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 ...
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 ...
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
Environmental conditions have long been assumed to create climates that can encourage workplace bullying. Although several studies have s...
Lars Johan Hauge; Ståle Einarsen; Stein Knardahl; Bjørn Lau; Guy Notelaers; Anders Skogstad
The O2 uptake of firefighters working in hot and polluted environment is not known. The portable Metamax II might measure the O2 uptake o...
Jon Ingulf Medbø; Ole Martin Synnes; Erna Dianne Von Heimburg
Cement dust exposure has previously been associated with airway symptoms and ventilatory impairment. The aim of the present study was to ...
Karl-Christian Nordby; Anne Kristin Møller Fell; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Eduard Wijnand; Marit Skogstad; Yngvar Thomassen; Anna Bergamaschi; Johny Kongerud; Helge Kjuus
Objectives Increased mortality from asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema has previously been reported among workers in the silicon ca...
Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Solveig Føreland; Kristina Kjærheim; Eduard Wijnand; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Helge Kjuus
Background: It has been hypothesized that children and adolescents might be more vulnerable to possible health effects from mobile phone...
Denis Aydin; Maria Feychting; Joachim Schüz; Tore Tynes; Tina Veje Andersen; Lisbeth Samsø Schmidt; Aslak Harbo Poulsen; Christoffer Johansen; Michaela Prochazka; Birgitta Lannering; Daniela Jenni ...
We have investigated the association between the incidence of airflow limitation and occupational exposure. The employees (n = 3,924) ...
Vidar Søyseth; Helle Laier Johnsen; Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Siri Hetland; Johny Kongerud
Purpose: There is increasing evidence that altered microRNA expression is associated with tumor progression and survival in cancer patien...
Motonobu Saito; Aaron J. Schetter; Steen Kristen Mollerup; Takashi Kohno; Vidar Skaug; Elise D. Bowman; Ewy A. Mathé; Seiichi Takenoshita; Jun Yokota; Aage Haugen; Curtis C. Harris