Background: Neck and back pain are common and often account for absenteeism at work. Factors at work as well as fear–avoidance beliefs m...
Kjersti Myhre; Cecilie Røe; Gunn Hege Marchand; Anne Keller; Erik Bautz-Holter; Gunnar Leivseth; Leiv Sandvik; Bjørn Lau
Objectives: To determine the effects of work-related psychosocial and organizational factors on headache. Methods: A random cohort from t...
Tore Tynes; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tom Sterud
Purpose: To study the association between self-reported general tension and muscle tension, and clinically tested relaxation ability. Met...
Morten Wærsted; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Objectives: This study investigates the prevalence of psychological distress and stressors in the work environment as prospective predic...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Sturle Danielsen Tvedt; Stig Berge Matthiesen
Abstract Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify important determinants of dust exposure in the Norwegian silicon carbide (...
Solveig Føreland; Berit Bakke; Roel Vermeulen; Erik Bye; Eduard Wijnand
Background: Preparation of skis prior to skiing competitions involves several individual work operations and the use of a wide variety o...
Baard Ingegerdsson Freberg; Raymond Olsen; Syvert Thorud; Dag G. Ellingsen; Hanne Line Daae; Merete Hersson; Pål Molander
Background and purpose: Women exhibit higher prevalence of most painful disorders. Several explanations have been proposed for this disc...
Maria Gullander; Stein Knardahl; Dagfinn Matre
Background: The overall evidence for work-related mechanical exposures as risk factors for long-term sick leave (LTSL) in the general wor...
Tom Sterud
Prognostic tests for patients with early-stage lung cancer may provide needed guidance on postoperative surveillance and therapeutic deci...
Ichiro Akagi; Hirokazu Okayama; Aaron J. Schetter; Ana I. Robles; Takashi Kohno; Elise D. Bowman; Dickran Kazandjian; Judith A. Welsh; Naohide Oue; Motonobu Saito; Masao Miyashita ...
Intersampler field comparison of Respicon®, 25-mm closed-face ‘total dust’ cassette (CFC), and IOM inhalable aerosol sampler was conducte...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Dag Ellingsen; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Lars Jordbekken; Yngvar Thomassen
Purpose: Light-at-night exposure can disrupt the human circadian rhythm via clock gene expressions. The circadian rhythm influences anti...
Jolanta Gromadzinska; Beata Peplonska; Wojciech Sobala; Edyta Reszka; Wojciech Wasowicz; Agnieszka Bukowska; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie
Objectives: The aim of this study was to extensively characterize grain workers’ personal exposure during work in Norwegian grain elevat...
Anne Straumfors Halstensen; Kari Emilie Heldal; Inge M. Wouters; Marit Skogstad; Dag Ellingsen; Eduard Wijnand
The first aim of the study was to evaluate calculated dietary intake and concentrations measured in blood or urine of essential and toxic...
Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Margaretha Haugen; Ingrid Merethe Fange Gjelstad; Marthe Torunn Solhaug Jenssen; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen; Jan Alexander; Helle Margrete Meltzer; Anne Lise Brantsæter
The aim of this study was to investigate whether night work is related to breast cancer receptor status. The effect of night work on the ...
Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Helge Kjuus; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Aage Haugen; Kristina Kjærheim
The purpose of the present study was to examine how genetic variability in the promoter of the SLC6A4 gene encoding the serotonin transpo...
Dagfinn Matre; Maria Belland Olsen; Line Melå Jacobsen; Thomas Klein; Johannes Gjerstad
Objectives: Previous studies indicate that genetic variants in genes encoding proteins like matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzymes may ...
Line Melå Jacobsen; Elina Iordanova Schistad; Anette Storesund; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Ansgar Espeland; Lars Jørgen Rygh; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad
Background: This study examines the possible effect of exposure to aerosols and gases on lung function in a fertilizer plant in Norway. ...
Kristin Hildegard Hovland; Marit Skogstad; Berit Bakke; Øivind Skare; Knut Skyberg
The purpose of this paper was to compare the effects of different data reduction procedures on the values of variables characterizing the...
Kaj Bo Veiersted; Mikael Forsman; Gert-Åke Hansson; Svend Erik Mathiassen
Genome‐wide association studies have demonstrated that genetic polymorphisms influence the risk of developing lung cancer. Nicotinic acet...
Xavier Tekpli; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Vidar Skaug; Amund Gulsvik; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Epidemiologic and experimental evidences support the concept that inflammation promotes the development and progression of cancers. Inter...
Xavier Tekpli; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Kristine Haugen Anmarkrud; Vidar Skaug; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
Sciatica after disc herniation may be associated with compression of spinal nerves, but also inflammatory substances released from the n...
Nina Gran Egeland; Aurora Moen; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Helena Brisby; Johannes Gjerstad
Background: Many women temporarily reduce work hours or stop working when caring for small children. However, mothers of children with s...
Lars Johan Hauge; Tom Kornstad; Ragnhild Bang Nes; Petter Kristensen; Lorentz M. Irgens; Leif Torvald Eskedal; Markus A Landolt; Margarete E. Vollrath
Background: Infectious diseases and social contacts in early life have been proposed to modulate brain tumour risk during late childhood...
T.V. Andersen; LS Schmidt; A.H. Poulsen; M. Feychting; M. Röösli; Tore Tynes; D. Aydin; M. Prochazka; B. Lannering; Lars Hind Bakken Klæboe; Tone Eggen ...
Background Hairdressers are exposed to chemicals and work tasks that may cause respiratory symptoms. There is little awareness of occupa...
Maysaa Yousef Khaled Nemer; Petter Kristensen; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Marit Skogstad
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate if sustained trapezius muscle activity predicts neck and shoulder pain over a 2.5-year period. ...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Morten Wærsted; Anne Marit Mengshoel; Espen Bjertness; Hein Stigum; Jos Twisk; Kaj Bo Veiersted