• Multilevel analyses of related public health indicators: The European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT) Public Health Indicators 

      Best, Kate E.; Rankin, Judith; Dolk, Helen; Loane, Maria; Haeusler, Martin; Nelen, Vera; Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine; Garne, Ester; Sayers, Gerardine; Mullaney, Carmel; O'Mahony, Mary; Gatt, Miriam; de Walle, Hermien; Klungsøyr, Kari; Mokoroa, Olatz; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; Kurinczuk, Jennifer J.; Draper, Elizabeth S.; Tucker, David; Wellesley, Diana; Zymak-Zakutnia, Natalya; Lelong, Nathalie; Khoshnood, Babak (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Public health organisations use public health indicators to guide health policy. Joint analysis of multiple public health indicators can provide a more comprehensive understanding of what they are intended to ...
    • Multimorbidity among registered immigrants in Norway: the role of reason for migration and length of stay. 

      Diaz, Esperanza; Kumar, Bernadette. N; Gimeno-Feliu, Luis A.; Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-16)
      Objectives: International migration is rapidly increasing worldwide. However, the health status of migrants differs across groups. Information regarding health at arrival and subsequent periodic follow-up in the host country ...
    • Multimorbidity and chronic diseases among undocumented migrants: evidence to contradict the myths 

      Gimeno-Feliu, Luis Andrés; Pastor-Sanz, Marta; Poblador-Plou, Beatriz; Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia; Diaz, Esperanza; Prados-Torres, Alexandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background There is little verified information on the global health status of undocumented migrants (UMs). Our aim is to compare the prevalence of the main chronic diseases and of multimorbidity in undocumented migrants, ...
    • A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat 

      Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Romero, Diana; Kopka, Christopher J.; Karim, Salim Abdool; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Almeida, Gisele; Baptista-Leite, Ricardo; Barocas, Joshua A.; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Bar-Yam, Yaneer; Bassat, Quique; Batista, Carolina; Bazilian, Morgan; Chiou, Shu-Ti; del Rio, Carlos; Dore, Gregory J.; Gao, George F.; Gostin, Lawrence O.; Hellard, Margaret; Jimenez, Jose L.; Kang, Gagandeep; Lee, Nancy; Matičič, Mojca; McKee, Martin; Nsanzimana, Sabin; Oliu-Barton, Miquel; Pradelski, Bary; Pyzik, Oksana; Rabin, Kenneth; Raina, Sunil; Rashid, Sabina Faiz; Rathe, Magdalena; Saenz, Rocio; Singh, Sudhvir; Trock-Hempler, Malene; Villapol, Sonia; Yap, Peiling; Binagwaho, Agnes; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba; El-Mohandes, Ayman; Barreto, Mauricio; del Rio, Carlos; Abdulla, Salim; Addleman, Sarah; Aghayeva, Gulnara; Agius, Raymond; Ahmed, Mohammed; Ramy, Mohamed Ahmed; Aide, Pedro; Aleman, Soo; Alfred, Jean-Patrick; Ali, Shamim; Aliaga, Jorge; Aloudat, Tammam; Alqahtani, Saleh A.; Al-Salman, Jameela; Amuasi, John H.; Agrawal, Anurag; Anwar, Wagida; Araujo-Jorge, Tania; Artaza, Osvaldo; Asadi, Leyla; Awuku, Yaw; Baker, Michael; Barberia, Lorena; Bascolo, Ernesto; Belcher, Paul; Bell, Lizett; Benzaken, Adele; Bergholtz, Emil; Bhadelia, Nahid; Bhan, Anant; Bilodeau, Stephane; Bitrán, Ricardo; Bluyssen, Philomena; Bosman, Arnold; Bozza, Fernando A.; Brinkmann, Melanie M.; Brown, Andrew; Mellado, Bruce; Bukusi, Elizabeth; Bullen, Chris; Buonanno, Giorgio; Burgess, Rochelle; Butler, Matthew; Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline; Cabieses, Baltica; Carlsson, Gunilla; Cascini, Fidelia; Chabala, Chishala; Chakroun, Mohamed; Cheng, K.K.; Chetty, Agnes; Chumachenko, Dmytro; Consalves, Gregg; Conway Morris, Andrew; Cordie, Ahmed; Corrah, Tumani; Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda; Dashdorj, Naranjargal; Davidovitch, Nadav; de Souza, Luis Eugenio; Dhariwal, Akshay Chand; Druică, Elena; Ergonul, Onder; Erondu, Ngozi A.; Essar, Mohammad Yasir; Ewing, Andrew; Fanjul, Gonzalo; Feierstein, Daniel; Feigl-Ding, Eric; Figueroa, Ramon; Figueroa, John Peter; Fisher, Dale; Flores, Walter; Forero-Peña, David A.; Frumkin, Howard; Gamkrelidze, Amiran; Gandhi, Monica; Garcia, Patricia; Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L.; García-Sastre, Adolfo; Garg, Suneela; Gbeasor-Komlanvi, F.A.; Gershenson, Carlos; Gilada, Ishwar; Giovanella, Ligia; González, Marino; Green, Manfred S.; Greenhalgh, Trisha; Griffin, Paul; Griffin, Stephen; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Anand, Tanu; Guerra, Germán; Guinto, Renzo; Gujski, Mariusz; Guner, Rahmet; Hamdy, Adam; Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel; Haniffa, Abusayeed; Hartigan-Go, Kenneth Y.; Hassan, Hoda K.; Hay, Simon I.; Heino, Matti T. J.; Hel, Zdenek; Hotez, Peter; Hu, Jia; Hukić, Mirsada; IJsselmuiden, Carel; Iroko, Davidson; Iskarous, Maged; Izugbara, Chimaraoke; Jacobs, Choolwe; Jadad, Alejandro R.; Jehan, Fyezah; Jordan, Ayana; Jroundi, Imane; Kain, Kevin; Kamberi, Fatjona; Karamov, Eduard; Karan, Abraar; Katz, Rebecca; Katzourakis, Aris; Kazembe, Abigail; Khamis, Faryal; Khamzayev, Komiljon; Khanyola, Judy; Khunti, Kamlesh; Kiguli-Malwadde, Elsie; Kim, Woo Joo; Kirenga, Bruce J.; Klimovský, Daniel; Kmush, Brittany L.; Knaul, Felicia; Kogevinas, Manolis; Kristensen, Frederik; Kumar, Dinesh; Kumar, Raman; Kvalsvig, Amanda; Lacerda, Marcus V.; Lal, Arush; Lawton, Tom; Lemery, Jay; Leonardi, Anthony J.; Li, Yuguo; Löttvall, Jan; Lounis, Mohamed; Maceira, Daniel; MacIntyre, C. Raina; Madani, Azzeddine; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Malekzadeh, Reza; Choisy, Marc; Marcelin, Jasmine R.; Marks, Guy B.; Marr, Linsey; Marrazzo, Jeanne; Martina, Antonieta; Martín-Moreno, José M.; Mateos, Carlos; Mayxay, Mayfong; Mazarati, Jean Bapiste; Mboup, Souleymane; McDonald, Jennifer; McMillan, Faye; Mechili, Enkeleint; Medici, Andre; Davis, Sarah L. M.; Meier, Petra; Memish, Ziad A.; Menon, Jaideep; Menon, Purnima; Mesiano-Crookston, Jonathan; Michie, Susan; Mikolasevic, Ivana; Milicevic, Ognjen; Mishra, Asit Kumar; Mohamed, Rahma; Mokdad, Ali H.; Monroy-Valle, Michele; Morawska, Lidia; Moschos, Sterghios A.; Motawea, Karam; Mousavi, Sayed Hamid; Mumtaz, Ghina; Munene, Peter K.; Muñoz Almagro, Carmen; Muriuki, Janet; Muyingo, Sylvia; Naniche, Denise; Naylor, C. David; Ndembi, Nicaise; Nemec, Juraj; Nesteruk, Igor; Ngaruiya, Christine; Nguyen, Hung; Nikolova, Dafina; Nitzan, Dorit; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Noushad, Mohammed; Ntoumi, Francine; Nyborg, Gunhild; Ochodo, Eleanor; Odabasi, Zekaver; Okwen, Mbah Patrick; Olivia, Keiser; Ong, David S. Y.; Opara, Ijeoma; Orozco, Miguel; Oshitani, Hitoshi; Pagel, Christina; Pai, Madhukar; Pálsdóttir, Björg; Papatheodoridis, Georgios; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Leigh, Jeanna Parsons; Pécoul, Bernard; Peichl, Andreas; Perez-Then, Eddy; Duc, Phuc Pham; Philippe, Cécile; Pineda Rojas, Andrea; Pladsen, Courtney; Pozniak, Anton; Quiroga, Rodrigo; Qureshi, Huma; Rampal, Sanjay; Ranney, Megan; Rathe, Laura; Ratzan, Scott; Raventos, Henriette; Rees, Helen; Reis, Renata; Ricciardi, Walter; Rizk, Nesrine; Robalo, Magda; Robertson, Eleanor; Robinson, Leanne; Rokx, Casper; Ros, Tamsin; Røttingen, John-Arne; Rubin, Meir; Ruxrungtam, Kiat; Sadirova, Shakhlo; Saha, Senjuti; Salgado, Nelly; Sanchez, Lizet; Sangaramoorthy, Thurka; Santamaria-Ulloa, Carolina; Santos, Renata; Sawaf, Bisher; Schneider, Matthias F.; Schooley, Robert T.; Sener, Alper; Sepulveda, Jaime; Shah, Jaffer; Shibani, Mosa; Shoib, Sheikh; Sikazwe, Izukanji; Šimaitis, Aistis; Gill, Amandeep Singh; Skhvitaridze, Natia; Sokolović, Milka; Solomon, Roma; Solórzano, Xavier; Springer, Sandra A.; Šrol, Jakub; Staines, Anthony; Stelfox, Henry T.; Strathdee, Steffanie; Sulaiman, Lokman Hakim; Sutton, Brett; Svanæs, Dag; Swed, Sarya; Sypsa, Vana; Sørensen, Kristine; Tajudeen, Raji; Tan, Amy; Tang, Julian; Tanner, Marcel; Sethi, Tavpritesh; Temmerman, Marleen; Than, Kyu Kyu; Tinto, Halidou; Tomètissi, Sênoudé Pacôme; Torres, Irene; Tshering, K.P.; Tsiodras, Sotirios; Tsofa, Benjamin; Vahlne, Anders; Vargas, Juan Rafael; Bernal, Ivan Dario Velez; Ventura, Deisy; Vilasanjuan, Rafael; Vipond, Joe; Wamala-Andersson, Sarah; Wargocki, Pawel; West, Robert; Weyand, Angela; White, Trenton M.; Wolff, Guntram; Yao, Maosheng; Yates, Christian A.; Yeboah, Georgina; Yee-Sin, Leo; Yi, Siyan; Teo, Yik-Ying; Yong, Poovorawan; Zamora-Mesía, Victor; Øvrehus, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic1,2. Here we convened, as part of this Delphi study, a ...
    • Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B12 and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial 

