Occupational injury rates among Norwegian farmers: A sociotechnical perspective.

Introduction: This study addressed relative injury risk among Norwegian farmers, who are mostly self-employed and run small farm enterprises. The aim was to explore the relative importance of individual, enterprise, and work environment risks for occupational injury and to discuss the latent conditions for injuries using sociotechnical system theory.

Method: Injury report and risk factors were collected through a survey among Norwegian farm owners in November 2012.

Physician Notified Work-Related Diseases Among Farmers in Norway: Data from 2007 - 2016.

: This study provided a profile of work-related diseases in the farming sector notified by physicians to the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority's (NLIA) Registry for Work-Related Diseases (RAS) over a 10-year period.: Data for the occupational code "farmers" were extracted from RAS for the period 2007-2016. We performed a descriptive analysis to obtain frequency, percentage, and incidence distribution of the data.

Work environment factors and work sustainability in Norwegian cooks.

Objectives: Cooks have increased morbidity and mortality. A high turnover has also been reported. We aimed to elucidate work environment and work sustainability in Norwegian cooks.

Nonfatal occupational injuries in norwegian farmers.

Background: Agriculture ranks among the most dangerous trades worldwide. There is, however, still a lack of knowledge on nonfatal injuries in agriculture. The aim of this study was to describe the nature and occurrence of nonfatal injuries in farmers in two counties in central Norway.

[Occupational lung cancer in Sør-Trøndelag county].

Background: Lung cancer can be caused by occupational exposure. This is not always recognised or reported, and not all patients receive the benefits to which they are entitled.

Material And Method: We collected occupational case histories for patients from Sør-Trøndelag county with a first-time diagnosis of lung cancer.

Neuropsychological function and past exposure to metallic mercury in female dental workers.

The aim of this study was to see if dental personnel with previous exposure to metallic mercury have later developed disturbances in cognitive function. Ninety-one female participants who had been selected from a previous health survey of dental personnel were investigated neuropsychologically within the following domains: motor function, short-term memory, working memory, executive function, mental flexibility, and visual and verbal long-term memory. The scores were mainly within normal ranges.

Occurrence of cognitive and neurological symptoms in norwegian dentists.

Objectives: Previous investigations have presented some evidence of late cognitive effects in dental personnel exposed to metallic mercury. We wanted to examine if Norwegian dentists have an increased prevalence of symptoms consistent with neurological and/or cognitive malfunction.

Methods: The study group consisted of 406 dentists from central Norway and 217 controls from the general population, all under the age of 70.