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Progression of periodontitis and influence of periodontal bacteria on release of inflammatory markers in Swedish adults
(2005-12-23)
Periodontitis is a common infectious disease worldwide. An estimated 15-35% of the adult population in industrialized countries suffers from this multifactorial disease. The percentage of people affected by periodontal ...
Risk factors for haematological malignancies : immune-mediated diseases, body mass index and magnetic fields
(2006-11-03)
Haematological malignancies constitute approximately 7% of all cancer cases in Sweden, and leukaemia is in fact the most common malignancy among children. The few established risk factors, such as ionising radiation and ...
Learning to be a physiotherapist
(2006-05-12)
Few studies have explored student experience of learning in physiotherapy and none has explored student experience throughout an education programme from a student perspective. The traditional role of physiotherapists as ...
Ribavirin : dose and concentration in treatment of chronic hepatitis C infected patients
(2005-04-29)
-1 infection was found to be a significant predictor of treatment outcome (p<0.00 1) while type of interferon (standard versus pegylated) and ribavirin plasma concentration were not. In genotype 1 infected patients there was a tendency that sustained...
Oral mucosal lesions, tobacco use and the long-term outcome in a Swedish population
(2006-11-10)
The overall objectives of this thesis were to study the natural history for Oral Lichen (OLL), Oral Leukoplakia (OL) and Snus Induced Lesions (SIL) and to correlate cancer and mortality among users and non-users of Swedish ...
Diagnostic tests for adiposity and metabolic risk factors in adolescence : results from the Stockholm weight development study (SWEDES)
(2005-03-25)
Background: Despite growing concern about the development of pediatric
obesity, there is still controversy about its classification.
International classification systems have been proposed and national
systems are in ...
Physical fitness and overweight in Swedish youths
(2005-03-22)
obese. The total prevalence accordingly being 20.1% (95% CI: 18.3% to 22.0%). This sample proved to be heterogeneous concerning overweight status. When obesity and overweight were combined the highest prevalence (26.6%, 95% CI: 21.2 to 32.7) was found...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults : the Kalixanda study : a population-based endoscopic study
(2006-12-21)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common burden on health care
resources in the Western world and deteriorates the health-related
quality of life of those affected, but its manifestations in the general
population ...
Pain and physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis : a cognitive approach in physical therapy
(2005-05-06)
A gradual shift towards more active patient involvement has taken place during the past few decades. It is thus important for physical therapists to understand individuals’ cognitive appraisals of health states. Patients ...
Volume kinetics of glucose solutions given by intravenous infusion
(2005-05-10)
Fluid therapy is often cumbersome to plan since the distribution and the elimination of the administered solution are difficult to analyze in the clinical setting. The knowledge of the adequate rate and dose for each ...