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  1. Understanding the link between air pollution and distribution of related health impacts and welfare in the Nordic countries - NordicWelfAir

    Understanding the link between air pollution and distribution of related health impacts and welfare in the Nordic countries - NordicWelfAir

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    This project will investigate the relationships between air pollution and health in the Nordic countries.
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  2. 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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  3. Language-8: Developmental trajectories of childhood language impairment; Understanding the role of behavioral and biological markers

    Language-8: Developmental trajectories of childhood language impairment; Understanding the role of behavioral and biological markers

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    The overall aim of this project is to expand our knowledge about groups of children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
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  4. Epigenetic effects of medications during pregnancy and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood: Improving causal inference (UiORealArt)

    Epigenetic effects of medications during pregnancy and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood: Improving causal inference (UiORealArt)

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    The background for this project is a lack of knowledge about whether the use of medicines in pregnancy can affect the child's long-term development via epigenetic mechanisms.
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  5. Impact of the diet consumed in pregnancy on offspring risk of cancer

    Impact of the diet consumed in pregnancy on offspring risk of cancer

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  6. Childhood cancer and prenatal environmental exposures

    Childhood cancer and prenatal environmental exposures

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    An international consortium of large birth cohort studies to investigate how different parental characteristics affect the risk of childhood cancers.
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  7. 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.
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  8. Mild- to moderate iodine deficiency in pregnancy and early age and risk of impaired neuropsychological development

    Mild- to moderate iodine deficiency in pregnancy and early age and risk of impaired neuropsychological development

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    This project will explore the associations between maternal iodine intake in pregnancy from food and supplements and markers of child brain development in The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
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  9. 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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  10. The importance of prenatal and postnatal nutrition on ADHD and cognitive functions in children

    The importance of prenatal and postnatal nutrition on ADHD and cognitive functions in children

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    ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) er en nevroutviklingsforstyrrelse med et atferdsmønster preget av hyperaktivitet, impulsivitet og uoppmerksomhet. ADHD er hyppig forekommende både globa
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  11. Exposure of the father and implications for the child: Analysis of genetic and epigenetic changes in triads-a case-control study

    Exposure of the father and implications for the child: Analysis of genetic and epigenetic changes in triads-a case-control study

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    Our ambition is to identify paternal factors of major importance for the health of the child, thereby preventing health risk of new generations.
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  12. Intrauterine infections and risk of stillbirth and delayed language development

    Intrauterine infections and risk of stillbirth and delayed language development

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    The project studies the complications of intrauterine infections like cytomegalovirus and parvovirus B19.
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  13. MoBaRheuma

    MoBaRheuma

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    The aim of the study is to increase the knowledge of the causes of inflammatory rheumatic disorders which enables disease prevention
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  14. The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

    The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

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    The overall objective of the project is to study the potential effects of exposure to mixtures of toxicants during vulnerable life stages on child growth and weight status.
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  15. Intergenerational Transmission of Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathological Spectra: A Genome-Wide Complex Trait Study

    Intergenerational Transmission of Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathological Spectra: A Genome-Wide Complex Trait Study

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    Assosiasjoner mellom CMD hos foreldre og barn kan skyldes tre forskjellige typer av intergenerasjonell overføring av risiko: 1) familiemedlemmer deler genetisk risiko, 2) familiemedlemmer deler risiko
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  16. MoBa tannstudien

    MoBa tannstudien

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    This study will use the child's baby teeth collected in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Study (MoBa) to investigate the connection between environmental exposure and the development of disease in children.
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  17. DNA methylation in newborns compared to in utero exposures and health outcomes in children

    DNA methylation in newborns compared to in utero exposures and health outcomes in children

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    We have formed a consortium (Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics or PACE) together with other birth and child cohorts that have also measured methylation.
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  18. Interval between pregnancies, obstetric history and unwanted pregnancy outcomes

    Interval between pregnancies, obstetric history and unwanted pregnancy outcomes

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    A longitudinal retrospective cohort study on the effect of gestational interval on maternal and child health.
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  19. Genetic understanding of the relationship between height and preeclampsia

    Genetic understanding of the relationship between height and preeclampsia

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    The purpose is to understand the causes of preeclampsia
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  20. Teeth in Moba

    Teeth in Moba

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    The purpose of this project is to collect at least one deciduous tooth from as many children as possible who participate in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
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  21. MIDIA (Environmental causes of type 1 diabetes)

    MIDIA (Environmental causes of type 1 diabetes)

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    The aim of the MIDIA project is to identify environmental causes of type 1 diabetes with a view to prevent the disease.
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  22. Socioeconomic disparities in offer and uptake of antenatal care

    Socioeconomic disparities in offer and uptake of antenatal care

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    This project explore causes of antenatal care treatment-disparities across socioeconomic groups by analysing disparities in offer and/or uptake of antenatal care.
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  23. Reliability of Free and Total BPA analyte measures in MoBa

    Reliability of Free and Total BPA analyte measures in MoBa

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    We propose a reliability study of BPA biomarkers over the course of pregnancy that separates total and free BPA, using the reliability substudy urine samples collected in MoBa.
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  24. Perfluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding

    Perfluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding

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    The purpose of this project has been to investigate the association between maternal plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and duration of breastfeeding.
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  25. Environmental noise and childrens`s sleep and health - using the MoBa cohort

    Environmental noise and childrens`s sleep and health - using the MoBa cohort

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    This project will investigate the potential effects of residential night-time traffic noise on children's sleep quality, behavioural and cognitive problems and risk of overweight and obesity.
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