indoor air pollutants in office environments: Assessment of comfort, health, and performance

    Peder Wolkoff

  • Risk in cleaning: chemical and physical exposure

    Peder Wolkoff;Thomas Schneider;Jan Kildesø;Ritva Degerth

  • The dichotomy of relative humidity on indoor air quality.

    Peder Wolkoff;Søren K. Kjærgaard

  • Formation of Strong Airway Irritants in Terpene/Ozone Mixtures

    P. Wolkoff;P. A. Clausen;C. K. Wilkins;G. D. Nielsen

  • Eye complaints in the office environment: precorneal tear film integrity influenced by eye blinking efficiency

    P Wolkoff;J K Nøjgaard;P Troiano;B Piccoli

  • Impact of air velocity, temperature, humidity, and air on long-term voc emissions from building products

    Peder Wolkoff

  • Re-evaluation of the WHO (2010) formaldehyde indoor air quality guideline for cancer risk assessment.

    Gunnar Damgård Nielsen;Søren Thor Larsen;Peder Wolkoff

  • Emission of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate from PVC flooring into air and uptake in dust: emission and sorption experiments in FLEC and CLIMPAQ.

    Per Axel Clausen;Vivi Hansen;Lars Gunnarsen;and Alireza Afshari

  • Volatile Organic Compounds Sources, Measurements, Emissions, and the Impact on Indoor Air Quality

    Peder Wolkoff

  • Cancer effects of formaldehyde: a proposal for an indoor air guideline value

    Gunnar Damgård Nielsen;Peder Wolkoff

  • Health, work performance, and risk of infection in office-like environments: The role of indoor temperature, air humidity, and ventilation.

    Peder Wolkoff;Kenichi Azuma;Paolo Carrer

  • A NEW METHOD OF PREPARING HYDRAZONYL HALIDES

    Peder Wolkoff

  • Are We Measuring the Relevant Indoor Pollutants

    P. Wolkoff;P. A. Clausen;B. Jensen;G. D. Nielsen

  • Influence of Temperature on the Emission of Di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) from PVC Flooring in the Emission Cell FLEC

    Per Axel Clausen;Zhe Liu;Vivi Kofoed-Sørensen;John Little

  • Assessment of indoor air quality in office buildings across Europe - The Officair study

    Corinne Mandin;Marilena Trantallidi;Andrea Cattaneo;Nuno Canha

  • Do indoor chemicals promote development of airway allergy

    G. D. Nielsen;S. T. Larsen;O. Olsen;M. Løvik

  • Non-cancer effects of formaldehyde and relevance for setting an indoor air guideline

    Peder Wolkoff;Gunnar D. Nielsen

  • Dust and the Sick Building Syndrome

    Finn Gyntelberg;Poul Suadicani;Jan Wohlfahrt Nielsen;Peder Skov

  • How to measure and evaluate volatile organic compound emissions from building products. A perspective.

    Peder Wolkoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Axel Clausen
Per Axel Clausen National Research Centre for the Working Environment
John L. Holmes
John L. Holmes University of Ottawa
Otto Hänninen
Otto Hänninen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Nicola Carslaw
Nicola Carslaw University of York
John C. Little
John C. Little Virginia Tech
John G. Bartzis
John G. Bartzis University of Western Macedonia
Ole Hertel
Ole Hertel Aarhus University
Angel Lopez-Soler
Angel Lopez-Soler Spanish National Research Council
Risto Hillamo
Risto Hillamo Finnish Meteorological Institute
William S. Cain
William S. Cain University of California, San Diego

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