Ase M Hansen

Summary

Affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Country: Denmark

Publications

  1. ncbi Frequency of bullying at work, physiological response, and mental health
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Psychosom Res 70:19-27. 2011
  2. ncbi Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-HP) in environmental and occupational studies--a review
    Ase M Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment NRCWE, 105 Lersø Parkallé, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 211:471-503. 2008
  3. ncbi A review of the effect of the psychosocial working environment on physiological changes in blood and urine
    Ase M Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment NRCWE, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 105:73-83. 2009
  4. ncbi Physical activity, job demand-control, perceived stress-energy, and salivary cortisol in white-collar workers
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 83:143-53. 2010
  5. ncbi Sources of biological and methodological variation in salivary cortisol and their impact on measurement among healthy adults: a review
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Clin Lab Invest 68:448-58. 2008
  6. ncbi Measurement of salivary cortisol--effects of replacing polyester with cotton and switching antibody
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Clin Lab Invest 68:826-9. 2008
  7. ncbi Estimation of individual reference intervals in small sample sizes
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 210:471-8. 2007
  8. ncbi Seasonal variation in self-reported arousal and subjective health complaints
    Roger Persson
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Psychol Health Med 15:434-44. 2010
  9. ncbi Seasonal variation in human salivary cortisol concentration
    Roger Persson
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Chronobiol Int 25:923-37. 2008
  10. ncbi Physiological and psychological reactions to work in men and women with identical job tasks
    Roger Persson
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Eur J Appl Physiol 105:595-606. 2009

