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Kristina Jakobsson
Senior Researcher
School of Public Health and Community Medicine-
The work-recovery cycle of kidney strain and inflammation in sugarcane workers following repeat heat exposure at work and at
home
Rebekah A. I. Lucas, Erik Hansson, Bethany D. Skinner, Esteban Arias-Monge, Catharina Wesseling, Ulf Ekstrom, Ilana Weiss, Zoey E. Castellon, Scarlette Poveda, Fatima I. Cerda-Granados, William Jose Martinez-Cuadra, Jason Glaser, David H. Wegman, Kristina Jakobsson
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY - 2024 -
Information access and COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among foreign-born persons in Sweden – a focus group
interview-study
Mia Söderberg, Juhaina Swaid, Kristina Aurelius, Annika Rosengren, Kristina Jakobsson, Maria B Magnusson
BMC Public Health - 2024 -
The impact of high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and risk for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer - A Swedish cohort
study.
Sofia Hammarstrand, Eva M. Andersson, Eva Andersson, Karolina Larsson, Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, Kristina Jakobsson
Environment international - 2024 -
Impact of heat and a rest-shade-hydration intervention program on productivity of piece-paid industrial agricultural workers at risk of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional
origin
Erik Hansson, Kristina Jakobsson, Jason Glaser, Catharina Wesseling, Denis Chavarria, Rebekah A. Lucas, Heath Prince, David H. Wegman
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH - 2024 -
Association Between Acute Kidney Injury Hospital Visits and Environmental Heat Stress at a Nicaraguan Sugarcane
Plantation
Erik Hansson, Kristina Jakobsson, Jason R. Glaser, Catharina Wesseling, Denis Chavarria, Rebekah A. I. Lucas, David H. Wegman
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY - 2024 -
Early-Life Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Child Language and Communication Development: A Systematic
Review
Charlotte Stübner, Christel Nielsen, Kristina Jakobsson, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2023 -
Undervalued essential work and lacking health literacy as determinants of COVID-19 infection risks: a qualitative interview study among foreign-born workers in
Sweden.
Mia Söderberg, Maria B Magnusson, Juhaina Swaid, Kristina Jakobsson, Annika Rosengren
BMJ open - 2023 -
Estimated transfer of perfluoroalkyl substances (Pfas) from maternal serum to breast milk in women highly exposed from contaminated drinking water: A study in the ronneby mother-child
cohort
Annelise J. Blomberg, Erika Norén, Line S. Haug, Christian Lindh, Azemira Sabaredzovic, Daniela Pineda, Kristina Jakobsson, Christel Nielsen
Environmental Health Perspectives - 2023 -
Occupational risk of COVID-19 in foreign-born employees in
Denmark
J. P. E. Bonde, L. M. Begtrup, J. H. Jensen, E. M. Flachs, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen, K. Nilsson, L. Rylander, A. Vilhelmsson, K. U. Petersen, S. S. Tottenborg
Occupational Medicine-Oxford - 2023 -
An investigation of child health in relation to housing renovations for a disadvantaged immigrant population in Malmo,
Sweden
J. C. Richter, E. Flanagan, T. M. Taj, L. Al-Nahar, Kristina Jakobsson, A. Oudin
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - 2023 -
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic,
2020-2021
J. P. E. Bonde, L. M. Begtrup, J. H. Jensen, E. M. Flachs, V. Schlunssen, H. A. Kolstad, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen, K. Nilsson, L. Rylander, A. Vilhelmsson, K. K. U. Petersen, S. S. Toettenborg
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2023 -
High Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine-an Observational Study in Adults from Ronneby,
Sweden.
