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    • 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 ...

    • Chemical Composition of Thoracic Dust at Workplaces During Cement Production 

      Weinbruch, Stephan; Scerri, Mark; Wijnand, Eduard; Thomassen, Yngvar; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Berlinger, Balazs; Dahl, Kari; Friisk, Grete; Romanova, Natalya; Notø, Hilde Pettersen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives Cement belongs to the most used building materials. Clinker is the major constituent of cement, and it is believed that the strong increase of pH after hydration of clinker minerals is responsible for the observed ...

    • 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. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Occupational Exposure among Electronic Repair Workers in Ghana 

      Hammer, Stine Eriksen; Dorn, Stephen L.; Dartey, Emmanuel; Berlinger, Balazs; Thomassen, Yngvar; Ellingsen, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Electronic repair workers may be exposed to lead, mercury, cadmium and other elements including rare earth elements used in electronic equipment. In this study, repair work took place in small repair shops where, e.g., ...

    • 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 ...

    • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Human Serum Samples of Selected Populations from Ghana 

      Dartey, Emmanuel; Ellingsen, Dag; Berlinger, Balazs; Thomassen, Yngvar; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Brox, Jan; Nartey, Vincent K.; Yeboah, Francis A.; Huber, Sandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The aims of this study were to assess serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in selected populations from Ghana, including workers engaged in the repair of electronic equipment (ERWs), and to ...

    • Pneumoproteins in offshore drill floor workers 

      Kirkhus, Niels Einar; Ulvestad, Bente; Barregard, Lars; Skare, Øivind; Olsen, Raymond; Thomassen, Yngvar; Ellingsen, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction There is a need to evaluate whether, and to what degree, labour inspections or other regulatory tools have the desired effects on psychosocial, organisational and mechanical work environment, and employee ...

    • Thyroid homeostasis in mother–child pairs in relation to maternal iodine status. The MISA study 

      Berg, Vivian; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Skeie, Guri; Thomassen, Yngvar; Berlinger, Balazs; Veyhe, Anna Sofia; Jorde, Rolf; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Hansen, S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)