We investigated the level of protection of reproductive and developmental toxicity offered through occupational exposure limits (OELs) an...
Linda Schenk; Meng-Rung Ho; Piia Taxell; Pasi Huuskonen; Mimmi Leite; Inese Martinsone; Karl-Christian Nordby; Linda Paegle; Loreta Strumylaite
Objectives: Several studies have found higher sickness absence in shared and open workspaces than in private offices, but little is known...
Randi Hovden Borge; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Knut Inge Fostervold; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Increased focus on renovating and maintaining the existing building stock is an integral part of the circular economy, however this might...
Johanne Østereng Halvorsen; Pål Graff; Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal; Torunn Kringlen Ervik
Background Knowledge on hearing aid use and benefit is important to ensure appropriate and effective treatment. We aimed to assess preva...
Bo Lars Engdahl; Lisa Aarhus
Background Although polygenic risk score (PRS) has emerged as a promising tool for predicting cancer risk from genome-wide association st...
Xinan Wang; Ziwei Zhang; Yi Dang; Tony Chen; Lorelei Mucci; Demetrios Albanes; Maria Teresa Landi; Neil E. Caporaso; Stephen Lam; Adonina Tardon; Chu Chen ...
Previous observations suggest that strong social stressors, that is, repeated social defeat, could initiate functional changes in the hyp...
Terese Elisabeth Zylla; Junbai Wang; Johannes Gjerstad
Background The Norwegian home care services experience a high level of sick leave, a large proportion of which is due to common mental di...
Rigmor Knutsen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Øivind Skare; Håkon Andre Johannessen
Background In the food manufacturing industry, exposure to inhalable aerosols contributes to respiratory illnesses such as occupational ...
Christine Darbakk; Pål Graff; Raymond Olsen
Objectives This study aimed to quantify the duration of work participation and reasons for working years lost, according to gender and ...
Suzanne Merkus; Rune Hoff; Rachel Louise Hasting; Karina Undem; Suzan J.W. Robroek; Jon Michael Gran; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Background Musculoskeletal disorders are an extensive burden to society, yet few studies have explored and replicated modifiable prognos...
Rikke Munk Killingmo; Tarjei Langseth Rysstad; Esther Maas; Are Hugo Pripp; Fiona Aanesen; Alexander Tingulstad; Anne Therese Tveter; Britt Elin Øiestad; Margreth Grotle
Background Home healthcare services are increasingly utilizing novel technologies to enhance quality and efficiency of caregiving, to re...
Jan Olav Christensen; Håkon Andre Johannessen
Objectives Excess incidence of prostate cancer (PC) is frequently observed among firefighters; however, the association with specific occ...
Niki Marjerrison; Tom Kristian Grimsrud; Johnni Hansen; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Karl-Christian Nordby; Raymond Olsen; Jo Stenehjem; Marit Bragelien Veierød; Kristina Kjærheim
Background The impact of societal factors on the occurrence of head and neck cancers (HNCs) remains understudied, especially in the Nord...
Rayan Nikkilä; Timo Carpén; Johnni Hansen; Sanna Heikkinen; Elsebeth Lynge; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Jenny Selander; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Jóhanna Eyrún Torfadottir; Antti Mäkitie; Eero Pukkala
Objectives: The association between hearing loss and income has only been examined in cross-sectional studies. We aim to study annual i...
Astrid Jørgensen; Bo Lars Engdahl; Bernt Magne Bratsberg; Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum; Howard J. Hoffman; Lisa Aarhus
Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are used to excavate tunnels in a manner where the rock is constantly penetrated with rotating cutter heads...
Torunn Kringlen Ervik; Mimmi Leite; Stephan Weinbruch; Karl-Christian Nordby; Dag Ellingsen; Bente Ulvestad; Kari Dahl; Balazs Berlinger; Nils Petter Skaugset
Objectives Evidence suggests that emotional dissonance, the imbalance between true feelings and those displayed to meet work standards, h...
Håkon Andre Johannessen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Rigmor Knutsen; Øivind Skare; Jan Olav Christensen
Paradoxical associations have been observed for leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and occupational physical activity (OPA) and severa...
Mats Kirkeby Fjeld; Anders Pedersen Årnes; Bo Lars Engdahl; Bente Morseth; Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock; Ludwig Alexander Horsch; Audun Stubhaug; Bjørn Heine Strand; Anette Hylen Ranhoff; Dagfinn André Matre; Christopher Sivert Nielsen ...
Investigating how individual characteristics modify treatment effects can improve understanding, interpretation, and translation of trial...
Martjie Venter; Margreth Grotle; Britt Elin Øiestad; Fiona Aanesen; Alexander Tingulstad; Tarjei Langseth Rysstad; Michael Ferraro; James H. McAuley; Aidan G. Cashin
High employee turnover represents a substantial problem in child welfare work. To prevent turnover, knowledge about risk factors, mechani...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Live Bakke Finne; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Jan Olav Christensen
Background: Clinical, molecular, and genetic epidemiology studies displayed remarkable differences between ever- and never-smoking lung c...
Yafang Li; Xiangjun Xiao; Jianrong Li; Younghun Han; Chao Cheng; Gail F. Fernandes; Shannon E. Slewitzke; Susan M. Rosenberger; Meng Zhu; Jinyoung Byun; Yohan Bossé ...
Background Neck pain remains a persistent challenge in modern society and is frequently encountered across a wide range of occupations, p...
Markus Koch; Mikael Forsman; Henrik Enquist; Henrik Baare Olsen; Karen Søgaard; Gisela Sjøgaard; Tove Maria Østensvik; Petter Nilsen; Lars Louis Andersen; Markus Due Jacobsen; Mikkel Brandt ...
Background Crystalline silica (CS) exposure can cause serious lung disease in humans, but mechanisms of pulmonary toxicity have not been...
Dag Ellingsen; Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland; May-Brith Lund; Nils Petter Skaugset; Bente Ulvestad
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) vary in physicochemical properties which makes risk assessment challenging. Mice were pulmonary exposed to 26 wel...
Pernille Høgh Danielsen; Sarah Søs Poulsen; Kristina Bram Knudsen; Per Axel Clausen; Keld Alstrup Jensen; Håkan Wallin; Ulla Vogel
Thermoregulation is synchronized across the circadian cycle to uphold thermal homeostasis. To test if time-of-day matters for the respons...
Khac Thanh Phong Chau; Elin Ryan; Knut Tomas Dalen; Fred Haugen
This trial presents a laboratory model investigating the effect of quick returns (QRs, <11 h time off between shifts) on sleep and pre-sl...
Øystein Holmelid; Ståle Pallesen; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Erlend Sunde; Siri Waage; Øystein Vedaa; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal; Anette Kristoffersen Harris