      Ndeezi, Grace; Tumwine, James K.; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Bolann, Bjørn J.; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-21)
      Background: The effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on vitamin B12 and folate has hither to not been reported in African HIV infected children. This paper describes vitamin B12 and folate status of Ugandan HIV ...
    • Multiple micronutrient supplementation in HIV-infected children. A randomised trial among children aged 1-5 years in Uganda 

      Ndeezi, Grace (Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-21)
      Micronutrient deficiencies are common in children living in low-income countries, more so in malnourished and HIV-infected children. The routinely practiced interventions, such as vitamin A supplementation and other ...
    • Multiple pregnancies in Norway, 1967-2008. The influence of assisted reproductive technologies 

      Tandberg, Anne (Doctoral thesis, 2011-05-05)
      Background: Multiple pregnancies have increased risk of certain adverse outcomes as preterm birth, low birthweight and higher perinatal mortality rate compared to singleton pregnancies. Data from industrialized countries ...
    • Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients 

      Mustafa, Tehmina; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M.; Wiker, Harald G (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Objectives. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common formof extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with a female and paediatric preponderance, postulated to be due to differences in the immune response. The aim of this study ...
    • Musculoskeletal complaints among professional divers 

      Flatmo, Fride; Grønning, Marit; Irgens, Ågot (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Previous publications have indicated a high risk of musculoskeletal complaints among professional divers. This study aims to investigate which factors influence professional divers’ risk of musculoskeletal ...
    • Musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: Prevalence of chronicity and use of primary and specialist health care services 