Detail Information

Publications25

  1. ncbi Frequency of bullying at work, physiological response, and mental health
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Psychosom Res 70:19-27. 2011
    ..The present study aimed to elucidate the relationship between bullying at work and cortisol secretion. Of particular interest was to examine whether frequently and occasionally bullied persons differed from nonbullied persons...
  2. ncbi Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-HP) in environmental and occupational studies--a review
    Ase M Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment NRCWE, 105 Lersø Parkallé, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 211:471-503. 2008
    ..The highest contribution originates from environmental tobacco smoke, but also different country, cooking culture, and behavior influences urinary of 1-HP...
  3. ncbi A review of the effect of the psychosocial working environment on physiological changes in blood and urine
    Ase M Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment NRCWE, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 105:73-83. 2009
    ..Further, urinary catecholamines appear to reflect the effects of shift work and monotonous work...
  4. ncbi Physical activity, job demand-control, perceived stress-energy, and salivary cortisol in white-collar workers
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 83:143-53. 2010
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  5. ncbi Sources of biological and methodological variation in salivary cortisol and their impact on measurement among healthy adults: a review
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Clin Lab Invest 68:448-58. 2008
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  6. ncbi Measurement of salivary cortisol--effects of replacing polyester with cotton and switching antibody
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Clin Lab Invest 68:826-9. 2008
    ..It is therefore recommended always to check that the analysis stays in statistical control in one's own laboratory when changes are made, even if the manufacturer reports that the changes should have no effects...
  7. ncbi Estimation of individual reference intervals in small sample sizes
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 210:471-8. 2007
    ..e. smokers versus non-smokers, etc. In conclusion, the variance component models provide an appropriate tool to estimate reference intervals based on small sample sizes...
  8. ncbi Seasonal variation in self-reported arousal and subjective health complaints
    Roger Persson
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Psychol Health Med 15:434-44. 2010
    ..This concludes that seasonal variations may be a source of bias in questionnaire studies. Yet, further studies are needed to more definitely sort out which phenomena and self-rating measures that co-vary with season...
  9. ncbi Seasonal variation in human salivary cortisol concentration
    Roger Persson
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Chronobiol Int 25:923-37. 2008
    ..Thus, seasonal variation needs to be taken into account when designing and evaluating field studies and interventions and when making comparisons across studies...
  10. ncbi Physiological and psychological reactions to work in men and women with identical job tasks
    Roger Persson
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Eur J Appl Physiol 105:595-606. 2009
    ..In conclusion, differential physiological activation during the workshift seem to be an unlikely mechanism for explaining gender differences in pain associated with exposure to awkward and repetitive movements...
  11. ncbi Stress reactions to cognitively demanding tasks and open-plan office noise
    Jesper Kristiansen
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 82:631-41. 2009
    ..To investigate the effects of cognitively demanding work tasks and office noise on heart rate variability (HRV), cardiovascular responses and electromyography (EMG) activity in the trapezius muscles...
  12. ncbi Sleep length and quality, sleepiness and urinary melatonin among healthy Danish nurses with shift work during work and leisure time
    Anne Helene Garde
    National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 82:1219-28. 2009
    ..Sleep problems are common effects of shift work. The aim of the present study was to evaluate how different types of shift affect sleep and sleepiness, and to relate sleepiness to urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin...
  13. ncbi Cortisol, estrogens and risk of ischaemic heart disease, cancer and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study
    Naja Hulvej Rod
    Department of Social Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Task Consult, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Epidemiol 39:530-8. 2010
    ..We aim to address a relation between the ratio of cortisol to estrogens (C/E) and risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), hormone-dependent cancers and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women...
  14. ncbi Prenatal stress may increase vulnerability to life events: comparison with the effects of prenatal dexamethasone
    Karin S Hougaard
    National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Brain Res Dev Brain Res 159:55-63. 2005
    ..The prenatal environment may thus form part of the explanation of the considerable individual variation in the development of psychopathology...
  15. ncbi Physiological responses to four hours of low-level repetitive work
    A Helene Garde
    Department of Physiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Work Environ Health 29:452-60. 2003
    ..The study investigated physiological responses to 4 hours of standardized low-level repetitive work. It was hypothesized that accumulative effects not observed after 1 hour could be found after 4 hours of repetitive work...
  16. ncbi Low-risk factor profile, estrogen levels, and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women
    Naja Hulvej Rod
    National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Cancer 124:1935-40. 2009
    ..Each of the risk factors was associated with estrogen. In conclusion, the risk of breast cancer was markedly lower for women with a favourable risk profile than for other women and lower estrogen levels is a possible explanation...
  17. ncbi Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene and mutagenicity in bus drivers and mail carriers exposed to urban air pollution in Denmark
    Ase Marie Hansen
    Department of Physiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
    Mutat Res 557:7-17. 2004
    ..Previous studies in Denmark have shown that bus drivers and tramway employees were at an increased risk for developing several types of cancer and that bus drives from central Copenhagen have high levels of biomarkers of DNA damage...
  18. ncbi Concentrations of cortisol, testosterone and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) among construction workers with 12-h workdays and extended workweeks
    Anne Helene Garde
    National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 80:404-11. 2007
    ..The aim of the present study was to investigate whether large scale construction work involving 12-h workdays and extended workweeks leads to insufficient recovery measured as increased catabolic and decreased anabolic metabolism...
  19. ncbi Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene in children living in city and rural residences in Denmark
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Sci Total Environ 363:70-7. 2006
    ..The present study aims to assess the biological uptake in children of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured as 1-hydroxypyrene in urine from children living in city and rural residences...
  20. ncbi Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene in children living in city and rural residences in Denmark
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
    Sci Total Environ 347:98-105. 2005
    ..The present study aims to assess the biological uptake in children of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured as 1-hydroxypyrene in urine from children living in city and rural residences...
  21. ncbi Comparison of uncertainties related to standardization of urine samples with volume and creatinine concentration
    Anne Helene Garde
    National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Ann Occup Hyg 48:171-9. 2004
    ..Furthermore, there is a considerable increase in convenience for the participants, when collecting small volumes rather than complete 24 h samples...
  22. ncbi Diurnal profiles of salivary cortisol on workdays among construction workers versus white-collar workers
    Ase Marie Hansen
    Scand J Work Environ Health . 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that physically demanding construction work is associated with a less variable and increased cortisol excretion when compared with white-collar work...
  23. ncbi Psychosocial factors at home and at work and levels of salivary cortisol
    Nanna Hurwitz Eller
    Clinic of Occupational Medicine, Hilleroed Hospital, Helsevej 2 4, DK 3400 Hilleroed, Denmark
    Biol Psychol 73:280-7. 2006
    ..Salivary cortisol as a physiological measure of stress has attracted great interest in recent years...
  24. ncbi Bullying at work, health outcomes, and physiological stress response
    Ase Marie Hansen
    National Institute of Occupational Health, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
    J Psychosom Res 60:63-72. 2006
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first full study on the associations among being subjected to bullying, health outcomes, and physiological stress response...
  25. ncbi Exhaustion measured by the SF-36 vitality scale is associated with a flattened diurnal cortisol profile
    Sara I Lindeberg
    Department of Health Sciences, Malmo University Hospital, Lund University, SE 205 02 Malmo, Sweden
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:471-7. 2008
    ..Furthermore, the SF-36 vitality provides a measure of exhaustion that may be useful in epidemiological studies in order to explore long-term health effects of stress-related exhaustion...