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Kjell Torén

Sahlgrenska University Hospital · SE
Area of research
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Occupational exposure and asthma, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.
h-index
71
citations
18,905
works
448
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Pulmonary Nodule Prevalence at CT in Middle-Aged Participants from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS).
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Occupational exposures and incidence of asthma over two decades in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
Thorax 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Locus of control and breathlessness: a cross-sectional analysis of 28 730 people
ERJ Open Research 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Asthma and extrapulmonary comorbidities in a middle-aged general population: results from the SCAPIS study.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction With Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in a Middle-Aged Population With Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Cross-Sectional Study.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Occupational exposures and incidence of asthma over two decades in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Chronic Airflow Limitation, Lower Respiratory Symptoms, COPD and Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Middle-Aged Population: The Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS). A Link Between the Lower and Upper Airways.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Occupational exposure and chronic bronchitis in a sample of the general population in Telemark, Norway: a two-phased cross-sectional study.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Occupational exposures to inorganic dust are associated with emphysema: the SCAPIS cohort.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Occupational Exposure to Inhalable Agents Is Associated With Reduced Work Ability: A Prospective Cohort Study in Norway.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Issue 3—The occupational burden of respiratory diseases, an update
Pulmonology 2024cited by 20position: middledoi
Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study.
2024cited by 14position: contributordoi
Restrictive Spirometric Pattern and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in a Population Aged 50–64 Years
Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024cited by 13position: firstdoi
Factors most strongly associated with breathlessness in a population aged 50–64 years
ERJ Open Research 2024cited by 11position: middledoi
Restrictive Spirometric Pattern and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in a Population Aged 50-64 Years.
2024cited by 9position: contributordoi
Comparison of associations between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome according to three definitions: The Swedish INTERGENE study.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Occupational particle exposure and chronic kidney disease: a cohort study in Swedish construction workers
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Occupational particle exposure and chronic kidney disease: a cohort study in Swedish construction workers.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Chronic Airflow Limitation, Emphysema, and Impaired Diffusing Capacity in Relation to Smoking Habits in a Swedish Middle-aged Population.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987-2018.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Spirometric patterns in young and middle-aged adults: a 20-year European study.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Occupational exposure and new-onset asthma in the population-based Telemark study: a 5-year follow-up.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
O-065 OCCUPATIONAL PARTICLE EXPOSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ONSET DURING WORKING AGE – A COHORT STUDY IN SWEDISH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
Occupational Medicine 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Consequences of Using Post- or Prebronchodilator Reference Values in Interpreting Spirometry
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
Consequences of Using Post- or Prebronchodilator Reference Values in Interpreting Spirometry.
2023cited by 18position: contributordoi
Transmission factors and exposure to infections at work and invasive pneumococcal disease.
2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Factors important for health-related quality of life in men and women: The population based SCAPIS study
PLoS ONE 2023cited by 9position: middledoi
Occupational risks associated with severe COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection – a Swedish national case-control study conducted from October 2020 to December 2021
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health 2023cited by 8position: firstdoi
Occupational risks for infection with influenza A and B: a national case-control study covering 1 July 2006-31 December 2019.
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi
Loss to 5-year follow-up in the population-based Telemark Study: risk factors and potential for bias.
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 43 papers (2019–2026)Andreï Malinovschi · Uppsala University10 papers (2019–2026)Christer Janson · RMIT University9 papers (2019–2025) · 7 papers (2019–2025)Anders Blomberg · Umeå University7 papers (2020–2026)Jan Engvall · Linköping University6 papers (2019–2026)Nicola Murgia · Linköping University6 papers (2014–2024)Carl Johan Östgren · Linköping University5 papers (2020–2026)Bénédicte Leynaert · National University Hospital of Iceland5 papers (2019–2025) · 5 papers (2025–2026)Linus Schioler · University of Gothenburg5 papers (2020–2025)Vivi Schlünssen · University of Applied Sciences Utrecht4 papers (2020–2025)Per Wollmer · Lund University4 papers (2020–2025)Cecilie Svanes · Building Engineering and Science Talent4 papers (2019–2025)Paul D. Blanc · University of KwaZulu-Natal4 papers (2019–2025)Debbie Jarvis · Kingston Technology (United States)4 papers (2019–2025)Anne-Elie Carsin · Hospital del Mar Research Institute4 papers (2019–2025)Magnus Ekström · University of Wollongong4 papers (2014–2025)Max Olsson · Lund University3 papers (2023–2025)Paul D. Blanc · San Francisco VA Medical Center3 papers (2015–2024)