Publications

Publication • Published year 2022

Impact of the Norwegian Agreement for a More Inclusive Working Life on diagnosis-specific sickness absence in young adults: a difference-in-difference analysis

Background The Norwegian Agreement for a More Inclusive Working Life (the IA Agreement) aims to reduce sickness absence (SA) and increas...

Rachel Louise Hasting; Suzanne Merkus; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Petter Kristensen; Jon Michael Gran; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

Publication • Published year 2022

Association of allergic diseases and epilepsy with risk of glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma. Results from the INTERPHONE international case–control study

We investigated the association of allergic diseases and epilepsy with risk of brain tumours, in Interphone, a 13-country case–control s...

Brigitte Schlehofer; Maria Blettner; Monika Moissonnier; Isabelle Deltour; Graham G. Giles; Bruce Armstrong; Jack Siemiatycki; Marie-Elise Parent; Daniel Krewski; Christofer Johansen; Anssi Auvinen ...

Publication • Published year 2022

The differentiated roles of health in the transition from work to retirement – conceptual and methodological challenges and avenues for future research

Objectives The aim of this discussion paper is to (i) identify the differentiated roles of health in the work–retirement transition, and,...

Hans-Martin Hasselhorn; Taina Leinonen; Ute Bültmann; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Jean-Baptist du Prel; Sibel Kiran; Nicole Majery; Svetlana E. Solovieva; Astrid de Wind

Publication • Published year 2022

Onset of Work-Life Conflict Increases Risk of Subsequent Psychological Distress in the Norwegian Working Population

We aimed to assess whether the onset of work-life conflict is associated with a risk of subsequent onset of psychological distress. Respo...

Andrea Rørvik Marti; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud; Tom Sterud

Publication • Published year 2022

A conceptual framework addressing the complex labour market dynamics of the work-to-retirement process

The way in which retirement is conceptualized and measured is likely to influence the research findings. The previous literature has addr...

Taina Leinonen; Isabelle Boets; Elisabeta Pletea; Sofie Vandenbroeck; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Hans-Martin Hasselhorn; Astrid de Wind

Publication • Published year 2022

Workplace mistreatment and insomnia: a prospective study of child welfare workers

Objective This study examines how workplace mistreatment relates to insomnia among child welfare workers. The main aim was to determine ...

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Sana Parveen; Live Bakke Finne

Publication • Published year 2022

Unchanged pulmonary toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles formulated in a liquid matrix for glass coating

The inclusion of nanoparticles can increase the quality of certain products. One application is the inclusion of Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopar...

Anne Thoustrup Saber; Niels Hadrup; Andrew Williams; Alicja Mortensen; Józef Szarek; Zdenka Kyjovska; Alexander Kurz; Nicklas Raun Jacobsen; Håkan Wallin; Sabina Halappanavar; Ulla Vogel

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Adverse social behaviour at work and health-related employment exit: a prospective population-based four-wave survey

Background The level of evidence for various aspects of adverse social behaviour (ASB) at work as risk factors for exit from employment ...

Tom Sterud; Andrea Rørvik Marti; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud

Publication • Published year 2022

Gender Differences in Associations between Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Age of Withdrawal from Paid Employment among Older Workers

Background: Work exposures are known predictors of withdrawal from employment, but the associations between work exposures and withdrawal...

Karina Undem; Taina Leinonen; Petter Kristensen; Suzanne Merkus; Rachel Louise Hasting; Jon Michael Gran; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

Publication • Published year 2022

An Exploratory Study on the Physical Activity Health Paradox. Musculoskeletal Pain and Cardiovascular Load during Work and Leisure in Construction and Healthcare Workers

Using a novel approach, this exploratory study investigated whether the physical activity (PA) paradox extends to cardiovascular load and...

Suzanne Merkus; Pieter Coenen; Mikael Forsman; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Svend Erik Mathiassen