Browsing Brage by Author "Kjærheim, Kristina"

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    • Animal farming and the risk of lymphohaematopoietic cancers. A meta-analysis of three cohort studies within the AGRICOH consortium 

      El-Zaemey, Sonia; Schinasi, Leah; Ferro, Gilles; Tual, Séverine; Lebailly, Pierre; Baldi, Isabelle; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Kjærheim, Kristina; Schüz, Joachim; Monnereau, Alain; Brouwer, Maartje; Koutros, Stella; Hofmann, Jonathan; Kristensen, Petter; Kromhout, Hans; Leon, Maria; Beane Freeman, Laura E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Animal farming entails a variety of potential exposures, including infectious agents, endotoxins and pesticides, which may play a role in the aetiology of lymphohaematopoietic cancers (LHCs). The aim of this study was to ...

    • Cancer incidence in sites potentially related to occupational exposures: 58 years of follow-up of firefighters in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort 

      Marjerrison, Niki; Jakobsen, Jarle; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Hansen, Johnni; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Kjærheim, Kristina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives Firefighters are exposed to a variety of known and suspected carcinogens through their work. However, the association with cancer risk has limited evidence. We examined cancer incidence among firefighters in the ...

    • Comparison of cancer incidence and mortality in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort, 1960-2018 

      Marjerrison, Niki; Jacobsen, Jarle; Demers, Paul A.; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Hansen, Johnni; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Kjærheim, Kristina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives Elevated risk of cancer at several sites has been reported among firefighters, although with mixed findings. The purpose of this study was to calculate standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) and standardised ...

    • Epidemiological assessment of the occurrence of allergic dermatitis in workers in the construction industry related to the content of Cr(VI) in cement 

      Kjuus, Helge; Lenvik, Kåre; Kjærheim, Kristina; Austad, J. (STAMI-rapport; årgang 4, Nr. 2, Research report, 2003)

    • Exposure to pesticides and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts (AGRICOH) 

      Kim, Joanne; Leon, Maria E.; Schinasi, Leah H.; Baldi, Isabelle; Lebailly, Pierre; Freeman, Laura E Beane; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Ferro, Gilles; Monnereau, Alain; Brouwer, Maartje; Kjærheim, Kristina; Hofmann, Jonathan N.; Straif, Kurt; Kromhout, Hans; Schüz, Joachim; Togawa, Kayo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Purpose: Some pesticides may increase the risk of certain lymphoid malignancies, but few studies have examined Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). In this exploratory study, we examined associations between agricultural use of 22 ...

    • Forekomst av lymfohematologisk kreft hos ansatte og studenter ved Rosenborglaboratoriene, NTNU 

      Nordby, Karl-Christian; Kristensen, Petter; Grimsrud, Tom K.; Ulvestad, Bente; Kjærheim, Kristina (STAMI-rapport;Nr 4 / Årgang 16 (2015), Research report, 2015-06-16)

    • IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans 

      Pearce, Neil; Blair, Aaron; Vineis, Paolo; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Andersen, Aage; Anto, Josep M.; Armstrong, Bruce K.; Baccarelli, Andrea A.; Beland, Frederick A.; Berrington, Amy; Bertazzi, Pier Alberto; Birmbaum, Linda S.; Brownson, Ross C.; Bucher, John R.; Cantor, Kenneth P.; Cardis, Elisabeth; Cherrie, John W.; Christiani, David C.; Cocco, Pierluigi; Coggon, David; Comba, Pietro; Demers, Paul A.; Dement, John M.; Douwes, Jerouen; Eisen, Ellen A.; Engel, Lawrence S.; Fenske, Richard A.; Fleming, Lora E.; Fletcher, Tony; Fontham, Elizabeth; Forastiere, Francesco; Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer; Fritschi, Lin; Gerin, Michel; Goldberg, Marcel; Grandjean, Philippe; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Gustavsson, Per; Haines, Andy; Hartge, Patricia; Hansen, Johnni; Hauptmann, Michael; Heederick, Dick; Hemminki, Kari; Hemon, Denis; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva; Hoppin, Jane A.; Huff, James; Jarvholm, Bengt; Kang, Daehee; Karagas, Margaret R.; Kjærheim, Kristina; Kjuus, Helge; Kogevinas, Manolis; Kriebel, David; Kristensen, Petter; Kromhout, Hans; Laden, Francine; Lebailly, Pierre; LeMasters, Grace; Lubin, Jay H.; Lynch, Charles F.; Lynge, Elsebeth; ‘t Mannetje, Andrea; McMichael, Anthony J.; McLaughlin, John R.; Marrett, Loraine; Martuzzi, Marco; Merchant, James A.; Merler, Enzo; Merletti, Franco; Miller, Anthony; Mirer, Franklin E.; Monson, Richard; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Olshan, Andrew F.; Parent, Marie-Elise; Perera, Frederica P.; Perry, Melissa J.; Pesatori, Angela Cecilia; Pirastu, Roberta; Porta, Miquel; Pukkala, Eero; Rice, Carol; Richardson, David B.; Ritter, Leonard; Ritz, Beate; Ronckers, Cecile M.; Rushton, Lesley; Rusiecki, Jennifer A.; Rusyn, Ivan; Samet, Jonathan M.; Sandler, Dale P.; de Sanjose, Silvia; Schernhammer, Eva; Costantini, Adele Seniori; Seixas, Noah; Shy, Carl; Siemiatycki, Jack; Silverman, Debra T.; Simonato, Lorenzo; Smith, Allan H.; Smith, Martyn T.; Spinelli, John J.; Spitz, Margaret R.; Stallones, Lorann; Stayner, Leslie T.; Steenland, Kyle; Stenzel, Mark; Stewart, Bernard W.; Stewart, Patricia A.; Symanski, Elaine; Terracini, Benedetto; Tolbert, Paige E.; Vainio, Harri; Vena, John; Vermeulen, Roel; Victora, Cesar G.; Ward, Elizabeth M.; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Weisenburger, Dennis; Wesseling, Catharina; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Zahm, Shelia Hoar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Background: Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also for the approach used ...

