Search for dissertations about: "Epidemiologic survey"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Epidemiologic survey.

2. 1. Identifying risk of type 2 diabetes : epidemiologic perspectives from biomarkers to lifestyle

   Author : Margareta Norberg; Lars Weinehall; Jan W Eriksson; Christer Andersson; Mai-Lis Hellénius; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; metabolic syndrome; prediction; stress; social support; smokeless tobacco; risk; obesity; lifestyle; psychosocial; clinical markers; case-referent study; cohort study; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

   Abstract : Type 2 diabetes is a significant health problem because of its high prevalence and strong association with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. An increase of type 2 diabetes is predicted due to increasing obesity and sedentary lifestyle habits. READ MORE

4. 2. Impact on life after intracranial aneurysm rupture : health-related quality of life and epidemiologic outcomes

   Author : Ann-Christin von Vogelsang; Christina Forsberg; Jan Mårtensson; Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Division of Nursing Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intracranial aneurysm rupture; quality of life;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe impact on life up to ten years after intracranial aneurysm rupture in terms of health-related quality of life, changes in everyday life and descriptive epidemiology with the intention to contribute to an increased understanding of the long-term perceived consequences of that impact.Study I aimed to describe changes and transitions in everyday life during the first two years following an intracranial aneurysm rupture. READ MORE

5. 3. Novel epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects of the metabolic syndrome

   Author : Justo Sierra-Johnson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that increase risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Its prevalence continues to rise worldwide and it is becoming a public health burden. The aim of my thesis was to help elucidate some of the epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects behind the metabolic syndrome. READ MORE

6. 4. Health effects from pesticide use in Costa Rica : an epidemiologic approach

   Author : Catharina Wesseling; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The use of toxic pesticides is increasing in developing countries, often under unsafe conditions. Poisonings are a well-known but underreported public health problem, and studies on long-term effects are sparse. READ MORE

7. 5. Blood pressure and dementia in the very old : an epidemiologic study

   Author : Zhenchao Guo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : There is a considerable public health interest in the vascular causes of dementia because they are potentially treatable and preventable. A number of vascular factors may be associated with dementia. Hypertension is supposed to be the most powerful vascular risk factor for dementia because of its contribution to cerebrovascular disease. READ MORE