BACKGROUND: A large population study with adequate data on confounders is required to determine whether asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) is...
Lisa Aarhus; Bo Lars Engdahl
Background Testing of vibration perception threshold (VPT) at the fingertips as a quantitative measure of tactile sensitivity is a common...
Thomas Clemm; Karl Færden; Bente Ulvestad; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Karl-Christian Nordby
An increased risk of developing colorectal cancer has been associated with exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and alteratio...
Silje Modahl Johanson; Jonathan R. Swann; Özgün Candan Onarman Umu; Mona Aleksandersen; Mette Helen Bjørge Müller; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Gunn Charlotte Østby; Jan Erik Paulsen; Erik Ropstad
It has been suggested that the association between self-reported occupational noise exposure and vestibular schwannoma (VS) found in seve...
Lisa Aarhus; Kristina Kjærheim; Sanna Heikkinen; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Eero Pukkala; Jenny Selander; Mattias Sjöström; Øivind Skare; Kurt Straif; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
There is a plausible association between shift work and cardiovascular disease (CVD), which may be due to disruption of the circadian rhy...
Lars-Kristian Lunde; Øivind Skare; Asgeir Mamen; Per Anton Sirnes; Hans Christian Dalsbotten Aass; Reidun Øvstebø; Elisabeth Martinsen Goffeng; Dagfinn Matre; Pia Nielsen; Hanne Siri Amdahl Heglum; Stine Eriksen Hammer ...
Objectives Sawmill workers have an increased risk of adverse respiratory outcomes, but knowledge about exposure–response relationships i...
Anne Straumfors; Marine Corbin; Dave McLean; Andrea t' Mannetje; Raymond Olsen; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Hanne Line Daae; Øivind Skare; Bente Ulvestad; Helle Laier Johnsen; Wijnand Eduard ...
Currently, monitoring of persistent organic pollutant (POP) content in various biological and environmental matrixes in the Arctic is an ...
Dmitry Lakhmanov; Yulia Varakina; Andrey Aksenov; Tatiana Sorokina; Nikita Sobolev; Dmitry Kotsur; Elena Plakhina; Valery Chashchin; Yngvar Thomassen
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the impact of three different office designs (cellular office, shared office, and open-p...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Stein Knardahl
Background: A substantial proportion of cancer driver genes (CDG) are also cancer predisposition genes. However, the associations between...
Yuzhuo Wang; Olga Y. Gorlova; Ivan P. Gorlov; Meng Zhu; Juncheng Dai; Demetrius Albanes; Stephen Lam; Adonina Tardon; Chu Chen; Gary E. Goodman; Stig E. Bojesen ...
Objective This study examines under which conditions being an observer of bullying can be detrimental to health and well-being. It was h...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Michael Rosander; Stefan Blomberg; Ståle Einarsen
At the time of cancer diagnosis, body mass index (BMI) is inversely correlated with lung cancer risk, which may reflect reverse causality...
Wen Zhou; Geoffrey Liu; Rayjean J. Hung; Philip C. Haycock; Melinda C. Aldrich; Susanne M. Arnold; Heike Bickeböller; Stig E. Bojesen; Paul Brennan; Hans Brunnström; Olle Melander ...
Background Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) are among the most widely manufactured and used nanoparticles. Concerns about potential health e...
Tonje Schwach Skuland; Marit Låg; Arno Gutleb; Bendik Christian Brinchmann; Tommaso Serchi; Johan Øvrevik; Jørn Andreas Holme; Magne Arnold Refsnes
Objectives This study aimed to elucidate the potential moderating effect of fair-, empowering-, and supportive-leadership behaviors on th...
Lise Fløvik; Stein Knardahl; Jan Olav Christensen
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are persistent man-made chemicals, ubiquitous in nature and present in human samples. Although restrictions ...
Hanne Friis Berntsen; Angel Moldes-Anaya; Cesilie Granum Bjørklund; Lorenzo Ragazzi; Trude M Haug; Rønnaug Strandabø; Steven Verhaegen; Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen; Erik Ropstad; Andrew Tasker
Few germline mutations are known to affect lung cancer risk. We performed analyses of rare variants from 39,146 individuals of European ...
Xuemei Ji; Semanti Mukherjee; Maria Teresa Landi; Yohan Bosse; Philippe Joubert; Dakai Zhu; Ivan P. Gorlov; Xiangjun Xiao; Younghun Han; Olga Gorlova; Rayjean J. Hung ...
Clinical trial results have recently demonstrated that inhibiting inflammation by targeting the interleukin‐1β pathway can offer a signif...
Ryan Sun; Miao Xu; Xihao Li; Sheila Gaynor; Hufeng Zhou; Zilin Li; Yohan Bossé; Stephen Lam; Ming-Sound Tsao; Adonina Tardón; Chu Chen ...
Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and silicosis are associated with exposure to crystalline silica. We determined the expo...
Bente Ulvestad; Mariann Ulvestad; Nils Petter Skaugset; Trond M Aaløkken; Anne Günther; Thomas Clemm; May Brit Samersaw-Lund; Dag Ellingsen
Objectives The underlying mechanisms for individual differences in experimental pain are not fully understood, but genetic susceptibilit...
Marie Lie; Bendik Winsvold; Johannes Gjerstad; Dagfinn Matre; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Ingrid Heuch; John-Anker Zwart; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
Background The study objective was to evaluate the impact of a population-level intervention (the IA Agreement) on the of one-year risk ...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Petter Kristensen; Karina Corbett; Rachel Louise Hasting; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Background Evidence is sparse on the association between alcohol intakes in the lower range and risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). We aim...
Inger Ariansen; Eirik Magnus Meek Degerud; Knut Gjesdal; Grethe S. Tell; Øyvind Næss
Objectives It is important to validate self-reported musculoskeletal pain used in epidemiological studies for evaluation of pain outcome...
Kaj Bo Veiersted; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Markus Koch; Stein Knardahl; Morten Wærsted
The aim of this study was to determine firefighter’s exposure to benzene and toluene during a fire drill by monitoring air benzene and to...
Cecilie Rosting; Raymond Olsen
Purpose: To study self-reported occupational injuries among mothers of a large birth cohort study and to assess the relation of their cha...
Joana Amaro; Ana Catarina Queiroga; João Amaro; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Raquel Lucas
Welders have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) following exposure to welding fumes. The underlying mechanisms are largel...
Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Sepideh Tajik; Dag Ellingsen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is critically involved in brain water and volume homeostasis and has been implicated in a wide range of pathological c...
Agnete Prydz; Katja Stahl; Soulmaz Rahmani; Nadia Skauli; Øivind Skare; Ole Petter Ottersen; Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam