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1 Uppdaterad Sid 1 / 15 Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap (CNS) Avdelningen för försäkringsmedicin Curriculum Vitae Pia Svedberg Tfn , E-post: Pia.Svedberg@ki.se Utbildning 2013 Docent Epidemiologi, Karolinska Institutet 2006 Med.dr. Epidemiologi, Karolinska Institutet 1995 Fil.kand. Psykologi, Uppsala Universitet Yrkeserfarenhet 2015 Forskare & forskargruppsledare, Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap (CNS), Avdelningen för försäkringsmedicin, KI Forskarassistent, CNS, Avd. för försäkringsmedicin, KI Postdoc, CNS, Sektionen för personskadeprevention, KI Forskare, Inst Medicinsk Epidemiologi & Biostatistik (MEB), KI Doktorand, MEB, KI Forskningsassistent - Projektkoordinator, det Svenska Tvillingregistret, Institutionen för Medicinsk Epidemiologi & Biostatistik (MEB), KI, Stockholm Forskningsassistent - Projektkoordinator, det Svenska Tvillingregistret, Institutet för Miljömedicin (IMM), KI Forskningsassistent, KTH Byggd Miljö, Gävle, samt Statens Institut för Byggnadsforskning, Laboratoriet för tillämpad psykologi, Gävle Gäststudent - Visiting scholar (Finansiär: Erik och Edith Fernströms stiftelse) University of Southern California, LA, USA Forskningsområden: riskfaktorer för, och konsekvenser av att vara, sjukfrånvarande eller i sjuk- och aktivitetsersättning (förtidspension), med fokus på rörelseorganens sjukdomar och psykiatriska diagnoser; självskattad hälsa, hälsorelaterad livskvalitet; arbets- och livsstilsfaktorer; stress, sömn och utbrändhet; epidemiologi; tvillingstudier. Handledning doktorander som disputerat Åsa Samuelsson, KI Aron Naimi-Akbar, KI Lisa Mather, KI Sanna Kärkkäinen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland Mentor till doktorand: Camilla Martinsson (tid. Westlund), IMM, KI, 2013 (Lic. Sept-2017) Postdocs: Victoria Blom ( ) Jurgita Narusyte ( ) Björg Helgadottir ( ) Lisa Mather (2018 ) Mo Wang ( ) Karoline Seglem, gäst postdoc från Oslo, Sanna Kärkkäinen (2019 ) Postadress Besöksadress Telefon Webb Karolinska Institutet Avdelningen för försäkringsmedicin SE Stockholm Berzelius väg 3, plan (direkt)

2 Sid 2 / 15 Finansiering VR ; AFA ; FAS postdoc ; Svenska Läkaresällskapet 2008, ; VR ; Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse , ; KI-CFV postdoc ; Forte (FAS) ; Socialdepartementet ; KI-fonder; KI- PIH 2008; KI-SFO-Epi ; KID Urval förtroendeuppdrag - Reviewer report from NIPH, Oslo, Norway (fall 2018) regarding the effects of partial vs. full-time sick leave. - Board member Statistical advisory board, National Social Insurance Agency, Board member of the NAPE (Nordic Association for Psychiatric Epidemiology) Member of the executive team of Division of Insurance Medicine, Grant evaluator KID funding Karolinska Institutet, Coordinator NorTwinDisa network of Nordic twin researchers disability pension & sick leave, Opponent PhD Thesis [7April2014] Line C. Gjerde, UiO, Norway. Genetic and environmental contributions to personality disorders, long-term sick leave and disability pension - Evaluation committee PhD Thesis Viktoria Johansson, MEB, KI Evaluation committee PhD Thesis Johannes Arpegård, KS, KI, Opponent PhD Thesis [18December2015], Kristian Amundsen Østby, UiO, Norway. Risk factors for workforce non-participation - Evaluation committee PhD Thesis Hanna Sahlin, CNS, KI Pre-examiner PhD Thesis Anna Svärd, Helsingfors, Finland Chair at doctoral thesis defence; Syed Ghulam Rahman Disability pension due to common mental disorders subsequent psychiatric morbidity and suicidal behaviour [24February 2017]. - Chair at doctoral thesis defence: Domitilla DiTiene, June 14, Betygsnämnd/Evaluation committee PhD Thesis Josefin Edwall Löfvenborg, Karolinska Institutet, IMM, 26 April Sakkunnig granskning lektorstjänst Örebro Universitet, 2019 (23 sökanden). - Peer-review tidskrifter; International Journal of Epidemiology, European Journal of Epidemiology, Social Science and Medicine, Digestive and Liver Disease, Obesity, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Behavior Genetics, Twin Research Human Genetics, etc. - Uppsatshandledning magister- och läkarstudenter: Folkhälsa, Försäkringsmedicin, Epidemiologi Vetenskapliga publikationer i internationella tidskrifter (peer-reviewed) 1. Ropponen A, Narusyte J, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P. Number of pain locations as predictor of cause-specific disability pension do common mental disorders play a role? Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Aug;61(8): Helgadóttir B, Svedberg P, Mather L, Lindfors P, Bergström G, Blom V. The association between part-time and temporary employment and sickness absence: a prospective Swedish twin study. Eur J Public Health. 2019: 9(1): Mather L, Blom V, Bergström G, Svedberg P. Adverse outcomes of sick leave due to mental disorders: A prospective study of discordant twin pairs. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2019; 47: Wang M, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Dorner TE, Pazarlis KA, Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Helgesson M. Determinants of work disability following lumbar spine decompression surgery. Scand J Public Health. 2019; 47: PMID:

3 Sid 3 / Helgadóttir B, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Bergström G, Mather L, Blom V, Svedberg P. The role of occupational class on the association between sickness absence and disability pension: A Swedish register-based twin study. Scand J Work Environ Health online first doi: /sjweh Amin R, Svedberg P, Narusyte J. Associations between adolescent social phobia, sickness absence and unemployment: a prospective study of twins in Sweden. European Journal of Public Health. E-pub 15MAR2019, 7. Mather L, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Bergström G, Blom V, Helgadóttir B, Svedberg P. Sick leave due to mental disorders, morbidity and mortality: a prospective study of discordant twin pairs. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Accepted APR 25, 2019 SPPE. E-pub: 10 May Rahman S, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Dorner T.E, Pazarlis K, Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Wang M, Helgesson M. Work-disability in low back pain patients with or without surgery, role of social insurance regulation changes in Sweden" Accepted: European Journal of Public Health. 