      Kinge, Jonas Minet; Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Skirbekk, Vegard; Vollset, Stein Emil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-02)
      Background: Uncertainty exists with regards to the extent of prevalence and health care use for musculoskeletal disorders in Norway. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal disorders ...
    • Musculoskeletal impairment and road traffic injuries in Malawi 

      Ngoie, Leonard Banza (Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-05)
      Introduction: The global burden of musculoskeletal disease in low and middle-income countries is large, growing, and neglected. While there is considerable funding for the control of communicable disease, there has been ...
    • Musculoskeletal sequelae in patients with obstetric fistula - a case-control study 

      Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Muleta, Mulu; Kiserud, Torvid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-08)
      Background: Obstetric fistula is essentially a result of pelvic injury caused by prolonged obstructed labour. Foot drop and walking difficulties in some of these women signify that the injury may extend beyond the loss of ...
    • Musculoskeletal Symptoms in adults in Kathmandu Metropolitan City: A Household survey 

      Timilsina, Diwas (Master thesis, 2014-06-17)
      Objective: - To obtain information about musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), Nepal. Method: - A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in KMC. There are 35 different wards (areas) ...
    • Musical Breaks—Live Music in a Hemodialysis Setting—A Qualitative Study on Patient, Nurse, and Musician Perspectives 

      Bro, Margrethe Langer; Finderup, Jeanette; Smilde, Rineke; Gram, Bibi; Dreyer, Pia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The aim of this hermeneutic-phenomenological study was to explore the perspectives of 12 patients, 17 nurses, and 4 musicians on patient-tailored live music interventions in a hemodialysis setting. Twenty-six semi-structured ...
    • Mutations of the p53 gene in oral squamous-cell carcinomas from sudanese dippers of nitrosamine-rich toombak and non-snuff-dippers from the Sudan and Scandinavia 

      Ibrahim, Salah Osman; Vasstrand, Endre N.; Johannessen, Anne Christine; Idris, Ali M.; Magnusson, Bengt; Nilsen, Rune; Lillehaug, Johan (Journal article, 1999-11-08)
      Using PCR-SSCP/DNA sequencing methods, we analyzed 14 oral squamous-cell carcinomas (OSCCs) and 8 pre-malignant oral lesions from different Sudanese patients for prevalence of mutations in exons 5 to 9 of the p53 gene in ...
    • Mycobacteria in northern Tanzania: Exposure and risk of disease among agropastoralists and programmatic challenges in investigation of re-treatment cases 

      Kilale, Andrew Martin (Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-14)
      Background: The genus mycobacterium includes several species that can cause disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis-complex is transmitted from person to person by air and usually affects the lungs. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria ...
    • Mycobacterial antigens accumulation in foamy macrophages in murine pulmonary tuberculosis lesions: Association with necrosis and making of cavities 

      Riaz, Syeda Mariam; Bjune, Gunnar Aksel; Wiker, Harald G; Sviland, Lisbeth; Mustafa, Tehmina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Understanding mechanisms of cavitation in tuberculosis (TB) is the missing link that could advance the field towards better control of the infection. Descriptions of human TB suggest that postprimary TB begins as lipid ...
    • Mycobacterial antigens in pleural fluid mononuclear cells to diagnose pleural tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients 

      Mustafa, Tehmina; Wergeland, Ida; Baba, Kamaldeen; Pathak, Sharad; Hoosen, Anwar A.; Riise, Anne Margarita Dyrhol (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Extra pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) accounts for approximately one-half of TB cases in HIV-infected individuals with pleural TB as the second most common location. Even though mycobacteria are ...
    • Nakkens betydning for postural kontroll 

      Fjellheim, Egil (Master thesis, 2012-11-01)
      Background: Neck disorders may affect as many as 70% of the general population at some point. Neck disorders are multidimensional, and are assumed to affect postural control. Manual therapists often see patients with neck ...
    • Narcolepsy and hypersomnia in Norwegian children and young adults following the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic 

      Trogstad, Lill; Bakken, Inger Johanne; Gunnes, Nina; Ghaderi, Sara; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Magnus, Per; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)
      Background: Associations between influenza infection and sleep disorders are poorly studied. We investigated if pandemic influenza infection or vaccination with Pandemrix in 2009/2010 was associated with narcolepsy or ...