Axel G Andersson, Anna Lundgren, Yiyi Xu, Christel Nielsen, Christian H Lindh, Daniela Pineda, Julia Cederlund, Elisavet Pataridou, Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg, Kajsa Ugelvig Petersen, Tony Fletcher, Martin Lagging, Mats Bemark, Kristina Jakobsson, Ying Li
Environmental health perspectives - 2023 -
Occupational risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission in Denmark 2020–2021: a follow-up
study
J. P. E. Bonde, L. Sell, E. M. Flachs, D. Coggon, M. Albin, K. M. O. Hengel, H. Kolstad, I. S. Mehlum, V. Schlünssen, S. Solovieva, K. Torén, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen, K. Nilsson, L. Rylander, K. U. Petersen, S. S. Tøttenborg
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - 2023 -
Quantitative relationships of perfluoroalkyl acids in drinking water associated with serum concentrations above background in adults living near contamination hotspots in
Sweden
G. Johanson, I. Gyllenhammar, C. Ekstrand, A. Pyko, Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, K. Norström, K. Lilja, C. Lindh, J. P. Benskin, A. Georgelis, K. Forsell, Kristina Jakobsson, A. Glynn, C. Vogs
Environmental Research - 2023 -
Changes in perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations in human milk over the course of lactation: A study in Ronneby mother-child
cohort
A. J. Blomberg, L. S. Haug, C. Lindh, A. Sabaredzovic, D. Pineda, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen
Environmental Research - 2023 -
Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes mellitus after high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances from drinking water in Ronneby,
Sweden
M. Ebel, L. Rylander, T. Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen
Environmental Research - 2023 -
Developmental language disorders in preschool children after high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated drinking water in Ronneby,
Sweden
Charlotte Stübner, M. Ebel, Kristina Jakobsson, Christopher Gillberg, C. Nielsen, Carmela Miniscalco
Environmental Epidemiology - 2023 -
Occupational Heat Stress and Kidney Health in Salt Pan
Workers
V. Venugopal, Robin Lennqvist, P. K. Latha, R. Shanmugam, M. Krishnamoorthy, N. Selvaraj, R. Balakrishnan, R. Omprashant, A. J. Purty, J. Bazroy, J. Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson
Kidney International Reports - 2023 -
Exposure to high levels of PFAS through drinking water is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes-findings from a register-based study in Ronneby,
Sweden
Yiyi Xu, Kristina Jakobsson, Florencia Harari, Eva M. Andersson, Ying Li
Environmental Research - 2023 -
Targeting workload to ameliorate risk of heat stress in industrial sugarcane
workers
R. Ai Lucas, B. D. Skinner, E. Arias-Monge, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Wesseling, I. Weiss, S. Poveda, F. I. Cerda-Granados, J. Glaser, Erik Hansson, D. H. Wegman
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health - 2023 -
High exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water is associated with increased risk of osteoporotic fractures-A cohort study from Ronneby,
Sweden
Yiyi Xu, E. Hansson, Eva M. Andersson, Kristina Jakobsson, Huiqi Li
Environmental Research - 2023 -
An explorative study of inflammation-related proteins associated with kidney injury in male heat-stressed
workers
Erik Hansson, K. Broberg, J. Wijkstrom, J. Glaser, M. Gonzalez-Quiroz, U. Ekstrom, M. Abrahamson, Kristina Jakobsson
Journal of Thermal Biology - 2023 -
COVID-19-related hospital admission in spouses of partners in at-risk
occupations
J. P. E. Bonde, L. M. Begtrup, D. Coggon, J. H. Jensen, E. M. Flachs, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen, K. Nilsson, L. Rylander, A. Vilhelmsson, K. U. Petersen, S. S. Tottenborg
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health - 2023 -
Public Health Measures to Address the Impact of Climate Change on Population Health-Proceedings from a Stakeholder
Workshop
S. B. Jabakhanji, S. R. Arnold, K. Aunan, M. F. Chersich, Kristina Jakobsson, A. McGushin, I. Kelly, N. Roche, A. Stauffer, D. Stanistreet
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2022 -
Point-of-care biomarkers for prediction of kidney function trajectory among sugarcane cutters: a comparative test accuracy
study
Erik Hansson, C. Wesseling, D. Wegman, U. Ekström, D. Chavarria, J. Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson
Bmj Open - 2022 -
Large difference but high correlation between creatinine and cystatin C estimated glomerular filtration rate in Mesoamerican sugarcane
cutters.