16OCT Svedberg P, Mather L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Blom V. Time pressure and sleep problems due to thoughts about work as risk factors for future sickness absence. International Archives Occupational Environmental Health. 2018;91(8): Dorner TE, Helgesson M, Nilsson K, Pazarlis K, Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Course and characteristics of work disability 3 years before and after lumbar spine decompression surgery a national population-based study. Scientific reports. Sci Rep Aug 7;8(1): doi: /s PMID: Wang M, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Dorner TE, Pazarlis KA, Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Helgesson M. Determinants of work disability following lumbar spine decompression surgery. Scand J Public Health. 2018; Jul 1: doi: / [E-pub]. PMID: Ropponen A, Mather L, Narusyte J, Åkerstedt T, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P. Night work as a risk factor for future cause-specific disability pension: a prospective twin cohort study in Sweden. Chronobiology International. 2018;35(2): Svedberg P, Mather L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Blom V. Work-home interference, perceived total workload and the risk of future sickness absence due to stress-related mental diagnoses among women and men: a prospective twin study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2018;25: Åkerstedt T, Narusyte J, Alexanderson, K, Svedberg P. Sleep Duration, Mortality, and Heredity-A Prospective Twin Study. SLEEP. 2017;40(10). [Editor s choice] 15. Mather L, Blom V, Bergström G, Svedberg P. Adverse outcomes of sick leave due to mental disorders: A prospective study of discordant twin pairs. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health [Epub (Oct-17) ahead of print] 16. Kärkkäinen S, Ropponen A, Narusyte J, Mather L, Åkerstedt T, Silventoinen K, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P. Night work as a risk factor of disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a cohort study of Swedish twins". European Journal of Public Health. 2017;27(4): Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Korhonen T, Ropponen A. Association between long-term smoking and leisure-time physical inactivity - a cohort study among Finnish twins with a 35-year follow-up. International Journal of Public Health 2017; 62 (7): DOI: /s Åkerstedt T, Narusyte J, Svedberg P, Kecklund G, Alexanderson K. Night work and prostate cancer in men a Swedish prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2017;7:e

4 Sid 4 / Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Internalizing and externalizing problems in childhood and adolescence as predictors of work incapacity in young adulthood. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. [Epub ahead of print] 20. Blom V, Svedberg P, et al. Stress in paid and unpaid work as related to aggregate cortisol measures and subjective health complaints in women working in the public health care sector. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. Accepted May Epub June Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Waller K, Heikkila K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Silventoinen K, Kujala UM, Ropponen A. Leisure-time physical inactivity and associations with body mass index: a Finnish Twin Study with a 35-year follow-up. International Journal of Epidemiology Feb 1;46(1): Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Kujala UM, Heikkilä K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Silventoinen K, Ropponen A. Association between education and future leisure-time physical inactivity: a study of Finnish twins over a 35-year follow-up. BMC Public Health Aug 4;16(1): Svedberg P, Hallsten L, Narusyte J, Bodin L, Blom V. Genetic and environmental influences on the association between performance-based self-esteem and exhaustion: a study of the self-worth notion of burnout. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Oct; 57(5): Mather, L., Blom, V., Bergström, G., Svedberg, P. An underlying common factor explains the covariation between major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and burnout: a Swedish twin study. Twin Research and Human Genetics Dec;19(6): Epub 2016 Sep Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Kaprio J. Stability and change of body mass index as a predictor of disability pension. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2016; 44: Dorner T E, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P, Tinghög P, Ropponen A, Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Synergistic effect between back pain and common mental disorders and the risk of future disability pension: A nationwide study from Sweden. Psychological Medicine. 2016;6(2): Narusyte J, Björkenstam E, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Kjeldgård L, Svedberg P. Occurrence of sickness absence and disability pension in relation to childbirth: a 16-year follow-up study of 6,323 Swedish twins. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2016; 44: Blom V, Bodin L, Bergström G, Svedberg P. Applying the Demand-control-support model on burnout in managers and non-managers. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. Accepted Nov2015, In press/pre-print 2016, Vol. 9 Iss 1 pp Taloyan M, Kecklund G, Thörn L, Kjeldgård L, Westerlund H, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. Sickness presence in the Swedish Police in 2007 and in 2010: associations with demographic factors, job characteristics, and health. Work. Accepted Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Genetic and environmental influences on disability pension due to mental diagnoses: limited importance of major depression, generalized anxiety, and chronic fatigue. Twin Research Human Genetics. 2016; 19(1) Blom V, Richter A, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. The associations between job insecurity, depressive symptoms and burnout: the role of performance-based self-esteem. Economic and Industrial Democracy OCT 27:1-16 [Epub ahead of print]. 32. Saha R, Pettersson HJ, Svedberg P, Olovsson M, Bergqvist A, Marions L, Tornvall P, Kuja-Halkola R. The heritability of endometriosis. Fertil Steril Jul 22. pii: S (15) [Epub 22July2015]

