Background: This study examines the possible effect of exposure to aerosols and gases on lung function in a fertilizer plant in Norway. ...
Kristin Hildegard Hovland; Marit Skogstad; Berit Bakke; Øivind Skare; Knut Skyberg
The purpose of this paper was to compare the effects of different data reduction procedures on the values of variables characterizing the...
Kaj Bo Veiersted; Mikael Forsman; Gert-Åke Hansson; Svend Erik Mathiassen
Genome‐wide association studies have demonstrated that genetic polymorphisms influence the risk of developing lung cancer. Nicotinic acet...
Xavier Tekpli; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Vidar Skaug; Amund Gulsvik; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Epidemiologic and experimental evidences support the concept that inflammation promotes the development and progression of cancers. Inter...
Xavier Tekpli; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Kristine Haugen Anmarkrud; Vidar Skaug; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Sciatica after disc herniation may be associated with compression of spinal nerves, but also inflammatory substances released from the n...
Nina Gran Egeland; Aurora Moen; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Helena Brisby; Johannes Gjerstad
Background: Many women temporarily reduce work hours or stop working when caring for small children. However, mothers of children with s...
Lars Johan Hauge; Tom Kornstad; Ragnhild Bang Nes; Petter Kristensen; Lorentz M. Irgens; Leif Torvald Eskedal; Markus A Landolt; Margarete E. Vollrath
Background: Infectious diseases and social contacts in early life have been proposed to modulate brain tumour risk during late childhood...
T.V. Andersen; LS Schmidt; A.H. Poulsen; M. Feychting; M. Röösli; Tore Tynes; D. Aydin; M. Prochazka; B. Lannering; Lars Hind Bakken Klæboe; Tone Eggen ...
Background Hairdressers are exposed to chemicals and work tasks that may cause respiratory symptoms. There is little awareness of occupa...
Maysaa Yousef Khaled Nemer; Petter Kristensen; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Marit Skogstad
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate if sustained trapezius muscle activity predicts neck and shoulder pain over a 2.5-year period. ...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Morten Wærsted; Anne Marit Mengshoel; Espen Bjertness; Hein Stigum; Jos Twisk; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Aims: This study examines the impact of work-related psychosocial and mechanical exposure on the development of low back pain (LBP) in th...
Tom Sterud; Tore Tynes