• Iron Deficiency in Obesity and After Bariatric Surgery 

      Bjørklund, Geir; Peana, Massimiliano; Pivina, Lyudmila; Dosa, Alexandru; Aaseth, Jan; Semenova, Yuliya; Chirumbolo, Salvatore; Medici, Serenella; Dadar, Maryam; Costea, Daniel-Ovidiu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Iron deficiency (ID) is particularly frequent in obese patients due to increased circulating levels of acute-phase reactant hepcidin and adiposity-associated inflammation. Inflammation in obese subjects is closely related ...
    • Mercury exposure and its effects on fertility and pregnancy outcome 

      Bjørklund, Geir; Chirumbolo, Salvatore; Dadar, Maryam; Pivina, Lyudmila; Lindh, Ulf; Butnariu, Monica; Aaseth, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Mercury (Hg), a highly toxic environmental pollutant, shows harmfulness which still represents a big concern for human health, including hazards to fertility and pregnancy outcome. Research has shown that Hg could induce ...