5 Sid 5 / Åkerstedt T, Knutsson A, Narusyte J, Svedberg P, Kecklund G, Alexanderson K. Night work and breast cancer in women a Swedish cohort study. BMJ Open. 2015;5:e doi: /bmjopen Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. High job demands, job strain and isostrain are risk factors for sick leave due to mental disorders: a prospective Swedish twin study with a five year follow-up. J Occup Environ Med Aug;57(8): Björkenstam E, Alexanderson K, Narusyte J, Kjeldgård L, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Childbirth, hospitalisation and sickness absence: a study of female twins. BMJ Open. 2015;5:e Dorner TE, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Stein KV, Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Sickness absence due to back pain or depressive episode and the risk of all-cause and diagnosis-specific disability pension: A Swedish cohort study of 4,823,069 individuals. European Journal of Pain. E-pub 20 FEB Marklund S, Lundh G, Gustafsson K, Linder J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. The actions of the social insurance agency regarding long-term sickness absentees before and after a medical assessment a study of 384 case files. Disabil Rehabil. 2015;37(18): Lundh G, Gustafsson K, Linder J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Marklund S. Associations between prognosed future work capacity among long-term sickness absentees and their actual work incapacity two years later. Work. 2014;49: Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. The covariation between burnout and sick leave due to mental disorders is explained by a shared genetic liability: a prospective Swedish twin study with a five year follow-up. Twin Research Human Genetics. 2014; 17(6): Björkenstam E, Narusyte J, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Kjeldgård L, Svedberg P. Associations between childbirth, hospitalization and disability pension: a cohort study of female twins. Plos ONE. 2014;9(7): e doi: /journal.pone Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Physical work load and psychological stress of daily activities as predictors of disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2014;42(4): Mather L, Blom V, Svedberg P. Stressful and traumatic life-events are associated with burnout - a cross-sectional twin study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. E- pub 9 JAN, DOI: /s Blom V, Sverke M, Bodin L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Svedberg P. Work-home interference and burnout: A study based on Swedish twins. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2014;56(4): Svedberg P, Blom V, Narusyte J, Bergström G, Bodin L, Hallsten L. Genetic and environmental influences on performance based self-esteem in a population-based cohort of Swedish twins. Self & Identity. 2014, 13(2): Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Part-time work or social benefits as predictors for disability pension. A prospective study of Swedish twins, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Apr;21(2): DOI: /s Erratum in Int J Behav Med Feb;21(1): Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. The role of familial factors in the associations between sickness absence and disability pension or mortality. European J of Pub Health Feb;24(1): Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Single and additive effects of health behaviours on the risk for disability pensions among Swedish twins. European Journal of Public Health. 2014;24(4): Ropponen A, Korhonen T, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Persistent smoking as a predictor of disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses:

6 Sid 6 / 15 a 23 year prospective study of Finnish twins. Preventive Medicine 2013; E-pub Oct 18. doi:pii: S (13)00371-X /j.ypmed PMID: Svedberg P, Eriksson M, Boman E. Associations between scores of psychosomatic health symptoms and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2013, 11: Ropponen A, Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Registry-based data of psychosocial working conditions and occupational groups as predictors of disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a prospective cohort study of Swedish twins. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013, 14: Blom V, Bodin L, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. The Importance of Genetic and Shared Environmental Factors for the Associations between Job Demands, Control, Support and Burnout. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(9): e Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. A prospective cohort study of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: the importance of health factors and behaviors. BMC Public Health.2013, 13: Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Kalso E, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. A prospective twin cohort study of disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses in relation to stability and change in pain. PAIN. 2013;154: Online: 24-MAY DOI information: /j.pain Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Hublin C, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J. Sleep patterns as predictors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 23 year longitudinal study of Finnish twins, Sleep Jun 1;36(6): doi: /sleep Kärkkäinen S, Pitkäniemi J, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Ropponen A. Disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: importance of work-related factors in a prospective cohort of Finnish twins. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health Jul 1;39(4): doi: /sjweh Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Psychosocial working conditions, occupational groups and risk of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: a prospective population-based cohort study of Swedish twins. