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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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
Social phobia among the elderly
(2013-05-02)
Background: Social phobia is common and often associated with impairment in daily activities and reduced quality of life. Comorbidity with depression and other anxiety disorders is not unusual in social phobia. Few studies ...
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 ...
Heart failure epidemiology with emphasis on young adults
(2019-11-20)
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major health problem worldwide with exponentially increasing incidence
with age and the majority of patients being elderly. In recent years, an increase in hospitalization and
prevalence ...
Long-term consequences of vaginal delivery on the pelvic floor. A comparison with caesarean section in one-para women
(2013-01-09)
Abstract
Long-term consequences of vaginal delivery on the pelvic floor:
A comparison with caesarean section in one-parae women
Urinary incontinence (UI), symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (sPOP), and faecal and ...
Dietary intake of naturally occurring plant sterols in relation to serum cholesterol and myocardial infarction - Epidemiological studies from Sweden and the UK
(2012-09-21)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in the world. High serum level of cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for CVD development. Serum levels of cholesterol can be modified by diet. Generally, ...