• A follow-up study of neurobehavioral functions in welders exposed to manganese 

      Ellingsen, Dag; Chashchin, Maxim; Bast-Pettersen, Rita; Zibarev, Evgenji; Thomassen, Yngvar; Chashchin, Valery (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Welders may be exposed to high amounts of manganese (Mn). In this study 63 welders and 65 referents were followed up with neurobehavioral tests approximately 6 years after the initial examination at baseline. The welders ...
    • A study of atherothrombotic biomarkers in welders 

      Ellingsen, Dag; Chashchin, Maxim; Seljeflot, Ingebjørg; Berlinger, Balazs; Chashchin, Valery; Stockfelt, Leo; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction: Studies have shown that welders have increased cardiovascular mortality. This may be due to airborne particulate matter (PM) exposure. Elevated levels of PM in polluted urban air have been associated with ...
    • Biological monitoring of welders' exposure to chromium, molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium 

      Ellingsen, Dag; Chashchin, Maxim; Berlinger, Balazs; Fedorov, Vladimir; Chashchin, Valery; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Background Welders are exposed to a number of metallic elements during work. Bioaccessability, that is important for element uptake, has been little studied. This study addresses bioaccessability and uptake of chromium ...
    • Concentration dataset for 4 essential and5 non-essential elements infish collected inArctic and sub-Arctic territories of the NenetsAutonomous and Arkhangelsk regions of Russia 

      Sobolev, Nikita; Nieboer, Evert; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Chashchin, Valery; Ellingsen, Dag; Varakina, Yulia; Plakhina, Elena; Kotsur, Dmitry; Kosheleva, Anna; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The raw concentration data for the research article entitled “Essential and non-essential trace elements in fish consumed by indigenous peoples of the European Russian Arctic” (Sobolev et al., 2019) [1] are herein presented. ...
    • 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 ...
    • Electron microscopy of particles deposited in the lungs of nickel refinery workers 

      Küpper, Miriam; Weinbruch, Stephan; Skaug, Vidar; Skogstad, Asbjørn; Thornér, Elin Einarsdóttir; Benker, Nathalie; Ebert, Martin; Chashchin, Valery; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      The size, morphology, and chemical composition of particles deposited in the lungs of two nickel refinery workers were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The particles were extracted from the lung ...
    • Essential and non-essential trace elements in fish consumed by indigenous peoples of the European Russian Arctic 

      Sobolev, Nikita; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Chashchin, Valery; Ellingsen, Dag; Nieboer, Evert; Varakina, Yulia; Veselkina, Elena; Kotsur, Dmitry; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      In present study, the analyses of essential [copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn)] and non-essential elements [mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As)] in 7 fish species consumed by the ...
    • 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 and bromine in fish consumed by indigenous peoples of the Russian Arctic 

      Sobolev, Nikita; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Chashchin, Valery; Ellingsen, Dag; Nieboer, Evert; Varakina, Yulia; Plakhina, Elena; Onuchina, Alexandra; Thomassen, Magny Sissel S.; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Fish muscle may constitute one of the main sources of iodine (I) for the indigenous peoples of the Russian Arctic, although limited information is available about its content in commonly consumed fish species. In the current ...
    • 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 ...
    • Neurobehavioral performance of patients diagnosed with manganism and idiopathic Parkinson disease 

      Ellingsen, Dag; Shvartsman, Grigoriy; Bast-Pettersen, Rita; Chashchin, Maxim; Thomassen, Yngvar; Chashchin, Valery (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Purpose: There is a lack of knowledge about neurobehavioral performance among patients with manganism and how their performance differs from that of idiopathic Parkinson disease patients (PD). This study was initiated with ...
    • Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in the Border Areas of Euro-Arctic Barents Region: A Review of 30-Year Russian–Norwegian Research Collaboration Outcomes 

      Chashchin, Valery; Gorbanev, Sergey; Thomassen, Yngvar; Nieboer, Evert; Ellingsen, Dag; Syurin, Sergei; Nikanov, Alaksandr; Chashchin, Max; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This year marks 30 years of close collaboration between a consortium of institutions, namely, the Northwest Public Health Research Center, Saint-Petersburg (NWPHRC); the Institute of Community Medicine (ICM) of UiT (The ...
    • On the bio-accessibility of 14 elements in welding fumes 

      Berlinger, Balazs; Weinbruch, Stephan; Ellingsen, Dag; Zibarev, Evgenji; Chashchin, Valery; Chashchin, Maxim; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The bio-accessibility of 14 elements in welding fume particulate matter was investigated in 325 personal air samples collected during welding in two shipyards and one factory producing heavy machinery. The apparent solubility ...
    • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Fish Consumed by the Indigenous Peoples from Nenets Autonomous Okrug 

      Lakhmanov, Dmitry; Varakina, Yulia; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Sobolev, Nikita; Kotsur, Dmitry; Plakhina, Elena; Chashchin, Valery; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Currently, monitoring of persistent organic pollutant (POP) content in various biological and environmental matrixes in the Arctic is an urgent task. The present study focused on the determination of POPs such as: PCB#28, ...
    • The interaction between manganese exposure and alcohol on neurobehavioral outcomes in welders 

      Ellingsen, Dag; Kusraeva, Zarina; Bast-Pettersen, Rita; Zibarev, Evgenji; Chashchin, Maxim; Thomassen, Yngvar; Chashchin, Valery (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      Neurobehavioral functions were studied in 137 welders exposed to the geometric mean (GM) air concentration of 214 μg/m3 (range 1–3230) of manganese (Mn) based on the individual mean from two days of air sampling. Only 22 ...