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Gestational age and size at birth and risk of esophageal inflammation and cancer
(2013-01-21)
Background: In a hypothesis generating study by my colleagues a 7-fold increase in the risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) was found in a cohort of individuals born preterm or with a low birth weight. Preterm born ...
Comparative sequencing of candidate genes in complex disease
(2006-02-17)
Complex multi-factorial diseases such as cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological and respiratory disorders affect a great number of people across the world. In the post-Human Genome Sequencing era, genome wide association ...
Remodelling of the cellular environment in Epstein-Barr virus infection
(2015-02-13)
For successful infection viruses modify the host cell environment by transcriptional, posttranscriptional or post-translational regulation of cellular signaling pathways. In the work described in this thesis bioinformatics ...
Adolescents' encounters with public space : safety and mobility in relation to individual and contextual factors in Sweden
(2011-01-14)
Background: Public space, areas to which everyone has access, is especially important for adolescents. Their mobility, e.g. when travelling to school, and perceived safety and security in that environment impacts on their ...