Search for dissertations about: "Barker hypothesis"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Barker hypothesis.
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1. Early life origins of health and well-being in modern Sweden
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the role of early life environments for a variety of individual-level health and socioeconomic outcomes in contemporary Sweden. Ever-expanding human lifespans have contributed to the emergence of novel socio-health phenomena confronting contemporary Swedish society. READ MORE
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2. Child Mortality during the Demographic Transition. A Longitudinal Analysis of a Rural Population in Southern Sweden, 1766-1894
Abstract : The great decline in mortality has had a vital impact on our societies. Life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 200 years, but no acceptable explanation has yet been given for the earlier part of the decline in mortality, even though it has attracted a very broad interdisciplinary interest. READ MORE
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3. Genetic epidemiological approaches to the study of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
Abstract : Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most common causes of death in most developed countries. Genetic and environmental factors influence CVD and its risk factors in a complex fashion. Parallel to this, new statistical methods are being developed to make use of the new molecular genetic information. READ MORE