Perspectives on environment and health research in Denmark

Henriette T. Horsdal; Marianne G. Pedersen; Jörg Schullehner; Cecilie S. Østergaard; John J. Mcgrath; Esben Agerbo; Allan Timmermann; Ane Marie Closter; Jørgen Brandt; Jesper H. Christensen; Lise M. Frohn; Camilla Geels; Matthias Ketzel; Jibran Khan; Pia V. Ørby; Yulia Olsen; Gregor Levin; Jens Christian Svenning; Kristine Engemann; Steen Gyldenkærne; Birgitte Hansen; Ole Hertel; Clive E. Sabel; Christian Erikstrup; Torben Sigsgaard; Carsten B. Pedersen

doi:10.1177/14034948231178076

Perspectives on environment and health research in Denmark

Henriette T. Horsdal^*, Marianne G. Pedersen, Jörg Schullehner, Cecilie S. Østergaard, John J. Mcgrath, Esben Agerbo, Allan Timmermann, Ane Marie Closter, Jørgen Brandt, Jesper H. Christensen, Lise M. Frohn, Camilla Geels, Matthias Ketzel, Jibran Khan, Pia V. Ørby, Yulia Olsen, Gregor Levin, Jens Christian Svenning, Kristine Engemann, Steen GyldenkærneBirgitte Hansen, Ole Hertel, Clive E. Sabel, Christian Erikstrup, Torben Sigsgaard, Carsten B. Pedersen

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Aims: We provide an overview of nationwide environmental data available for Denmark and its linkage potentials to individual-level records with the aim of promoting research on the potential impact of the local surrounding environment on human health. Background: Researchers in Denmark have unique opportunities for conducting large population-based studies treating the entire Danish population as one big, open and dynamic cohort based on nationally complete population and health registries. So far, most research in this area has utilised individual- and family-level information to study the clustering of disease in families, comorbidities, risk of, and prognosis after, disease onset, and social gradients in disease risk. Linking environmental data in time and space to individuals enables novel possibilities for studying the health effects of the social, built and physical environment. Methods: We describe the possible linkage between individuals and their local surrounding environment to establish the exposome – that is, the total environmental exposure of an individual over their life course. Conclusions: The currently available nationwide longitudinal environmental data in Denmark constitutes a valuable and globally rare asset that can help explore the impact of the exposome on human health.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231178076
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2023

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Environment
exposome
health
population
registers

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Horsdal, H. T., Pedersen, M. G., Schullehner, J., Østergaard, C. S., Mcgrath, J. J., Agerbo, E., Timmermann, A., Closter, A. M., Brandt, J., Christensen, J. H., Frohn, L. M., Geels, C., Ketzel, M., Khan, J., Ørby, P. V., Olsen, Y., Levin, G., Svenning, J. C., Engemann, K., ... Pedersen, C. B. (2023). Perspectives on environment and health research in Denmark. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231178076

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