Publications

Publication • Published year 2025

Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust and first-time acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide register-based cohort study 1976-2018

Aims: Exposure to air pollution including diesel engine exhaust (DEE) is associated with increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (A...

Regitze Sølling Wils; Esben Meulengracht Flachs; Zara Ann Stokholm; Per Gustavsson; Nils Plato; Henrik A. Kolstad; Camilla Sandal Sejbæk; Charlotte Brauer; Vivi Schlünssen; Karin Sørig Hougaard; Ida E. H. Madsen ...

Publication • Published year 2025

Legislation and Current Practices Concerning Risk Assessment of Skin Sensitizers in the European Union. A Comparative and Survey Study

Background: Despite legislation aimed to protect the population against skin sensitization in the European Union (EU), overone quarter of...

Mathias Krogh Pedersen; Jakob Ferløv Baselius Schwensen; Jose Hernan Alfonso; Steen Kristen Mollerup; Gianluca Selvestrel; Christina Rudén; Martin F. Wilks; Jeanne Duus Johansen

Publication • Published year 2025

Occupation and 11-year lung function decline in the HUNT Study

Background: The association between occupational titles and lung function has mostly been examined through cross-sectional studies. Preve...

Lisa Aarhus; Øivind Skare; Karl-Christian Nordby; Anne Kristine Gulsvik; Sigrid Anna Aalberg Vikjord; L. Hedman; Arnulf Langhammer

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Application of X-ray diffraction with Rietveld refinement to quantify mineral composition including crystalline silica in respirable dust

This study aimed to test the use of Rietveld refinement on respirable aerosol samples to determine the phase of respirable crystalline si...

Johanne Østereng Halvorsen; Peter Stacey; Pål Graff; Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal; Torunn Kringlen Ervik

Publication • Published year 2025

Occupational differences in working life expectancy and working years lost in Nordic countries

Objective: Risk of exit from work is both occupation- and country-specific. This study investigated occupational differences in working l...

Karina Undem; Taina Leinonen; Daniel Falkstedt; Gun Johansson; Jacob Pedersen; Eira Viikari-Juntura; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Svetlana E. Solovieva

Publication • Published year 2025

Microbial exposure and diversity in Norwegian shrimp processing plants

Seafood processing workers have a high prevalence of respiratory symptoms and occupational asthma, primarily attributed to allergenic pro...

Fikirte Debebe Zegeye; Anne Straumfors; Peng Lei; Pål Graff; Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Komlavi Anani Afanou

Publication • Published year 2025

GRADE Concept Paper 9: Rationale and process for creating a GRADE Ontology

Context: As the rate of research production accelerates, the ability to efficiently and unambiguously communicate judgments relating to t...

Paul Whaley; Brian S. Alper; Joanne Dehnbostel; Carlos Alva-Diaz; Stavros A. Antoniou; Antonio Bognanni; Javier Bracchiglione; Therese Kristine Dalsbø; Sean Grant; Jennifer Hunter; Alfonso Iorio ...

Publication • Published year 2025

GLU24/7 study: cardiometabolic health risk factors in night shift workers – protocol for a 2-year longitudinal study in an industrial setting in Norway

Introduction: Evidence links night shift work to circadian rhythm disruption, causing hormonal and metabolic alterations, as well as incr...

Sarah Alsaedi; Marit Skogstad; Fred Haugen

Publication • Published year 2025

Pepper mild mottle virus as a potential indicator of occupational exposure to airborne viruses in wastewater treatment plants

Wastewater is a known carrier for human pathogenic viruses, with seasonal variations in concentrations, and wastewater treatment plant (W...

Anna Jacobsen Lauvås; Pål Graff; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Caroline Duchaine; Marc Veillette; Mette Myrmel; Anne Straumfors

Publication • Published year 2025

Pulmonary hazards of nanoplastic particles: a study using polystyrene in in vitro models of the alveolar and bronchial epithelium

Background: Nanoplastics (NPs) are released into the environment through the degradation of plastic objects, leading to human exposure. D...

Sara Michelini; Safaa Mawas; Ema Kurešepi; Francesco Barbero; Katarina Šimunović; Dorian Miremont; Stéphanie Devineau; Martin Schicht; Victor Ganin; Øyvind Pernell Haugen; Komlavi Anani Afanou ...