Search for dissertations about: "rural-urban gradient"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words rural-urban gradient.

  2. 1. Long-Term Functional Psychosis : Epidemiology in Two Different Counties in Sweden

    Author : Birgitta Widerlöv; Lars von Knorring; Jerker Hetta; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Psychiatry; epidemiology; functional psychosis; schizophrenia; prevalence; rural-urban gradient; comparative study; antipsychotic drugs; diagnostic criteria; mortality; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on two independent studies, the first in Stockholm County (index year 1984; n=302), and the second, a replication and validation study, in Uppsala County (index year 1991; n=455).The general aim was to study all individuals with Long-term Functional Psychosis (LFP) within the two counties of Sweden from an epidemiological perspective and to perform specific studies on a subgroup of individuals with schizophrenia. READ MORE

  4. 2. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Ethiopia : the rural-ruban gradient

    Author : Fikru Tesfaye; Rainer Sauerborn; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : BackgroundChanges in the population structure and the main causes of death result in the growing burden of chronic diseases, which characterize the epidemiological transition. The transition takes place at different paces in different parts of the world. READ MORE