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Found 2 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  2. 1. Personality, Health and Mortality of Workers in a PVC Production Plant in Sweden A longitudinal study

    Author : Margareta Ardeberg; Miljö- och energisystem; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mortality; disease; recovery; personality alterations; solvents exposure; PVC; polyvinyl chloride; Sjöbring personality psychology; behavioural toxicology; MNT scale; MFS scale; Eysenck; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : A longitudinal study was initiated in a PVC production plant in 1967. It was repeated in 1987. A cohort of 101 workers was followed. The aim of the 1967 study was, after a heavy rise in absenteeism and sick leave, to analyze perceptions of work environment and health. READ MORE

  4. 2. Winter Depression: Clinical, Psychosocial and Biochemical Characteristics

    Author : Baba Pendse; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NPY.; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik; CRH; Social characteristics; Psychopathology; Temperament; Nonseasonal major depression; Suicide attempt; Winter depression; SAD;

    Abstract : Seasonal Affective Disorder with depressive episodes during the autumn/winter seasons (winter depression) is common. Outpatients with winter depression were studied regarding temperament, psychopathology, social characteristics, psychosocial functioning and the neuropeptides corticotropin - releasing hormone (CRH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), which are known to be involved in stress-regulation. READ MORE