Projects

Work and health in old age – for whom is continued work beneficial to health?

Review of tools, criteria and methods used in chemical risk assessment

The main aim of this project is to review current chemical risk assessment practices, including tools, criteria and methods used across r...

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...

The Wood Dust Project

There are several components in wood dust that may cause health problems. More detailed knowledge about occupational wood dust exposure, ...

Bioaerosol exposure in the seafood industry

In this project, researchers analyse the composition of bioaerosols in the seafood industry and investigate the underlying cellular mecha...

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...

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...

NanoBioReal - Towards a reliable assessment of nanomaterial health effects using advanced biological models and assays

This project focuses on creating and implementing realistic and new advanced laboratory methods (NAMs) to simulate the effects of nanopar...