• Testicular germ cell tumours and parental occupational exposure to pesticides: A register-based case-control study in the nordic countries (NORD-TEST study) 

  Le Cornet, Charlotte; Fervers, Beatrice; Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg; Feychting, Maria; Pukkala, Eero; Tynes, Tore; Hansen, Johnni; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Béranger, Rémi; Kauppinen, Timo; Uuksulainen, Sanni; Wiebert, Pernilla; Woldbæk, Torill; Skakkebæk, Niels E.; Olsson, Ann; Schüz, Joachim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Abstract: Objectives A potential impact of exposure to endocrine disruptors, including pesticides, during intrauterine life, has been hypothesised in testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) aetiology, but exposure assessment ...

• The Prevalence of Notched Audiograms in a Cross-Sectional Study of 12,055 Railway Workers 

  Lie, Arve; Skogstad, Marit; Johnsen, Torstein Seip; Engdahl, Bo Lars; Tambs, Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Objective: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most reported occupational diseases internationally. The occurrence of audiometric notches is emphasized in both American and European guidelines for the diagnosis ...

• Experimental sleep restriction facilitates pain and electrically induced cortical responses 

  Matre, Dagfinn; Hu, Lu; Viken, Leif Andre; Hjelle, Ingri Berild; Wigemyr, Monica; Knardahl, Stein; Sand, Trond; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Study Objectives: Sleep restriction (SR) has been hypothesized to sensitize the pain system. The current study determined whether experimental sleep restriction had an effect on experimentally induced pain and pain-elicited ...

• The gender gap in sickness absence from work and the influence of parental absence on offspring absence 15 years later. Register-based cohort of Norwegians born in 1974-1976 

  Kristensen, Petter; Corbett, Karina; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Background: Women have shown consistently higher levels of sickness absence from work in comparison to men, but explanations for this gender gap have not been completely understood. Life-course studies suggest that health ...

• Low back pain and physical activity. A 6.5 year follow-up among young adults in their transition from school to working life 

  Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Koch, Markus; Hanvold, Therese Nordberg; Wærsted, Morten; Veiersted, Kaj Bo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Background: The association between leisure time physical activity and low back pain in young adults is unclear and is in the need of prospectively obtained evidence. This study examined the course of low back pain and the ...

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