Publikasjoner

Psychometric properties and validation of the Brief NORSCI safety perceptions and climate inventory in the Norwegian waste management industry

A valid, standardized tool for assessing workplace safety can help organizations and employers to detect potential safety risks. This is ...

Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Christensen, Jan Olav; Emberland, Jan Shahid; Skogstad, Marit; Knardahl, Stein; Finne, Live Bakke

Accelerated atherosclerosis caused by serum amyloid A response in lungs of ApoE−/− mice

Airway exposure to eg particulate matter is associated with cardiovascular disease including atherosclerosis. Acute phase genes, especial...

Christophersen, Daniel Vest; Møller, Peter; Thomsen, Morten Bækgaard; Lykkesfeldt, Jens; Loft, Steffen; Wallin, Håkan; Vogel, Ulla; Jacobsen, Nicklas Raun

Novel methods for cold exposure of skeletal muscle in vivo and in vitro show temperature-dependent myokine production

Proteins secreted from skeletal muscle serving a signalling role have been termed myokines. Many of the myokines are exercise factors, pr...

Krapf, Solveig Astrid; Schjølberg, Tiril; Asoawe, Lucia; Honkanen, Susanna Kyllikki; Kase, Eili Tranheim; Thoresen, G. Hege; Haugen, Fred

The airborne mycobiome and associations with mycotoxins and inflammatory markers in the Norwegian grain industry

Grain dust exposure is associated with respiratory symptoms among grain industry workers. However, the fungal assemblage that contribute ...

Straumfors, Anne; Mundra, Sunil; Foss, Oda Astrid Haarr; Mollerup, Steen Kristen; Kauserud, Håvard

Asbestmålinger ved brann og rivning av asbestholdige byggematerialer – Delrapport 1: Asbestmålinger ved rivning av asbestholdige byggematerialer

Graff, Pål; Ervik, Torunn Kringlen; Hammer, Stine Eriksen; Hovik, Jon; Synnes, Ole Martin; Skaugset, Nils Petter

Introducing a new design of digital tool to increase vibration risk assessments: challenges with education-based interventions

Purpose. The aim of the study was to investigate if introducing a digital-tool risk assessments tool, the Swedish National Vibration Data...

Petterson, Hans; Graff, Pål; Fornander, Louise; Westerlund, Jessica; Björ, Bodil; Sjödin, Fredrik

Biological effects of combustion-derived particles from different biomass sources on human bronchial epithelial cells

Combustion-derived particles (CDPs), in particular from traffic, are regarded as a central contributor for adverse health effects linked ...

Marchetti, Sara; Mollerup, Steen Kristen; Gutzkow, Kristine Bjerve; Rizzi, Cristiana; Skuland, Tonje Schwach; Refsnes, Magne Arnold; Colombo, Anita; Øvrevik, Johan; Mantecca, Paride; Holme, Jørn Andreas

Faktabok om arbeidsmiljø og helse 2021. Status og utviklingstrekk

I rapporten Faktabok om arbeidsmiljø og helse gir STAMI en samlet oversikt over arbeidsmiljø- og arbeidshelsetilstanden blant sysselsatte...

Bakke, Berit; Degerud, Eirik Magnus Meek; Gravseth, Hans Magne Ulrik; Hanvold, Therese Nordberg; Løvseth, Eva Kristin; Mjaaland, Beate; Sterud, Tom; Øygardslia, Helene

Long-Term Exposure to Nanosized TiO2 Triggers Stress Responses and Cell Death Pathways in Pulmonary Epithelial Cells

There is little in vitro data available on long-term effects of TiO2 exposure. Such data are important for improving the understanding of...

Alswady-Hoff, Mayes; Erdem, Johanna Maria Samulin; Phuyal, Santosh; Knittelfelder, Oskar; Sharma, Animesh; Fonseca, Davi de Miranda; Skare, Øivind; Slupphaug, Geir; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh

Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress-induced β2-adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data

Objectives Several studies show that severe social stressors, e.g., in the form of exposure to workplace bullying in humans, is associate...

Rajalingam, Dhaksshaginy; Nymoen, Ingeborg; Nyberg, Henriette; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne; Gjerstad, Johannes

Perinatal exposure to a human relevant mixture of persistent organic pollutants: Effects on mammary gland development, ovarian folliculogenesis and liver in CD-1 mice

The ability of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with endocrine disrupting properties to interfere with the developing reproductive sy...

Johanson, Silje Modahl; Ropstad, Erik; Østby, Gunn Charlotte; Aleksandersen, Mona; Zamaratskaia, Galia; Boge, Gudrun Seeberg; Halsne, Ruth; Trangerud, Cathrine; Lyche, Jan Ludvig; Berntsen, Hanne Friis; Zimmer, Karin Elisabeth ...

