This article describes a systematic review of the industrial hygiene literature for uses of trichloroethylene (TCE) in industry for the e...
Bakke, Berit; Stewart, Patricia; Waters, Martha
In a cross-sectional study, the serum concentrations of inhibin B and prolactin of 96 male current welders were compared with the concent...
Ellingsen, Dag; Chashchin, Valery; Haug, Egil; Chashchin, Maxim; Tkachenko, Vitaly; Lubnina, Natalya; Bast-Pettersen, Rita; Thomassen, Yngvar
Previous data indicate that persistent pain states often involve sensitization within the central nervous system (CNS). Many recently des...
Gjerstad, Johannes
Background: Lack of knowledge about the occurrence of work-related health problems in the general population makes it difficult to estima...
Mehlum, Ingrid Alethe Sivesind; Kjuus, Helge; Veiersted, Kaj Bo; Wergeland, Ebba
Nordby, Karl-Christian; Irgens, Lorentz M; Kristensen, Petter
Background Nurses' aides (assistant nurses), the main providers of practical patient care in many countries, are doing both emotional and...
Eriksen, Willy Bjarne; Tambs, Kristian; Knardahl, Stein
Background This study examined the association between psychosocial and organizational work conditions and mental health among women empl...
Gamperiene, Migle; Nygård, Jan F; Sandanger, Inger; Wærsted, Morten; Bruusgaard, Dag
Much research has been undertaken to determine what characterizes the ‘police personality’, but so far the results have been ambiguous. W...
Lau, Bjørn; Hem, Erlend; Berg, Anne Marie Lie; Ekeberg, Øivind; Torgersen, Svenn
BACKGROUND: Police work is regarded as a high-stress occupation, but so far, no nationwide study has explored the associations between wo...
Berg, Anne Marie Lie; Hem, Erlend; Lau, Bjørn; Ekeberg, Øivind
A traditional view is that police officers possess negative attitudes toward seeking professional help. However, few empirical studies ha...
Berg, Anne Marie; Hem, Erlend; Lau, Bjørn; Ekeberg, Øivind
BAKGRUNN: Bygge- og anleggsbransjen er ulykkesutsatt, men det finnes lite norsk forskningsbasert kunnskap om ulykkesmønster og risikofakt...
Gravseth, Hans Magne Ulrik; Lund, Johan; Wergeland, Ebba
Morphology of silicon carbide (SiC) fibres from the Norwegian SiC industry has been studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The fi...
Skogstad, Asbjørn; Føreland, Solveig; Bye, Erik; Eduard, Wijnand
Quantitative determination of the hydrolysis products from proteins and DNA gives valuable information regarding the reactive metabolite ...
Sagredo, Carlos Alberto Escobar; Olsen, Raymond; Greibrokk, Tyge; Molander, Pål; Øvrebø, Steinar
We determined the repeatability and correlations between force, endurance and muscle activity during isometric contractions over three ye...
Røe, Cecilie; Steingrimsdottir, Olof Anna; Knardahl, Stein; Bakke, Eva; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke
Immune system perturbations are involved in pre‐eclampsia pathophysiology. We hypothesised that immunomodulating substances, such as myco...
Nordby, Karl-Christian; Irgens, Lorentz; Kristensen, Petter
Aims/hypothesis: Hypertrophic and failing hearts have increased utilisation of glucose, but also develop insulin resistance and reduced a...
Florholmen, Geir; Thoresen, G. Hege; Thoresen, G. Hege; Rustan, Arild Chr.; Jensen, Jørgen; Christensen, Geir; Aas, Vigdis
Objectives The aims of the study were to assess renal function in chloralkali workers previously exposed to mercury vapor and to assess t...
Efskind, Jon; Ellingsen, Dag G.; Hartman, Anders; Thomassen, Yngvar; Ulvik, Rune Johan; Gaarder, Per I.; Solberg, Tone Bente
There is incomplete information about how physically demanding rescue work may be. The aim therefore of this paper was to examine the phy...
Von Heimburg, Erna Dianne; Medbø, Jon Ingulf; Rasmussen, Anna Kari
Benzo[a]pyrene (BP) is an ubiquitous environmental pollutant with potent mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. The Ah receptor (Ahr) is ...
Sagredo, Carlos; Øvrebø, Steinar; Haugen, Aage; Fujii-Kuriyama, Yoshiaki; Bæra, Rita; Botnen, Ingrid; Mollerup, Steen Kristen
Elimination of interfering substances in urine by solid phase extraction (SPE) prior to analysis resulted in 10-fold improvement in the s...
Koivunen, Marja E.; Dettmer, Katja; Vermeulen, Roel; Bakke, Berit; Gee, Shirley J.; Hammock, Bruce D.