Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Author "Oftedal, Gunnhild"

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    • Accidental exposure to electromagnetic fields from the radar of a naval ship; a descriptive study 

      Moen, Bente Elisabeth; Møllerløkken, Ole Jacob; Bull, Nils; Oftedal, Gunnhild; Mild, Kjell Hansson (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Part of a crew on a Norwegian naval ship was exposed to the radar waves for approximately 7 min from an American destroyer during an incident at sea in August 2012. Information about the exposure was not given by the navy. ...

    • Hearing loss in the royal Norwegian navy: a cross-sectional study 

      Irgens-Hansen, Kaja; Sunde, Erlend; Bråtveit, Magne; Baste, Valborg; Oftedal, Gunnhild; Koefoed, Vilhelm F; Lind, Ola; Moen, Bente Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-07)
      Objectives Prior studies have indicated a high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) among Navy personnel; however, it is not clear whether this is caused by work on board. The present study aimed to assess the ...