Search for dissertations about: "health index"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 1033 swedish dissertations containing the words health index.
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16. Air pollution and health – Indicators, trends and impacts
Abstract : This thesis focuses on some of the limitations and difficulties that exist when it comes to quantifying the human health effects that arise as a result of air pollution exposure. The following four issues are particularly analysed and discussed: 1) The measurement techniques used for carbonaceous particles and their lack of consistency; 2) Do the health risks associated with exposure to PM10 depend on the content of elemental carbon in the aerosol?; 3) Trends in air pollutants and the health effects that arise as a result of changed exposure to the measured pollutants; 4) The associations between the measured concentrations of different air pollutants in Stockholm and the daily number deaths; 5) Air quality indicators and health outcomes as basis for an air quality health index (AQHI). READ MORE
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17. Children with orofacial clefts : dental caries and health-related quality of life
Abstract : Background. The current understanding on caries and enamel developmental defects prevalence and frequency, caries risk, health-related quality life (HRQoL) and stress response in young children with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) are sparse. READ MORE
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18. Nutrition and Physical Activity among Somali Immigrants in Sweden
Abstract : Overall aim of the thesis The overall aim of the research was to explore dietary habits, physical activity and weight status of Somali immigrants in southern Sweden. Method Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. READ MORE
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19. Young today - adult tomorrow! : studies on physical status, physical activity, attitudes, and self-perception in children and adolescents
Abstract : The aim was to gain knowledge of young people's physical status and physical activity, and to further the understanding of the role of school physical education in a salutogenic public health perspective. Two studies were performed in southern Sweden. Study 1 was performed in 1996 among 301 adolescents aged 16-19 in upper secondary school. READ MORE
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20. Online health promoting communities : Design, implementation and formative evaluation of an intervention
Abstract : In Sweden, obesity among children has not yet reached the epidemic proportions reported from other parts of the world. However, among adolescents, being overweight and self-consciousness regarding body shape, diet and exercise influence social, psychological and physical health. READ MORE