Background GWAS discoveries on the X-chromosome are underrepresented in the literature primarily because the analytical tools that have ...
Øivind Skare; Håkon K. Gjessing; Miriam Gjerdevik; Øystein Ariansen Haaland; Julia Romanowska; Rolv T. Lie; Astanand Jugessur
Sleep problems are commonly associated with chronic pain. It is not known whether pain is more related to a particular type of sleep prob...
Maria Katsifaraki; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Morten Wærsted; Stein Knardahl; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Mikko Härmä; Dagfinn Matre
Introduction: Seafaring is an extremely demanding profession that takes place in one of the most dangerous work environments possible. T...
Sigurd William Hystad; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Jarle Eid
Reactive oxygen species, potentially formed through environmental exposures, can overwhelm an organism's antioxidant capabilities resulti...
Catherine C. Lerro; Laura E. Beane Freeman; Lützen Portengen; Daehee Kang; Kyoungho Lee; Aaron Blair; Charles F. Lynch; Berit Bakke; Anneclaire J. De Roos; Roel C.H. Vermeulen
BACKGROUND: Rope access technique is an alternative method for gaining access to challenging work locations. There is limited knowledge a...
Harald Vikne; Einar Jebens; Shahrooz Elka; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Poor sleep quality or sleep restriction is associated with sleepiness and concentration problems. Moreover, chronic sleep restriction may...
Agnieszka Bukowska-Damska; Edyta Reszka; Pawel Kaluzny; Edyta Wieczorek; Monika Przybek; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Beata Peplonska
Objectives: The aim was to determine the association of occupational arm inclination with shoulder pain in construction and health care ...
Markus Koch; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Stein Knardahl
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine whether shift workers exhibit increased perception of experimentally induced pa...
Dagfinn Matre; Stein Knardahl; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
Background: Previous findings have demonstrated that lumbar radicular pain after disc herniation may be associated with up-regulation of...
Aurora Lie Moen; Daniel Jacobsen; Santosh Phuyal; Anna Legfeldt; Fred Haugen; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad
Purpose: A growing number of longitudinal studies report associations between adverse psychosocial factors at work and sleep problems. H...
Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tom Sterud
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the associations between objectively measured sitting and standing duration and intensity of lo...
Lars-Kristian Lunde; Markus Koch; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Background This study aimed to explore conditioned pain modulation (CPM) effect on long‐term potentiation (LTP)‐like pain amplification ...
W. Xia; C.D. Mørch; Dagfinn Matre; O.K. Andersen
Background: Although alcohol use can have detrimental effects for employees, little is known about the prevalence, distribution, and corr...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad; Michael Frone
Although several lung cancer susceptibility loci have been identified, much of the heritability for lung cancer remains unexplained. Here...
James D McKay; Rayjean J Hung; Younghun Han; Xuchen Zong; Robert Carreras-Torres; David C Christiani; Neil E Caporaso; Mattias Johansson; Xiangjun Xiao; Yafang Li; Jinyoung Byun ...
The most plausible exposure route to manufactured nanomaterials (MNM) remains pulmonary inhalation. Yet, few studies have attempted to as...
Santosh Phuyal; Mayes Kasem; Laura Rubio; Hanna Karlsson; Ricard Marcos; Vidar Skaug; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Metastasis and cell adhesion are key aspects of cancer progression. Neurofascin (NFASC) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of ...
Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Vidar Skaug; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
In the context of workplace bullying, the ability to defend refers to whether or not a target feels able to deal with those negative beha...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad; Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Ståle Valvatne Einarsen
Individual soot agglomerates collected at four different locations on the Arctic archipelago Svalbard (Norway) were characterised by tran...
Stephan Weinbruch; Natalie Benker; Konrad Kandler; Katharina Schütze; Katharina Kling; Balazs Berlinger; Yngvar Thomassen; Tatiana Mikhailovna Drotikova; Roland Kallenborn
Lumbar radicular pain after disc herniation may be associated with release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from nucleus pulposus (NP) tissu...
Gunn-Helen Øiseth Moen; Aurora Lie Moen; Ellina Iordanova Schistad; Johannes Gjerstad
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