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
This paper discusses the combined use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) to ident...
Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Nathalie Benker; Stephan Weinbruch; Asbjørn Skogstad; Yngvar Thomassen; Dag Ellingsen; Balazs Berlinger
Assessment of exposure to fungi has commonly been limited to fungal spore measurements that have shown associations between fungi and dev...
Komlavi Anani Afanou; Eduard Wijnand; Helle Laier Johnsen; Anne Straumfors
Many countries have implemented exposure limits for the concentration of ambient particular matter and do therefore have to monitor their...
Ali Reza Nosratabadi; Pål Graff; Helen Karlsson; Anders G. Ljungman; Per Leanderson
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified the chromosome 15q25.1 locus as a leading susceptibility region for lung cancer. Howeve...
Xuemei Ji; Yohan Bossé; Maria Teresa Landi; Jiang Gui; Xiangjun Xiao; David C Qian; Philippe Joubert; Maxime Lamontagne; Yafang Li; Ivan Gorlov; Mariella de Biasi ...
Multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) are widely used nanomaterials that cause pulmonary toxicity upon inhalation. The physicochemical pr...
Kristina Bram Knudsen; Trine Berthing; Petra Jackson; Sarah S. Poulsen; Alicja Mortensen; Nicklas Raun Jacobsen; Vidar Skaug; Józef Szarek; Karin Sørig Hougaard; Henrik Wollf; Håkan Wallin ...
Background: There is a lack of published data on the association between alcohol consumption and health and well-being in working popula...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad; Michael Frone
Background and aims: Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is an enzyme that may affect degradation of several extracellular matrix (ECM) co...
Aqsa Mahmood; Aurora Lie Moen; Signe Nilssen Stafne; Hilde Stendal Robinson; Nina Køpke Vøllestad; Kjell Å Salvesen; Siv Mørkved; Johannes Gjerstad
The presence of environmental pollutants in our ecosystem may impose harmful health effects to wildlife and humans. Several of these toxi...
Kareem Eldin Mohammed Ahmed; Håvard G Frøysa; Odd Andre Karlsen; Nello Blaser; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Steven Verhaegen; Erik Ropstad; Ralf Kellmann; Anders Goksøyr
Upon inhalation, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) may reach the subpleura and pleural spaces, and induce pleural inflammation and/o...
Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Vidar Skaug; Mona Aleksandersen; Erik Ropstad; Kristine Haugen Anmarkrud; Elin Einarsdóttir Thornér; Fang-Chin Lin; Cesilie Granum Bjørklund; Mayes Kasem; Einar Eilertsen; Ron N. Apte ...
AIM: To examine associated factors of bullying and to determine associations between bullying and psychosocial outcomes among individual...
Audun Brunes; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Trond Heir
Introduction: Exposure to rat and mouse allergens during work in laboratory animal facilities represents a risk for being sensitized and...
Anne Straumfors; Eduard Wijnand; Knut Andresen; Ann Kristin Sjaastad
The role of dopaminergic system in modulation of formalin-induced orofacial nociception has been established. The present study aims to i...
Iman Shafiei; Mahsaneh Vatankhah; Leila Zarepour; Somayeh Ezzatpanah; Abbas Haghparast
Some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are known carcinogens and workplace PAH exposure may increase the risk of cancer. Monitoring ...
A. Alhamdow; C. Lindh; J. Hagberg; Pål Graff; H. Westberg; A.M. Krais; M. Albin; P. Gustavsson; H. Tinnerberg; K. Broberg
More than 90% of the cases of Parkinson’s disease have unknown etiology. Gradual loss of dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra is the ...
Katja Stahl; Soulmaz Rahmani; Agnete Prydz; Nadia Skauli; Nanna MacAulay; Maria-Niki Mylonakou; Reidun Torp; Øivind Skare; Torill Berg; Trygve Brauns Leergaard; Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen ...
The aim of this study was to investigate fluctuations in heart rate variability (HRV), which reflect autonomic nervous system (ANS) funct...
Elisabeth Martinsen Goffeng; Karl-Christian Nordby; Mika P. Tarvainen; Susanna Järvelin-Pasanen; Anthony Wagstaff; Lars Ole Goffeng; Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Øivind Skare; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie
The effects of long-term chronic exposure of human lung cells to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and their impact upon cellular pro...
Santosh Phuyal; Mayes Kasem; Oskar Knittelfelder; Animesh Sharma; Davi de Miranda Fonseca; Vaineta Vebraite; Sergey Shaposhnikov; Geir Slupphaug; Vidar Skaug; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Purpose: To investigate if blood biomarkers could indicate early signs of lung damage or cardiovascular risk due to exposure to grain dus...
Anne Straumfors; Wijnand Eduard; Kari Emilie Heldal; Marit Skogstad; Lars Barregård; Dag Ellingsen
Sawmill workers are exposed to wood dust (a well-known carcinogen), microorganisms, endotoxins, resin acids (diterpenes), and vapours con...
Anne Straumfors; Raymond Olsen; Hanne Line Daae; Komlavi Anani Afanou; D. McLean; M. Corbin; A. Mannetje; Bente Ulvestad; Berit Bakke; Helle Laier Johnsen; J. Douwes ...
Purpose: To assess age-related differences in physical capacity, occupational physical demands, and relative physical strain at a group ...
Suzanne Merkus; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Markus Koch; Morten Wærsted; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted