Background: Doctor –certified sick leave is prevalent in the health and social sector. We examined whether the higher risk of doctor-cert...
Aagestad, Cecilie; Tyssen, Reidar; Sterud, Tom
Background: High levels of perceived stressful working conditions have been found to have an adverse effect on physical and mental health...
Jaradat, Yousef; Nijem, Khaldoun; Lien, Lars; Stigum, Hein; Bjertness, Espen; Bast-Pettersen, Rita
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether living with neck and back pain, disability, and mental disorders influences the perception of psycholog...
Marchand, Gunn Hege; Lau, Bjørn; Myhre, Kjersti; Røe, Cecilie; Bautz-Holter, Erik; Leivseth, Gunnar
Abstract: Objectives In a previous study on smelter workers we, found significant relationship between exposure to dust and accelerated a...
Sikkeland, Liv Ingunn Bjoner; Johnsen, Helle Laier; Riste, Tonje Bøyum; Alexis, Neil E.; Halvorsen, Bente; Søyseth, Vidar; Kongerud, Johny
Study Objectives: This prospective cohort study examined previously underexplored relations between psychological/social work factors and...
Vleeshouwers, Jolien Josepha Helena; Knardahl, Stein; Christensen, Jan Olav
Aims: The aims of this study were to examine the relationships and establish conversion factors between ‘total’ dust, respirable, thoraci...
Notø, Hilde Pettersen; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Wijnand, Eduard
This study aimed to elucidate cardiovascular loads (CVL) in construction workers during work and leisure by relative heart rate (RHR) ove...
Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Koch, Markus; Veiersted, Kaj Bo; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Wærsted, Morten; Knardahl, Stein
Background: Aluminum potroom exposure is associated with increased mortality of COPD but the association between potroom exposure and ann...
Søyseth, Vidar; Henneberger, Paul K; Einvik, Gunnar; Virji, Mohammed Abbas; Bakke, Berit; Kongerud, Johny
The present study investigates a potential preventive factor in relation to workplace bullying. Specifically, we examine how climate for ...
Einarsen, Ståle; Skogstad, Anders; Rørvik, Erlend; Lande, Åshild; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland
Background This paper describes methods developed to assess occupational exposure to pesticide active ingredients and chemical groups, ha...
Brouwer, Maartje; Schinasi, Leah; Freeman, Laura E. Beane; Baldi, Isabelle; Lebailly, Pierre; Ferro, Gilles; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Schüs, Joachim; Leon, Maria E.; Kromhout, H
An increasing amount of products containing engineered nanoparticles is emerging. Among these particles are carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which...
Arnoldussen, Yke Jildouw; Anmarkrud, Kristine Haugen; Skaug, Vidar; Apte, Ron N.; Haugen, Aage; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh
We hypothesised that exposure to workplace aerosols may lead to lung function impairment among cement production workers. Our study inclu...
Nordby, Karl-Christian; Notø, Hilde Pettersen; Wijnand, Eduard; Skogstad, Marit; Fell, Anne Kristin Møller; Thomassen, Yngvar; Skare, Øivind; Bergamaschi, Antonio; Pietroiusti, Antonio; Abderhalden, Rolf; Kongerud, Johny ...
Low iron (Fe) stores may result in increased absorption of divalent metals, in particular cadmium (Cd). We have previously shown that in ...
Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Alexander, Jan; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Borch-Iohnsen, Berit; Ellingsen, Dag G.; Thomassen, Yngvar; Holmen, Jostein; Ydersbond, Trond A.
Background: While the health benefits of physical activity are well established, little is known about health effects of physical activit...
Skogstad, Marit; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Skare, Øivind; Mamen, Asgeir; Alfonso, Jose Hernan; Øvstebø, Reidun; Ulvestad, Bente
Objective The association between workplace bullying and sickness absence remains unclear. This paper presents a systematic review and me...
Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Indregard, Anne-Marthe Rustad; Øverland, Simon Nygaard
Isocyanic acid (ICA) in vapour phase has been reported to be of unstable nature, making the occupational hygienic relevance of ICA questi...
Jankowski, Mikolaj; Olsen, Raymond; Thomassen, Yngvar; Molander, Pål
Introduction: Aerosolization of components when processing king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and edible crab (Cancer pagurus) may ca...
Thomassen, Marte Renate; Kamath, Sandip D.; Lopata, Andreas L.; Madsen, Anne Mette; Wijnand, Eduard; Bang, Berit; Aasmoe, Lisbeth
Diesel combustion and solid biomass burning are the major sources of ultrafine particles (UFP) in urbanized areas. Cardiovascular and pul...
Longhin, Eleonora; Gualtieri, Maurizio; Capasso, Lauro; Bengalli, Rossella; Mollerup, Steen Kristen; Holme, Jørn Andreas; Øvrevik, Johan; Casadei, Simone; Di Benedetto, Christiano; Parenti, Paolo; Camatini, Marina
Lung deposition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) induces pulmonary toxicity. Commercial MWCNT vary greatly in physicochemical pro...
Poulsen, Sarah S.; Jackson, Petra; Kling, Kirsten; Knudsen, Kristina B.; Skaug, Vidar; Kyjovska, Zdenka O.; Thomsen, Birthe L.; Clausen, Per A.; Atluri, Rambabu; Berthing, Trine; Bengtson, Stefan ...
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the extent to which work-related factors contribute to the social gradient in low back...
Sterud, Tom; Johannessen, Håkon Andre; Tynes, Tore
Earlier studies suggest that lumbar radicular pain following disc herniation may be associated with a local or systemic inflammatory proc...
Moen, Aurora Lie; Lind, Anne-Li; Thulin, Måns; Kamali-Moghaddam, Masood; Røe, Cecilie; Gjerstad, Johannes; Gordh, Torsten
Using Icelandic whole-genome sequence data and an imputation approach we searched for rare sequence variants in CHRNA4 and tested them fo...
Thorgeirsson, TE; Steinberg, S; Reginsson, GW; Bjornsdottir, G; Rafnar, T; Jonsdottir, I; Helgadottir, A; Gretarsdottir, S; Helgadottir, H; Jonsson, S; Matthiasson, SE ...
Lung cancer is largely an environmentally caused disease with poor prognosis. An in vitro transformation model of human bronchial epithel...
Bersaas, Audun Trygge Haugen; Arnoldussen, Yke Jildouw; Sjøberg, Mari; Haugen, Aage; Mollerup, Steen Kristen
Samfunnsmedisin handler om samspillet mellom samfunn og helse, mens arbeidsmedisin omhandler forholdet mellom arbeid og helse. De to fago...
Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an essential organelle that contributes to several key cellular functions, including lipogenesis, gluco...
Storm, Margrethe Larsdatter; Sheng, Xia; Arnoldussen, Yke Jildouw; Saatcioglu, Fahri