In the present study, we investigated the effect of a long-term mountain expedition on glucose tolerance and insulin action. Twelve regis...
Mu-Tsung Chen; Wen-Chih Lee; Shih-Chang Chen; Chiu-Chou Chen; Chung-Yu Chen; Shin-Da Lee; Jørgen Jensen; Chia-Hua Kuo
Biologic monitoring data in electric welders revealed reliable correlation between manganese concentration in the whole blood and mangane...
Evgeny V. Zibarev; Valerii Chashchin; S. M. Nikonova; Z. S. Kusraeva; A. V. Kuz'min; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen
In a cross-sectional study of 250 farmers aged 22 to 77 years, of whom 36.4% are smokers, the authors aimed at describing lung function a...
Farid Kamel Mustafa Abu Sham'a; Marit Skogstad; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Petter Kristensen
OBJECTIVES: A previous study among workers in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry, followed until 1996, revealed an excess incidence ...
Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Helge Kjuus; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Kristina Kjærheim
Objective: To identify individual and work-related predictors of long-term (8 weeks) sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses (LSP). ...
Line Foss; Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Petter Kristensen; Bjørgulf Claussen; Ingrid Alethe Sivesind Mehlum; Knut Skyberg
This study describes the potential for occupational exposure to organophosphates (OPs) originating from turbine and hydraulic oils, among...
Kasper Solbu; Hanne Line Daae; Syvert Thorud; Dag Ellingsen; Elsa Lundanes; Pål Molander
Background Adverse health effects caused by pesticide exposure have been reported in occupied Palestinian territory and the world at lar...
Yaser Younes Salman Issa; Farid Kamel Abu-Sham'a; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Petter Kristensen
Background: Social inequalities in health can to a substantial degree be explained by social causation. However, indirect selection by ea...
Petter Kristensen; Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Tor Bjerkedal
Suddenly occurring and time limited chemical exposures caused by unintended incidents might pose a threat to many workers at various work...
Kasper Solbu; Merete Hersson; Syvert Thorud; Elsa Lundanes; Terje Nilsen; Ole Synnes; Dag Ellingsen; Pål Molander
β-Adrenoceptors contribute to hypertension in spite of the fact that β-adrenoceptor agonists lower blood pressure. We aimed to differenti...
Torill Berg; Bruce William Piercey; Jørgen Jensen
Nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) are found in diesel exhaust and air pollution particles. Along with other PAHs, many ...
Johan Øvrevik; VM Arlt; E Øya; E Nagy; Steen Kristen Mollerup; DH Phillips; Marit Låg; Jørn Andreas Holme
To determine the impact of occupational psychological/social and mechanical factors on neck pain, a prospective cohort study with a follo...
Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
BACKGROUND: The validity of studies on fecundability in Western countries has been questioned. The complexity of societal and cultural f...
Yaser Younes Salman Issa; Markku Sallmen; Khaldoun Nijem; Espen Bjertness; Petter Kristensen
Objective: Few biomarkers for dietary intake of various food groups have been established. The aim of the present study was to explore w...
Anne Lise Brantsæter; Margaretha Haugen; Yngvar Thomassen; Dag Ellingsen; Trond Arild Ydersbond; Tor-Arne Hagve; Jan Alexander; Helle Margrete Meltzer
Previous data show that spinal cord long‐term potentiation (LTP) can be induced by electrical high‐frequency stimulation (HFS) conditioni...
Linda Margareth Pedersen; Line Melå Jacobsen; Steen Kristen Mollerup; Johannes Gjerstad
The concentration levels of 11 perfluorinated carboxylic (PFCA) and eight sulfonic (PFSA) acids were determined in the serum of 13 profes...
Baard Ingegerdsson Freberg; Line Småstuen Haug; Raymond Olsen; Hanne Line Daae; Merete Hersson; Cathrine Thomsen; Thorud Syvert; Georg Becher; Pål Molander; Dag Ellingsen
The role of tumor estrogen receptors (ERs) and serum estrogen in lung cancer is inconclusive. We investigated the hypothesis that ERs and...
Susan E. Olivo-Marston; Leah E. Mechanic; Steen Kristen Mollerup; Elise D. Bowman; Alan T. Remaley; Michele R. Forman; Vidar Skaug; Yun-Ling Zheng; Aage Haugen; Curtis C. Harris
Emigration causes loss to follow-up. The study aim was to assess the influence of the choice of handling migration in population-based co...
Petter Kristensen; Tor Bjerkedal
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death in young adults. Several risk factors are well known, especially those related to adult m...
Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Lars Mehlum; Tor Bjerkedal; Petter Kristensen
This register-based longitudinal study of 392 969 Norwegians examined associations between birth order, gender and educational attainment...
Petter Kristensen; Tor Bjerkedal
Introduction: Neuronal events leading to development of long‐term potentiation (LTP) in the nociceptive pathways may be a cellular mechan...
Trine Hjornevik; Bent Wilhelm Schoultz; Janos Marton; Johannes Gjerstad; Alexander Drzezga; Gjermund Henriksen; Frode Willoch
The hygroscopic behaviour of individual aerosol particles from workplaces in a primary aluminium smelter was investigated by environmenta...
Stephan Weinbruch; Nathalie Benker; Wolfgang Koch; Martin Ebert; Per Arne Drabløs; Nils Petter Skaugset; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen
Background and purpose: Genetic approaches have documented protein kinase B (PKB) as a pivotal regulator of heart function. Insulin stron...
Jorid Thrane Stuenæs; Astrid Bolling; Ada Ingvaldsen; Camilla Romundstad; Emina Sudar; Fang-Chin Lin; Yu-Chiang Lai; Jørgen Jensen
Glycogen synthesis increases after muscle contraction and during insulin stimulation, and insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis is enhanc...
Yu-Chiang Lai; Jorid Thrane Stuenæs; Chia-Hua Kuo; Jørgen Jensen
Background Genome-wide association studies have identified three chromosomal regions at 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21 as being associated with t...
Therese Truong; Rayjean J. Hung; Christopher I. Amos; Xifeng Wu; Heike Bickeböller; Albert Rosenberger; Wiebke Sauter; Thomas Illig; H.-Erich Wichmann; Angela Risch; Hendrik Dienemann ...