• Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Women’s Serum in the European Arctic Russia 

      Varakina, Yulia; Lahmanov, Dmitry; Aksenov, Andrey; Trofimova, Anna; Korobitsyna, Rimma; Belova, Natalia; Sobolev, Nikita; Kotsur, Dmitry; Sorokina, Tatiana; Grjibovski, Andrej; Chashchin, Valery; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are heterogeneous carbon-based compounds that can seriously affect human health. The aim of this study was to measure serum concentrations of POPs in women residing in the Euro-Arctic ...
    • Geographic and Ethnic Variations in Serum Concentrations of Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants among Men in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arctic Russia 

      Varakina, Yulia; Aksenov, Andrey; Lakhmanov, Dmitry; Trofimova, Anna; Korobitsyna, Rimma; Belova, Natalia; Kotsur, Dmitry; Sorokina, Tatiana; Grjibovski, Andrei M.; Popova, Ludmila; Chashchin, Valery; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The overwhelming majority of Arctic biomonitoring studies in humans include either pregnant or non-pregnant women of reproductive age while little attention is paid to toxic compounds concentrations in men. This study ...
    • Iodine Status of Women and Infants in Russia: A Systematic Review 

      Korobitsyna, Rimma; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Trofimova, Anna; Sobolev, Nikita; Grjibovski, Andrej; Chashchin, Valery; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is critically involved in brain water and volume homeostasis and has been implicated in a wide range of pathological conditions. Notably, evidence has been accrued to suggest that AQP4 plays a proinflammatory ...