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Beyond autonomy and care: Experiences of ambivalent abortion seekers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background While being prepared for abortions, some women experience decisional ambivalence during their encounters with health personnel at the hospital. Women’s experiences with these encounters have rarely been examined. ... -
Beyond the Law - An Ethnography of Zambian Abortion Politics
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-18)Every year, as many as 25 million women are estimated to resort to unsafe abortion worldwide. Many of these abortions lead to severe complications and death. Nevertheless, abortion remains a contentious issue that is ... -
Beyond the law: Misoprostol and medical abortion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Misoprostol has during the past few years become an important obstetric drug used for different purposes both within and outside hospitals in Tanzania. In this paper, we analyze how misoprostol is perceived, accessed and ... -
A Bibliography on the River Nile, Vol. I
(Book, 2000)An Annotated bibliography on the River Nile and its Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Role. -
A Bibliography on the River Nile, Vol. II
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A Bibliography on the River Nile, Vol. III
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A biobank of primary teeth within the Norwegian mother and child cohort study (MoBa) per 2014: A resource for the future
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is a prospective population-based cohort study including more than 100,000 pregnancies and following the children through childhood, using questionnaires and collecting ... -
Biomarkers and Fatty Fish Intake: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Norwegian Preschool Children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Biomarkers such as omega-3 (n–3) PUFAs, urinary iodine concentration (UIC), 1-methylhistidine (1-MH), and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) have been associated with fish intake in observational studies, but data ... -
Biomarkers related to carotid intima-media thickness and plaques in long-term survivors of ischemic stroke
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-08)Lifestyle risk factors, inflammation and genetics play a role in the development of atherosclerosis. We therefore studied Fc gamma receptor (FcγR) polymorphisms, interleukin (IL)-10 polymorphisms and other biomarkers related ... -
Biomass fuel use for cooking in Nepalese families and child cognitive abilities, results from a community-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Biomass fuel use for cooking is widespread in low to middle income countries. Studies on the association between biomass fuel use and cognitive abilities in children are limited. Objective To examine the association ... -
Biomonitoring of Benzene and Effect of Wearing Respirators during an Oil Spill Field Trial at Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10)Objectives The main aim of this study was to assess the biological uptake of benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for subjects exposed to fresh crude oil released at sea. Methods: The study included 22 ... -
Biophysical and biological effects from infrared Low-Level-Laser-Therapy
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-08-15)Introduction: Physiotherapists have since the early days of the profession utilized electro physical agents (EPAs) as part of their intervention toolbox. A prerequisite for application of all EPAs is that the applied energy ... -
Birth after preeclamptic pregnancies: association with allergic sensitization and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in late childhood; a historically matched cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-11)Background: The development of allergic sensitization and allergic disease may be related to factors during intrauterine life, but the role of maternal preeclampsia is not known. We studied if maternal preeclampsia is ... -
Birth prevalence of congenital heart defects in Norway 1994-2009—A nationwide study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-10)Background: The reasons for decreasing birth prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in several European countries and Canada are not fully understood. We present CHD prevalence among live births, stillbirths, and ... -
Birth Weight in Consecutive Pregnancies and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Term Births: A Population-Based Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Knowledge on the association between offspring birth weight and long-term risk of maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is often based on firstborn infants without consideration of women’s consecutive births. We ... -
Birth weight was associated with maternal exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy in southern Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction: Birth weight is defined as the first weight of the newborn, ideally measured soon after birth. A recent Ethiopian survey estimated that 48% of births took place in health facilities. Data for women exposed ... -
Births and deaths in Sidama in southern Ethiopia: findings from the 2018 Dale-Wonsho Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Sidama is one of the most densely populated areas in Ethiopia. Information about the demographic characteristics is scarce, and most studies were census based on interviews. Earlier population studies from ... -
Birthweight and childhood cancer: Preliminary findings from the international childhood cancer cohort consortium (I4C)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07)Background: Evidence relating childhood cancer to high birthweight is derived primarily from registry and case–control studies. We aimed to investigate this association, exploring the potential modifying roles of age at ... -
Birthweight and urinary incontinence after childbirth: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Urinary incontinence (UI) is common after childbirth. Many cohort and cross-sectional studies have reported data on birthweight, but results have not been pooled. It is unclear how birthweight affects UI after childbirth. ... -
Birthweight in offspring and cardiovascular mortality in their parents, aunts and uncles: a family-based cohort study of 1.35 million births
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background A link between suboptimal fetal growth and higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well documented. It has been difficult to assess the contribution of environmental versus genetic factors to the ...