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Ĝistein Svanes

University of Bergen
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Cleaning at home and at work in relation to lung function decline and airway obstruction

Ĝ Svanes, RJ Bertelsen, SHL Lygre… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Cleaning tasks may imply exposure to chemical agents with potential harmful effects
to the respiratory system, and increased risk of asthma and respiratory symptoms among …

Father's environment before conception and asthma risk in his children: a multi-generation analysis of the Respiratory Health In Northern Europe study

C Svanes, J Koplin, SM Skulstad… - International journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: Whereas it is generally accepted that maternal environment plays a key role in
child health, emerging evidence suggests that paternal environment before conception also …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory health in cleaners in Northern Europe: is susceptibility established in early life?

Ĝ Svanes, TD Skorge, A Johannessen, RJ Bertelsen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Rationale There is some evidence that maternal smoking increases susceptibility to personal
smoking’s detrimental effects. One might question whether early life disadvantage might …

Protected sampling is preferable in bronchoscopic studies of the airway microbiome

…, S Tangedal, Y Xue, GR Husebĝ, Ĝ Svanes… - ERJ Open …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim was to evaluate susceptibility of oropharyngeal contamination with various
bronchoscopic sampling techniques. 67 patients with obstructive lung disease and 58 control …

Occupational exposures and incidence of chronic bronchitis and related symptoms over two decades: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

…, B Leynaert, S Villani, T Gíslason, Ĝ Svanes… - Occupational and …, 2019 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives Chronic bronchitis (CB) is an important chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related
phenotype, with distinct clinical features and prognostic implications. …

Cumulative occupational exposures and lung-function decline in two large general-population cohorts

…, S Villani, T Gislason, Ĝ Svanes… - Annals of the …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Few longitudinal studies have assessed the relationship between occupational
exposures and lung-function decline in the general population with a sufficiently long follow-…

[HTML][HTML] The association of gum bleeding with respiratory health in a population based study from Northern Europe

…, Ĝ Svanes, AN Ċstrĝm, C Janson, C Svanes - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background There is little knowledge about how oral and respiratory health is interrelated
even though the mucosa of the oral cavity and airways constitutes a continuum and the …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal preconception occupational exposure to cleaning products and disinfectants and offspring asthma

G Tjalvin, Ĝ Svanes, J Igland, RJ Bertelsen… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Emerging research suggests health effects in offspring after parental chemical
exposures before conception. Many future mothers are exposed to potent chemicals at work, …

The Bergen COPD microbiome study (MicroCOPD): rationale, design, and initial experiences

…, EO Leiten, G Husebĝ, Ĝ Svanes… - European clinical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Recent methodological developments, in particular new sequencing methods
for bacterial RNA/DNA, have shown that microorganisms reside in airways that do not suffer …

Complications and discomfort after research bronchoscopy in the MicroCOPD study

…, S Lehmann, Ĝ Svanes… - BMJ open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Background Data on discomfort and complications from research bronchoscopy in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma is limited. We present complications and …