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Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Exposure to a human relevant mixture of persistent organic pollutants or to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid alone dysregulates the developing cerebellum of chicken embryo

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. In the present study, we explo...

Ajay Yadav; Steven Verhaegen; Panagiotis Filis; Diana Domanska; Robert Lyle; Arvind Sundaram; Magnus Leithaug; Gunn Charlotte Østby; Mona Aleksandersen; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer ...

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Impact of the Norwegian Agreement for a More Inclusive Working Life on diagnosis-specific sickness absence in young adults: a difference-in-difference analysis

Background The Norwegian Agreement for a More Inclusive Working Life (the IA Agreement) aims to reduce sickness absence (SA) and increas...

Rachel Louise Hasting; Suzanne Merkus; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Petter Kristensen; Jon Michael Gran; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Association of allergic diseases and epilepsy with risk of glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma. Results from the INTERPHONE international case–control study

We investigated the association of allergic diseases and epilepsy with risk of brain tumours, in Interphone, a 13-country case–control s...

Brigitte Schlehofer; Maria Blettner; Monika Moissonnier; Isabelle Deltour; Graham G. Giles; Bruce Armstrong; Jack Siemiatycki; Marie-Elise Parent; Daniel Krewski; Christofer Johansen; Anssi Auvinen ...

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

The differentiated roles of health in the transition from work to retirement – conceptual and methodological challenges and avenues for future research

Objectives The aim of this discussion paper is to (i) identify the differentiated roles of health in the work–retirement transition, and,...

Hans-Martin Hasselhorn; Taina Leinonen; Ute Bültmann; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Jean-Baptist du Prel; Sibel Kiran; Nicole Majery; Svetlana E. Solovieva; Astrid de Wind

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Onset of Work-Life Conflict Increases Risk of Subsequent Psychological Distress in the Norwegian Working Population

We aimed to assess whether the onset of work-life conflict is associated with a risk of subsequent onset of psychological distress. Respo...

Andrea Rørvik Marti; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud; Tom Sterud

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

A conceptual framework addressing the complex labour market dynamics of the work-to-retirement process

The way in which retirement is conceptualized and measured is likely to influence the research findings. The previous literature has addr...

Taina Leinonen; Isabelle Boets; Elisabeta Pletea; Sofie Vandenbroeck; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Hans-Martin Hasselhorn; Astrid de Wind

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Workplace mistreatment and insomnia: a prospective study of child welfare workers

Objective This study examines how workplace mistreatment relates to insomnia among child welfare workers. The main aim was to determine ...

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Sana Parveen; Live Bakke Finne

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Unchanged pulmonary toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles formulated in a liquid matrix for glass coating

The inclusion of nanoparticles can increase the quality of certain products. One application is the inclusion of Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopar...

Anne Thoustrup Saber; Niels Hadrup; Andrew Williams; Alicja Mortensen; Józef Szarek; Zdenka Kyjovska; Alexander Kurz; Nicklas Raun Jacobsen; Håkan Wallin; Sabina Halappanavar; Ulla Vogel

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Adverse social behaviour at work and health-related employment exit: a prospective population-based four-wave survey

Background The level of evidence for various aspects of adverse social behaviour (ASB) at work as risk factors for exit from employment ...

Tom Sterud; Andrea Rørvik Marti; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Gender Differences in Associations between Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Age of Withdrawal from Paid Employment among Older Workers

Background: Work exposures are known predictors of withdrawal from employment, but the associations between work exposures and withdrawal...

Karina Undem; Taina Leinonen; Petter Kristensen; Suzanne Merkus; Rachel Louise Hasting; Jon Michael Gran; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

An Exploratory Study on the Physical Activity Health Paradox. Musculoskeletal Pain and Cardiovascular Load during Work and Leisure in Construction and Healthcare Workers

Using a novel approach, this exploratory study investigated whether the physical activity (PA) paradox extends to cardiovascular load and...

Suzanne Merkus; Pieter Coenen; Mikael Forsman; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Svend Erik Mathiassen

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Strømgjennomgang fra lavspenning – forslag til nye anbefalinger

Elektrisitet kan medføre skader av varierende alvorlighetsgrad, fra ingen helsemessige konsekvenser til dødsfall (1). De siste 20 årene ...

Lars Petter Bache-Wiig Bjørnsen; Trude Beathe Svendsen; Dina Bærheim; Jostein Dale; Svend Peder Vesterfjell; Eirik Hugaas Ofstad; Lars E. Næss-Pleym; Lars Ole Goffeng

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

An initiative for a more inclusive working life and its effect on return-to-work after sickness absence: a multistate longitudinal cohort study

Objectives To reduce sickness absence (SA) and increase work participation, the tripartite Agreement for a More Inclusive Working Life (I...

