Publications

Effects of Defined Mixtures of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on Pre-lethal Cytotoxicity in the Human A-498 Kidney Cell Line In Vitro

A total mixture of 29 persistent organic pollutants (POPs) modelled from Scandinavian blood concentrations was used to expose human A-498...

Mazia Amber; Yuling Xie; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Erik Ropstad; Steven Verhaegen; Lisa Connolly

Psychometric properties and validation of the Brief NORSCI safety perceptions and climate inventory in the Norwegian waste management industry

A valid, standardized tool for assessing workplace safety can help organizations and employers to detect potential safety risks. This is ...

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Jan Olav Christensen; Jan Shahid Emberland; Marit Skogstad; Stein Knardahl; Live Bakke Finne

Bioaerosol Exposure and in vitro Activation of Toll-like Receptors in a Norwegian Waste Sorting Plant

Background: The global shift toward greener societies demands new technologies and work operations in the waste-management sector. Howeve...

Elke Eriksen; Pål Graff; Ine Pedersen; Anne Straumfors; Komlavi Anani Afanou

Witnessing bullying at work. Inactivity and the risk of becoming the next target

Objective: Bullying is a form of psychological violence defined as a prolonged, systematic mistreatment at work where the victim has diff...

Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen

The effect of toll-like receptor ligands on energy metabolism and myokine expression and secretion in cultured human skeletal muscle cells

Skeletal muscle plays an important role in glycaemic control and metabolic homeostasis, making it a tissue of interest with respect to ty...

Ragna Husby Tingstad; Frode Amador Norheim; Fred Haugen; Yuan Zeng Feng; Hege Tunsjø; G. Hege Thoresen; Arild Christian Rustan; Colin Charnock; Vigdis Aas

The Impact of a Workplace Terrorist Attack on the Psychosocial Work Environment: A Longitudinal Study From Pre- to Post-disaster

The psychosocial work environment is of great importance for regaining health and productivity after a workplace disaster. Still, there i...

Mona Berthelsen; Marianne Bang Hansen; Alexander Nissen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Stein Knardahl; Trond Heir

Metal additive manufacturing and possible clinical markers for the monitoring of exposure-related health effects

Additive manufacturing (AM) includes a series of techniques used to create products, in several different materials, such as metal, polym...

Stefan A. Ljunggren; Liam J. Ward; Pål Graff; Anders Persson; Malin Leijon Lind; Helen Karlsson

Hand-arm vibration exposure in rock drill workers. A comparison between measurements with hand-attached and tool-attached accelerometers

Objectives To assess the hazard of tool vibrations, we need valid exposure measurements. The use of hand-attached accelerometers (vibrat...

Thomas Clemm; Karl-Christian Nordby; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Bente Ulvestad; Magne Bråtveit

Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress-induced β2-adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data

Objectives Several studies show that severe social stressors, e.g., in the form of exposure to workplace bullying in humans, is associat...

Dhaksshaginy Rajalingam; Ingeborg Nymoen; Henriette Nyberg; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Valvatne Einarsen; Johannes Gjerstad

Universitetene må rekruttere flere leger til basalmedisinske fag

Erik Sveberg Dietrichs; Bendik Christian Brinchmann