Search for dissertations about: "case-control study"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 579 swedish dissertations containing the words case-control study.

  2. 6. Suicide in Severe Depression: A Longitudinal Case-Control Study

    Author : Louise Brådvik; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sex differences; Antidepressants; ECT; Suicidal behaviour; Risk factors; Mortality; Depression.; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

    Abstract : Suicide in Severe Depression. A Longitudinal Case-Control Study. The present thesis is based on a case-control study of suicide victims with a severe depression/ melancholia. READ MORE

  4. 7. An Epidemiological Study of Drog-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Utilizing a Swedish Cace-Control Network

    Author : Kerstin Jorsäter-Blomgren; Mälardalens högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : acute pancreatitis; risk factors; case-control study; drug-induced; alcohol; smoking; Acute pancreatitis; risk factors; case-control study; drug-induced; alcohol; smoking.;

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  5. 8. Efficient design and analysis of extended case-control studies

    Author : Bénédicte Delcoigne; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The nested case-control design is widely used in epidemiology for its efficiency, as it combines the advantages of both cohort and case-control designs. This design is an extension of the matched case-control design, where the matching variable is the time of occurrence of the outcome. READ MORE

  6. 9. Causal inference and case-control studies with applications related to childhood diabetes

    Author : Emma Persson; Ingeborg Waernbaum; Xavier de Luna; Gisela Dahlquist; Stijn Vansteelandt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; covariate selection; design-weighted estimation; marginal effect; matching; register study; treatment effect; type 1 diabetes mellitus; Statistics; statistik;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the research area of causal inference, where estimation of the effect of a treatment on an outcome of interest is the main objective. Some aspects of the estimation of average causal effects in observational studies in general, and case-control studies in particular, are explored. READ MORE

  7. 10. Myocardial infarction and cardiac regulation in relation to vibration exposure

    Author : Bodil Björ; Per Gustavsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : vibration exposure; myocardial infarction; cardiac regulation; exposure assessment; occupational exposure; epidemiology; cohort study; case-control study; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to assess the possible risk of myocardial infarction in work entailing exposure to vibration, and to study whether there is any relation between short-term exposure to vibration and cardiac regulation. Epidemiological methods were applied to investigate a possible association between occupational exposure to vibration and myocardial infarction. READ MORE