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Epidemiological aspects of the menopause
(2003)
During the time in a woman's life when menopause occurs, other changes, unrelated to the cessation of menstruation occur. Despite a large number of epidemiological studies, there is still conflicting information concerning ...
Treatments and outcomes in bipolar disorder
(2020-11-02)
Bipolar disorder is defined by recurring mood episodes and patients
have a markedly increased risk of suicide. Pharmacological and psychological
treatments for bipolar disorder have proven efficacy in clinical
trials ...
Mild traumatic brain injury. The impact of early intervention on late sequelae
(2004)
Aims: Studies I & II:: To assess the incidence of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) in western Sweden and to investigate health-related quality of life and post-concussion symptoms (PCS). Study III: To test the hypothesis ...
Asthma in West Sweden - a translational study from epidemiology to proteomics
(2012-11-20)
Asthma has been increasing in prevalence and morbidity, however it is unclear if the increase continues. Asthma has long been regarded as a single disease entity, but is now recognised as a heterogenic disease with different ...
On dental caries and socioeconomy in Swedish children and adolescents - Clinical and register-based studies
(2018-02-15)
The overall aim was to analyze the dental caries experience among Swedish children and adolescents and explore it with respect to demographic and socioeconomic factors. Study I is a longitudinal clinical study of 271 ...
Oral epidemiological studies in a Swedish adult population. Focusing on periodontal disease
(2004)
Epidemiological surveys are used for prospective planning, and retrospective control of dental health goals in relation to personnel and economic resources. The general aim of this thesis was to describe and analyze oral ...
Asthma and cancer among pulp and paper mill workers
(2002)
There were two main aims of this thesis. One was to study if repeated high exposures to irritant gases give rise to new-onset asthma, and the other was to study if exposure in pulp and paper mills were associated with ...
Early life risk factors for schizophrenia - studies of foetal and perinatal complications
(2001)
Background: Despite intensive research for decades the causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown. A major lead in scientific work is the neurodevelopmental hypothesis i.e. a vulnerability for the illness is believed to ...
Regional differences in disability pension and sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses in Sweden and Norway 1980-2000. The influence of demography and access to psychiatric health care
(2006)
Background: Psychiatric diagnoses in sickness absence (SA) and disability pensions (DP) amongindividuals under 35 years and the proportion of SA and DP with psychiatric disorders have increased inseveral countries. SA and ...
Prevalence and treatment of patients with heart failure with special emphasis on diuretics
(2017-09-21)
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide with an estimated prevalence of about 1-2% in the Western world. The temporal trend for prevalence of HF has never been investigated in a nationwide ...