Context: Professional ski waxers are exposed to particulate matter (PM) during work, but little is known about untoward pulmonary effects...
Baard Ingegerdsson Freberg; Raymond Olsen; Syvert Thorud; Hanne Line Daae; Merete Hersson; Pål Molander; Lars Barregard; Dag G. Ellingsen
3-Hydroxy acids are constituents of the lipid A part of lipopolysaccharides and may potentially be used as chemical markers of endotoxin....
Silvio Uhlig; Mariell Negård; Kari Emilie Heldal; Anne Straumfors; Lene Madsø; Berit Bakke; Eduard Wijnand
Lung cancer is largely an environmentally caused disease with poor prognosis. An in vitro transformation model of human bronchial epithel...
Audun Trygge Haugen Bersaas; Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Mari Sjøberg; Aage Haugen; Steen Kristen Mollerup
Background: Data are scarce on the association between prenatal/preconception environmental exposure and testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT...
Kayo Togawa; Charlotte Le Cornet; Maria Feychting; Tore Tynes; Eero Pukkala; Johnni Hansen; Ann Olsson; Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton; Karl-Christian Nordby; Sanni Uuksulainen; Pernilla Wiebert ...
Background: Doctor –certified sick leave is prevalent in the health and social sector. We examined whether the higher risk of doctor-cer...
Cecilie Aagestad; Reidar Tyssen; Tom Sterud
Occupational health research has mainly addressed determinants of negative health effects, typically employing individual-level self-repo...
Live Bakke Finne; Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
Samfunnsmedisin handler om samspillet mellom samfunn og helse, mens arbeidsmedisin omhandler forholdet mellom arbeid og helse. De to fago...
Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Objective: We have studied cross-shift respiratory responses of several individual bioaerosol components of the dust in the grain and fee...
Anne Straumfors; Kari Emilie Heldal; Eduard Wijnand; Inge M. Wouters; Dag Ellingsen; Marit Skogstad
Introduction: Aerosolization of components when processing king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and edible crab (Cancer pagurus) may c...
Marte Renate Thomassen; Sandip D. Kamath; Andreas L. Lopata; Anne Mette Madsen; Eduard Wijnand; Berit Bang; Lisbeth Aasmoe
Objective: To conduct a blind study of quantitative electroencephalogram-band amplitudes in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and healt...
Knut Hestad; Siri Weider; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Marit Sæbø Indredavik; Trond Sand
Objectives/Hypothesis: To study the prevalence and usefulness of audiometric notches in the diagnosis of noise‐induced hearing loss (NIH...
Arve Lie; Bo Lars Engdahl; Howard Hoffmann; Chuan-Ming Li; Kristian Tambs
Clonidine, an α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, decreases circulating norepinephrine and epinephrine, attenuating sympathetic activity. Alt...
Karhryn T. Hall; Joe Kossowsky; Tim F. Oberlander; Ted J. Kaptchuk; J. Philip Saul; Vegard Bruun Wyller; Frode Even Fagermoen; Dag Sulheim; Johannes Gjerstad; Anette Winger; Kenneth Jay Mukamal
Purpose The main aim of this study was to assess changes in perceived demand, control and support at work of neck and back pain patients ...
Kjersti Myhre; Bjørn Lau; Gunn Hege Marchand; Gunnar Leivseth; Erik Bautz-Holter; Cecilie Røe
The present study investigates a potential preventive factor in relation to workplace bullying. Specifically, we examine how climate for ...
Ståle Einarsen; Anders Skogstad; Erlend Rørvik; Åshild Lande; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Introduction: An increased production and use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is occurring worldwide. In parallel, a growing concern is emerg...
Linus Ludvigsson; Christina Isaxon; Patrik T. Nilsson; Hakan Tinnerberg; Maria E. Messing; Jenny Rissler; Vidar Skaug; Anders Gudmundsson; Mats Bohgar; Maria Hedmer; Joakim Pagels
Background: Amplifications of the transcription factor, SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2 (SOX2), are common in non-small cell lung c...
Johanna Maria Samulin-Erdem; Vidar Skaug; Per S. Bakke; Amund Gulsvik; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Lung deposition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) induces pulmonary toxicity. Commercial MWCNT vary greatly in physicochemical pro...
Sarah S. Poulsen; Petra Jackson; Kirsten Kling; Kristina B. Knudsen; Vidar Skaug; Zdenka O. Kyjovska; Birthe L. Thomsen; Per A. Clausen; Rambabu Atluri; Trine Berthing; Stefan Bengtson ...
Background: There is a need to investigate the occurrence of multisite pain in young adults and to determine potential factors contribut...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Markus Koch; Morten Wærsted; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Diesel combustion and solid biomass burning are the major sources of ultrafine particles (UFP) in urbanized areas. Cardiovascular and pul...
Eleonora Longhin; Maurizio Gualtieri; Lauro Capasso; Rossella Bengalli; Steen Kristen Mollerup; Jørn Andreas Holme; Johan Øvrevik; Simone Casadei; Christiano Di Benedetto; Paolo Parenti; Marina Camatini
Objectives: The objective of this study has been to test 2 spreadsheet models to compare the observed with the expected hearing loss for ...
Arve Lie; Bo Lars Engdahl; Kristian Tambs
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate postural and rest tremor among workers using vibrating hand tools, taking into account...
Rita Bast-Pettersen; Bente Ulvestad; Karl Færden; Thomas Aleksander C. Clemm; Raymond Olsen; Dag Ellingsen; Karl-Christian Nordby
Abstract: Objectives In a previous study on smelter workers we, found significant relationship between exposure to dust and accelerated ...
Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland; Helle Laier Johnsen; Tonje Bøyum Riste; Neil E. Alexis; Bente Halvorsen; Vidar Søyseth; Johny Kongerud
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse longitudinal data to assess the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in Norwegian ra...
Arve Lie; Marit Skogstad; Torstein Seip Johnsen; Bo Lars Engdahl; Kristian Tambs
Background: Rodent models highlight the key role of μ-opioid receptor (MOR) signaling in palatable food consumption. In humans, however,...
Marie Helene Eikemo; Guro Engvig Løseth; Tom Johnstone; Johannes Gjerstad; Frode Willoch; Siri Leknes
Objectives: The aims of our study were to (i) investigate the association between rotating night shift work and blood concentrations of e...
Beata Peplonska; Agnieszka Bukowska; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Jolanta Gromadzinska; Shanbeh Zienolddiny