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Kristin Olafsdottir
Researcher at University of Iceland
Publications - 54
Citations - 2396
Kristin Olafsdottir is an academic researcher from University of Iceland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biomonitoring. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2055 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristin Olafsdottir include Oregon State University.
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Atmospheric monitoring of organic pollutants in the Arctic under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP): 1993–2006
Hayley Hung,Roland Kallenborn,Knut Breivik,Knut Breivik,Yushan Su,Eva Brorström-Lundén,Kristin Olafsdottir,Johanna M Thorlacius,Sirkka Leppänen,Rossana Bossi,Henrik Skov,Stein Manø,Gregory W. Patton,Gary A. Stern,Ed Sverko,Phil Fellin +15 more
TL;DR: Levels and patterns of POPs in Arctic air may be affected by various processes driven by climate change, such as reduced ice cover, increasing seawater temperatures and an increase in biomass burning in boreal regions as exemplified by the data from the Zeppelin and Alert stations.
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Persistent organochlorines, sedentary occupation, obesity and human male subfertility
Elin V. Magnusdottir,Tanja Thorsteinsson,Sigridur Thorsteinsdottir,Maria Heimisdottir,Kristin Olafsdottir +4 more
TL;DR: Poor semen quality was found to be associated with sedentary work and obesity but not with plasma levels of persistent organochlorines, and there was a significant negative correlation between semen quality parameters and body mass index.
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Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in arctic air: 20 years of monitoring under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).
Hayley Hung,Athanasios Katsoyiannis,Eva Brorström-Lundén,Kristin Olafsdottir,Wenche Aas,Knut Breivik,Pernilla Bohlin-Nizzetto,Árni Sigurdsson,Hannele Hakola,Rossana Bossi,Henrik Skov,Ed Sverko,Enzo Barresi,Phil Fellin,Simon Wilson +14 more
TL;DR: Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants measured in Arctic air are essential in understanding long-range transport to remote regions and to evaluate the effectiveness of national and international chemical control initiatives, such as the Stockholm Convention on POPs.
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Obstructive sleep apnoea in the general population: highly prevalent but minimal symptoms.
Erna S. Arnardottir,Erla Björnsdóttir,Kristin Olafsdottir,Bryndis Benediktsdottir,Thorarinn Gislason +4 more
TL;DR: In a middle-aged general population, approximately one in five subjects had moderate-to-severe OSA, but the majority of them were neither symptomatic nor sleepy and did not have impaired vigilance, as assessed by the AHI.
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Retention of oxidized glutathione by isolated rat liver mitochondria during hydroperoxide treatment.
TL;DR: The results demonstrate the inability of mitochondria to export GSSG during oxidative stress and may explain the protective role of mitochondrial GSH in cytotoxicity and suggest that, unlike the plasma membrane, the mitochondrial membranes do not have the ability to exportGSSG as a response to oxidative stress.