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.2013 Jul 1;39(4): doi: /sjweh Gustafsson K, Lundh G, Svedberg P, Linder J, Alexanderson K, Marklund S. Psychological factors related to return to work among long-term sickness absentees who have undergone a multidisciplinary medical assessment. Journal Rehab Medicine, 2012, 45(2), Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J. Effects of work and lifestyle on risk for future disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30-year prospective study of Finnish twins. J Occup Environ Med Nov;54(11): Naimi-Akbar A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ekstrand J, Sandborgh Englund G. Reliance on social security benefits by Swedish patients with ill-health attributed to dental fillings: a register-based cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Lichtenstein P, Narusyte J. Genetic Susceptibility to Sickness Absence is Similar Among Women and Men: Findings From a Swedish Twin Cohort. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2012; Oct;15(5): doi: /thg Naimi-Akbar A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Carlstedt-Duke B, Ekstrand J, Sandborgh Englund G. Health related quality of life and symptoms in patients with experiences of health problems related to dental restorative materials. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology Sep 10. doi: /cdoe [Epub ahead of print]

7 Sid 7 / Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Alexanderson K, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Personality traits and life dissatisfaction as risk factors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a-30 year longitudinal cohort study of Finnish twins. Journal of Psychosomatic Research Oct;73(4): Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Lichtenstein P, Svedberg P. Incidence of disability pension and associations with sociodemographic factors in a Swedish twin cohort. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012; 47(12): [Epub ahead of print Mar 20]. 64. Blom V, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Bodin L, Svedberg P. Genetic susceptibility to burnout in a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2012;27(3): DOI: /s Leineweber C, Westerlund H, Hagberg J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. Sickness presenteeism is more than an alternative to sickness absence: Results from the population-based SLOSH study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health Nov;85(8): Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Lichtenstein P, Svedberg P. Disability Pension Among Swedish Twins - Prevalence Over 16 Years and Associations With Sociodemographic Factors in J Occup Environ Med. 2012;54(1): Svedberg P, Alexanderson, K. Associations between sickness absence and harassments, threats or violence, or discrimination: a cross-sectional study of the Swedish Police. WORK: a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation. 2012; 42: DOI /WOR Ropponen A, Narusyte J, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Stability and change in health behaviours as predictors for disability pension: a prospective cohort study of Swedish twins. BMC Public Health, 2011; 11: Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Samuelsson A, Svedberg P. Genetic Liability to Disability Pension in Women and Men: a Prospective Population-Based Twin Study. PLoS ONE, 2011; 6(8):e Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Koskenvuo K, Huunan- Seppälä A, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J. Health related risk factors for disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a 30-year Finnish twin cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2011; 39: Gustafsson K, Lundh G, Svedberg P, Linder J, Alexanderson K, Marklund S. Disability, sickness and unemployment benefits among long term sickness absentees five years before, during and after a multidisciplinary medical assessment. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2011;4: Pietikäinen S, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Ropponen A. Health-related and sociodemographic risk factors for disability pension due to low back disorders: a 30-year prospective Finnish twin cohort study. JOEM. 2011, 53(5): Leineweber C, Westerlund H, Hagberg J, Svedberg P, Luokkala M, Alexanderson K. Sickness Presenteeism Among Swedish Police Officers. J Occup Rehabil. 2011, 21: Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Lichtenstein P, Alexanderson K. Are self-report of disability pension and long-term sickness absence accurate? Comparisons of self-reported interview data with national register data in a Swedish twin cohort. BMC Public Health 2010, 10: Svedberg P, Salmi P, Hagberg J, Lundh G, Linder J, Alexanderson K. Does multidisciplinary assessment of long-term sickness absentees result in modification of sick-listing diagnoses? Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2010, 38(6):

8 Sid 8 / Svedberg P, Bildt C, Lindelöw C, Alexanderson K. Self-reported health among employees in relation to sex segregation at work sites. Journal of Occupational Health.2009,51(3): Gjesdal S, Svedberg P, Hagberg, J, Alexanderson K. Mortality among disability pensioners in Norway and Sweden : comparative prospective cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2009,37: Svedberg P, Gatz M, Pedersen NL. Genetic and environmental mediation of the associations between self-rated health and cognitive abilities. Experimental Aging Research. 2009, 35(2): Salmi P, Svedberg P, Hagberg J, Lundh G, Linder J, Alexanderson K. Multidisciplinary investigations recognize high prevalence of co-morbidity of psychiatric and somatic diagnoses in long-term sickness absentees. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2009, 37: Salmi P, Svedberg P, Hagberg J, Lundh G, Linder J, Alexanderson K. Outcome of multidisciplinary investigations of long-term sickness absentees. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2009, 31:2, Gjesdal S, Mæland J G, Svedberg P, Hagberg, J, Alexanderson K. Role of diagnoses and socioeconomic status in mortality among disability pensioners in Norway--a populationbased cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2008, 34:6, Amendments and corrections: in Scand J Work Environ Health 2009;35(4): Svedberg P, Johansson S, Wallander MA, Pedersen NL. No evidence of sex differences in heritability of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Swedish twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2008,11: Svedberg P, Bardage C, Sandin S, Pedersen NL. A prospective study of health, life-style and psychosocial predictors of self-rated health. