Home
University of Bergen
Registrybased studies of familial risks

Overview

Main content

Long-term mortality is better predicted by the mother's total reproductive...

A woman's reproductive success: Long-term implications for chronic diseases and death

Pregnancy outcomes and long-term maternal mortality risk have never before been addressed based on the woman's complete reproductive history. The project will fundamentally change how physicians interpret the effects of adverse pregnancy outcomes on mother's future health and may also lead to new...

Congenital Heart Disease and Environment Epidemiological Database - CHeartED

Cardiovascular malformation is the commonest cause of childhood death in developed countries. In the EU there are 51,000 new cases each year and two million affected individuals. Yet, despite intensive research, the cause of 80% of cardiovascular malformations remains elusive.

Prevention of health problems in children and adolescents

In this project we study health problems in children and adolescents in Bergen, and how these health problems can be prevented, based on data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, health clinics and school health services.

Project Extreme Prematurity

Advances in neonatal medicine have improved the survival of infants with low birth weight. Repeatedly an increased prevalence of psychological and medical problems has been documented in this group of children such as intellectual disturbances, language delays and behaviour problems like ADHD and...

01.10.2012