• Arctic Ocean’s wintertime mercury concentrations limited by seasonal loss on the shelf 

      Kohler, Stephen Gustav; Heimbürger-Boavida, Lars-Eric; Petrova, Mariia V.; Digernes, Maria Guadalupe; Sanchez, Nicolas; Dufour, Aurelie; Simic, Anica; Ndungu, Kuria; Ardelan, Murat Van (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      High biota mercury levels are persisting in the Arctic, threatening ecosystem and human health. The Arctic Ocean receives large pulsed mercury inputs from rivers and the atmosphere. Yet the fate of those inputs and possible ...
    • Trace element status in patients with type 2 diabetes in Norway: The HUNT3 Survey 

      Simic, Anica; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Midthjell, Kristian; Syversen, Tore; Flaten, Trond Peder (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Several epidemiological studies have indicated that a number of trace elements may play a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). We investigated the association between prevalent T2D and the concentrations of 25 trace elements in ...
    • Trace Elements in Early Phase Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – a Population-based Study. The HUNT Study in Norway 

      Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Simic, Anica; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Midthjell, Kristian; Syversen, Tore; Flaten, Trond Peder (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Differences in trace elements levels between individuals with type 2 diabetes and controls have been reported in several studies in various body fluids and tissues, but results have been inconsistent. In order to examine ...
    • Trace Elements in the General Population and Their Possible Role in Type 2 Diabetes - the Third Nord-Trøndelag Health Survey (HUNT3) 

      Simic, Anica (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:308, Doctoral thesis, 2017)
      Access to reliable information on the elemental contents of the human body is crucial to understand the roles these elements may have in the maintenance of human health. Establishing trace element blood levels in a general ...
    • Trace Elements in the Large Population-Based HUNT3 Survey 

      Syversen, Tore; Evje, Lars Gjermund; Wolf-Grosse, Susann; Flaten, Trond Peder; Lierhagen, Syverin; Simic, Anica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (The HUNT Study) is a large health survey population study in the county of Trøndelag, Norway. The survey has been repeated four times in about 10-year intervals. In the HUNT3 survey ...
    • Trace elements in whole blood in the general population in Trøndelag County, Norway: The HUNT3 Survey 

      Simic, Anica; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Syversen, Tore; Lierhagen, Syverin; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Midthjell, Kristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Flaten, Trond Peder (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Biomonitoring of a cohort within a large health survey can provide reliable information on trace element status. The main aims of this study were 1) to determine the concentrations of 28 trace elements in whole ...