Geir Bjørklund (born 20 April 1969 in

Mo i Rana Mo i Rana () is a city, and the administrative centre of the municipality of Rana, in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just south of the Arctic Circle. Some of the city's suburbs include Båsmoen and ...

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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 mercury exposure. In the late 1990s, he had consulting assignments for the

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(Statens helsetilsyn). He was co-author of two of their reports on the use of dental filling materials. 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, particularly engaged in research on heavy and essential metals and trace elements, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and autism spectrum disorder.Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
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Academic journals

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

Current Medicinal Chemistry ''Current Medicinal Chemistry'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Bentham Science Publishers. The editor-in-chief is Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS (Kings College University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK). The journal covers developments in medicin ...

and

Current Pharmaceutical Design ''Current Pharmaceutical Design'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal which covers issues related to pharmacology and medicinal chemistry. Each issue is devoted to a single major therapeutic area. For each issue, an executive editor is chosen who is ...

.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 Biological Trace Element Research,

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ''Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering cellular and molecular life sciences. It was established in 1945 as ''Experientia'', obtaining its current name in 1994. The Editors-in-chief are Roberto Bruzzo ...

Molecules A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and bioc ...

, and Pharmaceuticals.Biological Trace Element Research: Editors. https://www.springer.com/journal/12011/editors. Assessed 22 December 2022.Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: Editors. https://www.springer.com/journal/18/editors. Assessed 7 January 2023.Molecules: Editorial Board for section 'Food Chemistry'. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sectioneditors/food_chemistry. Assessed 22 November 2022.Pharmaceuticals: Editorial Board for section 'Biopharmaceuticals.' https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceuticals/sectioneditors/biopharmaceuticals. Assessed 20 November 2022. Bjørklund is a member of the

World Association of Medical Editors The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of editors of medical journals. It was originally founded in 1995 by a group of members of the International Committee of Me ...

References

External links

Biography on CONEM's website

Profile on ResearchGate

Profile on Google Scholar
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