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2006, 21: Svedberg P, Gatz M, Lichtenstein P, Sandin S, & Pedersen NL. Self-rated health in a longitudinal perspective: a 9-year follow-up twin study. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2005,60B, S331-S Svedberg P, Johansson S, Wallander M-A, Hamelin B, & Pedersen NL. Extra-intestinal manifestations associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A twin study. Aliment Pharmacol Therapeut, 2002,16 (5), pp Gatz, Svedberg, Pedersen, Mortimer, Johansson & Berg. Education and the Risk of Alzheimer s Disease: Findings from the Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 2001, 56B(5): P292-P Svedberg, Lichtenstein & Pedersen. Age and Sex Differences in Genetic and Environmental Factors for Self-Rated Health: A Twin Study. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Vol.56B, 2001, 3: S171-S Feychting, Pedersen, Svedberg, Floderus & Gatz. Dementia and occupational exposure to magnetic fields. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 1998,24(1). p Peer-reviewed review articles 1) Ludvigsson JF; Svedberg P; Olen O; Bruze G; Neovius M. The Longitudinal Integrated Database for Health Insurance and Labour Market Studies (LISA) and its Use in Medical Research. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019; 34: ) Körlin J, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Sickness absence among women and men in the police: a systematic literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.2009, 37,

9 Sid 9 / 15 3) Pedersen NL, Lichtenstein P, Svedberg P. The Swedish Twin Registry in the Third Millennium. Twin Research. 2002,5: ) Lichtenstein P, De Faire U, Floderus B, Svartengren M, Svedberg P, Pedersen NL. The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2002, 252: ) Pedersen & Svedberg. Behavioral Genetics, Health and Aging. Journal of Adult Development, 2000, 7: (2). Böcker & kapitel 1) Karlsson N, Carstensen J, Gjesdal S, Svedberg P & Alexanderson K. Disability pension and cause-specific mortality in a 12-year population-based cohort study in Sweden. In: Nadine Karlsson (2007) Prospective cohort studies of disability pension and mortality in a Swedish county (PhD-thesis) Karolinska University Press, Stockholm, Sweden. 2) Svedberg, P. Factors of Importance for Self-Rated Health. (2006). Thesis for doctoral degree (Ph.D.) Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Press, Stockholm, Sweden. 3) Svedberg, Lichtenstein, Steffensson and Pedersen (2000). In FRN report: Self-rated health in a European perspective. Age and sex differences in genetic and environmental factors for self-rated health.2000:2. Rapporter 1) Alexanderson K, Björkenstam E, Kjeldgård L, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Barnafödande, sjuklighet och sjukfrånvaro: en studie av tvillingsystrar. Stockholm: Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet; ISBN ) Alexanderson K, Marklund S, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P (Eds). Huvudrapport i projekt om kvinnors och mäns sjukfrånvaro. [In Swedish]. Stockholm: Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet; 2011 [Rapport] 3) Svedberg P, Narusyte J, Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Lichtenstein, P, Alexanderson K. Betydelsen av arv och miljö för sjukskrivning och sjukersättning bland kvinnor och män i en kohort av svenska tvillingar. Delrapport 8 i projekt om kvinnors och mäns sjukfrånvaro. [In Swedish] Stockholm: Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet; 2011 [Rapport] (38 pages). 4) Marklund S, Alexanderson K, Gustavsson K, Linder J, Lundh, G, Svedberg P. Långtidssjukskrivna kvinnor och män som genomgått försäkringsmedicinska utredningar. Delrapport 9 i projekt om kvinnors och mäns sjukfrånvaro. [In Swedish] Stockholm: Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin. Institutionen för Klinisk Neurovetenskap. Karolinska Institutet; 2011 [Rapport] (37 pages). 5) Lundh G, Alexanderson K, Gustafsson K, Linder J, Svedberg P, Marklund S.(2010). Försäkringskassans handläggning av försäkringsmedicinska utredningar - Arbetsrapport. FMU projektet Augusti Sektionen för försäkringsmedicin, Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet. [Rapport] 6) Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. (Eds.) (2009). Sjukfrånvaro och arbete inom Polisen. [Sickness absence and work in the Police]. Sektionen för personskadeprevention, Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet. [Rapport] 7) Körlin J, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K. (2007). Sjukfrånvaro bland kvinnor och män anställda inom polisen [Sickness absence among women and men in the Police]. Sektionen för personskadeprevention, Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet. [Rapport]

10 Sid 10 / 15 Peer reviewed abstracts 1) Helgadóttir, B., Svedberg, P., Lindfors, P., Bergström, G., Mather, L., & Blom, V. Type of employment and sickness absence: a prospective Swedish twin study. EUMASS: The European Union for Medicine in Assurance and Social Security Congress, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October ) Mather L, Narusyte J, Helgadóttir B, Ropponen A, Blom V, Bergström G, Svedberg P. Does sick leave due to mental disorders increase the risk of mortality and morbidity? A prospective twin study. EUMASS: The European Union for Medicine in Assurance and Social Security Congress, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October ) Svedberg P, Mather L, Fält A, Åkerstedt T. Sleep disturbances as risk factors for future sickness absence. EUMASS: The European Union for Medicine in Assurance and Social Security Congress, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October ) Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P. Chronic pain, depression/anxiety, and disability pension: a common liability behind? EUMASS: The European Union for Medicine in Assurance and Social Security Congress, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October ) Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Night work as a risk factor for future disability pension due to mental diagnoses. European Public Health (EPH) conference