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Per Axel Clausen is affiliated with the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Denmark. Their research focuses on the intersection of medicine and environmental science, particularly exploring public health, environmental and occupational health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including occupational exposure and asthma, air quality and health impacts, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, contact dermatitis and allergies, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, vehicle emissions and performance, and occupational health and performance.

They have contributed to scientific literature in several prominent venues such as the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, NanoImpact, Particle and Fibre Toxicology, Nanotoxicology, and Nanomaterials.

Frequent collaborators include Ulla Vogel, Marie Frederiksen, Vivi Schlünssen, Anne Thoustrup Saber, and Karin Sørig Hougaard.

Some of the recent papers by Per Axel Clausen include:

  • Chemicals inhaled from spray cleaning and disinfection products and their respiratory effects. A comprehensive review, 2020, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Other publications in the dataset credit different authors but are relevant within the same research ecosystems:

  • Particle characterization and toxicity in C57BL/6 mice following instillation of five different diesel exhaust particles designed to differ in physicochemical properties, 2020, Particle and Fibre Toxicology
  • Organomodified nanoclays induce less inflammation, acute phase response, and genotoxicity than pristine nanoclays in mice lungs, 2020, Nanotoxicology
  • Single-Walled vs. Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Influence of Physico-Chemical Properties on Toxicogenomics Responses in Mouse Lungs, 2023, Nanomaterials
  • Asthma-inducing potential of 28 substances in spray cleaning products-Assessed by quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) testing and literature review, 2021, Journal of Applied Toxicology

Their research spans major fields of study such as Medicine and Environmental Science, with subfields focusing on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Dermatology.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Formation of Strong Airway Irritants in Terpene/Ozone Mixtures

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

  • 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

  • Emission of phthalates from PVC and other materials

    Alireza Afshari;Lars Gunnarsen;P.A. Clausen;V. Hansen

  • Predicting Residential Exposure to Phthalate Plasticizer Emitted from Vinyl Flooring: A Mechanistic Analysis

    Ying Xu;Elaine A Cohen Hubal;Per A Clausen;John C Little

  • 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

  • Multi-walled carbon nanotube physicochemical properties predict pulmonary inflammation and genotoxicity

    Sarah S. Poulsen;Petra Jackson;Kirsten Kling;Kristina B. Knudsen

  • Measuring and predicting the emission rate of phthalate plasticizer from vinyl flooring in a specially-designed chamber.

    Ying Xu;Zhe Liu;Jinsoo Park;Per A. Clausen

  • Chemical and biological evaluation of a reaction mixture of R-(+)-limonene/ozone: formation of strong airway irritants.

    Per Axel Clausen;Cornelius Ken Wilkins;Peder Wolkoff;Gunnar Damgård Nielsen

  • Genotoxicity of polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated silver nanoparticles in BEAS 2B cells

    Penny Nymark;Julia Catalán;Julia Catalán;Satu Suhonen;Hilkka Järventaus

  • Airway inflammation and adjuvant effect after repeated airborne exposures to di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and ovalbumin in BALB/c mice.

    Søren Thor Larsen;Jitka Stilund Hansen;Erik Wind Hansen;Per Axel Clausen

  • Upper airway and pulmonary effects of oxidation products of (+)-alpha-pinene, d-limonene, and isoprene in BALB/c mice.

    Annette C. Rohr;Cornelius K. Wilkins;Per A. Clausen;Maria Hammer

  • Characterization of genotoxic response to 15 multiwalled carbon nanotubes with variable physicochemical properties including surface functionalizations in the FE1-Muta(TM) mouse lung epithelial cell line.

    Petra Jackson;Kirsten Kling;Keld Alstrup Jensen;Per Axel Clausen

  • Degradation products of Tenax TA formed during sampling and thermal desorption analysis: Indicators of reactive species indoors

    Per Axel Clausen;Peder Wolkoff

  • Simultaneous extraction of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and nonionic surfactants from house dust. Concentrations in floor dust from 15 Danish schools.

    Per Axel Clausen;Rikke L Lindeberg Bille;Rikke L Lindeberg Bille;Tobias Nilsson;Vivi Hansen

  • Formation of strong airway irritants in a model mixture of (+)-α-pinene/ozone

    Peder Wolkoff;Per A. Clausen;Cornelius K. Wilkins;Karin S. Hougaard

  • 'EUROPART'. Airborne particles in the indoor environment. A European interdisciplinary review of scientific evidence on associations between exposure to particles in buildings and health effects.

    T Schneider;J Sundell;W Bischof;Mats Bohgard

  • Formation of strong airway irritants in mixtures of isoprene/ozone and isoprene/ozone/nitrogen dioxide.

    Cornelius K. Wilkins;Per A. Clausen;Peder Wolkoff;S. Thor Larsen

  • Chemicals inhaled from spray cleaning and disinfection products and their respiratory effects. A comprehensive review.

    Per A. Clausen;Marie Frederiksen;Camilla S. Sejbæk;Jorid B. Sørli

  • The Danish Twin Apartment Study; Part I: Formaldehyde and Long‐Term VOC Measurements

    P. Wolkoff;P.A. Clausen;P.A. Nielsen;L. Mølhave

  • Determination of ozone removal rates by selected building products using the FLEC emission cell.

    Jacob G. Klenø;Per A. Clausen;Charles J. Weschler;Peder Wolkoff

  • No cytotoxicity or genotoxicity of graphene and graphene oxide in murine lung epithelial FE1 cells in vitro.

    Stefan Bengtson;Kirsten Kling;Anne Mette Madsen;Asger W. Noergaard

  • Human reference values for acute airway effects of five common ozone-initiated terpene reaction products in indoor air.

    Peder Wolkoff;Søren T. Larsen;Maria Hammer;Vivi Kofoed-Sørensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peder Wolkoff
Peder Wolkoff National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Ulla Vogel
Ulla Vogel Technical University of Denmark
John C. Little
John C. Little Virginia Tech
Peter Møller
Peter Møller University of Copenhagen
Håkan Wallin
Håkan Wallin National Institute of Occupational Health
Steffen Loft
Steffen Loft University of Copenhagen
Jan Sundell
Jan Sundell Tianjin University
Åse Marie Hansen
Åse Marie Hansen University of Copenhagen
Joakim Pagels
Joakim Pagels Lund University
Angel Lopez-Soler
Angel Lopez-Soler Spanish National Research Council

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