Tor Bjerkedal
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Recent Articles
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Kristensen P, Susser E, Irgens L, Mehlum I, Corbett K, Bjerkedal T
Am J Epidemiol
. 2014 Oct;
180(9):876-84.
PMID: 25281694
We aimed to explore why, in population studies, the positive association between normal-range birth weight and intelligence becomes negative at the highest birth weights. The study population comprised 217,746 Norwegian...
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Kristensen P, Susser E, Irgens L, Mehlum I, Corbett K, Bjerkedal T
Am J Epidemiol
. 2014 Oct;
180(9):888-9.
PMID: 25281693
No abstract available.
3.
Bjerkedal T, Kristensen P, Selmer R
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
. 2012 Jan;
132(1):30-5.
PMID: 22240825
Background: The purpose of the study was to determine the associations between blood pressure, body mass index and smoking habits, recorded at routine health check-ups with the occupational health officer,...
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Kristensen P, Corbett K, Mehlum I, Bjerkedal T
Occup Environ Med
. 2011 Nov;
69(4):250-5.
PMID: 22107796
Objectives: The aim of the study was to estimate associations between aerobic fitness among men at age 18-19 years and work absence due to musculoskeletal sickness 5-15 years later. Methods:...
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Kristensen P, Kristiansen T, Rehn M, Gravseth H, Bjerkedal T
Inj Prev
. 2011 May;
18(1):3-9.
PMID: 21606470
Background: Road traffic injury is a major cause of death among youths. Aims: To estimate mortality differences in family socioeconomic position (SEP) and municipal disadvantage level. Methods: Data on all...
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Kristensen P, Gravseth H, Bjerkedal T
Eur J Public Health
. 2010 Jun;
20(5):517-23.
PMID: 20584741
Background: Social inequalities in health can to a substantial degree be explained by social causation. However, indirect selection by early life factors has been suggested. The main aim of this...
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Kristensen P, Bjerkedal T
Eur J Epidemiol
. 2010 Jan;
25(3):155-61.
PMID: 20054612
Emigration causes loss to follow-up. The study aim was to assess the influence of the choice of handling migration in population-based cohort studies on estimated mortality and cancer incidence in...
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Kristensen P, Gravseth H, Bjerkedal T
J Biosoc Sci
. 2009 Aug;
41(6):799-814.
PMID: 19703334
The life course perspective in social inequalities in health research has resulted in an increased interest in status attainment processes. Adult status is commonly measured as occupational class, income level...
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Gravseth H, Bjerkedal T, Irgens L, Aalen O, Selmer R, Kristensen P
Eur J Public Health
. 2008 Jul;
18(6):650-5.
PMID: 18593730
Background: Few studies have examined the effects of educational level, intellectual performance, mental function, body mass index and height as well as their interrelationship on the risk of disability pension...
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Eide M, Oyen N, Skjaerven R, Bjerkedal T
Pediatr Res
. 2007 Sep;
62(5):636-42.
PMID: 17805203
The influences of prenatal and postnatal growth on intellectual performance are unclear. We examined the associations of birth size and gestational age with intellectual performance and explored whether these associations...