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Explanations of differences in alcoholism between social classes and occupations among Swedish men : a register based follow-up study
(1999-04-16)
The general aim of this thesis is to explain differences in alcoholism diagnosis between social classes and occupations. The explanatory factors considered are individual characteristics among people of specific occupations ...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal disease : some clinical, microbiological and immunological aspects
(2000-11-24)
The main aim of the thesis was to evaluate the influence of smoking on the inflammatory response in periodontal disease. The overall study population included 347 patients: 224 men and 123 women, aged between 31-86 years, ...
Ecological impact of antibiotic treatment on human normal microflora
(2013-05-20)
to the study design. The plasma concentrations of doxycycline in the doxycycline group were 0.20-1.49 mg/l. The fecal concentrations of doxycycline in the doxycycline group were 0-4.10 mg/kg. Minor effects on the oropharyngeal microflora were observed in both...
Cardiovascular disease in dementia
(2016-12-08)
The objective of this thesis was to characterize the burden of cardiovascular diseases in patients with dementia, their treatment and association with survival. Further, we aimed to explore whether cardiac structure in ...
Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context
(2020-02-05)
and the richest households, respectively. The poverty rate rose by 5.5% (9.0 million individuals) due to OOP payments. In study II, we observed that approximately 87% of the informal workers were willing to pay for the CBHI. The average weekly WTP was 22.8 BDT [95...
Periodontal conditions and treatment outcomes for subjects with diabetes mellitus : special emphasis on HbA1c levels and T-cells
(2016-11-25)
A two way relationship between periodontal disease (PD) and diabetes mellitus has previously been reported. This thesis was aimed to further analyze the influence of PD on blood glucose levels of subjects with type 2 ...
Rare complications in cancer surgery
(2023-04-28)
Background: Curative cancer surgery aims to reduce mortality and morbidity related symptoms caused by the cancer. The surgery is often done at a time when the patient is presenting lesser or no symptoms and at a time when ...
Influenza specific T- and B-cell responses in immunosuppressed patients
(2015-04-15)
reported in paper II. The antibody titers against H1 (p=0.028) and H3 (p<0.001) were highest in the pretransplant recipient vaccination group until d.180 after transplantation. A significant difference was found concerning the specific Ig levels against...
Fate selection in the neural crest lineage and its regulation
(2023-08-16)
The neural crest is a transient embryonic progenitor cell population that generates a diverse
array of cell and tissue types, including cartilage, bone, teeth, soft connective and adipose
tissues, peripheral sensory and ...
On gender dysphoria
(2017-03-10)
Gender identity refers to an innate and deeply felt psychological identification as a female, male, or some other non-binary gender. Gender identity may be congruent or incongruent with the sex assigned at birth. Gender ...