Projects

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…

Possible negative impacts on human health and the environment from increasing exposure to manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) is a growing concern. A sound scientific basis to assess potential risks to workers, consumers a…

This project was started in 1999. The goal was to make an evaluation tool for describing best practices in occupational health services. This tool was evaluated and finished in 2000, with a revision made in 2007. Since…

The incidence of testicular cancer has been increasing steeply during the latest 40 years, and Norway and Denmark have among the highest standardized rates world-wide.

In Europe, work-related skin diseases represent up to 30% of occupational diseases. The EU commission defined lacking of prevention of occupational skin diseases (OSD) as a top priority problem and the World Health Organ…