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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 ...
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 ...
Psychological stress in relation to dementia and brain structural changes
(2012-09-03)
Psychological stress has been recognized as an increasing public health problem with serious consequences in both physical and mental health. Women reported a higher prevalence of psychological stress, especially in midlife. ...
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 ...
Body weight, body size and early cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies using Swedish registries
(2021-05-04)
Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. While overweight and obesity have become increasingly more common in Sweden and ...
Cervical cancer prevention Studies on possible improvements
(2007-12-27)
Aims: The aim of this study is to target and assess possible improvements for women attending cervical cancer screening programs.
Methods: In a randomized study the use of ThinPrep liquid based cytology (LBC) was tested ...
Community onset sepsis in Sweden - a population based study
(2017-11-17)
Sepsis and previously “severe sepsis” are concepts used for denoting organ dysfunction caused by acute infection. Organ dysfunction correlates to increased case fatality rates. Sepsis is a common cause of hospitalization. ...
Invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections
(2009-11-27)
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of septicaemia-related death.
The aims of this thesis were to describe the epidemiology of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections (ISA), the clinical course, and serological ...
Childhood overweight and pubertal timing as predictors of adult cancer in men
(2021-04-27)
Background and Aim
Obesity is one of the leading causes of cancer globally. The importance of overweight in childhood for adult cancer risk, independent of overweight status in young adulthood is still unknown. Furthermore, ...
Epidemiology of ESBL-producing E. coli with special reference to outbreak detection
(2019-04-30)
Multidrug resistant bacteria, particularly extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EPE), are becoming a major health concern. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E. coli) is the most prevalent ...