Publikasjoner

Replication of lung cancer susceptibility loci at chromosomes 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21 : A pooled analysis from the International lung cancer consortium

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 ...

Personality traits and subjective health complaints in female TMD patients and healthy controls

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

Caffeine and theophylline block insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and PKB phosphorylation in rat skeletal muscles

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

"First pain" in humans: convergent and specific forebrain responses

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

A Prospective Study of Neck, Shoulder, and Upper Back Pain Among Technical School Students Entering Working Life

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

Exposure, symptoms and airway inflammation among sewage workers

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

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

Functional characterization of polymorphisms in the human TFPI gene

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

Importance of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 in bioactivation of benzo[a]pyrene in human lung cell lines

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

Metal levels in some refuse dump soils and plants in Ghana

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 and inflammatory biomarkers in asphalt pavers

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

Helse og funksjon etter yrkesskade :

BAKGRUNN. Tilgjengelig statistikk gir relativt pålitelig informasjon om antall meldte yrkesskader – årsaker og skademekanismer – mens de...

Robin Holtedahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted

Low iron stores are related to higher blood concentrations of manganese, cobalt and cadmium in non-smoking, Norwegian women in the HUNT 2 study

Low iron (Fe) stores may influence absorption or transport of divalent metals in blood. To obtain more knowledge about such associations,...

Helle Margrete Meltzer; Anne Lise Brantsæter; Berit Borch-Iohnsen; Dag Ellingsen; Jan Alexander; Yngvar Thomassen; Hein Stigum; Trond Arild Ydersbond

Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibition reduces spinal nociceptive activity

Several variants of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene have recently been linked to pain sensitivity. In the present study, ele...

Line Melå Jacobsen; Guro Søe Eriksen; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Johannes Gjerstad

Additive effect of contraction and insulin on glucose uptake and glycogen synthase in muscle with different glycogen contents

Lai YC, Zarrinpashneh E, Jensen J. Additive effect of contraction and insulin on glucose uptake and glycogen synthase in muscle with diff...

Yu-Chiang Lai; Elham Zarrinpashneh; Jørgen Jensen

International Lung Cancer Consortium : Coordinated association study of 10 potential lung cancer susceptibility variants

Background . Analysis of candidate genes in individual studies has had only limited success in identifying particular gene variants that ...

Therese Truong; Wiebke Sauter; James D. McKay; H. Dean Hosgood III; Carla Gallagher; Christopher I. Amos; Margaret Spitz; Joshua Muscat; Philip Lazarus; Thomas Illig; H. Erich Wichmann ...

Dust Exposure Assessed by a Job Exposure Matrix Is Associated with Increased Annual Decline in FEV1 A 5-year Prospective Study of Employees in Norwegian Smelters

Rationale: The relationship between dust exposure and annual decline in lung function among employees in the smelting industry is unknown...

Helle Laier Johnsen; Siri M. Hetland; Jurate Saltyte-Benth; Johny Kongerud; Vidar Søyseth

Systematic evaluation of observational methods assessing biomechanical exposures at work

Objectives: This systematic review aimed to identify published observational methods assessing biomechanical exposures in occupational se...

Esa-Pekka Takala; Irmeli Pehkonen; Mikael Forsman; Gert-Åke Hansson; Svend Erik Mathiassen; W Patrick Neumann; Gisela Sjøgaard; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Rolf Harald Westgaard; Jørgen Winkel

Sentralnervesystemets mekanismer for smertehemming

Bakgrunn. Opplevelsen av smerte reguleres av flere endogene faktorer. Kunnskapen om endogene smertehemmende mekanismer er økende. Forståe...

Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Magne Arve Flaten; Knut Hagen; Dagfinn Matre; Trond Sand

Computer work and musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper extremity: A systematic review

Background This review examines the evidence for an association between computer work and neck and upper extremity disorders (except carp...

Morten Wærsted; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Kaj Bo Veiersted

Langvarige korsryggsmerter og MR-forandringer i ryggvirvlene :

Bakgrunn: Selv om korsryggssmerter som oftest går over av seg selv, blir en del pasienter ikke bedre og trenger behandling. Det er derfor...

Ellina Iordanova; Cecilie Røe; Anne Keller; Jan Sture Skouen; Lars Jørgen Rygh; Ansgar Espeland; Johannes Gjerstad

Accumulated oxygen deficit issues

Jon Ingulf Medbø

NECK MUSCLE ACTIVITY PATTERNS AMONG NORWEGIAN MACHINE OPERATORS IN DIFFERENT BRANDS OF FOREST HARVESTERS

Tove Maria Østensvik; Petter Nilsen; Kaj Bo Veiersted

Mekling : En systematisk metode for å løse konflikter

Dette er et oppfølgingsprosjekt etter prosjektet ”Jobbing uten mobbing” (JUM) (2005-2007), som ble ledet av Arbeidstilsynet i samarbeid m...

Kirsti Jacobsen; Annik Apall Austad

Mekling. En strukturert konflikthåndteringsmodell. Er bedriftshelsetjenesten rette aktører til å implementere modellen i arbeidslivet?

Dette er et oppfølgingsprosjekt etter prosjektet ”Jobbing uten mobbing”(2005-2007), som ble initiert av partene i arbeidslivet, NAV og Ar...

Kirsti Jacobsen; Annik Apall Austad