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Tor A. Strand
Researcher at Innlandet Hospital Trust
Publications - 230
Citations - 7700
Tor A. Strand is an academic researcher from Innlandet Hospital Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 203 publications receiving 5598 citations. Previous affiliations of Tor A. Strand include University of Bergen & Kathmandu.
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Viral and Atypical Bacterial Detection in Young Nepalese Children Hospitalized with Severe Pneumonia.
Maria Mathisen,Sudha Basnet,Andreas Christensen,Arun Sharma,Garth D. Tylden,Sidsel Krokstad,Palle Valentiner-Branth,Tor A. Strand +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed 22 real-time PCR assays and retrospectively reanalyzed 610 nasopharyngeal aspirate specimens from children aged 2 to 35 months with severe pneumonia (WHO definition) admitted to Kanti Childrens' Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, from January 2006 through June 2008.
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Risk Assessment of “Other Substances” –Eicosapentaenoic Acid, Docosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid
Livar Frøyland,Margaretha Haugen,Kristin Holvik,Martinus Løvik,Tor A. Strand,Grethe S. Tell,Arild Vaktskjold,Per Ole Iversen +7 more
TL;DR: A risk assessment of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, DPA and DHA) in food supplements, and is based on previous risk assessments and a literature search, finds that any potential beneficial effects from these substances, only possible adverse effects are evaluated.
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Vitamin B12 and/or folic acid supplementation on linear growth: a 6-year follow-up study of a randomised controlled trial in early childhood in North India
TL;DR: There was a small, non-significant effect of vitamin B12 on linear growth and no effect of folic acid, and an association between cobalamin status and HAZ in children not given vitamin B 12 (P interaction = 0.001).
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Assessment of Iron Intake in Relation to Tolerable Upper Intake Levels
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Risk Assessment of "Other Substances" – L-Glutamine and L-glutamic Acid
Martinus Løvik,Livar Frøyland,Margaretha Haugen,Kristin Holvik,Bjørn Steen Skålhegg,Tonje Holte Stea,Tor A. Strand,Grethe S. Tell,Per Ole Iversen +8 more
TL;DR: The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has assessed the risk of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway, based on previous risk assessments of glutamine and glutamic acid and scientific papers retrieved from a comprehensive literature search.