Axel G Andersson, Erik Hansson, Ulf Ekström, Anders Grubb, Magnus Abrahamson, Kristina Jakobsson, Yiyi Xu
Occupational and environmental medicine - 2022 -
Occupational risk of COVID-19 across pandemic waves: a two-year national follow-up study of hospital
admissions
J. P. E. Bonde, L. Sell, J. H. Jensen, L. M. Begtrup, E. M. Flachs, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Nielsen, K. Nilsson, L. Rylander, K. U. Petersen, S. S. Tottenborg
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health - 2022 -
Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine
elevation
Erik Hansson, D. H. Wegman, C. Wesseling, J. Glaser, Z. J. Schlader, J. Wijkstrom, Kristina Jakobsson
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2022 -
Perfluoroalkyl substances influence DNA methylation in school-age children highly exposed through drinking water contaminated from firefighting foam: a cohort study in Ronneby,
Sweden
Yiyi Xu, C. H. Lindh, T. Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson, K. Engstrom
Environmental Epigenetics - 2022 -
Determinants of serum half-lives for linear and branched perfluoroalkyl substances after long-term high exposure-A study in Ronneby,
Sweden
Ying Li, Axel G Andersson, Yiyi Xu, D. Pineda, C. A. Nilsson, C. H. Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, T. Fletcher
Environment International - 2022 -
Extractable organofluorine analysis: A way to screen for elevated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination in
humans?
R. Aro, U. Eriksson, A. Karrman, Kristina Jakobsson, L. W. Y. Yeung
Environment International - 2022 -
Cancer incidence in a Swedish cohort with high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking
water
Huiqi Li, Sofia Hammarstrand, B. Midberg, Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, Daniel S Olsson, T. Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson, Eva M. Andersson
Environmental Research - 2022 -
Workplace Intervention for Heat Stress: Essential Elements of Design, Implementation, and
Assessment
J. Glaser, D. H. Wegman, E. Arias-Monge, Felipe Pacheco-Zenteno, H. Prince, D. Chavarria, W. J. Martinez-Cuadra, Kristina Jakobsson, Erik Hansson, R. A. I. Lucas, I. Weiss, C. Wesseling
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2022 -
Breastfeeding initiation and duration after high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances through contaminated drinking water: A cohort study from Ronneby,
Sweden
C. Nielsen, Ying Li, M. Lewandowski, T. Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson
Environmental Research - 2022 -
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and risk for polycystic ovarian syndrome, uterine leiomyoma, and endometriosis: A Swedish cohort
study
Sofia Hammarstrand, Kristina Jakobsson, Eva Andersson, Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, M. Olovsson, Eva M. Andersson
Environment International - 2021 -
The Prevention of Occupational Heat Stress in Sugarcane Workers in Nicaragua-An Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis.
Felipe Pacheco-Zenteno, Jason Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson, Ilana Weiss, Esteban Arias-Monge, Kristina Gyllensten
Frontiers in public health - 2021 -
Associations between perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid hormones after high exposure through drinking
water.
Ying Li, Yiyi Xu, Tony Fletcher, Kristin Scott, Christel Nielsen, Daniela Pineda, Christian H Lindh, Daniel S Olsson, Eva M. Andersson, Kristina Jakobsson
Environmental research - 2021 -
Serum perfluoroalkyl substances in residents following long-term drinking water contamination from firefighting foam in Ronneby,
Sweden.
Yiyi Xu, Christel Nielsen, Ying Li, Sofia Hammarstrand, Eva M. Andersson, Huiqi Li, Daniel S Olsson, Karin Engström, Daniela Pineda, Christian H Lindh, Tony Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson
Environment international - 2021 -
Challenges in conducting epidemiological field studies evaluating associations between heat stress and renal health among workers in informal sectors: experiences from
India
V. Venugopal, Robin Lennqvist, P. K. Latha, S. Rekha, A. Suraya, Kristina Jakobsson, T. Kjellstrom
Environmental Research - 2021 -
An ecological study of chronic kidney disease in five Mesoamerican countries: associations with crop and
heat
Erik Hansson, A. Mansourian, M. Farnaghi, Max Petzold, Kristina Jakobsson
BMC Public Health - 2021 -
Arbetsrisker, livsvillkor och bristande tillgång till information - En intervjustudie bland utlandsfödda arbetare i högriskyrken för
covid-19
Mia Söderberg, Juhaina Swaid, Kristina Jakobsson, Maria B Magnusson, Annika Rosengren
2021 -
Chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin in Mesoamerica: a disease primarily driven by occupational heat
stress
C. Wesseling, J. Glaser, J. Rodriguez-Guzman, I. Weiss, R. Lucas, S. Peraza, A. S. da Silva, Erik Hansson, R. J. Johnson, C. Hogstedt, D. H. Wegman, Kristina Jakobsson
Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health - 2020 -
Serum Half-Lives for Short- and Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids after Ceasing Exposure from Drinking Water Contaminated by Firefighting
Foam
Yiyi Xu, T. Fletcher, D. Pineda, C. H. Lindh, C. Nilsson, A. Glynn, C. Vogs, K. Norstrom, K. Lilja, Kristina Jakobsson, Ying Li
Environmental Health Perspectives - 2020 -
Associations between perfluoroalkyl substances and serum lipids in a Swedish adult population with contaminated drinking
water
Ying Li, Lars Barregård, Y. Y. Xu, K. Scott, D. Pineda, C. H. Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, T. Fletcher
Environmental health - 2020 -
A Probabilistic Approach to Evaluate the Risk of Decreased Total Triiodothyronine Hormone Levels following Chronic Exposure to PFOS and PFHxS via Contaminated Drinking
Water
A. V. Silva, J. Ringblom, C. Lindh, K. Scott, Kristina Jakobsson, M. Oberg
Environmental Health Perspectives - 2020 -
Pregnancy-induced changes in serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances and the influence of kidney
function
C. Nielsen, Ulrika Andersson Hall, C. Lindh, U. Ekström, Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, Agneta Holmäng, Kristina Jakobsson
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source - 2020 -
Preventing kidney injury among sugarcane workers: Promising evidence from enhanced workplace
interventions
J. Glaser, Erik Hansson, I. Weiss, C. Wesseling, Kristina Jakobsson, U. Ekström, J. Apelqvist, R. Lucas, E. Arias Monge, S. Peraza, C. Hogstedt, D. H. Wegman
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2020 -
Inflammatory bowel disease and biomarkers of gut inflammation and permeability in a community with high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances through drinking
water
Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, Kristin Scott, Christian H. Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, Tony Fletcher, Bodil Ohlsson, Eva M. Andersson
Environmental Research - 2020 -
Cognition and mental wellbeing after electrical accidents: a survey and a clinical study among Swedish male
electricians
Sara Thomée, Kai Österberg, Lisa Rådman, Kristina Jakobsson
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - 2020 -
Associations between serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances and DNA methylation in women exposed through drinking water: A pilot study in Ronneby,
Sweden
Yiyi Xu, S. Jurkovic-Mlakar, C. H. Lindh, K. Scott, T. Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson, K. Engstrom
Environment International - 2020 -
Determinants of serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in school children and the contribution of low-level PFAA-contaminated drinking
water
A. Glynn, N. Kotova, E. Dahlgren, C. Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, I. Gyllenhammar, S. Lignell, C. Nalsen
Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts - 2020 -
Association between serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and expression of serum microRNAs in a cohort highly exposed to PFAS from drinking
water
Yiyi Xu, S. Jurkovic-Mlakar, Ying Li, K. Wahlberg, K. Scott, D. Pineda, C. H. Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, K. Engstrom
Environment International - 2020 -
Pathophysiological Mechanisms by which Heat Stress Potentially Induces Kidney Inflammation and Chronic Kidney Disease in Sugarcane
Workers
Erik Hansson, J. Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson, I. Weiss, C. Wesseling, R. A. I. Lucas, J. L. K. Wei, U. Ekstrom, J. Wijkstrom, T. Bodin, R. J. Johnson, D. H. Wegman
Nutrients - 2020 -
Large differences in excess mortality in March-May 2020 by country of birth in
Sweden
Erik Hansson, M. Albin, M. Rasmussen, Kristina Jakobsson
Läkartidningen - 2020 -
High exposure to perfluorinated compounds in drinking water and thyroid disease. A cohort study from Ronneby,
Sweden.
Eva M. Andersson, K Scott, Yiyi Xu, Ying Li, Daniel S Olsson, T Fletcher, Kristina Jakobsson
Environmental research - 2019 -
The International Society of Nephrology's International Consortium of Collaborators on Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: report of the working group on approaches to population-level detection strategies and recommendations
for a minimum dataset.
