Employees at grain elevators and compound feed mills are exposed to large amounts of grain dust during work, frequently leading to airway...
Anne Straumfors; Silvio Uhlig; Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen; Kari Kulvik Heldal; Eduard Wijnand; R. Krska; M. Sulyok
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a homeostatic mechanism to maintain endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function. The UPR is activated by v...
Xia Sheng; Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Margrethe Larsdatter Storm; Martina Tesikova; Hatice Zeynep Nenseth; Sen Zhao; Ladan Fazli; Paul S. Rennie; Bjørn Åke Risberg; Haakon Wæhre; Håvard Emil Danielsen ...
Background: Neck and back pain are among the most common causes of prolonged disability, and development of interventions with effect on...
Gunn Hege Marchand; Kjersti Myhre; Gunnar Leivseth; Leiv Sandvik; Bjørn Lau; Erik Bautz-Holter; Cecilie Røe
Objective: The purpose of the present paper was to examine the association between prospectively and cross-sectionally assessed cardiovas...
Bo Lars Engdahl; Lisa Aarhus; Arve Lie; Kristian Tambs
Objectives: To study the associations between exposure to bioaerosols and work-related symptoms, lung function and biomarkers of airway ...
Kari Emilie Heldal; Lene Madsø; Eduard Wijnand
Background: We examined the effects of psychosocial stressors at work on subsequent injuries, taking into account organizational and mec...
Håkon Andre Johannessen; Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Tom Sterud
Objectives: Little is known about the working conditions and airway inflammation in hairdressers in Palestine. We aimed to investigate if...
Maysaa Y K Sadeya Nemer; Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland; Mayes Kasem; Petter Kristensen; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Øivind Skare; Berit Bakke; Johny Kongerud; Marit Skogstad
Background There is evidence that muscle reflexes are delayed in patients with chronic low back pain in response to perturbations. It is...
Martin Götze; Michael Ernst; Markus Koch; Reinhard Blickhan
Earlier studies indicate that lumbar radicular pain after disc herniation may be associated with a local inflammation induced by leakage ...
Linda Margareth Pedersen; Ellina Iordanova Schistad; Line Melå Jacobsen; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad
Jose Hernan Alfonso; Eva Kristin Løvseth; Yogindra Samant; Jan Øivind Holm
Exposure to fluorides (F−) and particulate matter (PM) was assessed by personal sampling with use of Respicon® sampler in Prebake and Sød...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Dag Ellingsen; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Lars Jordbekken; Yngvar Thomassen
Welders may be exposed to high amounts of manganese (Mn). In this study 63 welders and 65 referents were followed up with neurobehavioral...
Dag Ellingsen; Maxim Chashchin; Rita Bast-Pettersen; Evgenji Zibarev; Yngvar Thomassen; Valery Chashchin
Purpose: The aim was to study inflammatory biomarkers in tunnel construction workers (TCW). Methods: Surfactant protein D (SP-D), Cl...
Dag Ellingsen; Bente Ulvestad; Berit Bakke; Ingebjørg Seljeflot; Lars Barregard; Yngvar Thomassen
The purpose of this study was to study cross-shift changes of lung function in relation to pesticide use. One hundred and ninety-five mal...
Farid Kamel Mustafa Abu Sham'a; Marit Skogstad; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Petter Kristensen
Fungal aerosols consist of spores and fragments with diverse array of morphologies; however, the size, shape, and origin of the constitue...
Komlavi Anani Afanou; Anne Straumfors; Asbjørn Skogstad; Ida Skaar; Linda Hjeljord; Øivind Skare; Brett James Green; Arne Tronsmo; Eduard Wijnand
OBJECTIVE: Impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) is a risk factor for severe hypoglycemia in people with insulin-treated diabetes; aut...
Sandra Elise Olsen; Marit Ragnhild Rokne Bjørgaas; Bjørn Olav Åsvold; Trond Sand; Marit Stjern; Brian Frier; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
Background and objectives: Terrorism can heighten fears and undermine the feeling of safety. Little is known, however, about the factors ...
Alexander Frantz William Nissen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Øivind Solberg; Marianne Hansen; Trond Heir
Protocols for testing conditioned pain modulation (CPM) vary betweendifferent labs/clinics. In order to promote research and clin...
D. Yarnitsky; D. Bouhassira; A.M. Drewes; R.B. Filingim; M. Granot; Per Hansson; R. Landau; S. Marchand; Dagfinn Matre; Audun Stubhaug; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen ...
We analyzed for associations between a variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the Family with sequence similarity 46, me...
Godfrey Etokebe; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Zeljko Kupanovac; Morten Enersen; Sanja Balen; Velkjo Flego; Ljiljana Bulat-Kardum; Anđelka Radojčić-Badovinac; Vidar Skaug; Per S. Bakke; Aage Haugen ...
Introduction: Physical inactivity is increasing considerably in the modern society and may lead to adverse health effects. Physical exerc...
Jose Hernan Alfonso; Marit Skogstad; Øivind Skare; Asgeir Mamen; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Elin Einarsdóttir Thornér; Reidun Øvstebø; Bente Ulvestad
Objectives: The aim of this two-wave prospective study was to determine how and when job demands are related to alcohol use among employe...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Live Bakke Finne; Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
Petter Kristensen; Helge Kjuus
The main aims of this two-wave prospective study were to (1) present different theoretical mechanisms for relationships between bullying ...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Stein Knardahl
Prospective studies on occupational dermatoses in the general working population are sparse. This study investigated prospectively the im...
Jose Hernan Alfonso; Jacob P. Thyssen; Tore Tynes; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Håkon Andre Johannessen
The interleukin-1 (IL-1) family has been implicated in cellular responses to nanoparticles including carbon nanotubes (CNTs). IL-1α and β...
Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Asbjørn Skogstad; Vidar Skaug; Mayes Kasem; Aage Haugen; Nathalie Benker; Stephan Weinbruch; Ron N. Apte; Shanbeh Zienolddiny