Introduction: This study provided a profile of work-related diseases in the farming sector notified by physicians to the Norwegian Labor ...
Yogindra Samant; Oddfrid Aas; Robert Ekle; Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Tonje Strømholm
Purpose: This study examined the protective effects of supervisor, colleague, and non-work-related social support on the associations be...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Jan Olav Christensen; Live Bakke Finne; Stein Knardahl
Purpose To determine whether common work schedule characteristics among Norwegian nurses were associated with subjective pain complaints...
Dagfinn Matre; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Maria Katsifaraki; Siri Waage; Ståle Pallesen; Bjørn Bjorvatn
While humans are exposed to mixtures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), their risk assessment isusually based on a chemical-by-chem...
T.Q. Doan; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Steven Verhaegen; Erik Ropstad; L. Connolly; A. Igout; M. Muller; M.L. Scippo
Background Previous studies indicate that shift work tolerance may be associated with individual factors including genetic variability i...
Ståle Pallesen; Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad
Study Design: A prospective observational study with translation and psychometric analyses of a questionnaire. Objective: Cross-cultural...
Eivind Olay Hasvik; Anne Julsrud Haugen; Stacey Marie Haukeland-Parker; Stein Arne Rimehaug; Johannes Gjerstad; Lars Grøvle
Exposure to metal oxide nanomaterials potentially occurs at the workplace. We investigated the toxicity of two Fe-oxides: Fe2O3 nanoparti...
Niels Hadrup; Anne T. Saber; Zdenka O. Kyjovska; Nicklas R. Jacobsen; Minnamari Vippola; Essi Sarlin; Yaobo Ding; Otmar Schmid; Håkan Wallin; Keld A. Jensen; Ulla Vogel
Environmental exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been suggested as a contributing factor for the increased rate of T2D ...
Maeve Shannon; Yuling Xie; Steven Verhaegen; Judie Wilson; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Erik Ropstad; Lisa Connolly; Brian Green
Objective Ambient exposure to fine particles is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Associations between o...
Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Bente Ulvestad; Balazs Berlinger; L. Stockfelt; Raymond Olsen; Dag Ellingsen
Inhalation of nanosized zinc oxide (ZnO) induces metal fume fever and systemic acute phase response in humans. Acute phase response acti...
Niels Hadrup; Feriel Rahmani; Nicklas R. Jacobsen; Anne T. Saber; Petra Jackson; Stefan Bengtson; Andrew Williams; Håkan Wallin; Sabina Halappanavar; Ulla Vogel
Damp indoor environments contaminated with different mold species may contribute to the development and exacerbation of respiratory illne...
Elisabeth Øya; Rune Becher; Leni Johanne Ekeren; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Johan Øvrevik; Jørn Andreas Holme
Bipolar surface EMG (sEMG) signals of the trapezius muscles bilaterally were recorded continuously with a frequency of 800 Hz during full...
Tove Maria Østensvik; Helmer Belbo; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether airborne exposure to endotoxins, hydrogen sulphide (H2S), and inhalable p...
Kari Emilie Heldal; Åse Dalseth Austigard; Kristin V Hirsch Svendsen; Elin Einarsdóttir Thornér; Lars Ole Goffeng; Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland; Karl-Christian Nordby
Animal farming entails a variety of potential exposures, including infectious agents, endotoxins and pesticides, which may play a role in...
Sonia El-Zaemey; Leah Schinasi; Gilles Ferro; Séverine Tual; Pierre Lebailly; Isabelle Baldi; Karl-Christian Nordby; Kristina Kjærheim; Joachim Schüz; Alain Monnereau; Maartje Brouwer ...
The development of cancer is driven by the accumulation of many oncogenesis-related genetic alterationsand tumorigenesis is triggered by ...
Yafang Li; Xiangjun Xiao; Yohan Bossé; Olga Gorlova; Ivan Gorlov; Younghun Han; Jinyoung Byun; Natasha Leighl; Jakob S. Johansen; Matt Barnett; Chu Chen ...
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are detectable in human blood. PFAA exposure may contribute to androgen receptor (AR)-related health effects...
J. McComb; I.G. Mills; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Erik Ropstad; Steven Verhaegen; L. Connolly
The global SiC market is projected to grow in the coming years, and research on potential health effects as well as epidemiological studi...
Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Nathalie Benker; Stephan Weinbruch; Yngvar Thomassen; Dag Ellingsen; Balazs Berlinger
Background: Pesticides are commonly used in agriculture, and previous studies endorsed the need to further investigate the possible asso...
Maria E. Leon; Leah H. Schinasi; Pierre Lebailly; Laura E. Beane Freeman; Karl-Christian Nordby; Gilles Ferro; Alain Monnereau; Maartje Brouwer; Séverine Tual; Isabelle Baldi; Kristina Kjærheim ...
Objectives Many women experience absence periods from work during pregnancy. Several single risk factors for absence are identified, whe...
Camilla Sandal Sejbaek; Jacob Pedersen; Vivi Schlünssen; Luise Mølenberg Begtrup; Mette Juhl; Jens Peter Bonde; Petter Kristensen; Hans Bay; Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen; Karin Sørig Hougaard
Little is known on the toxicity of nanomaterials in the user phase. Inclusion of nanomaterials in paints is a common nanotechnology appli...
A.T. Saber; A. Mortensen; J. Szarek; N.R. Jacobsen; M. Levin; I.K. Koponen; K.A. Jensen; U. Vogel; Håkan Wallin
This study determines whether dispositional optimism moderates the relationship between role conflict and the risk of disability retireme...
Line Krane; Stein Knardahl; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Knowledge about the long-term course of the neurologic component of hand–arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is scarce. To study the course an...
Lisa Aarhus; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Karl-Christian Nordby; Rita Bast-Pettersen
Despite the rigorous emission control measures in the ferroalloy industry, there are still emissions of dust during the production of var...
Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Mina Baarnes Eriksen; Ida Kero; Vidar Skaug; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Background: Additive manufacturing (AM), is a rapidly expanding new technology involving challenges to occupational health. Here, metal ...
Stefan A. Ljunggren; Helen Karlsson; Bengt Ståhlbom; Blerim Krapi; Louise Fornander; Lovisa E. Karlsson; Bernt Bergström; Eva Nordenberg; Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Pål Graff
Global transcriptomic responses in lungs of mice exposed for 24 h to individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs, ten different type...
Sabina Halappanavar; Luna Rahman; Jake Nikota; Sarah S. Poulsen; Yaobo Ding; Petra Jackson; Håkan Wallin; Otmar Schmid; Ulla Vogel; Andrew Williams