Jonas Björk

Publication List Details

Period

2001 - 2009

Number

36

Co-Authors

Road traffic noise and hypertension: results from a cross-sectional public health survey in southern Sweden (2009)

Bodin, Theo, Albin, Maria, Ardö, Jonas, Stroh, Emilie, Östergren, Per-Olof, Björk, Jonas

Abstract Background Results from studies of road traffic noise and hypertension are heterogeneous with respect to effect size, effects among males and females and with respect to effects across age...

Long-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic stroke. A register-based case-control study using modelled NOxas exposure proxy (2009)

Oudin, Anna, Stroh, Emilie, Strömberg, Ulf, Jakobsson, Kristina, Björk, Jonas

Abstract Background Long-term exposure to air pollution is a hypothesized risk factor for ischemic stroke. In a large case-control study with a complete study base, we investigated whether hospital...

Negative predictive value and potential cost savings of acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in low risk patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: A prospective single blinded study (2009)

Forberg, Jakob L, Hilmersson, Catarina E, Carlsson, Marcus, Arheden, Håkan, Björk, Jonas, Hjalte, Krister, ...

Abstract Background Previous studies from the USA have shown that acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in low risk emergency department (ED) patients with suspected acute coronary...

Association between polymorphisms in RMI1, TOP3A, and BLMand risk of cancer, a case-control study (2009)

Broberg, Karin, Huynh, Elizabeth, Engström, Karin, Björk, Jonas, Albin, Maria, Ingvar, Christian, ...

Abstract Background Mutations altering BLM function are associated with highly elevated cancer susceptibility (Bloom syndrome). Thus, genetic variants of BLM and proteins that form complexes with...

Ranking of genome-wide association scan signals by different measures (2009)

Strömberg, Ulf, Björk, Jonas, Vineis, Paolo, Broberg, Karin, Zeggini, Eleftheria

Background The P-value approach has been employed to prioritizing genome-wide association (GWA) scan signals, with a genome-wide significance defined by a prior P-value threshold, although this is...

Prevalence of widespread pain and associations with work status: a population study (2008)

Gerdle, Björn, Björk, Jonas, Cöster, Lars, Henriksson, KG, Henriksson, Chris, Bengtsson, Ann

Abstract Background This population study based on a representative sample from a Swedish county investigates the prevalence, duration, and determinants of widespread pain (WSP) in the population...

Efficiency of two-phase methods with focus on a planned population-based case-control study on air pollution and stroke (2007)

Oudin, Anna, Björk, Jonas, Strömberg, Ulf

Abstract Background We plan to conduct a case-control study to investigate whether exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) increases the risk of stroke. In case-control studies, selective participation...

A simple statistical model for prediction of acute coronary syndrome in chest pain patients in the emergency department (2006)

Björk, Jonas, Forberg, Jakob L, Ohlsson, Mattias, Edenbrandt, Lars, Öhlin, Hans, Ekelund, Ulf

Abstract Background Several models for prediction of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) among chest pain patients in the emergency department (ED) have been presented, but many models predict only the...

Constitutional short telomeres are strong genetic susceptibility markers for bladder cancer (2005)

Broberg, Karin, Björk, Jonas, Paulsson, Karin, Höglund, Mattias, Albin, Maria

Lack of functional telomeres can cause chromosomal aberrations. This type of genetic instability may promote tumorigenesis. We have investigated the association between mean telomere length in buccal...

Constitutional short telomeres are strong genetic susceptibility markers for bladder cancer (2005)

Broberg, Karin, Björk, Jonas, Paulsson, Karin, Höglund, Mattias, Albin, Maria

Lack of functional telomeres can cause chromosomal aberrations. This type of genetic instability may promote tumorigenesis. We have investigated the association between mean telomere length in buccal...

Cytogenetic and morphologic subgroups of myelodysplastic syndromes in relation to occupational and hobby exposures. (2003)

Albin, Maria, Björk, Jonas, Welinder, Hans, Tinnerberg, Håkan, Mauritzson, Nils, Billström, Rolf, ...

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between occupational and hobby exposure and the risk of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) while focusing on differential patterns of clonal...

Effects of systematic exposure assessment errors in partially ecologic case-control studies. (2002)

Björk, Jonas, Strömberg, Ulf

BACKGROUND: In ecologic studies, group-level rather than individual-level exposure data are used. When using group-level exposure data, established by sufficiently large samples of individual...

Estimating attributable fraction in partially ecologic case-control studies. (2002)

Björk, Jonas, Strömberg, Ulf

Partially ecologic case-control studies combine group-level exposure data with individual-level data on disease status, group membership, and covariates. If the exposure measure is the exposure...

Myosin heavy chain isoforms influence surface EMG parameters: a study of the trapezius muscle in cleaners with and without myalgia and in healthy teachers. (2002)

Larsson, Britt, Andersen, Jesper L, Kadi, Fawzi, Björk, Jonas, Gerdle, Björn

The present study had two aims: (1) to investigate potential differences in proportion of myosin heavy chain isoforms in the trapezius muscle between female cleaners with and without trapezius...

Effects of systematic exposure assessment errors in partially ecologic case-control studies (2002)

Björk, Jonas, Strömberg, Ulf

Background In ecologic studies, group-level rather than individual-level exposure data are used. When using group-level exposure data, established by sufficiently large samples of individual exposure...

Case-control studies on risk factors for myeloid leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes: results and methodological aspects (2001)

Björk, Jonas

Case-control studies comprising telephone interviews for 333 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 226 cases of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML), 330 cases of...

Case-control studies on risk factors for myeloid leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes: results and methodological aspects (2001)

Björk, Jonas

Case-control studies comprising telephone interviews for 333 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 226 cases of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML), 330 cases of...

Abnormal Nuclear Shape in Solid Tumors Reflects Mitotic Instability

Gisselsson, David, Björk, Jonas, Höglund, Mattias, Mertens, Fredrik, Dal Cin, Paola, Åkerman, Måns, ...

Abnormalities in nuclear morphology are frequently observed in malignant tissues but the mechanisms behind these phenomena are still poorly understood. In this study, the relation between abnormal...

Normal limits for left ventricular ejection fraction and volumes determined by gated single photon emission computed tomography – a comparison between two quantification methods

Lomsky, Milan, Johansson, Lena, Gjertsson, Peter, Björk, Jonas, Edenbrandt, Lars

To compare gender-related normal limits for left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (EDV and ESV), obtained using two myocardial perfusion-gated single...