Stockholm. European Journal of Public Health. Vol.27, Suppl ) Svedberg P, et al. Are time pressure and sleep problems due to thoughts about work risk factors for future sick leave? European Public Health (EPH) conference 1-4 Nov 2017, Stockholm. European Journal of Public Health. Vol.27, Suppl ) Narusyte J,...Svedberg P. Social phobia in adolescence, sickness absence and unemployment: a prospective twin study. European Public Health (EPH) conference 1-4 Nov 2017, Stockholm. European Journal of Public Health. Vol.27, Suppl ) Kärkkäinen S, et al. Stressful life events and disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a Finnish twin study. European Public Health (EPH) conference 1-4 Nov 2017, Stockholm. European Journal of Public Health. Vol.27, Suppl ) Mather L, Svedberg P. Adverse outcomes of being on sick leave due to mental disorders: a prospective co-twin study. European Public Health (EPH) conference 1-4 Nov 2017, Stockholm. European Journal of Public Health. Vol.27, Suppl ) Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Svedberg P, Silventoinen K, Ropponen A. Kehon painoindeksin ja sen muutoksen yhteys istumiseen käytettyyn aikaan 35 vuoden seurannassa suomalaisilla aikuisilla kaksosilla (Association of BMI and a change in BMI with sitting time in Finnish adult twins during a 35-year follow-up). E-poster & oral presentation in the Liikuntatieteen päivät (Exercise Science Seminar) , Jyväskylä, Finland. Published in: Liikunta & Tiede 2017:54(4): ) Lindfors P, Svedberg P, Bergström G, Mather L, Blom V. Stress in paid and unpaid work as related to salivary cortisol measures and subjective health complaints in women working in the public sector. Dublin May 2017 European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) 12) Maarit Piirtola, Jaakko Kaprio, Karri Silventoinen, Pia Svedberg, Tellervo Korhonen, Annina Ropponen. Association between long-term smoking and leisure-time physical inactivity a cohort study among Finnish twins with a 35-year follow-up. The Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) annual Meeting 2017, March 8-11, 2017, Florence, Italy. 13) Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Narusyte J. Depression in late adolescence and the risk of future work disability. European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, Austria, November, 2016.

11 Sid 11 / 15 14) Svedberg P, Mather L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Blom V. A twin study of work-home interference and the risk of future sickness absence with mental diagnoses. European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, Austria, November, ) Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Trajectories of adolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms prior to work incapacity in adulthood. European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, Austria, November, ) Kärkkäinen S, Ropponen A, Narusyte J, Mather L, Åkerstedt T, Silventoinen K, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Svedberg P. Night work and disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses. European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, Austria, November, ) Ropponen A, Narusyte J, Mather L, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Åkerstedt T, Svedberg P. Night work as a risk factor for future disability pension due to cardiovascular diagnoses: a prospective twin cohort study accounting for genetics and shared family environmental factors. European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, Austria, November, ) Boman E, Eriksson M, Svedberg P. Is perceived autonomy associated with healthrelated quality of life among adolescents? International Society of Quality of Life research (ISOQOL) 23rd Annual Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark October, Quality of Life Research, vol.25, Supp.1, Oct ) Svedberg P, Björkenstam E, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K. Childbirth, hospitalisation and sickness absence: a cohort study of Swedish female twins. EUMASS (European Union of Medicine in Assurance and Social Security) Ljubliana, Slovenia 9-11 June, ) Narusyte J, Björkenstam E, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Kjeldgård L, Svedberg P. Sickness absence and disability pension in relation to childbirth: a study of Swedish twin sisters. EUMASS (European Union of Medicine in Assurance and Social Security) Ljubliana, Slovenia 9-11 June, ) Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. Work environment, health behaviors and sick leave due to mental disorders: a prospective twin study. EUMASS (European Union of Medicine in Assurance and Social Security) Ljubliana, Slovenia 9-11 June, ) Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Korhonen T, Ropponen A. Association between long-term smoking and leisure-time physical inactivity a cohort study of Finnish twins with a 35-year follow-up. 8th Nordic Health Promotion research conference, Jyväskylä, Finland, June ) Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K, Heikkilä K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Kujala UM, Ropponen A. Association between education and leisure-time physical inactivity in Finnish twins over 35 years. Abstract for the 8th European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Milan, Italy, October, ) Piirtola M, Kaprio J, Waller K, Heikkilä K, Koskenvuo M, Svedberg P, Silventoinen K, Kujala UM, Ropponen A. The association of physical inactivity and body mass index in the Finnish twin pairs discordant for their leisure-time physical activity during a 35-year follow-up. Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA ) Blom V, Sverke M, Bodin L, Bergström G, Lindfors P, Svedberg P. Work-Home Interference and burnout: a study based on Swedish Twins. Invited symposia (organizer Petra Lindfors): Work Life Balance: addressing conflicts between different life domains. 17 th congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, May 20 th -23 rd Oslo, Norway. 26) Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Externalizing behavior problems in adolescence and sickness absence in adulthood. Abstracts for the 15th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 3rd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy. Budapest,

