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Stress, satisfaction, and quality : studies of organizational and individual well-being in health
(2000-09-01)
by the County of Stockholm n=1,554), as well as a random sample of the same personnel categories in the West Midlands, England (n=785). The second study was a nonresponse follow-up by telephone of a random sample of the personnel of the Psychiatric division...
Stress, satisfaction, and quality : studies of organizational and individual well-being in health
(2013-02-18)
by the County of Stockholm n=1,554), as well as a random sample of the same personnel categories in the West Midlands, England (n=785). The second study was a nonresponse follow-up by telephone of a random sample of the personnel of the Psychiatric division...
Menopausal hormone therapy and the risk of esophageal and gastric cancer
(2017-05-24)
A protective effect of female sex hormones has been suggested to explain the male predominance in esophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma, but evidence is lacking. We aimed to test whether menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) ...
Long-term exposure to air pollution from road traffic and development of airway and allergic diseases in children
(2012-11-22)
of <10 μm (PM10) from traffic, were assigned to residential, day care, and school addresses by dispersion models. Air pollution exposure during the first year of life was related to an increased risk of sensitization to pollen allergens at 4 years (OR, 1...
Congenital upper limb anomalies : studies of epidemiology and hand function
(2013-10-28)
Objectives: This thesis has three interrelated aims. (1) To describe the epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies (CULA) in Stockholm County, Sweden, in order to augment the few existing population studies of CULA (paper I); (2) To measure...
Studies of the tumor-vasculature interface : role of TGF-beta 1-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition
(2013-01-28)
roles of the coxsackie-and adenovirus receptor (CAR) for lymph vessel development, and the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR1) for blood vessel stabilization are presented. We expect the findings to have impact on our understanding of the interface...
An epidemiological study on nasopharyngeal carcinoma
(2021-10-25)
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignancy known for its unique geographic and ethnic distribution characterized by particularly high incidence in southern China, Southeast Asia, and North and East Africa, but being ...
Early indicators for adverse development of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic function in children born with low birth weight
(2018-08-17)
Prematurity affects more than 10% of infants worldwide and is the main reason for neonatal mortality. Improvements in neonatal care have led to higher survival rates into adulthood. Adverse events during organogenesis and ...
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of fertility and diseases associated with infertility among Swedish-born and foreign-born women
(2007-05-18)
Objective: To examine the association between sociodemographic factors and first birth country of birth and hospitalization for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy (EP), infertility trends in Sweden during the 90s (study 1...
New approaches for diagnostics and therapy of allergy to pets
(2015-04-01)
the prevalence of sensitization to the novel cat allergen Fel d 7 in 94 cat-sensitized patients and elucidated Fel d 7’s allergenicity and crossreactivity with the homolog major dog lipocalin allergen Can f 1 on an epitope level. More than a third of the Swedish...