The aim of this study was to characterise personal exposures to dust, acid vapours, and gases among workers in a Norwegian nitrate fertil...
Kristin Hildegard Hovland; Yngvar Thomassen; Nils Petter Skaugset; Knut Skyberg; Marit Skogstad; Berit Bakke
Human, low level, chronic exposure to mercury (Hg) from fish is of concern because of potential neurodevelopmental and cardiovascular tox...
Marthe Torunn Solhaug Jenssen; Anne Lise Brantsæter; Margaretha Haugen; Helle Margrete Meltzer; Thorjørn Larssen; Helen Engelstad Kvalem; Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir; Yngvar Thomassen; Dag Ellingsen; Jan Alexander; Helle Katrine Knutsen
The aim was to analyze the relationship between periods with uninterrupted neck muscle activity for ≥4 min and neck and shoulder pain. Th...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Morten Wærsted; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Background: Exposure to workplace sexual harassment (SH) has been associated with impaired mental health, but longitudinal studies confi...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen
Objective: People living in industrialized societies have developed specific working schedules during the day and at night, including per...
Edyta Reszka; Beata Peplonska; Edyta Wieczorek; Wojciech Sobala; Agnieszka Bukowska; Jolanta Gromadzinska; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Helge Kjuus; Wojciech Wasowicz
Alumina used in the production of primary aluminium contains Be which partly vaporises from the cryolite bath into the workroom atmospher...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Dag Ellingsen; Kari Dahl; Ivar Martinsen; Lars Jordbekken; Per Arne Drabløs; Yngvar Thomassen
Headache is a common health complaint responsible for substantial suffering and disability. Although musculoskeletal complaints such as b...
Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
Objectives: We aimed at extending the Natural and Orthogonal Interaction (NOIA) framework, developed for modeling gene-gene interactions ...
Jianzhong Ma; Feifei Xiao; Momiao Xiong; Angeline S. Andrew; Hermann Brenner; Eric J. Duell; Aage Haugen; Clive Hoggart; Rayjean J. Hung; Philip Lazarus; Changlu Liu ...
In recent years, bismuth has been promoted as a “green element” and is used as a substitute for the toxic lead in ammunition and other ap...
Dagmar S. Urgast; Dag G. Ellingsen; Balazs Berlinger; Einar Eilertsen; Grete Friisk; Vidar Skaug; Yngvar Thomassen; John H. Beattie; In-Sook Kwun; Jörg Feldmann
Rationale: The prevalence of respiratory symptoms amongemployees in smelters is positively associated with dust exposure. Objectives: T...
Vidar Søyseth; Helle Laier Johnsen; Paul K. Henneberger; Johny Kongerud