Search for dissertations about: "Excessive alcohol intake"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words Excessive alcohol intake.
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11. New markers of alcohol consumption : development and evaluation of the clinical use of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in serum and 5-hydroxytryptophol in urine
Abstract : Treatment of alcohol dependence and evaluation of treatment and research programs are often based on self-reports of the patients. Since the alcohol consumption pattern does not always relate to the reported behaviour there is a need for validation by reliable biochemical markers. READ MORE
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12. Aspects of the etiology of gastric adenocarcinoma
Abstract : Gastric adenocarcinoma is the fourth most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death in the world. Tremendous effort has been made to look into the causation of gastric cancer. Etiological research plays a key role in identifying possible preventive and interventional measures. READ MORE
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13. Socially stable alcoholics: What characterises them? Drinking patterns, personality and health aspects of psychosocial and clinical importance
Abstract : People who misuse alcohol are a heterogeneous group with different etiology, social and clinical characteristics. This thesis includes four studies whose aim was to characterise so called socially stable alcoholics (i.e. individuals with preserved psychosocial functioning) regarding personality, physical and mental health and drinking patterns. READ MORE
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14. Cholinergic receptors in human prenetal brain : presence, distribution and influence of nicotine and ethanol
Abstract : Events early in life, including exposure to various compounds, may cause disturbances in brain development. Both maternal smoking and alcohol drinking during pregnancy can induce preand postnatal death, cognitive and neurobehavioral disturbances. READ MORE
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15. Risk factors and prevention of esophageal cancer
Abstract : Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world, consisting of two major histological types: squamous cell carcinoma (dominant globally) and adenocarcinoma (rapidly increasing in incidence in the Western world during the last decades). Established risk factors for adenocarcinoma are gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, obesity and tobacco smoking, whereas squamous cell carcinoma is mainly associated with tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol intake. READ MORE