In a recent count of cohort studies in Europe capturing information on occupation and/or occupational exposures, we estimated that there ...
Manolis Kogevinas; Vivi Schlünssen; Ingrid Alethe Sivesind Mehlum; Michelle C. Turner
Objectives To determine whether nurses working consecutive night shifts, or short transitions between shifts (quick returns (QRs)), yield...
Maria Katsifaraki; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Jan Olav Christensen; Morten Wærsted; Stein Knardahl; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Mikko Härmä; Dagfinn Matre
Objective: To investigate whether low molecular organic biomarkers could be identified in blood samples from vibration exposed workers ...
Per Vihlborg; Pål Graff; Annika Hagenbjörk; Jenny Hadrévi; Ing-Liss Bryngelsson; Kåre Eriksson
Background Meta-analyses have shown firefighters to be at an increased risk of several cancer types. Occupational carcinogen exposure ma...
Jarle Jakobsen; Ronnie Babigumira; Marie Danielsen; Tom Kristian Grimsrud; Raymond Olsen; Cecilie Rosting; Marit Bragelien Veierød; Kristina Kjærheim
BACKGROUND: A large population study with adequate data on confounders is required to determine whether asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) is...
Lisa Aarhus; Bo Lars Engdahl
Background Testing of vibration perception threshold (VPT) at the fingertips as a quantitative measure of tactile sensitivity is a common...
Thomas Clemm; Karl Færden; Bente Ulvestad; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Karl-Christian Nordby
An increased risk of developing colorectal cancer has been associated with exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and alteratio...
Silje Modahl Johanson; Jonathan R. Swann; Özgün Candan Onarman Umu; Mona Aleksandersen; Mette Helen Bjørge Müller; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Gunn Charlotte Østby; Jan Erik Paulsen; Erik Ropstad
It has been suggested that the association between self-reported occupational noise exposure and vestibular schwannoma (VS) found in seve...
Lisa Aarhus; Kristina Kjærheim; Sanna Heikkinen; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Eero Pukkala; Jenny Selander; Mattias Sjöström; Øivind Skare; Kurt Straif; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
There is a plausible association between shift work and cardiovascular disease (CVD), which may be due to disruption of the circadian rhy...
Lars-Kristian Lunde; Øivind Skare; Asgeir Mamen; Per Anton Sirnes; Hans Christian Dalsbotten Aass; Reidun Øvstebø; Elisabeth Martinsen Goffeng; Dagfinn Matre; Pia Nielsen; Hanne Siri Amdahl Heglum; Stine Eriksen Hammer ...
Objectives Sawmill workers have an increased risk of adverse respiratory outcomes, but knowledge about exposure–response relationships i...
Anne Straumfors; Marine Corbin; Dave McLean; Andrea t' Mannetje; Raymond Olsen; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Hanne Line Daae; Øivind Skare; Bente Ulvestad; Helle Laier Johnsen; Wijnand Eduard ...