Isocyanic acid (ICA) is one of the most abundant isocyanates formed during thermal decomposition of polyurethane (PUR), and other nitroge...
Mikolaj Jan Jankowski; Raymond Olsen; Yngvar Thomassen; Pål Molander
Background and objective: A comparison of sick leave in pregnancy between countries is difficult as most studies have been conducted in s...
Bich Thuy Ha Truong; Angela Lupattelli; Petter Kristensen; Hedvig Marie Egeland Nordeng
A terrorist attack targeting a workplace represents an organizational crisis that requires the leaders to manage emerging threats. The ch...
Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Marianne Hansen; Stein Knardahl; Trond Heir
Background The pathogenesis of syndromes of widespread musculoskeletal pain remains an enigma. The present study sought to determine if ...
Jan Olav Christensen; Sissel Johansen; Stein Knardahl
Background: Whereas the association between social support and psychological distress has been well-established through both cross-sectio...
Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Marianne Hansen; Stein Knardahl; Trond Heir
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess short-term changes in pulmonary function in drill floor workers currently exposed to airbor...
Niels Einar Kirkhus; Øivind Skare; Bente Ulvestad; Trond Mogens Aaløkken; Anne Günther; Raymond Olsen; Yngvar Thomassen; May Brit Samersaw-Lund; Dag Ellingsen
Objective: Studies suggest that pain thresholds may be altered before and during migraine headaches, but it is still debated if a centra...
Martin Uglem; Petter Moe Omland; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Erling Andreas Tronvik; Lars Jacob Stovner; Knut Hagen; Anders Mattias Linde; Trond Halfdan Sand
Objective: This study examined relationships between victimization from bullying and symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTSS) after expos...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland; Marianne Hansen; Stein Knardahl; Trond Heir
Intratracheal instillation serves as a model for inhalation exposure. However, for this, materials are dispersed in appropriate media tha...
Niels Hadrup; Stefan Bengtson; Nicklas R. Jacobsen; Petra Jackson; Marek Nocun; Anne T. Saber; Keld A. Jensen; Håkan Wallin; Ulla Vogel
Research into “workaholism” has substantially increased over the last decade, but little effort has been put into assessing work-related ...
Cecilie Schou Andreassen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Pallesen; Johannes Gjerstad
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified one type of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as possibly carcinogeni...
Luna Rahman; Nicklas Raun Jacobsen; Syed Abdul Aziz; Dongmei Wu; Andrew Williams; Carole L. Yauk; Paul White; Håkan Wallin; Ulla Vogel; Sabina Halappanavar
Background Lead battery repair workers (LBRW) and electronic repair workers (ERW) may be exposed to inorganic components during work. Th...
Emmanuel Dartey; Balazs Berlinger; Stephan Weinbruch; Yngvar Thomassen; Jon Øyvind Odland; Jan Brox; Vincent K. Nartey; Francis A. Yeboah; Dag Ellingsen
The toxicity of long chained perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) has previously been reported to be related to the length of the perfluorinated ...
Hanne Friis Berntsen; Cesilie Granum Bjørklund; Jean-Nicolas Audinot; Tim Hofer; Steven Verhaegen; Esther Lentzen; Arno Gutleb; Erik Ropstad
Amongst the substances listed as persistent organic pollutants (POP) under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (SCP...
Hanne Friis Berntsen; Vidar Berg; Cathrine Thomsen; Erik Ropstad; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer
Penitrem A is a fungal neurotoxin that recurrently causes intoxication in animals, and occasionally also in humans. We have previously re...
Hanne Friis Berntsen; Inger Lise Bogen; Mattis B Wigestrand; Frode Fonnum; S. Ivar Walaas; Angel Moldes-Anaya
Introduction: There are no validated molecular methods that prospectively identify patients with surgically resected lung squamous cell ...
Rintaro Noro; Teruhide Ishigame; Naomi Walsh; Kouya Shiraishi; Ana I. Robles; Bríd M. Ryan; Aaron J. Schetter; Elise D. Bowman; Judith A. Welsh; Masahiro Seike; Akihiko Gemma ...
Occupational factors such as shiftwork and especially night work that involves disruption of the circadian rhythm may contribute to incre...
Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Heidi Ødegaard Notø; Øivind Skare; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Marte Petersen-Øverleir; Edyta Reszka; Beata Peplonska; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are widespread throughout the environment and some are suspected to induce reproductive toxicity. As...
Abdolrahman Khezri; Birgitte Lindeman; Anette Kristine Krogenæs; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Erik Ropstad
We investigated toxicity of 2–3 layered >1 μm sized graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in mice following single intratr...
Stefan Bengtson; Kristina B. Knudsen; Zdenka O. Kyjovska; Trine Berthing; Vidar Skaug; Marcus Levin; Ismo K. Koponen; Abhay Shivayogimath; Timothy J. Booth; Beatriz Alonso; Amaia Pesquera ...
BAKGRUNN: De arbeidsmedisinske sykehusavdelingene og Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt etablerte et felles, anonymt utredningsregister i 200...
Lisa Aarhus; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Objective: To develop common European standards on prevention and management of WRSD and occupational skin diseases (OSD). Method: C...
Jose Hernan Alfonso; A Bauer; L. Bensefa-Colas; A. Boman; M. Bubas; L. Constandt; M.N. Crepy; M. Goncalo; J. Macan; V. Mahler; J.M. Ramada Rodilla ...
Previous data suggest that persistent back pain may be associated with genetic variability. In this study, we assessed the correlation b...
Siri Bjorland; Cecilie Røe; Aurora Lie Moen; Ellina Iordanova Schistad; Mahmood Aqsa; Johannes Gjerstad
Introduction: The interest in conditioned pain modulation (CPM) as a clinical tool for measuring endogenously induced analgesia is incre...
Marie Lie; Dagfinn Matre; Per Hansson; Audun Stubhaug; John-Anker Zwart; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
Some recent evidence suggests that environmental and lifestyle factors may modify DNA methylation. We hypothesized that rotating night wo...
Beata Peplonska; Agnieszka Bukowska; Edyta Wieczorek; Monika Przybek; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Edyta Reszka
Background: The prevalence of workers with demanding physical working conditions in the European work force remains high, and occupation...
Tore Tynes; Cecilie Aagestad; Sannie Vester Thorsen; Lars Louis Andersen; Merja Perkio-Makela; Francisco Javier Pinilla Garcia; Luz Galiana Blanco; Greet Vermeylen; Agnes Parent-Thirion; Wendela Hooftman; Irene Houtman ...