Search for dissertations about: "epidemiology"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 1682 swedish dissertations containing the word epidemiology.
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11. The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort of the Uppsala Region (ICURE) : Epidemiology and Complications
Abstract : The overall aims of this thesis were to investigate the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in the Uppsala Region of Sweden, to study the clinical course and the impact of the disease with regards to complications.Patients in Uppsala County were included in the study from the 1st of January 2005 and patients in Falun, Eskilstuna and Åland counties from the 1st of January 2007. READ MORE
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12. Molecular epidemiology approach : nested case-control studies in glioma and lymphoid malignancies
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Nested case-control studies aim to link molecular markers with a certain outcome. Repeated prediagnostic samples may improve the evaluation of marker-disease associations. However, data regarding the benefit of repeated samples in such studies are sparse. READ MORE
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13. Type 1 diabetes in children with non-Swedish background : epidemiology and clinical outcome
Abstract : Sweden holds third place of diabetes incidence in young people after Finland and Sardinia. One fifth of the population is nowadays of foreign descent. We have a substantial number of immigrants from countries where the risk for T1D is considerably lower. READ MORE
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14. Blood pressure in advanced age : with focus on epidemiology, cognitive impairment and mortality
Abstract : The general conception is that blood pressure increases with age, but that diastolic blood pressure (DBP) starts decreasing in the elderly. There are, however, indications that systolic blood pressure (SBP) might also decline in advanced age, but further studies are needed to establish whether this is true. READ MORE
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15. Norovirus Epidemiology : Prevalence, transmission, and determinants of disease susceptibility
Abstract : Norovirus (NoV) is today recognized as the most important agent of acute human gastroenteritis, causing a high number of diarrheal episodes in both adults and children. Outbreaks in hospitals, nursing homes, day-care centers, and from consumption of contaminated food and drinking water are common. Wastewater can be a source of NoV dissemination, e. READ MORE