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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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Zinc Deficiency Is Common among Healthy Women of Reproductive Age in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Ram Krishna Chandyo,Tor A. Strand,Maria Mathisen,Manjeswori Ulak,Ramesh K. Adhikari,Bjørn J. Bolann,Bjørn J. Bolann,Halvor Sommerfelt,Halvor Sommerfelt +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional survey in 500 non-pregnant Nepalese women and measured their plasma zinc concentrations was conducted and the associations between plasma zinc and dietary intake of zinc or phytate, iron status, plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein, albumin and hemoglobin were examined.
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Intestinal and systemic immune responses to an oral cholera toxoid B subunit whole-cell vaccine administered during zinc supplementation.
Tom H. Karlsen,Halvor Sommerfelt,Skjalg Klomstad,Per Kragh Andersen,Per Kragh Andersen,Tor A. Strand,Rune J. Ulvik,Christina Åhrén,Harleen M. S. Grewal +8 more
TL;DR: Oral zinc administration has the potential to modify critical immune responses to antigens applied to mucosal surfaces and zinc reduces the antitoxin and may enhance the antibacterial responses in serum.
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The assessment of developmental status using the Ages and Stages questionnaire-3 in nutritional research in north Indian young children
Ingrid Kvestad,Sunita Taneja,Tivendra Kumar,Nita Bhandari,Tor A. Strand,Tor A. Strand,Mari Hysing +6 more
TL;DR: It is found that the translated and adjusted ASQ-3 “home procedure” was a feasible procedure for the collection of reliable data on the developmental status in infants and young children and the total ASQ scores showed adequate variability.
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Bhaktapur, Nepal: The MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study in Nepal
Prakash Shrestha,Sanjaya K. Shrestha,Ladaporn Bodhidatta,Tor A. Strand,Binob Shrestha,Rita Shrestha,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Manjeswori Ulak,Carl J. Mason +8 more
TL;DR: The geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic features of the Bhaktapur MAL-ED site are reported on and the data that informed the cohort recruitment strategy are described.
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Effects of zinc deficiency and pneumococcal surface protein a immunization on zinc status and the risk of severe infection in mice.
Tor A. Strand,Susan K. Hollingshead,Kåre Julshamn,David E. Briles,Bjørn Blomberg,Halvor Sommerfelt +5 more
TL;DR: PspA immunization reduced the risk of severe disease, and the reduction in severity was reflected in substantially reduced zinc depletion from bones.