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Intrauterine immunology in allergy and infection
(2009-01-02)
Pregnancy is interesting from an immunological point of view. The maternal immune system has to tolerate the fetus and at the same time also protect against infection. The placenta is not a completely tight barrier: in ...
Neuroinflammatory biomarkers in suicidal behavior
(2016-03-21)
Immune dysregulation is of importance in the pathophysiology underlying psychiatric disorders including major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Neurobiological alterations such as a dysregulated stress-hormonal ...
Health effects of road traffic noise in childhood and adolescence
(2019-11-22)
Traffic noise is an increasing environmental exposure, primarily as a consequence of continuous urbanisation and growth of the transport sector. The burden of disease from noise is the second highest in Europe among all ...
On neck load among helicopter pilots : effects of head worn equipment, whole body vibration and neck position
(2005-09-13)
Introduction: Helicopter pilots complain of pain originating from the neck region. The causes are still basically unknown, but the ergonomic situation when flying a helicopter, with unfavorable load caused by static neck ...
Morphology and biochemistry of the tympanic membrane in relation to retraction pathology
(2010-03-10)
Otitis media is very common during childhood and may predispose for tympanic membrane (TM) pathology later in life. Therefore, it is important to investigate the possible changes in TMs subjected to otitis media.
There ...
Urinary thymine dimer as a biomarker of exposure to ultraviolet radiation
(2013-03-27)
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is associated with all three major forms of skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). Different exposure patterns ...
Inflammation and subjective health : the role of sickness behaviour
(2018-01-25)
Sickness behaviour refers to a set of coordinated behavioural and psychological changes in response to inflammation aimed to redirect available energy to the immune system to promote recovery. Sickness behaviour symptoms ...
Health economics of osteoporosis
(2006-05-02)
Health economics is concerned about how the scarce resources should most efficiently be allocated to maximise the health outcomes. Health economic evaluation is a method for assessing costs and benefits of alternative ...
Parental exposures and occurence of adverse pregnancy outcomes and childhood atopic diseases
(2006-03-17)
The aim of this thesis was to investigate whether parental laboratory work is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, and if maternal occupation as well as exposure to organic solvents and smoking during pregnancy are ...
Aspects of participation in sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer
(2007-05-25)
Colorectal cancer is an important health problem due to a high morbidity and mortality but it is curable at an early stage and is therefore ideal for screening. Population-based screening of the average risk population ...