• Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain 

  Solovieva, Svetlana E.; Descatha, Alexis; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind; Viikari-Juntura, Eira; Undem, Karina; Berglund, Karin; Gilbert, Fabien; Wuytack, Francesca; d’Errico, Angelo; Badarin, Kathryn; Evanof, Bradley; Kjellberg, Katarina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Objectives The aim was to develop a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for occupational physical workload and study its predictive validity for musculoskeletal pain in four European cohorts. Methods ...

• DNA metabarcoding and its potential in microbial risk assessment in waste sorting plants 

  Eriksen, Elke; Graff, Pål; Eiler, Alexander; Straumfors, Anne; Afanou, Komlavi Anani (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Exposure to hazardous microorganisms during waste handling is a potential health concern. Molecular biological techniques provide means of profiling the microbial community at high taxonomic resolution, allow the identification ...

• Psychosocial work exposures as risk factors for skin problems in a general working population: cross-sectional and prospective associations 

  Borge, Randi Hovden; Johannessen, Håkon Andre; Alfonso, Jose Hernan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Objective The potential contribution of psychosocial work exposures to skin problems is largely overlooked in the occupational health literature. To address this knowledge gap, we examined cross-sectional and prospective ...

• The prevalence of childhood bullying and violence victimization and subsequent risk of adult revictimization in the Norwegian population: A cross-sectional study 

  Strøm, Ida Frugård; Aakvaag, Helene Flood; Nissen, Alexander; Skauge, Anja Duun; Seifert, Louisa Cheng; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Dale, Maria Teresa Grønning (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Revictimization research has largely ignored bullying victimization, and knowledge of the association between childhood bullying and adulthood revictimization is scarce. Research is also needed to explore whether bullying ...

• Cohort Profile: The Nor-Work Cohort 

  Hasting, Rachel Louise; Merkus, Suzanne; Undem, Karina; Kirkeleit, Jorunn; Hoff, Rune; Gran, Jon Michael; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  The Nor-Work cohort was established in 2018 to identify differences in health, labour force participation, and related outcomes, and to study how these outcomes are associated with other factors, including occupation and ...

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