Karl Kilbo Edlund MD PhD

Researcher-physician at the University of Gothenburg↗ and Sahlgrenska University Hospital↗

Ongoing research projects

Occupational particle exposure and chronic kidney disease

2025–ongoing Funder: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
Occupational Particles Kidney

Air pollution, temperature, and cardiovascular physiology

2025–ongoing
Air pollution Temperature Cardiovascular

Air pollution and chronic kidney disease across population cohorts

2023–ongoing Funder: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
Air pollution Kidney

Urban environmental exposures and kidney health

2023–ongoing Funder: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
Air pollution Noise Greenness Kidney

Publications

Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and renal function and biomarkers of renal disease 2024 · Environmental Health · 23,67 · 10.1186/s12940-024-01108-9

Conference presentations

Long-term road traffic noise and air pollution exposure and early kidney damage in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem · 2026 · Copenhagen, Denmark

Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and renal function and biomarkers of renal injury in the population-based Swedish SCAPIS cohort ISEE Young Conference · 2024 · Rennes, France

Renal function and long-term ambient air pollution at low exposure levels 34th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) · 2022 · Athens, Greece

Completed research projects

Occupational particle exposure and chronic diseases among Swedish construction workers

2021–2026 Funder: Gothenburg Medical Society, The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte)
Occupational Particles Kidney Metabolic

Publications

Occupational particle exposure and diabetes: a cohort study in Swedish construction workers 2026 · International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health · 10.1007/s00420-026-02224-4

Occupational particle exposure and chronic kidney disease: a cohort study in Swedish construction workers 2024 · Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 81(5):238–243 · 10.1136/oemed-2023-109371

Conference presentations

Occupational particle exposure is associated with chronic kidney disease onset during working age – a cohort study in Swedish construction workers 34th International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH) · 2024 · Marrakech, Morocco

Long-term air pollution exposure and atherosclerosis in SCAPIS

2021–2024 Funder: The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte)
Air pollution Cardiovascular

Publications

Long-term ambient air pollution and coronary atherosclerosis: Results from the Swedish SCAPIS study 2024 · Atherosclerosis · 117576 · 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.117576

Long-term exposure to air pollution, coronary artery calcification, and carotid artery plaques in the population-based Swedish SCAPIS Gothenburg cohort 2022 · Environmental Research · 214:113926 · 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113926

Conference presentations

Long-term exposure to air pollution and coronary atherosclerosis, calcification, and non-calcified plaques – results from the Swedish SCAPIS study 35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) · 2023 · Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Long-term ambient air pollution and renal function and atherosclerosis in middle-aged Gothenburg residents GAC Biennial Conference · 2022 · Gothenburg, Sweden

High-resolution modelling of population exposure to air pollution in Sweden

2023–2024 Funder: The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte)
Air pollution Exposure modelling

Publications

High-resolution dispersion modelling of PM2.5, PM10, NOx and NO2 exposure in metropolitan areas in Sweden 2000–2018 – large health gains due to decreased population exposure 2024 · Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health · 10.1007/s11869-024-01535-0

Bibliometric trends in air pollution research

2023–2026
Air pollution Research trends

Publications

Air pollution and publications: historic and emerging trends in research topics – a bibliometric study 2026 · Environmental Research: Health · 10.1088/2752-5309/ae4f18

Air pollution and health risks in Thohoyandou, South Africa

2020–2021 Master’s degree project
Air pollution Trace elements Health risk

Publications

Health risk assessment of PM2.5 and PM2.5-bound trace elements in Thohoyandou, South Africa 2021 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 18:1359 · 10.3390/ijerph18031359

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