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
Current knowledge about relationships between leadership and workplace safety is based mainly on cross-sectional studies focusing on cons...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Anders Skogstad; Stig Berge Matthiesen; Ståle Einarsen
There is serious concern about the potential harmful effects of certain nanomaterials (NMs), on account of their ability to penetrate cel...
Naouale El Yamani; Andrew Richard Collins; Elise Rundén-Pran; Lise Marie Fjellsbø; Sergey Shaposhnikov; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Maria Dusinska
Using Icelandic whole-genome sequence data and an imputation approach we searched for rare sequence variants in CHRNA4 and tested them fo...
TE Thorgeirsson; S Steinberg; GW Reginsson; G Bjornsdottir; T Rafnar; I Jonsdottir; A Helgadottir; S Gretarsdottir; H Helgadottir; S Jonsson; SE Matthiasson ...
Objective This study aimed to determine the relative impact of person-related, work-related and physically intimidating bullying behavior...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen; Guy Notelaers; Geir Høstmark Nielsen
Background: Recent meta-analyses show that individuals with high risk variants in CHRNA5 on chromosome 15q25 are likely to develop lung ...
Li-Shiun Chen; Timothy Baker; Rayjean J. Hung; Amy Horton; Robert Culverhouse; Sarah Hartz; Nancy Saccone; Iona Cheng; Bo Deng; Younghun Han; Helen M. Hansen ...
Purpose: To give a systematic review of the development of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in working life. Methods: A literature ...
Arve Lie; Marit Skogstad; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tore Tynes; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Karl-Christian Nordby; Bo Lars Engdahl; Kristian Tambs