Ben Caplin, Chih-Wei Yang, Shuchi Anand, Adeera Levin, Magdalena Madero, Rajiv Saran, Saroj Jayasinghe, Marc De Broe, Karen Yeates, Marcello Tonelli, Kristina Jakobsson, Luisa Strani, Agnese Ruggiero, Jason Glaser, Ekti Martin, Neil Pearce, Eranga Wijewickrama
Kidney international - 2019 -
Workload and cross-harvest kidney injury in a Nicaraguan sugarcane worker
cohort
Erik Hansson, J. Glaser, I. Weiss, U. Ekstrom, J. Apelqvist, C. Hogstedt, S. Peraza, R. Lucas, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Wesseling, D. H. Wegman
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2019 -
Rationale and population-based prospective cohort protocol for the disadvantaged populations at risk of decline in EGFR
(CO-DEGREE)
M. Gonzalez-Quiroz, D. Nitsch, S. Hamilton, C. O'Callaghan Gordo, R. Saran, J. Glaser, R. Correa-Rotter, Kristina Jakobsson, A. Singh, N. Gunawardena, A. Levin, G. Remuzzi, B. Caplin, N. Pearce
Bmj Open - 2019 -
Prevalence of and risk factors for chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in India: Secondary data analysis of three population-based cross-sectional
studies
Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo, Roopa Shivashankar, Shuchi Anand, Shreeparna Ghosh, Jason Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson, Ruby Gupta, Dimple Kondal, Anand Krishnan, Sailesh Mohan, Viswanathan Mohan, Dorothea Nitsch, P. A. Praveen, Nikhil Tandon, K. M.Venkat Narayan, Neil Pearce, Ben Caplin, Dorairaj Prabhakaran
BMJ Open - 2019 -
Modelling the association between health indicators and commute mode choice: a cross-sectional study in southern
Sweden
K. Mattisson, A. O. Idris, E. Cromley, C. Håkansson, P. O. Östergren, Kristina Jakobsson
Journal of Transport and Health - 2018 -
High burden of atopy in immigrant families in substandard apartments in Sweden - on the contribution of bad housing to poor health in vulnerable
populations
J. C. Richter, Kristina Jakobsson, T. Taj, A. Oudin
World Allergy Organization Journal - 2018 -
Life-changing or trivial: Electricians' views about electrical
accidents
Sara Thomée, Kristina Jakobsson
Work - 2018 -
Exploring how a traditional diluted yoghurt drink may mitigate heat strain during medium-intensity intermittent work: a multidisciplinary study of occupational heat
strain
K. Lundgren-Kownacki, M. Dahl, C. S. Gao, Kristina Jakobsson, C. Linninge, D. P. Song, K. Kuklane
Industrial Health - 2018 -
Intervention to diminish dehydration and kidney damage among sugarcane
workers
D. H. Wegman, J. Apelqvist, M. Bottai, U. Ekstrom, R. Garcia-Trabanino, J. Glaser, C. Hogstedt, Kristina Jakobsson, E. Jarquin, R. A. I. Lucas, I. Weiss, C. Wesseling, T. Bodin
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health - 2018 -
Half-lives of PFOS, PFHxS and PFOA after end of exposure to contaminated drinking
water
Ying Li, T. Fletcher, D. Mucs, K. Scott, C. H. Lindh, P. Tallving, Kristina Jakobsson
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2018 -
Cancer incidence in cohorts of workers in the rubber manufacturing industry first employed since 1975 in the UK and
Sweden
M. Boniol, A. Koechlin, T. Sorahan, Kristina Jakobsson, P. Boyle
Occup Environ Med - 2017 -
International Collaboration for the Epidemiology of eGFR in Low and Middle Income Populations - Rationale and core protocol for the Disadvantaged Populations eGFR Epidemiology Study
(DEGREE)
B. Caplin, Kristina Jakobsson, J. Glaser, D. Nitsch, V. Jha, A. Singh, R. Correa-Rotter, N. Pearce
Bmc Nephrology - 2017 -
Diabetes and pre-diabetes among police officers in
Guinea-Bissau
J. Lindman, K. Strom, A. Biague, Z. J. Da Silva, Kristina Jakobsson, H. Norrgren, F. Mansson
African Journal of Diabetes Medicine - 2017 -
Elolyckor i
arbetet
Lars-Gunnar Gunnarsson, Sara Thomée, Kristina Jakobsson
2017 -
Intervention to reduce heat stress and improve efficiency among sugarcane workers in El Salvador: Phase
1
T. Bodin, R. Garcia-Trabanino, I. Weiss, E. Jarquin, J. Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson, R. A. I. Lucas, C. Wesseling, C. Hogstedt, D. H. Wegman
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2016 -
Elolyckor kan ge skador som visar sig efter lång tid. [Immediate and delayed outcomes after electrical injury. A guide for
clinicians].
Martin Tondel, Anna Blomqvist, Kristina Jakobsson, Tohr Nilsson, Bodil Persson, Sara Thomée, Lars-Gunnar Gunnarsson
Lakartidningen - 2016