12 Sid 12 / 15 Hungary th November, Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2014:17(5): ) Blom, Sverke, Bodin, Bergström, Lindfors, Svedberg. Work-Home Interference and burnout: a study based on Swedish Twins. The 15th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 3nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Budapest, Hungary th November, Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2014:17(5): ) Piirtola Maarit, Kaprio Jaakko, Waller Katja, Heikkilä Kauko, Koskenvuo Markku, Svedberg Pia, Silventoinen Karri, Kujala Urho, Ropponen Annina. Stability and change in leisure-time physical inactivity and its association with body mass index in the Finnish Twin Cohort during a 35 year follow-up. Scandinavian Congress of Medicine and Science in Sports (SCMSS), October 2014, Helsinki, Finland. 29) Svedberg P, Ropponen A. Effects of health behaviors on disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a Swedish twin study. EUMASS, 2014, Stockholm, Sweden. 30) Richter A, Blom V, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. Investigating the Association between Job Insecurity and Burnout: The Moderating and Mediating Role of Performance-Based Self- Esteem. European academy for occupational health psychology (EAOHP); London April 14, ) Mather L, Bergström G, Blom V, Svedberg P. The importance of unhealthy behaviors and familial factors in the association between self-reported symptoms of burnout and stress-related sick-leave: a twin study. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.23. Suppl.1, page 132. EUPHA Brussels, Belgium, Nov ) Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Disability pension due to mental diagnoses: the role of psychiatric disorders and chronic fatigue. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.23. Suppl.1, page 184. EUPHA Brussels, Belgium, ) Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Work Well-being Wealth. Helsinki Abstract no Stability and change of physical work load and psychological stress of daily activities as predictors for disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders. SJWEH. 34) Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A. Work Well-being Wealth. Helsinki Abstract no Are part-time work or social benefits predictors for disability pension? A prospective Swedish twin cohort study. SJWEH. 35) Ropponen A, Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. FALF: Forum för Arbetslivsforskning Stockholm. Är den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och typ av yrke riskfaktorer för sjukersättning i musculoskeletala diagnoser bland svenska tvillingar? 36) Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A. FALF: Forum för Arbetslivsforskning Stockholm. Are part-time work or social benefits predictors for disability pension? A prospective Swedish twin cohort study. 37) Blom, Sverke, Bodin, Bergström, Lindfors, Svedberg. Work home interference and burnout in Swedish women and men: The importance of genetics and family environment. FALF: Forum för Arbetslivsforskning Stockholm ) Blom V, Bodin L, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Svedberg P. The importance of genetic and shared environmental factors for the associations between job demands, control, support and burnout. 20 Annual EUPHA meeting, 2012, Malta. 39) Svedberg P, Narusyte J, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A. A prospective cohort study of stability and change in health behaviors as risk factors for disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnosis among Swedish twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.242. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy. 40) Svedberg P, Blom V, Bergström G, Bodin L, Hallsten L. Genetic and Environmental Factors of importance for contingent self-esteem among women and men. Twin Research

13 and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.241. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy. 41) Blom V, Bergström G, Hallsten L, Bodin L, Svedberg P. The relative importance of genes and environment in burnout symptoms: a Swedish Twin cohort study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.178. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy. 42) Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Alexanderson K, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Personality traits and life dissatisfaction as risk factors for disability pension due to low back diagnosis: a 30-year longitudinal cohort study of Finnish twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.233. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy. 43) Samuelsson Å, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K, Svedberg P. Psychosocial working conditions and risk of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: a prospective twin cohort study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2012, Vol. 15, no. 12, p.235. The 14th International Congress on Twin Studies and The 2nd World Congress on Twin Pregnancy, Florence, Italy. 44) Pia Svedberg. Betydelsen av arv och miljö för sjukskrivning och sjukersättning bland kvinnor och män i en kohort av svenska tvillingar. Seminarium: Kvinnor och mäns sjukfrånvaro (SEM 0SEM). Riksstämman, Älvsjö Stockholm, Sweden ) Pia Svedberg and Karri Silventoinen, organizers. Workshop: Twins: a powerful study design to control for genetic and environmental influences in public health research. European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p rd European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. 46) Svedberg P. Sex, age and cohort differences in the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors for self-rated health. European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p rd European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. 47) Svedberg P, Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Alexanderson K. Genetic and environmental influences on sickness absence: findings from a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p rd European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. 48) Samuelsson Å, Alexanderson K, Ropponen A, Svedberg P. Incidence of disability pension and associations with sociodemographic factors in a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p rd European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. 