Arbeid hjemmefra, helse og arbeidsmiljø. En systematisk kunnskapsoppsummering

Fløvik, Lise; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Vleeshouwes, Jolien; Johannessen, Håkon Andre; Finne, Live Bakke; Mohr, Benedicte; Jørgensen, Ingrid Løken; Christensen, Jan Olav

Review of biological risks associated with the collection of municipal wastes

In many countries, the management of household waste has recently changed with an increased focus upon waste sorting resulting in lower c...

Madsen, Anne Mette; Raulf, Monika; Duquenne, Philippe; Graff, Pål; Cyprowski, Marcin; Beswick, Alan; Laitinen, Sirpa; Rasmussen, Pil Uthaug; Hinker, Manfred; Kolk, Annette; Górny, Rafał L. ...

Effects of Defined Mixtures of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on Pre-lethal Cytotoxicity in the Human A-498 Kidney Cell Line In Vitro

A total mixture of 29 persistent organic pollutants (POPs) modelled from Scandinavian blood concentrations was used to expose human A-498...

Amber, Mazia; Xie, Yuling; Berntsen, Hanne Friis; Zimmer, Karin Elisabeth; Ropstad, Erik; Verhaegen, Steven; Connolly, Lisa

Silica Dust Exposure Increases Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis A Swedish National Registry Case–Control Study

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. This study examines if silica dust exposure increa...

Wrangel, Oscar; Graff, Pål; Bryngelsson, Ing-Liss; Fornander, Louise; Wiebert, Pernilla; Vihlborg, Per

Personal music players and hearing loss. The HUNT Cohort Study

It is unclear whether the current average use of personal music players (PMPs) including mobile phones has affected hearing in the genera...

Engdahl, Bo Lars; Aarhus, Lisa

Preventing and Neutralizing the Escalation of Workplace Bullying. The Role of Conflict Management Climate

Workplace bullying is, by definition, a gradually escalating process, theorized to occur from psychosocial stressors when there is a lack...

Hamre, Kristina Vaktskjold; Fauske, Margrethe Ringen; Reknes, Iselin; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Gjerstad, Johannes; Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne

Diminished Cold Avoidance Behaviours after Chronic Cold Exposure. Potential Involvement of TRPM8

Ambient temperature changes trigger plastic biological responses. Cold temperature is detected by the somatosensory system and evokes per...

Ezzatpanah, Somayeh; Eriksen, Mina Baarnes; Moe, Anne-Mari Gjestvang; Haugen, Fred

In vitro-in vivo correlations of pulmonary inflammogenicity and genotoxicity of MWCNT

Background Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) have received attention due to extraordinary properties, resulting in concerns for occup...

Di Ianni, Emilio; Samulin-Erdem, Johanna Maria; Møller, Peter; Sahlgren, Nicklas Mønster; Poulsen, Sarah Søs; Knudsen, Kristina Bram; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh; Saber, Anne Thoustrup; Wallin, Håkan; Vogel, Ulla; Jacobsen, Nicklas Raun

Safe-by-design strategies for lowering the genotoxicity and pulmonary inflammation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Reduction of length and the introduction of COOH groups

Potentially, the toxicity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can be reduced in a safe-by-design strategy. We investigated if genoto...

Hadrup, Niels; Knudsen, Kristina Bram; Carriere, Marie; Mayne-L'Hermite, Martine; Bobyk, Laure; Allard, Soline; Miserque, Frédéric; Pibaleau, Baptiste; Pinault, Mathieu; Wallin, Håkan; Vogel, Ulla

Hand-arm vibration exposure in rock drill workers. A comparison between measurements with hand-attached and tool-attached accelerometers

Objectives To assess the hazard of tool vibrations, we need valid exposure measurements. The use of hand-attached accelerometers (vibrati...

Clemm, Thomas; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Ulvestad, Bente; Bråtveit, Magne

Arterial abnormalities in the hands of workers with vibration white fingers. A magnetic resonance angiography case series

Vibration white finger (VWF) is a complication from exposure to hand-arm vibrations. Poor knowledge of the pathophysiology of VWF means t...

Vihlborg, Per; Makdoumi, Karim; Gavlovská, Hana; Wikström, Sverre; Graff, Pål

Lipogenic Potency of Individual Perfuorinated Alkyl Acids (PFAAs) and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) Mixtures at Human Blood‑Based Exposure Levels on Adipogenesis in 3T3‑L1 Cells

In recent decades, the incidence of metabolic disorders has increased internationally. This increase has been linked to exposure to persi...

Xie, Y.; Berntsen, Hanne Friis; Zimmer, Karin Elisabeth; Ropstad, Erik; Verhaegen, Steven; Connolly, L.

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...

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

Metal exposure from additive manufacturing and its effect on the nasal lavage fluid proteome - a pilot study

The use of metal additive manufacturing (AM) is steadily increasing and is an emerging concern regarding occupational exposure. In this s...

Assenhöj, Maria; Ward, Liam J.; Ghafour, Bijar; Graff, Pål; Ljunggren, Stefan A.