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Childhood obesity prevention in the context of socio-economic status and migration
(2011-01-04)
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Childhood obesity prevention in the context of socio-economic status and migration
Maria Magnusson, Department of Public Health and Community, Institute of Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of ...
Ultrasound assessment of carotid atherosclerosis focusing on plaque characteristics and changes over time
(2011-05-26)
In a clinical perspective better methods to identify subjects at increased cardiovascular risk are needed. Atherosclerotic plaques of the carotid arteries with low echogenicity have been related to future clinical events. ...
Alcohol prevention in Swedish primary health care
(2011-10-11)
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Aims: The objectives of this thesis are to describe attitudes among general practitioners (GPs) and district nurses (DN) towards working with risk alcohol drinking and focus on the achievements of the Swedish ...
Interleukin 15 and 17 in Staphylococcus aureus arthritis
(2011-11-09)
Staphylococcus aureus–induced arthritis leads to severe joint destruction and high mortality despite antibiotic treatment. Thus, there is a need to identify new treatment targets in addition to antibiotic therapy. Interleukin ...
Low back pain and widespread pain in primary health care: Early access to physical therapy, treatment and prognostic factors
(2011-03-18)
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Low back pain (LBP) and widespread pain (WP) are common and incur considerable costs to society mainly due to work disability. Identification of prognostic factors, intervention and early access to care seems ...
Personality and adherence to medication treatment
(2011-09-01)
Abstract: Striving for improved adherence to medication treatment is of vital concern, as low adherence is a major obstacle in treating many prevalent chronic diseases. Several factors have been identified that seem to ...
Longitudinal Common Carotid Artery Wall Motion - mechanistic, prognostic and translational studies
(2011-02-15)
The longitudinal arterial movement of the common carotid artery (CCA) has been less investigated during the past compared to the radial movement. This is probably due to lack of an adequate measuring method. Velocity vector ...
Women's alcohol and drug use. Risk indicators from everyday life
(2011-01-19)
Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore how various aspects of everyday life, measured using self-reported experiences from childhood, adolescence and adulthood were associated with alcohol and drug use in a ...
Mechanisms for and consequences of cellular lipid accumulation - Role of the Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL) receptor
(2011-12-02)
Lipid accumulation in non adipose tissue is associated with various cases of tissue dysfunction and tissue failure. Reduced availability of oxygen is known to cause intracellular lipid accumulation in cardiomyocytes as ...
Regulation of vascular endothelial t-PA expression in inflammation: Potential target for pharmacological modulation
(2011-11-03)
The endogenous fibrinolytic system is important for preventing occluding thrombosis and subsequent tissue infarction. The main activator of the fibrinolytic system in the vascular compartment is tissue-type plasminogen ...