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Work-related stress in women. Assessment, prevalence and return to work.
(2008-08-25)
Aim:
The overall aim of this thesis was to learn about work-related stress in women and the return to work possibilities, and to develop a questionnaire for assessing work-related stress in women.
Method:
The thesis is ...
Inhibition of 11 ß-HSD. Hemodynamic and hormonal response induced by liquorice
(2002)
Introduction: The enzyme 11 ß-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenas (11 ß-HSD) type 2 that converts the active hormone cortisol to the inactive cortisone is inhibited by glycyrrhetinic acid (GA), the active substance in liquorice. ...
Just like couscous: Gender, agency and the politics of female circumcision in Cairo
(2009-05-08)
This dissertation explores how female gender identity is continually created and
re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, of which female
circumcision is central. In order to do so, the study inquires ...
Gastrointestinal transit in health and disease
(2003)
The uptake of nutrients occurs mainly in the small bowel. However, the time nutrients and other contents spend in the small bowel, i.e. the small bowel transit time is widely uncharacterised in man. Available methods for ...
Sanna lögner. Carina Rydberg, Stig Larsson och författarens medialisering
(2009-09-16)
In recent decades, the mass media have come to play an increasingly important role in society and culture. Media of every kind permeate not only our politics but our private lives as well. This development has had a great ...
On Minor Salivary Gland Secretion
(2006-10-03)
The overall aim of this series of studies has been to examine palatal, buccal and labial minor salivary gland secretions in relation to age and gender and other factors and conditions that could have effects on the saliva. ...
Epidemiology of heart failure and feasibility of home care in patients with worsening chronic heart failure
(2009-11-26)
Aim: To investigate gender-specific trends in long-term mortality in patients hospitalised for ischaemic and non-ischaemic heart failure (HF) and explore temporal trends in the risk of HF complicating acute myocardial ...
Self-rated aggression. Psychobiological aspects and gender issues in medical-psychiatric practice
(2003)
Background. The complexities of human aggression are of vital research interest in numerous scientific disciplines. In medical research, aggression is generally studied by means of self- or observer-rated inventories, ...