Tom Bellander

Mediterranean diet and inflammatory response in myocardial infarction survivors (2009)

Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B, Dimakopoulou, Konstantina, Katsouyanni, Klea, Bellander, Tom, Grau, Maria, Koenig, Wolfgang, ...

Background Within the framework of the multi-centre AIRGENE project we studied the association of the Mediterranean diet on plasma levels of various inflammatory markers, in myocardial infarction...

Rapid effects of air pollution on ventricular arrhythmias (2008)

Ljungman, Petter L.S., Berglind, Niklas, Holmgren, Christina, Gadler, Fredrik, Edvardsson, Nils, Pershagen, Göran, ...

Aims Air pollution has been associated with ventricular arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for exposure periods of 24–48 h. Only two studies have...

South-to-North gradient in lipid peroxidation in men with stable coronary artery disease in Europe (2007)

Grau, María, Guxens, Mònica, Subirana, Isaac, Fitó, Montserrat, Covas, María-Isabel, Jacquemin, Benedicte, ...

Aims A South-to-North gradient across Europe exists for the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) rates. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation is a hallmark of atherosclerosis and CAD...

Relation of Education and Occupation-based Socioeconomic Status to Incident Alzheimer's Disease (2004)

Karp, Anita, Kåreholt, Ingemar, Qiu, Chengxuan, Bellander, Tom, Winblad, Bengt, Fratiglioni, Laura

In this study, the authors evaluated whether the association between low educational level and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia may be explained by occupation-based...

Historical Exposure to Inorganic Mercury at the smelter works of Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy (1998)

BELLANDER, TOM, MERLER, ENZO, CECCARELLI, FRANCO, BOFFETTA, PAOLO

Metallic mercury production from cinnabar ore may result in high exposures to inorganic mercury, that are difficult to assess separately from the exposures originating from underground extraction,...

Exposure to Styrene and Mortality from Nervous System Diseases and Mental Disorders (1996)

Welp, Esther, Kogevinas, Manolis, Andersen, Aage, Bellander, Tom, Biocca, Marco, Coggon, David, ...

Chronic low-dose exposure to solvents has been associated in epidemiologic studies with chronic neurotoxicity, but the evidence is not consistent. Styrene causes acute disturbances in the central and...

Air Quality and Morbidity: Concentration-response Relationships for Sweden

Samakovlis, Eva, Huhtala, Anni, Bellander, Tom, Svartengren, Magnus

The study investigates the morbidity impacts of air pollution when pollution may affect both the likelihood and duration of respiratory problems. The relationship between comparatively low pollutant...