49) Ropponen A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J. Effects of work-related factors on risk of disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30 year longitudinal study of Finnish twins. European Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol.21, Supplement 1, p rd European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. 50) Svedberg P, Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Narusyte J. Genetic and environmental liability to disability pension due to psychiatric diagnoses: a prospective study of Swedish twins. Symposium, The 5th Nordic Meeting in Epidemiology and Register-based Health Research (NordicEpi), Reykjavik, Iceland June, 2011 (invited speaker by NAPE). 51) Narusyte J, Ropponen A, Silventoinen K, Alexanderson K, Kaprio J, Svedberg P. Liability to disability pension due to psychiatric diagnoses: a discrete time survival analysis of Swedish twins. Symposium of the Nordic Association of Psychiatric Sid 13 / 15

14 Sid 14 / 15 Epidemiology (NAPE). 13th International congress of the IFPE, Kaohsiung Taiwan ) Pietikäinen S, Silventoinen K, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Huunan-Seppälä A, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Ropponen A. Health related and sociodemographic risk factors for disability pension due to low back disorders: a 30 year prospective Finnish twin cohort study. European Journal of Public Health, 2010, Vol.20, Supplement 1, p nd European Public Health Conference. 18th Annual EUPHA Meeting, Amsterdam. 53) Boman, Bällgren, Svedberg (2010). Is health related quality of life among school children associated with level of semantic memory? ISOQOL - International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting [ Abstract #1380. London, England. 54) Saha, Svedberg, Johansson, Bergqvist (2010). The prevalence and concordance of endometriosis in a Swedish twin cohort. The 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) June 2010). Rome, Italy. HUMAN REPRODUCTION ;25;I ) Naimi-Akbar A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ekstrand J, Carlstedt-Duke B, Sandborgh Englund G. Effects of Dental Filling Replacement on Subjective Health. Abstr no IADR General Session, Barcelona, Spain, juli ) Naimi-Akbar A, Svedberg P, Alexanderson K, Ekstrand J, Carlstedt-Duke B, Sandborgh Englund G. Oral Epidemiologi Kvicksilver och hälsa. Odontologisk Riksstämma, Älvsjö ) Svedberg, Ropponen, Alexanderson (2009). Validity of self-reported data on long-term sickness absence and disability pension in a Swedish twin cohort. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.19, Supplement 1. 17th Annual EUPHA Meeting, Lodz, Poland. 58) Samuelsson, Svedberg, Ropponen, Alexanderson (2009). Occurrence and characteristics of disability pensioners - a prospective cohort study of twins followed for 14 years. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.19, Supplement 1. 17th Annual EUPHA Meeting, Lodz, Poland. 59) Leineweber, Westerlund, Hagberg, Svedberg, Alexanderson (2009). Work environment and sickness presenteeism in the Swedish Police Force. European Journal of Public Health, Vol.19, Supplement 1. 17th Annual EUPHA Meeting, Lodz, Poland. 60) Leineweber, Westerlund, Hagberg, Svedberg, Alexanderson (2009). Sickness presenteeism among the Swedish Police Force. Work, Stress and Health. Paper ) Svedberg, Körlin, Alexanderson (2007). Is sickness absence in the Swedish police force associated with discrimination, harassments, threats, and violence? European Journal of Public Health, vol 17, suppl.2. 15th EUPHA conference, Helsinki, Finland. 62) Svedberg, Bardage & Pedersen (2006). Biological markers of importance for self-rated health International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts [ The QLR Journal, A-99, Abstract #1627. Lisbon, Portugal. 63) Svedberg, Bardage & Pedersen (2004). The effect of health behaviors on future selfratings of health for men and women. ISOQOL, Hong Kong. Quality of Life Research, 13, 9, abstract. 64) Bardage, Svedberg, Pedersen (2004). The biological mechanisms behind a good or bad self-rated health. ISOQOL, Hong Kong. Quality of Life Research, 13, 9, abstract. 65) Svedberg, Johansson, Wallander & Pedersen (2004). Age and sex differences in heritability for irritable bowel syndrome [abstract]. Twin Research, 7 (4), p ) Svedberg & Pedersen (2003). Association between cognition and SRH: genetic and environmental mediation. [Symposium abstract] GSA, San Diego.

15 Sid 15 / 15 67) Svedberg, Bardage & Pedersen (2003). Are personality, pain and stress predictors of importance for self-rated health? A 30-year follow-up study. [abstract] ISOQOL, Prague. Quality of Life Research, 12, 7. 68) Bardage, Svedberg, Pedersen (2003). Is self-rated health associated with biomarkers? [abstract] ISOQOL, Prague. Quality of Life Research, 12, 7. 69) Pedersen & Svedberg (2001). Longitudinal Analyses of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Self-Rated Health. [Symposium abstract]. The Gerontologist, Vol 41, special issue I, p ) Svedberg, Pedersen & Lichtenstein (2001). Computer assisted telephone interviews with 26,000+ twins: A new update of the Swedish Twin Registry. [abstract]. Twin Research, 4 (3), p ) Svedberg, Lichtenstein & Pedersen (2000). (Poster presented at 27 th International Congress of Psychology). Age and Sex differences in Genetic and Environmental factors for Self-Rated Health: A Twin Study. [Abstract]. International Journal of Psychology, vol 35, issue 3/4. 72) Svedberg, Johansson, Wallander, Hamelin & Pedersen (2000). (Poster presented at 1 st Nordic Conference in Epidemiology). Comorbidity for irritable bowel syndrome: A twin study. 73) Gatz, Svedberg, Pedersen N.L., Mortimer J.A., Johansson B, Berg S. Is education protective? Insights from Swedish twin studies (2000). Neurobiology of Aging, Volume 21, Supplement 1, pp (1). 74) Svedberg, Lichtenstein, Steffensson, Pedersen (1998). Age and sex differences in genetic and environmental factors for self-rated health. [abstract]. Twin Research, 1(2), p ) Svedberg, Gatz & Pedersen, (1996). Reconsidering education as a risk factor for Alzheimer s disease.[gsa abstract]. Gerontologist, 36 (special issue II), p