Agneta Åkesson

15.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
192 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Agneta Åkesson is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Agneta Åkesson has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 45 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Agneta Åkesson's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (51 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (49 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (21 papers). Agneta Åkesson is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (51 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (49 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (21 papers). Agneta Åkesson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Finland and United States. Agneta Åkesson's co-authors include Lars Järup, Alicja Wolk, Marie Vahter, Marika Berglund, Susanna C. Larsson, Bettina Julin, Per Bjellerup, Carola Lidén, Staffan Skerfving and Barbro Nermell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Agneta Åkesson

187 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Current status of cadmium as an environmental health problem

2009 1.9k citations Agneta Åkesson et al. profile →
Gender differences in the disposition and toxicity of metals

2006 567 citations Marie Vahter, Agneta Åkesson et al. profile →
Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology – nutritional epidemiology (STROBE‐nut): An extension of the STROBE statement

2016 342 citations Agneta Åkesson et al. profile →
Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology—Nutritional Epidemiology (STROBE-nut): An Extension of the STROBE Statement

2016 323 citations Agneta Åkesson et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fetal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and congenital malformations: A nation-wide register-based study on PFAS in drinking water 2025 ·Environment International ·Melle Säve‐Söderbergh, Irina Gyllenhammar, (unknown), (unknown), Carolina Vogs, Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Emma Ankarberg, Anders Glynn, Lutz Ahrens, (unknown), Agneta Åkesson	0
2	Cross-population GWAS and proteomics improve risk prediction and reveal mechanisms in atrial fibrillation 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen, Xixian Ruan, (unknown), (unknown), Lijuan Wang, Fangyuan Jiang, (unknown), Michael G. Levin, Benjamin F. Voight, Dipender Gill, Stephen Burgess, Agneta Åkesson, Karl Michaëlsson, Xue Li, Scott M. Damrauer, Susanna C. Larsson	0
3	Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and fetal growth: A nation-wide register-based study on PFAS in drinking water 2024 ·Environment International ·Melle Säve‐Söderbergh, Irina Gyllenhammar, (unknown), (unknown), Carolina Vogs, Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Emma Ankarberg, Anders Glynn, Lutz Ahrens, (unknown), Agneta Åkesson	8
4	The Fate of Phosphate: Assessing Dietary Intake and Urinary Excretion in Swedish Adolescents 2024 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), Emma Patterson, Anna Karin Lindroos, Sanna Lignell, Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Linnea Bärebring, Susanna C. Larsson, Maria Kippler, Agneta Åkesson	1
5	Association between alcohol consumption and peripheral artery disease: two de novo prospective cohorts and a systematic review with meta-analysis 2024 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Shuai Yuan, Jing Wu, Jie Chen, Yuhao Sun, Stephen Burgess, Xue Li, Agneta Åkesson, Susanna C. Larsson	5
6	Legume consumption in adults and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2023 ·Food & Nutrition Research ·Birna Þórisdóttir, Erik Arnesen, Linnea Bärebring, Jutta Dierkes, Christel Lamberg‐Allardt, Alfons Ramel, Bright I. Nwaru, (unknown), Agneta Åkesson	15
7	Plasma protein and venous thromboembolism: prospective cohort and mendelian randomisation analyses 2023 ·British Journal of Haematology ·Shuai Yuan, Olga E. Titova, Ke Zhang, Wanglong Gou, (unknown), Pradeep Natarajan, (unknown), Xue Li, Agneta Åkesson, Maria Bruzelius, Derek Klarin, Scott M. Damrauer, Susanna C. Larsson	23
8	Associations of serum phthalate metabolites with thyroid hormones in GraMo cohort, Southern Spain 2021 ·Environmental Pollution ·Carolina Donat‐Vargas, (unknown), (unknown), Vicente Mustieles, Inmaculada Salcedo‐Bellido, Hanne Frederiksen, Agneta Åkesson, Juan Pedro Arrebola	11
9	Plasma metabolites associated with exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of type 2 diabetes – A nested case-control study 2020 ·Environment International ·(unknown), Lin Shi, Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Kati Hanhineva, Andreas Tornevi, Ingegerd Johansson, Jani Koponen, Hannu Kiviranta, Olov Rolandsson, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Rikard Landberg, Agneta Åkesson, Carl Brunius	41
10	Joint Analysis of Metabolite Markers of Fish Intake and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Relation to Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Swedish Adults 2019 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Lin Shi, Carl Brunius, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Ingegerd Johansson, Olov Rolandsson, Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Hannu Kiviranta, Kati Hanhineva, Agneta Åkesson, Rikard Landberg	15
11	Associations between repeated measure of plasma perfluoroalkyl substances and cardiometabolic risk factors 2019 ·Environment International ·Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Andreas Tornevi, Maria Wennberg, Johan Nilsson Sommar, Jani Koponen, Hannu Kiviranta, Agneta Åkesson	81
12	Perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of type II diabetes: A prospective nested case-control study 2018 ·Environment International ·Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Andreas Tornevi, Maria Wennberg, Johan Nilsson Sommar, Hannu Kiviranta, Jani Koponen, Olov Rolandsson, Agneta Åkesson	70
13	End-stage renal disease after occupational lead exposure: 20 years of follow-up 2016 ·Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Marie Evans, Andrea Discacciati, (unknown), Agneta Åkesson, Carl‐Gustaf Elinder	12
14	Dietary polychlorinated biphenyls, long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence of malignant melanoma 2016 ·European Journal of Cancer ·Carolina Donat‐Vargas, Marika Berglund, Anders Glynn, Alicja Wolk, Agneta Åkesson	32
15	Modest U-Shaped Association between Dietary Acid Load and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Adults 2016 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Hong Xu, Agneta Åkesson, Nicola Orsini, Niclas Håkansson, Alicja Wolk, Juan Jesús Carrero	40
16	Dietary Cadmium Exposure and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study 2012 ·Cancer Research ·Bettina Julin, Alicja Wolk, Leif Bergkvist, Matteo Bottai, Agneta Åkesson	142
17	Multivitamin use and the risk of myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort of Swedish women 2010 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Susanne Rautiainen, Agneta Åkesson, Emily B. Levitan, Ralf Morgenstern, Murray A. Mittleman, Alicja Wolk	36
18	Associations of diet, supplement use, and ultraviolet B radiation exposure with vitamin D status in Swedish women during winter 2007 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·(unknown), Agneta Åkesson, (unknown), Karl Michaëlsson, Alicja Wolk	129
19	Toxic metals and the menopause 2004 ·PubMed ·Marie Vahter, Marika Berglund, Agneta Åkesson	43
20	Intestinal absorption of dietary cadmium in women depends on body iron stores and fiber intake. 1994 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Marika Berglund, Agneta Åkesson, Barbro Nermell, Marie Vahter	290

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