Rune Hoff; Niklas Maltzahn; Rachel Louise Hasting; Suzanne Merkus; Karina Undem; Petter Kristensen; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Jon Michael Gran

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Occupation and 20-year hearing decline: findings from The HUNT Study

Background: Studies show that certain occupations are associated with an increased risk of hearing loss. However, many studies are cross-...

Ina Charlotte Molaug; Bo Lars Engdahl; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Lisa Aarhus

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Health-promoting work schedules: protocol for a large-scale cluster randomised controlled trial on the effects of a work schedule without quick returns on sickness absence among healthcare workers

Introduction In shift work, quick returns refer to transitions between two shifts with less than 11 hours available rest time. Twenty-thr...

Øystein Vedaa; Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal; Erling Svensen; Siri Waage; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Ståle Pallesen; Stein Atle Lie; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Anette Kristoffersen Harris

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Variability of lead in urine and blood in healthy individuals

Background Lead is a non-essential toxic trace element. Lead in blood (BPb) is the most common biomarker of lead exposure but lead in ur...

Gerd Sallsten; Dag Ellingsen; Balazs Berlinger; Stephan Weinbruch; Lars Barregard

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Do regulatory tools instigate measures to prevent work-related psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors? A process evaluation of a Labour inspection authority trial in the Norwegian home-care services

Objective There is a research gap regarding the way managers and employee representatives respond to Labour Authority interventions targ...

Håkon Andre Johannessen; Stein Knardahl; Jan Shahid Emberland; Øivind Skare; Bjørnar Finnanger Garshol

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Emission of nanoparticles from coal and diesel fired power plants on Svalbard: An electron microscopy study

Sub-micrometer aerosol particles were collected at the stack of two coal power plants (Barentsburg, Longyearbyen), two diesel power plant...

Stephan Weinbruch; Linyue Zhou; Martin Ebert; Nathalie Benker; Titiana Drotikova; Roland Kallenborn

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Paracetamol perturbs neuronal arborization and disrupts the cytoskeletal proteins SPTBN1 and TUBB3 in both human and chicken in vitro models

Epidemiological studies have linked long-term/high-dose usage of paracetamol (N-acetyl-para-aminophenol, APAP) during pregnancy to advers...

Nils-Anders Johannes Labba; Hallvard Austin Wæhler; Nora Houdaifi; Denis Zosen; Fred Haugen; Ragnhild Elisabeth Heimtun Paulsen; Mussie Ghezu Hadera; Ragnhild Eskeland

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Geographic and Ethnic Variations in Serum Concentrations of Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants among Men in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arctic Russia

The overwhelming majority of Arctic biomonitoring studies in humans include either pregnant or non-pregnant women of reproductive age whi...

Yulia Varakina; Andrey Aksenov; Dmitry Lakhmanov; Anna Trofimova; Rimma Korobitsyna; Natalia Belova; Dmitry Kotsur; Tatiana Sorokina; Andrei M. Grjibovski; Ludmila Popova; Valery Chashchin ...

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Occupational Exposure to Trichloramine and Endotoxins. Adverse Health Effects Among Personnel in Adventure and Rehabilitation Swimming Pool Facilities

Objective: To study occupational exposure to trichloramine and endotoxins in air at adventure and rehabilitation swimming pool facilities...

Jessica Westerlund; Ing-Liss Bryngellson; Louise Fornander; Håkan Löfstedt; Pål Graff

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

The Relationship between Workplace Conflicts and Subsequent Physician-Certified Sick Leave: A Prospective Population Study

The impact of workplace conflicts on sick leave is largely unknown. We studied the associations between conflicts and physician-certified...

Tom Sterud; Andrea Rørvik Marti; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

A Cease in Shift Work Reverses Arterial Stiffness but Increases Weight and Glycosylated Hemoglobin A 5-Month Follow-Up in Industry

Background: Literature suggests an association between shift work and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Limited evidence is available on how ...

Marit Skogstad; Hans Christian Dalsbotten Aass; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Øivind Skare; Per Anton Sirnes; Dagfinn Matre

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Utilizing a Nordic Crosswalk for Occupational Coding in an Analysis on Occupation-Specific Prolonged Sickness Absence among 7 Million Employees in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

We identified occupations with a high incidence of prolonged sickness absence (SA) in Nordic employees and explored similarities and diff...

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

Publikasjoner • Utgivelsesår 2022

Insight Into the Metabolic Adaptations of Electrically Pulse-Stimulated Human Myotubes Using Global Analysis of the Transcriptome and Proteome

Electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) has proven to be a useful tool to interrogate cell-specific responses to muscle contraction. In the pr...

Abel Mulu Mengeste; Natasa Nikolic; Andrea Dalmao Fernandez; Yuan Zeng Feng; Tuula Anneli Nyman; Sander Kersten; Fred Haugen; Eili Tranheim Kase; Vigdis Aas; Arild Christian Rustan; G. Hege Thoresen