Volkert Siersma
University of Copenhagen
363 Papers
763 Citations
Volkert Siersma is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 288 publications.
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Papers
Associations between plasma concentrations of PCB 28 and possible indoor exposure sources in Danish school children and mothers
Emilie Lund Egsmose,Elvira Vaclavik Bräuner,Marie Frederiksen,Thit A. Mørck,Volkert Siersma,Pernille Winton Hansen,Flemming Nielsen,Philippe Grandjean,Lisbeth E. Knudsen +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that PCB exposure in the indoor environment in schools and homes constructed during the PCB period may contribute significantly to children's plasma PCB 28 concentration.
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Fitness consultations in routine care of patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice: an 18-month non-randomised intervention study
TL;DR: Participants who had repeated fitness consultations, including physical testing and motivational interviewing to improve physical activity, improved VO2max, muscle strength, and lipid profile indicate that physical testing combined with motivational interviewing is feasible in a primary health care setting.
Increased healing in diabetic toe ulcers in a multidisciplinary foot clinic-An observational cohort study.
Thomas Almdal,Thomas Almdal,A. Anker Nielsen,Kevin Nielsen,Marit E. Jørgensen,Anne Rasmussen,S. Hangaard,Volkert Siersma,P.E. Holstein,P.E. Holstein +9 more
TL;DR: The results show that the healing of toe ulcers improved, and could not be explained by changes in the patient characteristics, but coincided with a number of improvements in organization and therapy.
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The risk of fall accidents for home dwellers with dementia-A register- and population-based case-control study.
Jindong Ding Petersen,Jindong Ding Petersen,Volkert Siersma,René dePont Christensen,Maria Munch Storsveen,Connie Thurøe Nielsen,Frans Boch Waldorff +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that institutionalized people with dementia have an increased risk of fall accidents, but little is known about whether this increased risk holds for home dwellers.
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Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia and carcinoma: distinct clinical and histological features in relation to human papilloma virus status.
Ingvild Ramberg,Peter B. Toft,Jeanette Bæhr Georgsen,Volkert Siersma,Mikkel Funding,David Hebbelstrup Jensen,Christian von Buchwald,Steffen Heegaard +7 more
TL;DR: The finding of transcriptionally active HPV in this material lends support to a causal role of HPV in a subset of cSCC.
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