Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in the Border Areas of Euro-Arctic Barents Region: A Review of 30-Year Russian–Norwegian Research Collaboration Outcomes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
History
2. Current Activities
- (a)
- “Development of methodology for monitoring assessment, predicting and prevention of risks related to transfer of toxic pollutants through biological pathways capable of accumulating in trophic chains and spreading in the Arctic ecosystems” in cooperation with the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov Arkhangelsk (NArFU);
- (b)
- “Assessment of Occupational Exposure to diesel exhaust gases among primary aluminium production workers”.
- (a)
- Use of individual exposure to a harmful occupational factor, with subsequent determinations of personal risks of ill-health development. This enhanced the battery of methods available for use in group risk assessment research findings on harmful factor levels at workplace areas;
- (b)
- Determination of a set of biomarkers for the early detection of pulmonary tissue damage, biomarkers of inflammation and coagulation, and biomarkers of damage when exposed to welding aerosols;
- (c)
- Improvement of female and male reproductive health assessment with compulsory consideration of adverse occupational factor and cold effects on the reproductive function of industrial enterprise workers; development of a birth registry in the Murmansk Region, including data on expectant mothers exposed to harmful occupational factors;
- (d)
- Study of whole-body and local vibration characteristics generated by modern mining equipment and its effect on the health of above and underground mine workers;
- (e)
- Assessment of the effect of ultrafine particle aerosols from diesel exhaust gases on cardiorespiratory system health of mining enterprise workers;
- (f)
- Assessment and regulation of cold factors among workers engaged in open areas using a set of specific biomarkers.
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Reports of the Main Studies (Not Peer Reviewed)
- Reproductive and Developmental Health in Relation to Occupational Exposure to Nickel in the Kola Peninsula of Russia: A Feasibility Study (28 April 1997), Final Report, 133p.
- Reproductive and Developmental Health in Relation to Occupational Exposure to Nickel in the Kola Peninsula of Russia: A Feasibility Study (Revised 24 July 1997), Final Report, 149p.
- The Norwegian—Russian Health Study 1994/95. A Cross-sectional study of pollution and health in the border area. University of Tromso (Norway), 1997, 124p.
- Environmental and occupational exposure, life-style factors and pregnancy outcome in Arctic and subarctic populations of Norway and Russia. Institute of Community Medicine, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 2000, 160p. Odland Ph.D. Thesis.
- Report. Assessment of exposure to whole body vibration at the Apatiti OAO, Kirovsk mine. Tromso, 2007, 31p.
- Report. Assessment of exposure to whole body vibration at the OAO Apatity, open mine Kirovsk Kola Peninsula. Tromsø, 2008, 47p.
- Mine Health 2012–2014: Sustainability of miners’ wellbeing, health and work ability in the Barents region—A common challenge. Guidebook on cold, vibration, airborne exposures and socioeconomic influences in open pit mining.
Appendix B. Published Articles and Documents
- Approximately 85 publications in scientific Russian and international journals, as well as in presentations at international conferences (in Russia, Norway Canada, Finland, South Africa, and the USA.
- Eighteen procedural documents (guidelines, manuals for physicians, infomethodic letters) in Russia.
- Three regulatory documents (sanitary rules, temporary sanitary and hygienic requirements, safety rules) in Russia.
- Four Ph.D. and three candidate theses defended by employees of the North-West Public Health Research Center.
Appendix C. Ongoing Cooperation
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Chashchin, V.P.; Gorbanev, S.; Thomassen, Y.; Nieboer, E.; Ellingsen, D.G.; Syurin, S.; Nikanov, A.; Chashchin, M.; Odland, J.Ø. Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in the Border Areas of Euro-Arctic Barents Region: A Review of 30-Year Russian–Norwegian Research Collaboration Outcomes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 3879. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17113879
Chashchin VP, Gorbanev S, Thomassen Y, Nieboer E, Ellingsen DG, Syurin S, Nikanov A, Chashchin M, Odland JØ. Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in the Border Areas of Euro-Arctic Barents Region: A Review of 30-Year Russian–Norwegian Research Collaboration Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(11):3879. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17113879
Chicago/Turabian StyleChashchin, Valery P., Sergei Gorbanev, Yngvar Thomassen, Evert Nieboer, Dag G. Ellingsen, Sergei Syurin, Alexandr Nikanov, Max Chashchin, and Jon Øyvind Odland. 2020. "Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in the Border Areas of Euro-Arctic Barents Region: A Review of 30-Year Russian–Norwegian Research Collaboration Outcomes" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 3879. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17113879