Geir Bjørklund (born 20 April 1969 in

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) is a researcher, health

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, and scientific advisor. He has contributed to studying interactions of nutritional and environmental factors related to human physiology, biochemistry, and pathology, as well as clinical applications to pursue good health and prevent and treat disease.

Research and publishing

Geir Bjørklund was among the first researchers in Norway who evaluated the risk of

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in dentistry due to

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. In the late 1990s, he had consulting assignments for the Norwegian Board of Health (Statens helsetilsyn). He was co-author of two of their reports on the use of dental filling materials. One of Bjørklund's primary research interests is

autism spectrum disorder Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing di ...

(ASD). His work explores the potential role of metal(loid)s such as mercury, along with other environmental toxins, in the development of ASD. However, according to current knowledge, ASD is associated with genetic and environmental factors as possible causes of autism. In 1995, Bjørklund founded Tenner & Helse, the membership magazine of Forbundet Tenner og Helse (Norwegian Dental Patient Association), and was its editor until the summer of 1999. In the 1990s, he was also a

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for ''Sunnhetsbladet'', a Norwegian health magazine. In 2001, Bjørklund founded the ',Christensen B
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Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2001; 121:3096. which was published until 2003. In 2013, he founded and became president of the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), an international

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based in Norway.

Academic journals

Bjørklund is а deputy chief editor of Metabolic Brain Disease and a section editor of the journals

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and Current Pharmaceutical Design.Metabolic Brain Disease: Editors. https://www.springer.com/journal/11011/editors. Assessed 5 December 2022.Current Medicinal Chemistry: Editorial Board. https://benthamscience.com/journal/25/editorial-board. Assessed 14 December 2022.Current Pharmaceutical Design: Editorial Board. https://benthamscience.com/journal/29/editorial-board. Assessed 2 December 2022. Also, he is an

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member of

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Cellular may refer to: * Cellular automaton, a model in discrete mathematics *Cell biology, the evaluation of cells work and more * ''Cellular'' (film), a 2004 movie *Cellular frequencies, assigned to networks operating in cellular RF bands * Cel ...

.Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: Editors. https://www.springer.com/journal/18/editors. Assessed 7 January 2023. Bjørklund is a member of the

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.Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
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References

External links

Biography on CONEM's website

Profile on ResearchGate

Profile on Google Scholar
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