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Wenche Nystad

Researcher at Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Publications -  179
Citations -  13627

Wenche Nystad is an academic researcher from Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Population. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 174 publications receiving 11622 citations.

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Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

Rob Beelen, +92 more
- 01 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the association between natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to several air pollutants, such as PM2.5, nitrogen oxides, and NOx.
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Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

TL;DR: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study had a long planning phase involving many scientists who contributed ideas that helped to design questionnaires and to structure the biobank, which is described in detail elsewhere.
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DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

Bonnie R. Joubert, +112 more
TL;DR: This large scale meta-analysis of methylation data identified numerous loci involved in response to maternal smoking in pregnancy with persistence into later childhood and provide insights into mechanisms underlying effects of this important exposure.
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Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE)

Marie Pedersen, +56 more
TL;DR: Exposure to ambient air pollutants and traffic during pregnancy is associated with restricted fetal growth and a substantial proportion of cases of low birthweight at term could be prevented in Europe if urban air pollution was reduced.