Search for dissertations about: "Opium"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Opium.

  2. 1. Changing the risk at the margin : Smallholder farming and public policy in developing countries

    Author : Camilla Andersson; Jesper Stage; Ing-Marie Gren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smallholder farming; Public policy; Informal risk strategies; Microcredit; Opium eradication; Development economics; Food policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether the implementation of a social safety net programme in Ethiopia has affected the value, risk and composition of farmers‟ crop portfolios. READ MORE

  4. 2. A population-based study of risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes in northern rural Iran : a follow-up from pre-pregnancy to delivery

    Author : Siavash Maghsoudlou; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : There is a substantial lack of knowledge about adverse pregnancy outcomes and their risk factors in middle and low-income countries, including Iran. This thesis has endeavored to examine the association between maternal characteristics and risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes, using prospectively collected information from pre-pregnancy, antenatal visits and delivery records. READ MORE

  5. 3. Risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Author : Dariush Nasrollahzadeh Nesheli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : esophageal cancer;

    Abstract : Aims: The etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the high risk areas is largely unknown and a few environmental risk factors which have been identified do not explain its oddly high incidence in esophageal cancer belt. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the association of opium/tobacco consumption, serologic gastric atrophy, gastric mucosa-associated microbiota and contact with farm animals with the risk of ESCC. READ MORE

  6. 4. Epidemiology, risk and protective factors of self-immolation : a study from Iran

    Author : Alireza Ahmadi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Suicide;

    Abstract : Background: Suicide by self-burning (self-immolation) is one of the suicide methods that is far more common in low-middle income countries than in high-income ones. Iran is one of the countries that has a high rate of self-immolation. Women are the main victims as the reports show. READ MORE

  7. 5. Diagnostic and prognostic markers in primarily non-smoking related head and neck cancer

    Author : Mark Zupancic; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Head and neck cancer (HNC) includes cancers of the oral cavity, the pharynx (i.e., the nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and the hypopharynx), the larynx, the nasal cavity, the paranasal sinuses, and the salivary glands. READ MORE