• 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, Sergei; Thomassen, Yngvar; Nieboer, Evert; Ellingsen, Dag; Syurin, Sergei; Nikanov, Alaksandr; Chashchin, Max; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-30)
      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 Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø); the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Oslo; the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) at Tromsø; and McMaster University ...
    • 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. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-24)
      BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Iodine deficiency during pregnancy may influence maternal and foetal thyroid function with the risk of causing neurocognitive and psychomotor deficits in the offspring. The objective of this study was to assess iodine status in pregnant women from Northern Norway and to investigate the influence of iodine status on maternal and infant thyroid function. <br>SUBJECTS/METHODS: ...