Search for dissertations about: "recall bias"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words recall bias.

  2. 1. Physical activity and myocardial infarction : Epidemiological studies on the association between various types of physical activity and the risk of myocardial infarction, including certain aspects of methodology

    Author : Eleonor Fransson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet Institutet för Miljömedicin; []
    Keywords : Physical activity; hypertension; blood lipids; plasma fibrinogen; myocardial infarction; body mass index; recall bias; Physical activity; hypertension; blood lipids; plasma fibrinogen; myocardial infarction; body mass index; recall bias;

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  4. 2. Catch and effort from a recreational trolling fishery in a large lake

    Author : Anders Andersson; John Piccolo; Larry Greenberg; Ian Cowx; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Angler survey; atlantic salmon; brown trout; complemented survey; Lake Vänern; recreational fisheries; fisheries management; recall bias; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : Over recent decades recreational fisheries have grown substantially throughout the world. Despite this increase, catches from recreational fisheries have often been ignored in fisheries management, although this is now being remedied. READ MORE

  5. 3. From Birth to Senescence. Studies on factors at birth and their relation to morbidity in women in adult life

    Author : Susan W. Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; birth weight; birth length; gestational age; recall; epidemiology; longitudinal; middle age; women; blood pressure; hypertension; cancer;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with factors at birth and their relation to disease in later adulthood. The aims of this thesis were to a) identify variables in Swedish midwife records at the early part of the 1900's and their relation to birth outcome; b) assess agreement between self-reported birth weight and recorded birth weight; and, c) examine the relationship between size at birth and 1) hypertension, and, 2) cancer morbidity in adult women. READ MORE

  6. 4. Case-crossover studies of the triggering of disease : myocardial infarction and Ménières disease

    Author : Jette Möller; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Myocardial infarction; Ménières disease; case-crossover; trigger; physical exertion; anger; sexual activity; life events; misclassification; recall bias;

    Abstract : The general objective of this thesis is to contribute to understanding of the aetiology of myocardial infarction. It focuses on identification and risk-quantification of the factors acting late in the causal chain towards manifest myocardial infarction, so-called triggers, by using the case-crossover design. READ MORE

  7. 5. Living with eczema : a multidisciplinary approach

    Author : Cecilia Moberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Body; dys-appearance; eczema; EQ-5D; gender; HRQoL; illness experience; interviews; narratives; population-based study; public health; questionnaire; recall bias;

    Abstract : Background: Eczema is one of the most common diseases in the population, affecting individuals of all ages. The impact on physical and psychosocial wellbeing is important. This thesis describes some aspects of this complex of problems. The overall aim was to investigate the experience of living with eczema. READ MORE