Bjarne Koster Jacobsen
Professor
Department of Public Health
University of Tromso
Norway
Biography
"Born 1956. Nutrition Physiologist (1979), Cand.scient (1981), Dr Philos (1988): The use of self-administered questionnaires about food habits. Relaties met risicofactoren voor coronair hartziekte en associations between coffee drinking and mortality and cancer incidence. Professor of epidemiology and medical statistics from 1992."
Research Interest
The research is concentrated on the epidemics of chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and cancer. Scientific collaboration with Loma Linda University, California, USA.
Publications
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Hopstock LA, Bønaa KH, Eggen AE, Grimsgaard S, Jacobsen BK, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T. Longitudinal and secular trends in total cholesterol levels and impact of lipid-lowering drug use among Norwegian women and men born in 1905–1977 in the population-based Tromsø Study 1979–2016. BMJ open. 2017 Aug 1;7(8):e015001.
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Licaj I, Jacobsen BK, Selmer RM, Maskarinec G, Weiderpass E, Gram IT. Smoking and risk of ovarian cancer by histological subtypes: an analysis among 300 000 Norwegian women. British journal of cancer. 2016 Dec 13;116(2):bjc2016418.
