Publications

Publication • Published year 2011

Changes in maternal blood concentrations of selected essential and toxic elements during and after pregnancy

Airborne particulate matter (PM) is considered to be an important contributor to lung diseases. In the present study we report that Milan...

Solrunn Hansen; Evert Nieboer; Torkjel Manning Sandanger; Tom Wilsgaard; Yngvar Thomassen; Anna Sofia Veyhe; jon Øyvind Odland

Publication • Published year 2011

A comparison of general and ambulance specific stressors. predictors of job satisfaction and health problems in a nationwide one-year follow up study of Norwegian ambulance personnel

Objectives To address the relative importance of general job-related stressors, ambulance specific stressors and individual characterist...

Tom Sterud; Erlend Hem; Bjørn Lau; Øivind Ekeberg

Publication • Published year 2011

Predictors and overestimation of recalled mobile phone use among children and adolescents

A growing body of literature addresses possible health effects of mobile phone use in children and adolescents by relying on the study pa...

Denis Aydin; Maria Feychting; Joachim Schüz; Tina Veje Andersen; Aslak Harbo Poulsen; Michaela Prochazka; Lars Hind Bakken Klæboe; Claudia E. Kuehni; Tore Tynes; Martin Röösli

Publication • Published year 2011

A combination of functional polymorphisms in the CASP8, MMP1, IL10 and SEPS1 genes affects risk of non-small cell lung cancer

Exposure to tobacco smoke as well as environmental and occupational factors is the major cause of lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer...

Kent Hart; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Helge Lind; Vidar Skaug; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny

Publication • Published year 2011

Self-reported symptoms and neuropsychological function among tunnel workers previously exposed to acrylamide and N-methylolacrylamide

Objective The aim of this study was to examine possible exposure-related symptoms and neuropsychological changes among tunnel workers pre...

Lars Ole Goffeng; Monica Alvestrand; Bente Ulvestad; Kjell Aage Sørensen; Vidar Skaug; Helge Kjuus

Publication • Published year 2011

Night Work and Breast Cancer Risk Among Norwegian Nurses: Assessment by Different Exposure Metrics

Associations between night work and breast cancer risk were investigated in a nested case-control study within a cohort of 49,402 Norwegi...

Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Helge Kjuus; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Aage Haugen; Richard G. Stevens; Kristina Jenny Kjærheim

Publication • Published year 2011

Airborne urban particles (Milan winter-PM2.5) cause mitotic arrest and cell death: Effects on DNA, mitochondria, AhR binding and spindle organization

Airborne particulate matter (PM) is considered to be an important contributor to lung diseases. In the present study we report that Milan...

Maurizio Gualtieri; Johan Øvrevik; Steen Kristen Mollerup; Nana Asare; Eleonora Longhin; Hans-Jørgen Dahlman; Marina Camatini; Jørn Andreas Holme

Publication • Published year 2011

A cross-shift study of lung function, exhaled nitric oxide and inflammatory markers in blood in Norwegian cement production workers

Objectives To study possible effects of aerosol exposure on lung function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and inflammatory marker...

Anne Kristin Møller Fell; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Marit Skogstad; Karl-Christian Nordby; Eduard Wijnand; Martin Veel Svendsen; Reidun Øvstebø; Anne-Marie Siebke Trøseid; Johny Kongerud

Publication • Published year 2011

Effects of adrenaline on whole-body glucose metabolism and insulin-mediated regulation of glycogen synthase and PKB phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle

In the present study, we investigated the effect of adrenaline on insulin-mediated regulation of glucose and fat metabolism with focus on...

Jørgen Jensen; Toralph Ruge; Yu-Chiang Lai; Maria K. Svensson; Jan W. Eriksson

Publication • Published year 2011

Shift and night work and long working hours - a systematic review of safety implications

Objective In order to devise effective preventive strategies, it is important to study workplace stressors that might increase the risk o...

Anthony Sverre Wagstaff; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie