Publications

Publication • Published year 2021

Spinal pain in employees exposed to abusive supervision: Evidence of a sex and CRHR1 CTC haplotype interaction

Previous findings suggest that exposure to social stress in the form of abusive supervision may increase the risk of musculoskeletal diso...

Ann-Christin Sannes; Andrine Risøy; Jan Olav Christensen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad

Publication • Published year 2021

Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies pleiotropic risk loci for aerodigestive squamous cell cancers

Squamous cell carcinomas (SqCC) of the aerodigestive tract have similar etiological risk factors. Although genetic risk variants for indi...

Corina Lesseur; Aida Ferreiro-Iglesias; James D. McKay; Yohan Bossé; Mattias Johansson; Valerie Gaborieau; Maria Teresa Landi; David C. Christiani; Neil E. Caporaso; Stig E. Bojesen; Christopher I. Amos ...

Publication • Published year 2021

Peripherally administered persistent organic pollutants distribute to the brain of developing chicken embryo in concentrations relevant for human exposure

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) can reach the fetal brain and contribute to developmental neurotoxicity. To explore the distribution...

Ajay Yadav; Steven Verhaegen; Mussie Ghezu Hadera; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Vidar Berg; Jan Ludvig Lyche; Azemira Sabaredzovic; Line Småstuen Haug; Oddvar Myhre; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen ...

Publication • Published year 2021

A human relevant mixture of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) differentially affect glutamate induced excitotoxic responses in chicken cerebellum granule neurons (CGNs) in vitro

Primary cultures of cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs) derived from chicken embryos were used to explore the effects on developmental neu...

Ajay Yadav; Steven Verhaegen; Evelien Verbruggen; Marie Kerhoas; Eva Henriette Willemijn Huiberts; Mussie Ghezu Hadera; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Erik Ropstad; Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen

Publication • Published year 2021

Leadership style, headache, and neck pain the moderating role of the catechol-o-methyltransferase (comt) genotype

Objective: Leadership styles can influence subordinates’ health. We investigated how the gene encoding the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase...

Jan Olav Christensen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ann-Christin Sannes; Johannes Gjerstad

Publication • Published year 2021

Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper

Objective: The aims of the study were: (1) to clarify the definitions of "migrant" used in occupational health research; (2) to summarize...

Emine Aktas; Barbara Bergbom; Lode Godderis; Bertina Kreshpaj; Mario Marinov; Dana Mates; Damien M. McElvenny; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Valentina Milenkova; Evangelia Nena; Deborah C. Glass

Publication • Published year 2021

A human relevant mixture of persistent organic pollutants induces reactive oxygen species formation in isolated human leucocytes: Involvement of the β2-adrenergic receptor

Exposure to chlorinated (Cl), brominated (Br) and perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is associated with immu...

Hanne Friis Berntsen; Johanna Eva Bodin; Johan Øvrevik; Christopher Friis Berntsen; Gunn Charlotte Østby; Bendik Christian Brinchmann; Erik Ropstad; Oddvar Myhre

Publication • Published year 2021

The leukocyte telomere length, single nucleotide polymorphisms near TERC gene and risk of COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow obstruction and is associated with chronic local an...

Tanya Tacheva; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Dimo Dimov; Denitsa Vlaykova; Tatyana Vlaykova

Publication • Published year 2021

Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain: The Ad-Shoulder feasibility study

Background Exercise is recommended for patients with subacromial pain. It has been suggested that good exercise adherence improves clini...

Daniel Høgli Major; Margreth Grotle; Chris Littlewood; Jens Ivar Brox; Dagfinn Matre; Heidi Marie Veeser Gallet; Yngve Røe

Publication • Published year 2021

Challenge with a personal cascade impactor sampler in a silicon metal smelter

Cascade impactors are useful tools in the measurement of particle size mass distribution of workplace aerosols. The application of cascad...

Balázs Berlinger; Torunn K. Ervik; Konrad Kandler; Bente Ulvestad; Nathalie Benker; Dag Ellingsen; Merete D. Bugge