Publications

Publication • Published year 2022

HPV self-sampling among long-term non-attenders to cervical cancer screening in Norway: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Background Cervical cancer screening participation is suboptimal in most settings. We assessed whether human papillomavirus (HPV) self-s...

Gunvor Aasbø; Ameli Trope; Mari Nygård; Irene Kraus Christiansen; Ingrid Baasland; Grete Alræk Iversen; Ane Cecilie Dæhli Munk; Marit Halonen Christiansen; Gro Kummeneje Presthus; Karina Undem; Tone Bjørge ...

Publication • Published year 2022

Experimental Models for Cold Exposure of Muscle in vitro and in vivo

Work in cold environments may have a significant impact on occupational health. In these and similar situations, cold exposure loca...

Tiril Schjølberg; Lucia Asoawe; Solveig Astrid Krapf; Arild Christian Rustan; G. Hege Thoresen; Fred Haugen

Publication • Published year 2022

The Leucocyte Telomere Length, GSTM1 and GSTT1 Null Genotypes and the Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation and oxidative stress both in the airways and blood ...

Tanya Tacheva; Shanbeh Zienolddiny-Narui; Dimo Dimov; Denitsa Vlaykova; Iva Miteva; Tatyana Vlaykova

Publication • Published year 2022

An assessment of occupational exposure to bioaerosols in automated versus manual waste sorting plants

Occupational exposure during waste sorting is associated with several health outcomes. This study obtained knowledge about the impact of ...

Elke Eriksen; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Anne Mette Madsen; Anne Straumfors; Pål Graff

Publication • Published year 2022

An inter-laboratory effort to harmonize the cell-delivered in vitro dose of aerosolized materials

Air-liquid interface (ALI) lung cell models cultured on permeable transwell inserts are increasingly used for respiratory hazard assessme...

Anne Bannuscher; Otmar Schmid; Barbara Drasler; Alain Rohrbasser; Hedwig M. Braakhuis; Kirsty Meldrum; Edwin P. Zwart; Eric R. Gremmer; Barbara Birk; Manuel Rissel; Robert Landsiedel ...

Publication • Published year 2022

Cohort difference in the association between use of recreational firearms and hearing loss: findings from the HUNT study

Objectives:The risk of noise injury from recreational firearm use is well known. Despite preventive meas-ures it is uncertain whether it ...

Bo Lars Engdahl; Lisa Aarhus

Publication • Published year 2022

Effects of organic chemicals from diesel exhaust particles on adipocytes differentiated from human mesenchymal stem cells

Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from incomplete fossil fuel combustion (coal, oil, gas and diesel) has been linked to increas...

Bendik Christian Brinchmann; Jørn Andreas Holme; Nadine Frerker; Mia Marie-Elisabeth Rambøl; Tommy Aleksander Karlsen; Jan E. Brinchmann; Alena Kubátová; Klara Kukowski; Tonje Schwach Skuland; Johan Øvrevik

Publication • Published year 2022

Cross-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 61,047 cases and 947,237 controls identifies new susceptibility loci contributing to lung cancer

To identify new susceptibility loci to lung cancer among diverse populations, we performed cross-ancestry genome-wide association studies...

Jinyoung Byun; Younghun Han; Yafang Li; Jun Xia; Erping Long; Jiyeon Choi; Xiangjun Xiao; Meng Zhu; Wen Zhou; Ryan Sun; Yohan Bossé ...

Publication • Published year 2022

Neuropsychological function among workers exposed to aluminum - a mini-review

Aluminum (Al) is the most common element in nature after oxygen and silicon. Aluminum has been proposed to be a causative agent in the de...

Rita Bast-Pettersen

Publication • Published year 2022

A study of pneumoproteins in crystalline silica exposed rock drillers

Objective: The objective was to assess serum concentrations of club cell protein 16 (CC-16) and the surfactant proteins A (SPs-A) and D (...

Dag Ellingsen; Bente Ulvestad; May Brit Samersaw-Lund; Nils Petter Skaugset; Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland