Publikasjoner

Coping with bullying at work: How do targets, bullies and bystanders deal with bullying

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Eva Gemzøe Mikkelsen; Roger Persson; Ståle Einarsen

Methodological issues in the measurement of workplace bullying

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Guy Louis Alice Notelaers; Ståle Einarsen

Forholdet mellom aktivisertbaserte arbeidsplasser og sykefravær. Arbeidsplasskonsepter med betydning for sykefravær og frafall fra arbeidslivet

Sykefravær: Basert på tre studier med nokså entydige resultater, og en som er problematisk å fortolke (blant annet ukjent tid i hjemmekon...

Stein Knardahl

The influence of digitalization and new technologies on psychosocial work environment and employee health: a literature review

Digitalized communication forms, digital platforms, and social media have altered the ways work must and can be carried out, and have pro...

Jan Olav Christensen; Live Bakke Finne; Anne Helene Garde; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Kathrine Sørensen; Jolien Vleeshouwers

Tiltak for primærforebyggelse av helseplager og sykefravær i gjenvinningsindustrien. Delrapport I: Sammenhenger mellom arbeidsmiljøfaktorer (psykososiale/organisatoriske og fysiske) og helseplager, legemeldt sykefravær, jobbutilfredshet og tanker om å slutte i jobben

Resultatene i denne første delrapporten fra prosjektet «Tiltak for primærforebyggelse av helseplager og sykefravær i gjenvinningsindustri...

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

En bra dag på jobb. Forebyggende arbeidsmiljøarbeid i praksis. Evaluering av pilotprosjekt

Pilotprosjektet «En bra dag på jobb – forebyggende arbeidsmiljøarbeid i praksis» har som formål å teste ut en nyutviklet, bransjerettet m...

Mariama Cham Evensen; Margrethe Schøning; Elisabeth Martinsen Goffeng; Marte Smith-Isaksen; Pål Molander

Burnout syndrome in Europe: towards a harmonized approach in occupational health practice and research

Health practitioners and decision makers in the medical and insurance systems need knowledge on the work-relatedness of burnout. To gathe...

Irina Guseva Canu; Olivia Mesot; Christina Gyorkos; Zakia Mediouni; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Merete Drevvatne Bugge

Cellulose nanocrystals modulate alveolar macrophage phenotype and phagocytic function

Nanocellulose is a promising bio-nanomaterial with attractive properties suitable for multiple industrial applications. The increased use...

Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Mayes Alswady-Hoff; Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Øivind Skare; Dag Ellingsen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny

Sleep restriction does not potentiate nocebo‐induced changes in pain and cortical potentials

Background: The increased pain sensitivity following reduced sleep may be related to changes in cortical processing of nociceptive stimu...

Anbjørn Ree; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Stein Knardahl; Trond Sand; Dagfinn Matre

Employee safety perception following workplace terrorism. A longitudinal study

Terrorism at the workplace represents an extreme form of workplace violence potentially affecting large numbers of individuals. Evidence ...

Alexander Nissen; Marianne Hansen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Stein Knardahl; Trond Heir

Exposure to workplace bullying, distress, and insomnia: The moderating role of the miR-146a genotype

Several lines of evidence show that systematic exposure to negative social acts at the workplace i.e., workplace bullying, results in sy...

Dhaksshaginy Rajalingam; Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen; Johannes Gjerstad

Exposure to workplace bullying, microRNAs and pain; evidence of a moderating effect of miR-30c rs928508 and miR-223 rs3848900

Prolonged exposure to bullying behaviors may give rise to symptoms such as anxiety, depression and chronic pain. Earlier data suggest tha...

Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Mina Baarnes Eriksen; Dhaksshaginy Rajalingam; Ingeborg Nymoen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen; Johannes Gjerstad

Organizational change and employee mental health. A prospective multilevel study of the associations between organizational changes and clinically relevant mental distress

Objective: The aim of the present paper was to elucidate the relationship between exposure to separate, multiple or repeated organization...

Lise Fløvik; Stein Knardahl; Jan Olav Christensen

Transcriptome-wide association study reveals candidate causal genes for lung cancer

We have recently completed the largest GWAS on lung cancer including 29,266 cases and 56,450 controls of European descent. The goal of ou...

Yohan Bossé; Zhonglin Li; Lin Xia; Venkata Manem; Robert Carreras‐Torres; Aurélie Gabriel; Nathalie Gaudreault; Demetrius Albanes; Melinda C. Aldrich; Angeline Andrew; Susanne Arnold ...

Hairdressers’ shoulder load when blow-drying. Studying the effect of a new blow dryer design on arm inclination angle and muscle pain

During nine months, nineteen hairdressers every second/third month switched the use between a blow dryer with traditional design and one ...

Morten Wærsted; Henrik Enquist; Kaj Bo Veiersted

Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

Quantifying the genetic correlation between cancers can provide important insights into the mechanisms driving cancer etiology. Using gen...

Xia Jiang; Hilary K. Finucane; Fredrick R. Schumacher; Stephanie L. Schmit; Jonathan P. Tyrer; Younghun Han; Kyriaki Michailidou; Corina Lesseur; Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker; Joe Dennis; David V. Conti ...

Elemental Carbon and Nitrogen Dioxide as Markers of Exposure to Diesel Exhaust in Selected Norwegian Industries

Elemental carbon (EC) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in air as markers for diesel exhaust (DE) emission exposure were measured in selected wo...

Balazs Berlinger; Dag Ellingsen; Natalya Romanova; Grete Friisk; Hanne Line Daae; Stephan Weinbruch; Nils Petter Skaugset; Yngvar Thomassen

Mechanisms of Toxicity of Industrially Relevant Silicomanganese Dust on Human 1321N1 Astrocytoma Cells: An In Vitro Study

Tremendous efforts are applied in the ferroalloy industry to control and reduce exposure to dust generated during the production process,...

Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Ida Kero; Mina Baarnes Eriksen; Vidar Skaug; Shanbeh Zienolddiny

Effects of psychosocial work factors on number of pain sites. The role of sleep quality as mediator

Background Objective of the current study was to determine which of thirteen specific psychosocial work factors were related to number o...

Jolien Vleeshouwes; Stein Knardahl; Jan Olav Christensen

Pro-inflammatory responses induced by A. fumigatus and A. versicolor in various human macrophage models

Exposure to mold-contaminated indoor air has been associated with various respiratory diseases, and there is a need for experimental data...

Elisabeth Øya; Anita Solhaug; Anette Kocbach Bølling; Reidun Øvstebø; Tonje Berg Steensen; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Jørn Andreas Holme

Physical illness leading to absence from work and the risk of subsequent suicide. A national register-based study

Background: Studies have shown that people with physical illness are at increased risk of suicide, but knowledge on the association betw...

Fang Tang; Lars Mehlum; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Ping Qin

Hyphae fragments from A. fumigatus sensitize lung cells to silica particles (Min-U-Sil): Increased release of IL-1?

Exposure to particulate matter (PM), such as mineral particles and biological particles/components may be linked to aggravation of respir...

Elisabeth Øya; Fikirte Debebe Zegeye; Anette Kocbach Bølling; Reidun Øvstebø; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Johan Øvrevik; Magne Arnold Refsnes; Jørn Andreas Holme

Fungal aerosol composition in mouldy basements

Experimental aerosolization studies revealed that fungal fragments including small fragments in the submicrometer size are released from ...

Komlavi Anani Afanou; Anne Straumfors; Wijnand Eduard

Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine and deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescent with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Background Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is one of the most important causes of disability among adolescents while limited knowledge ex...

Chinh BKrong Nguyen; Surendra Kumar; Manuela Zucknick; Vessela N. Kristensen; Johannes Gjerstad; Hilde Loge Nilsen; Vegard Bruun Bratholm Wyller

Pulmonary toxicity of two different multi-walled carbon nanotubes in rat: Comparison between intratracheal instillation and inhalation exposure

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), which vary in length, diameter, functionalization and specific surface area, are used in diverse ...

Laurent Gaté; Kristina Bram Knudsen; Carole Seidel; Trine Berthing; Laëtitia Chézeau; Nicklas Raun Jacobsen; Sarah Valentino; Håkan Wallin; Sébastien Bau; Henrik Wolff; Sylvie Sébillaud ...