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 ...
Abstract: Background: Personality traits and general health complaints may influence the course of and treatment of chronic pain. Howeve...
Christine Mohn; Olav Vassend; Berit Heyerdahl Krogstad; Stein Knardahl
Aim: Caffeine and theophylline inhibit phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) activity and insulin-stimulated protein kinase B (PKB) ...
A.J. Kolnes; Ada Ingvaldsen; Astrid Bolling; Jorid Thrane Stuenæs; M. Kreft; R. Zorec; P.R. Shepherd; Jørgen Jensen
Background: Brief heat stimuli that excite nociceptors innervated by finely myelinated (Aδ) fibers evoke an initial, sharp, well-localiz...
Dagfinn Matre; Luis Hernandez-Garcia; Tuan Diep Tran; Kenneth L Casey
Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to relate the prevalence of neck, shoulder, and upper back pain to occupational and indiv...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Morten Wærsted
The purpose of the study was to determine the associations between dust, endotoxins and bacterial exposure, and health effects in sewage...
Kari Emilie Heldal; Lene Madsø; Per Ole Huser; Eduard Wijnand
Fatal accidents among elite mountaineers: a historical perspective from the European Alps. High Alt. Med. Biol. 11:147–151, 2010.— The li...
Stephan Weinbruch; Karl-Christian Nordby
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the primary physiological inhibitor of tissue factor (TF) induced coagulation. Low plasma TFPI ...
Grethe Skretting; Benedicte Stavik; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Christiane Filion Myklebust; Nina Iversen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Per Morten Sandset
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are ubiquitous environmental pollutants classified as carcinogens in humans and rodents. The cytochromes...
Heidi Uppstad; Steinar Øvrebø; Aage Haugen; Steen Kristen Mollerup
Concentrations of Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo and As were determined in soils and leaves of plants from refuse dumpsites and ...
K. Agyarko; E. Darteh; Balazs Berlinger
Pneumoproteins, biomarkers of systemic inflammation and endothelial activation were studied across a season in 72 asphalt pavers, 32 asph...
Dag Ellingsen; Bente Ulvestad; Lena Andersson; Lars Barregård
BAKGRUNN. Tilgjengelig statistikk gir relativt pålitelig informasjon om antall meldte yrkesskader – årsaker og skademekanismer – mens de...
Robin Holtedahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted