Projects
The effects of office concepts on employee health and work ability
About 40 per cent of all Norwegian employees are seated in an office space at some point during their working day.
Muscle activity, breaks and neck pain (MetaEMG)
Today's working life has a large and increasing amount of repetitive and monotonous work. This type of work increases the risk of neck pa...
EPHOR – Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research
EPHOR (The Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research) brings together an exceptional consortium for an exposome project on he...
NOCCA New: New wave of joint Nordic studies on work and cancer
The Nordic cooperation project NOCCA is the largest and in many aspects qualitatively, the most unique research study ever done on occupa...
Assessment of violence and threats among child welfare employees in Oslo municipality
Employees in the child welfare service have a particularly high risk of experiencing violence and threats in connection with their work. ...
Diesel exhaust, biomarkers and mechanisms of toxicity
Some workers are occupationally exposed to diesel exhaust, in particular those who work indoors where diesel driven machinery is used. Th...
To what extent are work disability and exit from work preventable? Completing the Nordic Work Disability Database and utilizing it to look at occupation-specific prevention potential and working life expectancy
Maintaining high participation in the workforce is increasingly important in order to secure the financial basis of a welfare state. Thus...
Effects of workplace initiatives on sick leave and work participation – new statistical and causal models to utilise population registries
Sickness absence, work disability and withdrawal from the labour market are great burdens for society, companies and affected individuals...
Exposure to asbestos by demolition and renovation of buildings
Although asbestos in building materials has been banned for more than 30 years, it is still estimated that more than a hundred people die...
Skin exposure and skin problems among workers handling oil-drilling waste
This project aims to assess skin exposure among workers handling oil-drilling waste, effects of chemical exposure on the skin barrier, su...