Publications

Publication • Published year 2019

Predicting the outcome of persistent sciatica using conditioned pain modulation: 1-year results from a prospective cohort study

Background and aims Recovery in patients hospitalised with severe sciatica is unpredictable. Prognostic tools to aid clinicians in the ea...

Olaf Randall Fjeld; Margreth Grotle; Dagfinn Matre; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Marie Lie; Milada Cvancarova Småstuen; Kjersti Storheim; Ingrid Heuch; Audun Stubhaug; John-Anker Zwart; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen

Publication • Published year 2019

Essential and non-essential trace elements in fish consumed by indigenous peoples of the European Russian Arctic

In present study, the analyses of essential [copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn)] and non-essential elements [mercury (...

Nikita Sobolev; Andrey Aksenov; Tatiana Sorokina; Valery Chashchin; Dag Ellingsen; Evert Nieboer; Yulia Varakina; Elena Veselkina; Dmitry Kotsur; Yngvar Thomassen

Publication • Published year 2019

Up-regulation of circulating microRNA-17 is associated with lumbar radicular pain following disc herniation

Background: Previous studies suggest that regulatory microRNAs (miRs) may modulate neuro-inflammatory processes. The purpose of the pres...

Eivind Olay Hasvik; Tiril Schjølberg; Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Anne Julsrud Haugen; Lars Grøvle; Ellina Iordanova Schistad; Johannes Gjerstad

Publication • Published year 2019

Physician notified work-related diseases among farmers in Norway: Data from 2007 - 2016

Introduction: This study provided a profile of work-related diseases in the farming sector notified by physicians to the Norwegian Labor ...

Yogindra Samant; Oddfrid Aas; Robert Ekle; Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Tonje Strømholm

Publication • Published year 2019

Workplace bullying, mental distress, and sickness absence. The protective role of social support

Purpose: This study examined the protective effects of supervisor, colleague, and non-work-related social support on the associations be...

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Jan Olav Christensen; Live Bakke Finne; Stein Knardahl

Publication • Published year 2019

Pain complaints are associated with quick returns and insomnia among Norwegian nurses, but do not difer between shift workers and day only workers

Purpose To determine whether common work schedule characteristics among Norwegian nurses were associated with subjective pain complaints...

Dagfinn Matre; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Maria Katsifaraki; Siri Waage; Ståle Pallesen; Bjørn Bjorvatn

Publication • Published year 2019

A mixture of persistent organic pollutants relevant for human exposure inhibits the transactivation activity of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in vitro

While humans are exposed to mixtures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), their risk assessment isusually based on a chemical-by-chem...

T.Q. Doan; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Steven Verhaegen; Erik Ropstad; L. Connolly; A. Igout; M. Muller; M.L. Scippo

Publication • Published year 2019

The 5-HTTLPR rs25531 LALA-genotype increases the risk of insomnia symptoms among shift workers

Background Previous studies indicate that shift work tolerance may be associated with individual factors including genetic variability i...

Ståle Pallesen; Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad

Publication • Published year 2019

Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Norwegian short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 in Low Back-related Leg Pain

Study Design: A prospective observational study with translation and psychometric analyses of a questionnaire. Objective: Cross-cultural...

Eivind Olay Hasvik; Anne Julsrud Haugen; Stacey Marie Haukeland-Parker; Stein Arne Rimehaug; Johannes Gjerstad; Lars Grøvle

Publication • Published year 2019

Pulmonary toxicity of Fe2O3, ZnFe2O4, NiFe2O4 and NiZnFe4O8 nanomaterials. Inflammation and DNA strand breaks

Exposure to metal oxide nanomaterials potentially occurs at the workplace. We investigated the toxicity of two Fe-oxides: Fe2O3 nanoparti...

Niels Hadrup; Anne T. Saber; Zdenka O. Kyjovska; Nicklas R. Jacobsen; Minnamari Vippola; Essi Sarlin; Yaobo Ding; Otmar Schmid; Håkan Wallin; Keld A.  Jensen; Ulla Vogel