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  1. 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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  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. 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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  4. International study for early diagnosis of preeclampsia

    International study for early diagnosis of preeclampsia

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    The purpose is to create better prediction models for early diagnosis of preeclampsia by collecting data from pregnancies for women who participate in larger studies.
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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Disease in the mother and the risk of leukemia in children

    Disease in the mother and the risk of leukemia in children

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    Our research question is related to diseases in the mother during pregnancy based on an assumption that the causes of leukemia are already present in the fetus.
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  8. SCOPE – Scandinavian studies of Covid-19 in pregnancy

    SCOPE – Scandinavian studies of Covid-19 in pregnancy

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    The SCOPE project will provide new and essential information on COVID-19-related risks to pregnant women and their newborns.
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  9. Lonely years of life in Norway

    Lonely years of life in Norway

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    To assess how widespread loneliness is, we will calculate the expected life years in loneliness and examine how it has developed between the 1990s and 2010s.
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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. ERC Starting Grant: INFERTILITY - Understanding the causal nature of the relationship between infertility and cardiovascular disease

    ERC Starting Grant: INFERTILITY - Understanding the causal nature of the relationship between infertility and cardiovascular disease

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    The INFERTILITY project aims to fill several existing knowledge gaps to understand the nature of the relationship between infertility and cardiovascular disease.
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  15. DIMJOB - Social, demographic and health dimensions of technology-induced job loss

    DIMJOB - Social, demographic and health dimensions of technology-induced job loss

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    This study will investigate the social, demographic and health-related aspects of technology-induced job loss with the help of Norwegian population registries.
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  16. YoungGrowth

    YoungGrowth

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    By using data on body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in 8-year old and 13-year old children, we can estimate the effect of a free fruit program in schools.
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