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
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
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
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
Objectives To examine the prevalence of hearing loss (HL) among employed persons, the association between HL and non-employment, assessi...
Astrid Ytrehus Jørgensen; Bo Lars Engdahl; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Lisa Aarhus
Background Evidence on the association between hearing loss and sick leave or disability pension is to a great extent based on few cross...
Astrid Ytrehus Jørgensen; Lisa Aarhus; Bo Lars Engdahl; Bernt Magne Bratsberg; Vegard Fykse Skirbekk; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Employees working in cement production plants are exposed to airborne particulate matter (PM) which may lead to lung function impairments...
Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Stine Eriksen Hammer; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen; Stephan Weinbruch; Nathalie Benker; Balazs Berlinger
The cemented Spectron EF stem in combination with the cemented non‐crosslinked Reflection All‐Poly cup showed a high rate of mid‐term ase...
Susann Wolf; Anne Christine Johannessen; Peter Ellison; Ove Nord Furnes; Geir Hallan; Katharina Rogg; Kathrine Skarstein; Paul Johan Høl
Police work may expose officers to various circumstances that have potential for increasing their risk of cancer, including traffic-relat...
Sanna Heikkinen; Paul A. Demers; Johnni Hansen; Jarle Jakobsen; Kristina Kjærheim; Elsebeth Lynge; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Janne Pitkaniemi; Jenny Selander; Jóhanna Torfadóttir ...
Introduction: Deciding to leave a job is often foreshadowed by burgeoning job dissatisfaction, which is in turn often attributed to chara...
Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
Background Individuals suffering from schizophrenia have a reduced life expectancy with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a major contribu...
Martin Steen Tesli; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud; Oleguer Plana-Ripoll; Kristin Gustavson; Fartein Ask Torvik; Eivind Ystrøm; Helga Ask; Natalia Tesli; Anne Høye; Camilla Stoltenberg; Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud ...
Introduction: Motor transport with internal combustion engines powered by diesel fuel and gasoline is one of the main sources of ambient ...
Boris A. Morgunov; Valerii P. Chashchin; Andrei B. Gudkov; Maxim V. Chashchin; Olga N. Popova; Aleksandr N. Nikanov; Yngvar Thomassen
Objectives To examine the association of shift work with and without night work with breast cancer among women in the public sector. M...
Mikko Härmä; Anneli Ojajärvi; Aki Koskinen; Jenny-Anne Lie; Johnni Hansen
Introduction Autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) are believed to be caused by the interplay between several genetic and e...
Tim Sinioja; Johanna Eva Bodin; Daniel Duberg; Hubert Dirven; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Unni Cecilie Nygaard; Matej Orešič; Tuulia Hyötyläinen
Telomere shortening can result in cellular senescence and in increased level of genome instability, which are key events in numerous of c...
Mayes Alswady-Hoff; Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Mona Aleksandersen; Kristine Haugen Anmarkrud; Øivind Skare; Fang-Chin Lin; Vincent Simensen; Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Vidar Skaug; Erik Ropstad; Shanbeh Zienolddiny-Narui
Advanced in vitro models are needed to support next-generation risk assessment (NGRA), moving from hazard assessment based mainly on anim...
Laura Maria Azzurra Camassa; Elisabeth Elje; Espen Mariussen; Eleonora Marta Longhin; Maria Dusinska; Shanbeh Zienolddiny-Narui; Elise Rundén-Pran
Objective To determine whether four consecutive extended work shifts are associated with an increased risk of subjective pain complaint...
Dagfinn Matre; Elisabeth Martinsen Goffeng; Karl-Christian Nordby; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie
Background: Hand-arm vibration (HAV) is a risk factor for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE). It is unc...
Daniel Gregor Schulze; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Thomas Clemm; Margreth Grotle; John Anker Henrik Zwart; Bente Ulvestad; Karl-Christian Nordby
Objective To assess changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors during a 3-year follow-up among 57 rotating shift workers and 29 day ...
Marit Skogstad; Hans Christian Dalsbotten Aass; Per-Anton Sirnes; Asgeir Mamen; Øivind Skare; Dagfinn Matre; Stine Eriksen Hammer; Elisabeth Martinsen Goffeng; Lars-Kristian Lunde