Objectives: To determine the criterion validity of a questionnaire on physical exposures compared to objective measurements at construct...
Markus Koch; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Tonje Gjulem; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the extent to which work-related factors contribute to the social gradient in low bac...
Tom Sterud; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tore Tynes
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether living with neck and back pain, disability, and mental disorders influences the perception of psycholo...
Gunn Hege Marchand; Bjørn Lau; Kjersti Myhre; Cecilie Røe; Erik Bautz-Holter; Gunnar Leivseth
Isocyanic acid (ICA) in vapour phase has been reported to be of unstable nature, making the occupational hygienic relevance of ICA questi...
Mikolaj Jankowski; Raymond Olsen; Yngvar Thomassen; Pål Molander
Background: Aluminum potroom exposure is associated with increased mortality of COPD but the association between potroom exposure and an...
Vidar Søyseth; Paul K Henneberger; Gunnar Einvik; Mohammed Abbas Virji; Berit Bakke; Johny Kongerud
Commuting is an important aspect of daily life for many employees, but there is little knowledge of how this affects individual commuters...
Terhi Jeanette Urhonen; Arve Lie; Geir Aamodt
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the measurement properties of the Nordic Questionnaire for Psychological and Social Factors at...
Cecilie Røe; Kjersti Myhre; Gunn Hege Marchand; Bjørn Lau; Gunnar Leivseth; Erik Bautz-Holter
Objective: Following adverse work conditions, health consequences can be explained by an imbalance between the effort made and the rewar...
Camilla Hem; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Marianne Hansen; Trond Heir
Objectives The aim of this study was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the return-to-work self-efficacy (RTWSE-19) scale into Dan...
Anne-Mette Hedeager Momsen; Rikke Rosbjerg; Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt; Thomas Lund; Chris Jensen; Thomas Johansen; Claus Vinther Nielsen; Merete Labriola
Background: While the health benefits of physical activity are well established, little is known about health effects of physical activi...
Marit Skogstad; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Øivind Skare; Asgeir Mamen; Jose Hernan Alfonso; Reidun Øvstebø; Bente Ulvestad
This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of pressure-measurement insoles (medilogic® insoles) when measuring vertical ground...
Markus Koch; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Michael Ernst; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Background: High levels of perceived stressful working conditions have been found to have an adverse effect on physical and mental health...
Yousef Jaradat; Khaldoun Nijem; Lars Lien; Hein Stigum; Espen Bjertness; Rita Bast-Pettersen
This study aimed to elucidate cardiovascular loads (CVL) in construction workers during work and leisure by relative heart rate (RHR) ove...
Lars-Kristian Lunde; Markus Koch; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Gunn-Helen Øiseth Moen; Morten Wærsted; Stein Knardahl
Little is known about the aetiology of childhood brain tumours. We investigated anthropometric factors (birth weight, length, maternal ag...
Danielle Vienneau; Denis Infanger; Maria Feychting; Joachim Schüz; Lisbeth Samsø Schmidt; Aslak Harbo Poulsen; Giorgio Tettamanti; Lars Hind Bakken Klæboe; Claudia E. Kuehni; Tore Tynes; Nicolas Von der Weid ...
Det var sterkeste evidens som er mulig ved observasjonsstudier, for at mekanisk eksponering generelt, repetitive bevegelser, bøying av na...
Stein Knardahl; Tom Sterud; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Karl-Christian Nordby
Objective: The CATSYS Tremor Pen has been used in several studies for measurement of tremor among workers with occupational exposure to n...
Gunilla Wastensson; Eva M. Andersson; Rita Bast-Pettersen
Background: The age-adjusted incidence of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) in the Nordic countries has increased during the last...
Jose Hernan Alfonso; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Eero Pukkala; Elisabete Weiderpass; Laufey Tryggvadottir; Karl-Christian Nordby; Kristina Kjærheim
Purpose: (1) Determine the relationship between emotional dissonance and medically certified sickness absence among employees working wi...
Anne-Marthe Rustad Indregard; Stein Knardahl; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Purpose: In the past, anomalous estrogen receptor (ER) regulation has been associated with various lung pathologies, but so far its invo...
Xavier Tekpli; Vidar Skaug; Rita Bæra; David H. Phillips; Aage Haugen; Steen Kristen Mollerup
Knowledge on the role of genetic polymorphisms in the etiology of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) is limited. Therefore, we investigated th...
Maral Adel Fahmideh; Catharina Lavebratt; Joachim Schüz; Martin Röösli; Tore Tynes; Michael Grotzer; Christoffer Johansen; Claudia E. Kuehni; Birgitta Lannering; Michaela Prochazka; Lisbeth S. Schmidt ...
Purpose To determine the impact of the healthy worker effect (HWE) as a bias for the external and internal validity of the follow-up ass...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Stein Knardahl
Aims: The aims of this study were to examine the relationships and establish conversion factors between ‘total’ dust, respirable, thorac...
Hilde Pettersen Notø; Karl-Christian Nordby; Eduard Wijnand
Background Previous studies on the effects of work factors on absence and disability retirement have only addressed a limited set of fac...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Solveig Tobie Glestad Christiansen; Anne Marthe Rustad Indregard; Jan Shahid Emberland; Shahrooz Elka; Stein Knardahl
A series of rare earth elements (REEs) were evaluated as potential markers in scales of Atlantic salmon 1+ and 0+ smolt by addition of th...
Marta Perez de Nanclares; Jens-Erik Dessen; Kjell-Arne Rørvik; Yngvar Thomassen; Magny S. Thomassen
Introduction: Lumbar radicular pain following intervertebral disc herniation may be associated with a local inflammatory response induced...
Daniel Pitz Jacobsen; Aurora Lie Moen; Fred Haugen; Johannes Gjerstad