The aim was to analyze the relationship between periods with uninterrupted neck muscle activity for ≥4 min and neck and shoulder pain. Th...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Morten Wærsted; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Background: Exposure to workplace sexual harassment (SH) has been associated with impaired mental health, but longitudinal studies confi...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen
Objective: People living in industrialized societies have developed specific working schedules during the day and at night, including per...
Edyta Reszka; Beata Peplonska; Edyta Wieczorek; Wojciech Sobala; Agnieszka Bukowska; Jolanta Gromadzinska; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Helge Kjuus; Wojciech Wasowicz
Alumina used in the production of primary aluminium contains Be which partly vaporises from the cryolite bath into the workroom atmospher...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Dag Ellingsen; Kari Dahl; Ivar Martinsen; Lars Jordbekken; Per Arne Drabløs; Yngvar Thomassen
Headache is a common health complaint responsible for substantial suffering and disability. Although musculoskeletal complaints such as b...
Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
Objectives: We aimed at extending the Natural and Orthogonal Interaction (NOIA) framework, developed for modeling gene-gene interactions ...
Jianzhong Ma; Feifei Xiao; Momiao Xiong; Angeline S. Andrew; Hermann Brenner; Eric J. Duell; Aage Haugen; Clive Hoggart; Rayjean J. Hung; Philip Lazarus; Changlu Liu ...
In recent years, bismuth has been promoted as a “green element” and is used as a substitute for the toxic lead in ammunition and other ap...
Dagmar S. Urgast; Dag G. Ellingsen; Balazs Berlinger; Einar Eilertsen; Grete Friisk; Vidar Skaug; Yngvar Thomassen; John H. Beattie; In-Sook Kwun; Jörg Feldmann
Rationale: The prevalence of respiratory symptoms amongemployees in smelters is positively associated with dust exposure. Objectives: T...
Vidar Søyseth; Helle Laier Johnsen; Paul K. Henneberger; Johny Kongerud
Aims: To evaluate bagasse (sugar cane fibres) and microbiological exposure among sugar cane refinery workers in Costa Rica and its relati...
Mireia Gascon; Hans Kromhout; Dick Heederik; Eduard Wijnand; Berna van Wendel de Joode
Louis Pasteur described the first measurements of airborne microorganisms in 1861. A century later, the inhalation of spores from thermop...
Eduard Wijnand; Dick Heederik; Caroline Duchaine; Brett James Green
Background: SYNERGY is a large pooled analysis of case–control studies on the joint effects of occupational carcinogens and smoking in t...
Susan Peters; Roel Vermeulen; Ann Olsson; Rainer van Gelder; Benjamin Kendzia; Raymond Vincent; Barbara Savary; Nick Williams; Torill Woldbæk; Jérôme Lavoué; Domenico Cavallo ...
Background: The present study sought to determine if subjects who had consumed coffee before performing a simulated computer office-work...
Vegard Strøm; Cecilie Røe; Stein Knardahl
The objective was to construct a retrospective job-exposure matrix (JEM) for the Norwegian silicon carbide industry. More than 3300 histo...
Solveig Føreland; Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Berit Bakke; Erik Bye; Eduard Wijnand
In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work involving circadian disruption as probably carcinogenic to...
Jens Peter Bonde; Johnni Hansen; Henrik A. Kolstad; Sigurd Mikkelsen; Jørgen H Olsen; David E Blask; Mikko Härmä; Helge Kjuus; Harry J. de Koning; Jørn Olsen; Morten Møller ...
Saturation diving is performed under extreme environmental conditions. The divers are confined to a limited space for several weeks under...
Rune Djurhuus; Vibeke Nossum; Steinar Øvrebø; Vidar Skaug
Det er gjennomført en undersøkelse av kjemisk arbeidsmiljø og mekanisk belastning ved utlegging av varmasfalt og lavtemperaturasfalt i lø...
Raymond Olsen; Hanne Line Daae; Kristin E. Halgard; Merete Hersson; Syvert Thorud; Rune Asgeir Madsen; Stein Knardahl; Dag Ellingsen
Vi har i løpet av 2011-2012 gjennomført en kartlegging av luftkonsentrasjoner av elementært karbon (EC) og nitrogendioksid (NO2) som mark...
Kasper Solbu; Berit Bakke; Grete Friisk; Nils Petter Skaugset
Inhalasjon av kornstøv kan gi mange helseeffekter, hovedsakelig i luftveiene, som hypersensitiv pneumonitt (allergisk alveolitt), allergi...
Anne Straumfors Halstensen; Kari Emilie Heldal; Wijnand Eduard; Marit Skogstad; Dag Ellingsen
Mål: Målsetningen med denne undersøkelsen var å måle kvantitativt eksponering for kreosot ved montørarbeid i 3 ulike kreosotimpregnerte s...
Rolf Andersen; Vibeke Nossum; Jenny Slind; Ingrid Botnen; Steinar Øvrebø
Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt (STAMI) har i samarbeid med Energi Norge, KS Bedrift og El&IT forbundet gjennomført et samarbeidsprosjekt s...
Odd Johan Bjørnstad
Bakgrunn: 3-2-1 prosjektet har vært et samarbeid mellom Arbeidstilsynet, NAV og arbeidsgiver- og arbeidstakerorganisasjoner. Prosjektet h...
Sissel Johansen; Kirsti Jacobsen; Stein Knardahl
BAKGRUNN: Vi har tidligere rapportert forekomsten av luftveissymptomer, kotininkonsentrasjon i urin og lungefunksjon blant ansatte i 13 ...
Marit Skogstad; Kristina Jenny Kjærheim; Geir Fladseth; Pål Molander
A longitudinal field study investigated the role of predicted, on-line experienced and remembered satisfaction in the current use of publ...
Tore Pedersen; Margareta Friman; Per Kristensson
Stressful working environments are commonly assumed to create conditions that can lead to bullying. Although environmental factors may re...
Lars Johan Hauge; Anders Skogstad; Ståle Einarsen
Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between individual and psychosocial work factors and mental distress among offs...
Cathrine Haugene Ljoså; Reidar Tyssen; Bjørn Lau