Purpose: Radon is a risk factor for lung cancer and uranium miners are more exposed than the general population. A genome-wide interacti...
Albert Rosenberger; Rayjean J. Hung; David C. Christiani; Neil E. Caporaso; Geoffrey Liu; Stig E. Bojesen; Loic Le Marchand; C.A. Haiman; Demetrios Albanes; Melinda Aldrich; Adonina Tardon ...
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the biological impact of occupational exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) including DE particles (DEP)...
Iselin Rynning; Volker M. Arlt; Kristyna Vrbova; Jiri Neca; Pavel Rossner; Jiri Klema; Bente Ulvestad; Elisabeth Petersen; Øivind Skare; Aage Haugen; David H. Phillips ...
Investigating the methylation status of the circadian genes may contribute to a better understanding of the shift work-related circadian ...
Edyta Reszka; Edyta Wieczorek; Monika Przybek; Ewa Jablonska; Pawel Kaluzny; Agnieszka Bukowska-Damska; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Beata Peplonska
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are persistent compounds used in many industrial as well as consumer products. Despite restrictions, these c...
Hanne Friis Berntsen; Cesilie Granum Bjørklund; Rønnaug Strandabø; Trude Haug; Angel Moldes-Anaya; Judit Fuentes-Lazaro; Steven Verhaegen; Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen; R. Andrew Tasker; Erik Ropstad
Chronic sleep restriction may affect metabolism, hormone secretion patterns and inflammatory responses. Limited reports suggest also epig...
Agnieszka Bukowska-Damska; Edyta Reszka; Pawel Kaluzny; Edyta Wieczorek; Monika Przybek; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Beata Peplonska
Occupational exposure to diesel exhaust may cause lung cancer in humans. Mechanisms include DNA-damage and inflammatory responses. Here, ...
Iselin Rynning; Jiri Neca; Kristyna Vrbova; Helena Libalova; Pavel Rossner; Jørn Andreas Holme; Kristine Bjerve Gutzkow; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Eva Hruba; Øivind Skare ...
Background: The aims of this study was to assess exposure to hydrogen sulphide (H2S) among waste water treatment workers (WWWs), and ach...
Åse Dalseth Austigard; Kristin V Hirsch Svendsen; Kari Emilie Heldal
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are found in the food chain of both humans and animals and exert a wide spectrum of potentially adve...
Alexandra Misci Hudecova; Kristine Eraker Aasland Hansen; Siddhartha Mandal; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Abdolrahman Khezri; Tracy Bale; Thomas Fraser; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Erik Ropstad
Lung cancer has several genetic associations identified within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC); although the basis for these a...
Aida Ferreiro-Iglesias; Corina Lesseur; James McKay; Rayjean J. Hung; Younghun Han; Xuchen Zong; David Christiani; Mattias Johansson; Xiangjun Xiao; Yafang Li; David C. Qian ...
Background: The aims of this study were to identify important determinants and investigate the variance components of thoracic aerosol e...
Hilde Pettersen Notø; Karl-Christian Nordby; Øivind Skare; Eduard Wijnand
Aims: Number of sick leave days vary by county, but little is known about the extent to which this gradient may be explained by differenc...
Tom Sterud; Håkon Andre Johannessen
Both autoimmune disease prevalence and exposure to immunotoxic chemicals have increased the last decades. As a first screening of immunot...
Hanne Friis Berntsen; Anette Kocbach Bølling; Cesilie Granum Bjørklund; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Erik Ropstad; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Rune Becher; Jørn Andreas Holme; Hubert Dirven; Unni Cecilie Nygaard; Johanna Eva Bodin
A multitude of cancer types, including breast, testicular, liver and colorectal cancer, have associations with exposure to Persistent Org...
Kristine Eraker Aasland Hansen; Silje Modahl Johanson; Christina Steppeler; Marianne Sundt Sødring; Gunn Charlotte Østby; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Mona Aleksandersen; Jan Erik Paulsen; Erik Ropstad
Higher levels of fear have been shown to partly explain individual differences in placebo analgesic responding. The catechol-Omethyltrans...
June Thorvaldsen Forsberg; Johannes Gjerstad; Magne Flaten; Per M. Aslaksen
Background: In 2011, a multicentre study was conducted in order to determine how hair dye manufacturers instructed consumers to perform ...
Ulrik F. Friis; An Goosens; Ana Maria Giménez-Arnau; Carola Liden; Elena Giménez-Arnau; Ian R. White; Jose Hernan Alfonso; Wolfgang Uter; Jeanne D. Johansen
Introduction: Shotgun pellets containing bismuth (Bi) as substitute for lead (Pb) are increasingly being used due to environmental conce...
Vidar Skaug; Einar Eilertsen; Asbjørn Skogstad; Finn E. S. Levy; Balazs Berlinger; Yngvar Thomassen; Dag Ellingsen
Background Vibration-induced white finger (VWF) is often assessed using the Stockholm Workshop Scale (SWS) and cold challenge plethysmog...
Lisa Aarhus; Einar Stranden; Karl-Christian Nordby; Elin Einarsdóttir Thornér; Raymond Olsen; Bjørn Ruud; Rita Bast-Pettersen
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between different working shifts (i.e. morning, evening, night shif...
Maria Katsifaraki; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Jan Olav Christensen; Morten Wærsted; Stein Knardahl; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Mikko Härmä; Dagfinn Matre
Tore Tynes; Eva Kristin Løvseth; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tom Sterud; Marit Skogstad
Objective: To examine the impact of demographic, clinical, and genetic factors as well as herniated discs on 5-year development of disc ...
Ellina Iordanova Schistad; Siri Bjorland; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad; Nils Vetti; Kjersti Myhre; Ansgar Espeland
Background: Existing evidence on the association between exposure to bullying and sleep is limited and inconclusive. The aims of this pl...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Pallesen; Anette Harris; Ståle Einarsen
Introduction: Work-related exposure to silica is a global health hazard that causes diseases such as silicosis. Some studies have also r...
Chenjing Fan; Pål Graff; Per Vihlborg; Ing-Liss Bryngelsson; Lene Andersson
Objective: Missing data in longitudinal studies may constitute a source of bias. We suggest three simple missing data indicators for the...
Elisabeth Øya; Komlavi Anani Afanou; Nabin Malla; Silvio Uhlig; Elin Rolen; Ida Skaar; Anne Straumfors; Jan-Olof Winberg; Berit Bang; Per E Schwarze; Wijnand Eduard ...
The present field study investigated the difference between practicing a nondirective relaxation technique – Acem Meditation – for stress...
Anne Grete Hersoug; Morten Wærsted; Bjørn Lau
There is interest in the bioaccessible metal components of aerosols, but this has been minimally studied because standardized sampling an...
Balazs Berlinger; M. Harper