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  1. Environmental toxicants and child development

    Environmental toxicants and child development

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    Environmental toxicants can affect a child's development as early as the foetal stage. The NeuroTox and MoBa-PlastChem projects contribute to insights on how certain chemicals impact development during this vulnerable phase and how this relates to health development in childhood and adolescence.
    Article
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  2. ADHD medication in pregnancy: understanding the population and outcomes related to treatment use and discontinuation

    ADHD medication in pregnancy: understanding the population and outcomes related to treatment use and discontinuation

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    Our aim is to assess risks of ADHD medication use or discontinuation during pregnancy to advise health professionals and women of childbearing age with ADHD and provide scientific innovations.
    Project
  3. Study of Assisted Reproductive Technology (START) – Epigenic mechanisms

    Study of Assisted Reproductive Technology (START) – Epigenic mechanisms

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    The main aim of the project is to understand health consequences of subfertility in women and men.
    Project
  4. COVID-19 and pregnancy (CoronaPreg)

    COVID-19 and pregnancy (CoronaPreg)

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    This project will use the Norwegian health registries to understand the consequences of COVID-19 in pregnant women.
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  5. Epidemiological studies on benefits and harms of drug treatment – special focus on drug safety in pregnancy and childhood.

    Epidemiological studies on benefits and harms of drug treatment – special focus on drug safety in pregnancy and childhood.

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    This study will link data from several health registries and other data sources in 5 Nordic countries to investigate drug use in women of childbearing age, expectant fathers and children.
    Project
  6. Telomere length and fertility in women

    Telomere length and fertility in women

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    This study will look at the relationship between telomere length and fertility in women.
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  7. The Norwegian Environmental Biobank

    The Norwegian Environmental Biobank

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  8. Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes

    Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes

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    This project will investigate whether various intrauterine environmental factors have a causal effect on pregnancy complications by using genetic markers as instrumental variables.
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  9. Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes

    Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes

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    We aim to estimate the association between perinatal death and alternative measures of standardized birthweight using large sample sets.
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  10. Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.

    Plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in pregnant women and the association with child's prenatal and postnatal growth.

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    We will investigate how exposure to PFAS during pregnancy can affect fetal growth within a large meta-analysis of European birth cohorts.
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  11. Determinants of hypertension following pregnancy

    Determinants of hypertension following pregnancy

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    The project will contribute to our understanding of the life-course epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in women and guide in the development of relevant intervention strategies.
    Project
  12. Increased risk of stillbirth after Covid-19 infection

    Increased risk of stillbirth after Covid-19 infection

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    Women infected with Covid-19 during pregnancy, had an increased risk of stillbirth, according to a new, large Nordic research study. The increased risk was highest among those who were infected by the Delta variant.
    Research findings
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  13. ART - Assisted Conceptions - Pregnancy and childhood outcomes

    ART - Assisted Conceptions - Pregnancy and childhood outcomes

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    In this project we combine Norwegian registry data and questionnaire data from the MoBa cohort study to investigate causes and consequences of subfertility and assisted conception.
    Project
  14. No increased risk of malformations with metformin use in pregnancy with diabetes

    No increased risk of malformations with metformin use in pregnancy with diabetes

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    Results from a Nordic study on pregnant women with type 2 diabetes indicate that use of the medication metformin does not lead to congenital malformations in the foetus.
    Research findings
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  15. No increased risk of cardiovascular disease among women who have used IVF treatment

    No increased risk of cardiovascular disease among women who have used IVF treatment

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    Women who have used in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to conceive have no increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new Nordic study including more than two million women who had delivered in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
    Research findings
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  16. Influenza in pregnancy and cancer in children

    Influenza in pregnancy and cancer in children

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    The background for this project is our lack of knowledge about the causes of childhood cancer.
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  17. Genetic variation and alcohol intake during pregnancy

    Genetic variation and alcohol intake during pregnancy

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    The project aims to find reasons for alcohol consumption during pregnancy by using molecular genetic methods.
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  18. Menns risikofaktorer for uønsket svangerskapsutfall

    Menns risikofaktorer for uønsket svangerskapsutfall

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    This research project will look at men's risk factors in relation to infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, total loss and congenital malformations with a focus on heart defects.
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  19. Parents born after assisted reproductive technologies have no increased risk of complications when they themselves become pregnant

    Parents born after assisted reproductive technologies have no increased risk of complications when they themselves become pregnant

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    The first girls born after assisted reproductive technologies in Norway have now conceived, and the first boys have become fathers. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health is the first in the world to have examined these pregnancies.
    Research findings
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  20. Telomere length and preeclampsia

    Telomere length and preeclampsia

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    Our hypothesis is that short telomere length in both parents, and thus also in the child, contributes to the development of preeclampsia.
    Project
  21. Maternal and infant immunity against vaccine preventable diseases in Norway, The MINI-Nor-study

    Maternal and infant immunity against vaccine preventable diseases in Norway, The MINI-Nor-study

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    Project
  22. Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.

    Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.

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    This project will study how prenatal exposure to contaminants are associated with growth and weight development in children until the age of 8 years.
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  23. First trimester-screening for the development of preeclampsia with the use of an algorithm

    First trimester-screening for the development of preeclampsia with the use of an algorithm

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    Current practice in Norway indicates that the risk of preeclampsia among pregnant women is mainly assessed by medical and obstetric medical history. This HTA compares the predictive accuracy of current practice with screening with an algorithm.
    Health technology assessment
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  24. Antibiotic use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma

    Antibiotic use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma

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    Both maternal antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy are associated with childhood asthma at 7 years, according to a new MoBa study.
    Research findings
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  25. The relationship of travel distance to delivery institutions and accompa-niment for women giving birth

    The relationship of travel distance to delivery institutions and accompa-niment for women giving birth

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    We were commissioned to perform a systematic review of knowledge about the effect of organized follow-up and emergency preparedness services on birth outcomes in pregnant women / mothers who have a 60-90-minute, or over 90-minute journey to the maternity hospital.
    Systematic review
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