Projects

Employees in the child welfare service have a particularly high risk of experiencing violence and threats in connection with their work. Knowledge of job-related exposures among employees in the child welfare service is …

Some workers are occupationally exposed to diesel exhaust, in particular those who work indoors where diesel driven machinery is used. The goal of this project is to establish new, sensitive molecular/epigenetic biomarke…

Although asbestos in building materials has been banned for more than 30 years, it is still estimated that more than a hundred people dies in Norway every year due to cancer caused by asbestos exposure. This project will…

This project aims to assess skin exposure among workers handling oil-drilling waste, effects of chemical exposure on the skin barrier, subsequent development of skin problems and mechanisms for individual susceptibility …

There are tremendous efforts applied in the ferroalloy and SiC industry to control and reduce exposures of the dust generated during the production process. However, despite these control measures, emission of ultrafine …

In this project effects of efforts targeting primary prevention of health complaints and sickness absence in the recycling industry in Norway are investigated. The sickness absence in the recycling industry has been abov…

Exposure to fungal particles in indoor or working environments has been suggested to play an important role in the development and exacerbation of respiratory disease such as allergy and asthma.

High levels of perceived stressful working conditions may have an adverse effect on physical and mental health. Occupational stressors among nurses include a lack of perceived social support from supervisors and peers,…

The purpose of the proposed project is to examine the interaction between genetics, MRI findings, gender, and work factors with regard to low back pain, workplace absenteeism and disability pensioning.

Manganese (Mn) is one of the essential trace elements for humans. It has been proven  that a high exposure to Mn can cause serious and irreversible neurological diseases (Manganism). Welding-fumes can contain Mn and we…