The purpose of this study was to describe, and analyse the effect of an intervention on, the biomechanical workload in the neck and shoul...
KB Veiersted; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Kristian Gould; Nina Østerås; Gert-Åke Hansson
Objectives The aim was to identify work factors that predict poor sleep in nurses’ aides (assistant nurses). Methods The study was b...
Willy Bjarne Eriksen; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Dag Bruusgaard; Stein Knardahl
Environmental and occupational toxicants may induce pulmonary inflammation. Chronic inflammation has been linked to several human disease...
Kent Hart; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny
In rat epitrochlearis skeletal muscle, contraction inhibited the basal and insulin-stimulated rates of protein synthesis by 75 and 70%, r...
Lisa Miranda; Sandrine Horman; Isabelle De Potter; Louis Hue; Jørgen Jensen; Mark H. Rider
The setting of occupational exposure limits (OELs) are founded in occupational medicine and the predictive toxicological testing, resulti...
Gunnar Damgård Nielsen; Steinar Øvrebø
The mechanical efficiency has been determined for 23 healthy young men to study possible effects of muscle fiber type on efficiency durin...
Jon Ingulf Medbø
Background: The International Lung Cancer Consortium was established in 2004. To clarify the role of DNA repair genes in lung cancer susc...
Rayjean J. Hung; David C. Christiani; Angela Risch; Odilia Popanda; Aage Haugen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Simone Benhamou; Christine Bouchardy; Qing Lan; Margaret R. Spitz; H.-Erich Wichmann ...
Aim: To determine whether enterprises belonging to the Bank of Models of Good Practice were more successful than average Norwegian enter...
Arve Lie
Aims/hypothesis Use of the second-generation antipsychotic drugs (SGAs) results in the development of obesity and a type 2 diabetes-like...
G.C. Smith; C Chaussade; M Vickers; Jørgen Jensen; P.R. Shepherd
We have previously shown in the rat slow-twitch soleus muscle that adrenaline greatly potentiates insulin-stimulated protein kinase B (PK...
Jørgen Jensen; Line Mariann Grønning-Wang; Einar Jebens; Jonathan P. Whitehead; Robert Zorec; Peter R Shepherd
OBJECTIVE: The present study sought to determine whether job insecurity is associated with personality traits and beliefs. In addition, ...
Bjørn Lau; Stein Knardahl
Neurobehavioral functions were studied in 96 welders currently exposed to the geometric mean (GM) concentration of 121 μg/m3 (range 7–232...
Dag Ellingsen; Roman Konstantinov; Rita Bast-Pettersen; Ludmilla Merkurjeva; Maxim Chashchin; Yngvar Thomassen; Valery Chashchin
Arbeidsmedisin er et fagområde som beskjeftiger seg med alle typer helseeffekter, skader og sykdommer som kan relateres til arbeid. Nevro...
Rita Bast-Pettersen
The present cross-sectional study was performed to analyze potential risk factors for upper extremity disorders in two groups of forest m...
Tove Maria Østensvik; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Emmanuel Cuchet; Petter Nilsen; Jan Johansson Hanse; Caisa Carlzon; Jørgen Winkel
The goal of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the impact of different physical work station designs, expressed in two differe...
Tove Maria Østensvik; Petter Nilsen; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Purpose of review: Occupational exposure to airborne mycotoxins has been the subject of increasing interest in the last few years. In or...
Anne Straumfors Halstensen; Karl-Christian Nordby; Petter Kristensen; Wijnand Eduard
Possible health risks associated with occupational inhalation of mycotoxin-containing dust remain largely unknown, partly because methods...
Anne Straumfors Halstensen
Line Foss; Knut Skyberg
Ved aluminiumsmelteverket på Karmøy er det føretatt arbeidsmiljømålingar som inngår i prosjektet ” Hallastma i produksjon av primæralumin...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Lars Jordbekken; Elianne Seberg; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen
Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt
Rapporten «Arbeidsmiljø og helse – slik norske yrkesaktive opplever det» bygger på intervjuer om arbeidsmiljø og helse blant norske yrke...
Tore Tynes; Tom K. Grimsrud; Trine Eiken; Tom Sterud; Steinar Aasnæss
Ved aluminiumsmelteverket på Mosjøen er det føretatt arbeidsmiljømålingar som inngår i prosjektet ” Hallastma i produksjon av primæralumi...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Lars Jordbekken; Elianne Seberg; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen
Ved aluminiumsmelteverket på Karmøy er det føretatt arbeidsmiljømålingar som inngår i del 2 av prosjektet ” Hallastma i produksjon av pri...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Hilde Pettersen Notø; Lars Jordbekken; Elianne Seberg; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen
Påvirkning som irriterer eller skader huden, forekommer svært hyppig i noen yrkesgrupper og sjelden i andre. I enkelte yrker er mellom 60...
Tom K. Grimsrud; Trine Eiken; Tore Tynes; Tom Sterud; Steinar Aasnæss