In order to investigate the extent to which musculoskeletal sickness absence was influenced by a range of circumstances concerning family...
Petter Kristensen; Tor Bjerkedal; Lorentz M Irgens
Background: Lack of knowledge about the occurrence of work-related health problems in the general population makes it difficult to estima...
Ingrid Alethe Sivesind Mehlum; Helge Kjuus; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Ebba Wergeland
BACKGROUND: Police work is regarded as a high-stress occupation, but so far, no nationwide study has explored the associations between wo...
Anne Marie Lie Berg; Erlend Hem; Bjørn Lau; Øivind Ekeberg
We determined the repeatability and correlations between force, endurance and muscle activity during isometric contractions over three ye...
Cecilie Røe; Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir; Stein Knardahl; Eva Bakke; Nina Køpke Vøllestad
Jens Peter Bonde; Michael Joffe; Markku Sallmen; Petter Kristensen; Jørn Olsen; Nel Roeleveld; Allen Wilcox
Benzo[a]pyrene (BP) is an ubiquitous environmental pollutant with potent mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. The Ah receptor (Ahr) is ...
Carlos Sagredo; Steinar Øvrebø; Aage Haugen; Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama; Rita Bæra; Ingrid Botnen; Steen Kristen Mollerup
Morphology of silicon carbide (SiC) fibres from the Norwegian SiC industry has been studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The fi...
Asbjørn Skogstad; Solveig Føreland; Erik Bye; Wijnand Eduard
The aims were to assess the impact of a total smoking ban on the level of airborne contaminants and the urinary cotinine levels in the em...
Dag Ellingsen; Geir Fladseth; Hanne Line Daae; Merete Gjølstad; Kristina Kjærheim; Marit Skogstad; Raymond Olsen; Syvert Thorud; Pål Molander
Aims/hypothesis: Hypertrophic and failing hearts have increased utilisation of glucose, but also develop insulin resistance and reduced ...
Geir Florholmen; G. Hege Thoresen; G. Hege Thoresen; Arild Chr. Rustan; Jørgen Jensen; Geir Christensen; Vigdis Aas
Objectives The aims of the study were to assess renal function in chloralkali workers previously exposed to mercury vapor and to assess t...
Jon Efskind; Dag G. Ellingsen; Anders Hartman; Yngvar Thomassen; Rune Johan Ulvik; Per I. Gaarder; Tone Bente Solberg