Background We aimed to assess the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and long-term hearing decline. A furt...
Lisa Aarhus; Morten Sand; Bo Lars Engdahl
Substantial evidence points to detrimental effects of workplace bullying on the health, well-being and job attitudes among those exposed....
Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Introduction: It is of upmost importance to contribute to fill the knowledge gap concerning the characterization of the occupational expo...
Carla Viegas; Elke Eriksen; Bianca Gomes; Marta Dias; Renata Cervantes; Pedro Pena; Elisabete Carolino; Magdalena Twarużek; Liliana Aranha Caetano; Susana Viegas; Pål Graff ...
Background: We aimed to determine if maximal oxygen uptake (V˙O2max), resting heart rate (RHR), and self-reported leisure- time moderate ...
Øivind Skare; Asgeir Mamen; Marit Skogstad
Role conflicts and role ambiguity have been identified as important risk factors for exposure to workplace bullying, particularly when co...
Kari Wik Ågotnes; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Anders Skogstad; Johannes Gjerstad; Ståle Valvatne Einarsen
Background: Humans are exposed to inorganic and organic arsenic. The total arsenic (As) concentration in urine is a commonly used biomark...
Dag Ellingsen; Stephan Weinbruch; Gerd Sallsten; Balazs Berlinger; Lars Barregard
Antidepressants are used to treat depression and some anxiety disorders, including use in pregnant patients. The pharmacological actions ...
Denis Zosen; Elena Kondratskaya; Öyküm Kaplan Arabaci; Fred Haugen; Ragnhild Elisabeth Heimtun Paulsen
This cross-sectional study aims to obtain knowledge about workers’ exposure to airborne dust, bacterial and fungal species, endotoxin, bi...
Hanne Line Daae; Pål Graff; Oda Astrid Haarr Foss; Victor Carp Kofoed; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Margit Wagtberg Frederiksen; Anne Mette Madsen
Objectives This study evaluates the six-month cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits of motivational interviewing (MI) or a stratified voc...
Alexander Tingulstad; Esther Maas; Tarjei Langseth Rysstad; Britt Elin Øiestad; Fiona Aanesen; Are Hugo Pripp; Maurits Van Tulder; Margreth Grotle
Objectives This study aimed to investigate (i) the main effects of office design and access to telework from home (TWFH) on self-certifie...
Randi Hovden Borge; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Knut Inge Fostervold; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Background We aimed to assess whether exposure to risk factors in early life from conception to puberty continue to contribute to lung f...
Jorunn Kirkeleit; Trond Riise; Mathias Wielscher; Simone Accordini; Anne-Elie Carsin; Julie Dratva; Karl A. Franklin; Judith Garcia-Aymerich; Deborah Jarvis; Benedicte Leynaert; Caroline J. Lodge ...
The establishment of reliable and robust in vitro models for hazard assessment, a prerequisite for moving away from animal testing, requi...
Hedwig M. Braakhuis; Eric R. Gremmer; Anne Bannuscher; Barbara Drasler; Sandeep Keshavan; Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser; Barbara Birk; Andreas Verlohner; Robert Landsiedel; Kirsty Meldrum; Shareen H. Doak ...
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are nanomaterials with one or multiple layers of carbo...
Silvia Aidee Solorio-Rodriguez; Andrew Williams; Sarah Søs Poulsen; Kristina Bram Knudsen; Keld Alstrup Jensen; Per Axel Clausen; Pernille Høgh Danielsen; Håkan Wallin; Ulla Vogel; Sabina Halappanavar
Introduction: Professional visual artists constitute a heterogeneous vocational group, including, but not limited to painters, photograph...
Rayan Nikkilä; Miikka Peltomaa; Timo Carpén; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Sanna Heikkinen; Jenny Selander; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Jóhanna Eyrún Torfadottir; Antti Mäkitie; Eero Pukkala
This study assessed microorganisms in personal inhalable work air samples aiming to identify potential human pathogens, and correlate exp...
Elke Eriksen; Anne Mette Madsen; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Anne Straumfors; Alexander Eiler; Pål Graff
Wood dust is an established carcinogen also linked to several non malignant respiratory disorders. A major limitation in research on wood...
Ioannis Basinas; Tuula Liukkonen; Torben Sigsgaard; Nils T. Andersen; Jesper M. Vestergaard; Karen S. Galea; Martie Van Tongeren; Ruth Wiggans; Barbara Savary; Wijnand Eduard; Henrik A. Kolstad ...
Objectives This study aims to present an overview of the formal recognition of COVID-19 as occupational disease (OD) or injury (OI) acros...
Evelien Nys; Sara Pauwels; Balázs Ádám; João Amaro; Athanasios Athanasiou; Osnat Bashkin; Tatjana Kofol Bric; Petar Bulat; Cigdem Caglayan; Irina Guseva Canu; Serghei Cebanu ...
Background Migraine has a largely unexplained connection with sleep and is possibly related to a dysfunction of thalamocortical systems a...
Martin Syvertsen Mykland; Martin Uglem; Marte-Helene Bjørk; Dagfinn Matre; Trond Halfdan Sand; Petter Moe Omland
Background Most research on workplace bullying has examined the impact of the mistreatment on those exposed. Although bullying also is a...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Michael Rosander; Ståle Valvatne Einarsen
Purpose: Some pesticides may increase the risk of certain lymphoid malignancies, but few studies have examined Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). In ...
Joanne Kim; Maria E. Leon; Leah H. Schinasi; Isabelle Baldi; Pierre Lebailly; Laura E Beane Freeman; Karl-Christian Nordby; Gilles Ferro; Alain Monnereau; Maartje Brouwer; Kristina Kjærheim ...
During recent years, we are moving away from the ‘one exposure, one disease’-approach in occupational settings and towards a more compreh...
Eline Verscheure; Rob Stierum; Vivi Schlünssen; Anne Mette Lund Würtz; Dorian Vanneste; Manolis Kogevinas; Barbara N. Harding; Karin Broberg; Shan Zienolddiny-Narui; Johanna Samulin Erdem; Mrinal Kumar Das ...
Fungi of the genus Alternaria are ubiquitous plant pathogens and saprophytes which are able to grow under varying temperature and moistur...
Henriqueta Louro; Ariane Vettorazzi; Adela López de Cerain; Anastasia Spyropoulou; Anita Solhaug; Anne Straumfors; Anne-Cathrin Behr; Birgit Mertens; Bojana Žegura; Christiane Kruse Fæste; Dieynaba Ndiaye ...
Background Funders and scientific journals use peer review to decide which projects to fund or articles to publish. Reviewer training is...
Jan Ole Hesselberg; Therese Kristine Dalsbø; Hilde Strømme; Ida Svege; Atle Fretheim
The main objective of this systematic review was to assess cancer risk, and mor-tality after cancer diagnosis, for exclusive users of Swe...
Håkon Valen; Rune Becher; Gunn Elisabeth Vist; Jørn Andreas Holme; Ibrahimu Mdala; Ida-Kristin Ørjasæter Elvsaas; Jan Alexander; Vigdis Underland; Bendik Christian Brinchmann; Tom Kristian Grimsrud
Elimination and reduction of causative or contributing occupational exposures effectively prevent occupational dermatoses. Thus, full pre...
Jose Hernan Alfonso