    • Incidence of cancer among Nordic police officers 

      Heikkinen, Sanna; Demers, Paul A.; Hansen, Johnni; Jakobsen, Jarle; Kjærheim, Kristina; Lynge, Elsebeth; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind; Pitkaniemi, Janne; Selander, Jenny; Torfadóttir, Jóhanna; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Pukkala, Eero (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Police work may expose officers to various circumstances that have potential for increasing their risk of cancer, including traffic-related air pollution, night shift work and radiation from radars. In this study, we ...

    • MTNR1A Promoter Methylation is Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk 

      Samulin-Erdem, Johanna Maria; Skare, Øivind; Petersen-Øverleir, Marte; Notø, Heidi Ødegaard; Lie, Jenny-Anne Sigstad; Kjærheim, Kristina; Reszka, Edyta; Pepłońska, Beata; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh (Journal article, 2020)
      Shift work, particularly, night work has been classified as a probable carcinogen to humans based on the increased risk observed in epidemiological studies for some cancer types, including female breast cancer. The underlying ...

    • Occupational exposures of firefighting and urinary tract cancer risk among men in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort 

      Marjerrison, Niki; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Hansen, Johnni; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Olsen, Raymond; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Kjærheim, Kristina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives Increased risks of bladder cancer and mesothelioma were the strongest evidence for the recent reclassification of firefighting as carcinogenic (Group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Our ...

    • Occupational noise exposure and vestibular schwannoma. A case-control study in Sweden 

      Aarhus, Lisa; Kjærheim, Kristina; Heikkinen, Sanna; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Pukkala, Eero; Selander, Jenny; Sjöström, Mattias; Skare, Øivind; Straif, Kurt; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      It has been suggested that the association between self-reported occupational noise exposure and vestibular schwannoma (VS) found in several studies, represents recall bias. Therefore, we aim to study the relation in a ...

    • Parental occupational exposures in wood‑related jobs and risk of testicular germ cell tumours in offspring in NORD‑TEST a registry‑based case–control study in Finland, Norway, and Sweden 

      Corbin, Sara; Togawa, Kayo; Schüz, Joachim; Le Cornet, Charlotte; Fervers, Beatrice; Feychting, Maria; Wiebert, Pernilla; Hansen, Johnni; Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg; Kjærheim, Kristina; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Østrem, Ragnhild Beate Strand; Skakkebæk, Niels E.; Uuksulainen, Sanni; Pukkala, Eero; Olsson, Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective We assessed the association between parental prenatal exposures in wood-related jobs and risk of testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) in offspring. Methods NORD-TEST, a registry-based case–control study in Sweden, ...

    • Pesticide use and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoid malignancies in agricultural cohorts from France, Norway and the USA: A pooled analysis from the AGRICOH consortium 

      Leon, Maria E.; Schinasi, Leah H.; Lebailly, Pierre; Freeman, Laura E. Beane; Nordby, Karl-Christian; Ferro, Gilles; Monnereau, Alain; Brouwer, Maartje; Tual, Séverine; Baldi, Isabelle; Kjærheim, Kristina; Hofmann, Jonathan N.; Kristensen, Petter; Koutros, Stella; Straif, Kurt; Kromhout, Hans; Schüz, Joachim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Pesticides are commonly used in agriculture, and previous studies endorsed the need to further investigate the possible association between their use and risk of lymphoid malignancies in agricultural workers. ...

    • Work conditions and practices in Norwegian Fire Departments From 1950 until today. A Survey on factors potentially influencing carcinogen exposure 

      Jakobsen, Jarle; Babigumira, Ronnie; Danielsen, Marie; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Olsen, Raymond; Rosting, Cecilie; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Kjærheim, Kristina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Meta-analyses have shown firefighters to be at an increased risk of several cancer types. Occupational carcinogen exposure may explain these increased risks. This study aims to describe Norwegian fire departments' ...

    • Yrke og kreft i Norge 

      Eggen, Tone; Lenvik, Kåre; Grimsrud, Tom K.; Kjærheim, Kristina; Aagestad, Cecilie; Tynes, Tore (STAMI-rapport; årgang 11, Nr. 3, Research report, 2010)