Search for dissertations about: "attributable fraction"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words attributable fraction.

  2. 11. Social determinants and the role of maternal health care services for equity in maternal health in Ghana from 1988 – 2008

    Author : Benedict Oppong Asamoah; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; inequality; social determinants; equity; socio-economic factors; maternal mortality; maternal health; fertility; modern contraception; antenatal care; skilled birth attendants; policy; health care services; Ghana;

    Abstract : Maternal health services are the least equitable health care services in most low- and middle-income countries. Improving maternal health in Ghana continues to be a major public health challenge. READ MORE

  4. 12. Occupational air pollutants and non-malignant respiratory disorders especially in miners

    Author : Ulf Hedlund; Per Gustavsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; respiratory symptoms; occupational epidemiology; mining; asthma; airway inflammation; dust; diesel exhaust; quartz; chronic bronchitis; silicosis; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : Aim. To assess associations between occupational air pollution and respiratory health, especially in miners.Background. Indications of associations between occupational exposure or social economic status and respiratory health have been found in several population-based studies. READ MORE

  5. 13. Burden of disease and identification of intervention targets in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-associated infections

    Author : Joakim Isendahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EPE) have surged globally since the early 2000s, partly due to dissemination of CTX-M-15 producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) sequence type 131 and its sub-lineages H30-R and H30-Rx. READ MORE

  6. 14. Long-term sickness absence : aspects of society, work, and family

    Author : Ulrik Lidwall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Sickness absence; sickness insurance; labour market; job strain; work environment; lifestyle factors; work-family interference; gender;

    Abstract : Sickness absence has varied considerably in Sweden over time and increased substantially between 1997 and 2002, especially among women. The composition of such absence has also changed in that there have been increases in sick leave due to mental illness, prolongation of sickness absence periods, and a larger proportion of women than men on long-term sick leave. READ MORE

  7. 15. Suicide in the Baltic countries and in the former republics of the USSR

    Author : Airi Värnik; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : suicide sex age alcohol epidemiology USSR Slavic regionBaltic region Central Asia Caucasus perestroika.;

    Abstract : Background: Suicide was a prohibited topic in the former USSR. During Gorbachev's perestroika data on suicide mortality were released in 1989, for the first time in the history of the USSR. The USSR then consisted of 15 republics, forming culturally, geographically and historically disparate regions. READ MORE