Publications

Sosiale helsegradienter i arbeidslivet – hva vet vi?

Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Petter Kristensen

Job adjustment and absence from work in mid-pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).

Background: Pregnant women at work have special needs, and sick leave is common. However, job adjustment in pregnancy is addressed in Eur...

Petter Kristensen; Rannveig Nordhagen; Ebba Wergeland; Tor Bjerkedal

Influence of physical, mental and intellectual development on disability in young Norwegian men

Background: Few studies have examined the effects of educational level, intellectual performance, mental function, body mass index and he...

Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Tor Bjerkedal; Lorentz M Irgens; Odd O Aalen; Randi Marie Selmer; Petter Kristensen

Reliability of bloodflux measurements from the upper trapezius muscle during muscle contractions

The aim of this study was to assess the blood flux responses to isometric contractions and recovery. We also wanted to assess the variati...

Cecilie Røe; Elin Damsgård; Stein Knardahl

Occupational stressors and its organizational and individual correlates: A nationwide study of Norwegian ambulance personnel

Background High levels of stress among ambulance personnel have been attributed to the conditions of ambulance work. However, there is l...

Tom Sterud; Erlend Hem; Øivind Ekeberg; Bjørn Lau

Antecedents and outcomes of intervention program participation and task priority change among school psychology counselors: A latent variable growth framework

A three-year national intervention program introduced into the School Psychology Service (SPS) in Norway with the aim of increasing syste...

Thormod Idsøe; Knut Arne Hagtvet; Edvin Bru; Unni Vere Midthassel; Stein Knardahl

Effect of an intervention addressing working technique on the biomechanical load of the neck and shoulders among hairdressers

The purpose of this study was to describe, and analyse the effect of an intervention on, the biomechanical workload in the neck and shoul...

KB Veiersted; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Kristian Gould; Nina Østerås; Gert-Åke Hansson

Work factors as predictors of poor sleep in nurses' aides

Objectives The aim was to identify work factors that predict poor sleep in nurses’ aides (assistant nurses). Methods The study was b...

Willy Bjarne Eriksen; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Dag Bruusgaard; Stein Knardahl

Allele-specific induction of IL1B −31 T/C promoter polymorphism by lung carcinogens

Environmental and occupational toxicants may induce pulmonary inflammation. Chronic inflammation has been linked to several human disease...

Kent Hart; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny

Effects of contraction and insulin on protein synthesis, AMP-activated protein kinase and phosphorylation state of translation factors in rat skeletal muscle

In rat epitrochlearis skeletal muscle, contraction inhibited the basal and insulin-stimulated rates of protein synthesis by 75 and 70%, r...

Lisa Miranda; Sandrine Horman; Isabelle De Potter; Louis Hue; Jørgen Jensen; Mark H. Rider