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Ebba Wergeland
Researcher at University of Oslo
Publications - 42
Citations - 681
Ebba Wergeland is an academic researcher from University of Oslo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Occupational safety and health & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 40 publications receiving 632 citations. Previous affiliations of Ebba Wergeland include Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority.
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Work pace control and pregnancy health in a population-based sample of employed women in Norway
Ebba Wergeland,Kitty Strand +1 more
TL;DR: Women with power to control their own work pace had better pregnancy health than women without such power, and increased individual control over work pace is suggested as a prime target for job adjustment during pregnancy.
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Job adjustment and absence from work in mid-pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
TL;DR: Job adjustment was associated with reduced absence from work in pregnancy according to the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, whereas the opposite pattern was found for return to work among those who started off being absent.
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A shorter workday as a means of reducing the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders
Ebba Wergeland,Bo Veiersted,Michael Ingre,Birgitta Olsson,Torbjörn Åkerstedt,Torkel Bjørnskau,Nils Varg +6 more
TL;DR: The shortening of regular workdays from > or = 7 hours to 6 hours may considerably reduce the prevalence of neck-shoulder pain among persons with physically demanding care work.
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Self-reported work-related health problems from the Oslo Health Study
TL;DR: A substantial proportion of common health problems in the Oslo population were attributed to working conditions, implying a large preventive potential and call for increased preventive efforts targeted at known risk factors in the workplace.
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Morbidity and mortality in talc-exposed workers.
TL;DR: No excess risk was found compared with national age-specific incidence and cause-specific mortality in a male cohort of 94 talc miners and 295 talc millers, exposed to non-asbestiform talc with low quartz content.