Search for dissertations about: "childhood s end"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words childhood s end.

  2. 1. Community-based interventions : implications for childhood anemia prevention and control in India

    Author : Arun S Shet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Childhood anemia;

    Abstract : Background: Nutritional iron deficiency is the number one cause of anemia worldwide. Iron deficiency anemia has morbidity and mortality effects borne predominantly by premenopausal women and children living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE

  4. 2. Coeliac Disease in Childhood : On the Intestinal Mucosa and the Use of Oats

    Author : Elisabet Hollén; Karl-Eric Magnusson; Marie-Louise Hammarström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; celiaki; havre; avenin; anti-aveninantikroppar; NO; tight junctions; occludin; claudin; Medical microbiology; Medicinsk mikrobiologi;

    Abstract : Celiaki, eller glutenintolerans, är en av våra vanligaste kroniska sjukdomar i barnaåren. Sjukdomen orsakar en kraftig inflammation i tunntarmens slemhinna efter intag av glutenhaltig föda hos personer med ärftlig benägenhet att utveckla celiaki. En frisk tarm är kraftigt veckad för att öka ytan för upptag av näringsämnen. READ MORE

  5. 3. End stage renal disease in type 1 diabetes : time trends and risk factors

    Author : Cecilia Toppe; Anna Möllsten; Gisela Dahlquist; Torild Skrivarhaug; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; End stage renal disease; renal replacement therapy; type 1 diabetes; diabetes nephropathy; socioeconomy and epidemiology; epidemiologi; Epidemiology; pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Abstract : Background and aims: Sweden has a high incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and the incidence is increasing worldwide. The incidence is now twice as high as when the registration of childhood onset T1D in Sweden started in 1977. One of the major risk factors for developing late complications such as renal failure (ESRD) is duration of T1D. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Biopsychosocial Approach to the Onset of Childhood Diabetes

    Author : Gunilla Thernlund; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychosocial factors; family; risk factors; onset; child; type 1 diabetes; social support; Coping; longitudinal; Endocrinology; secreting systems; diabetology; Endokrinologi; sekretion; diabetologi;

    Abstract : This thesis is a part of a prospective multi-centre study concerning psychosocial aspects of importance for the onset and course of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). The investigated population was all children with onset of IDDM in the participating clinics during 1988 and 1989. Of 79 diseased children, 67 participated in the study. READ MORE

  7. 5. Risk factors for haematological malignancies : immune-mediated diseases, body mass index and magnetic fields

    Author : Karin Söderberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Leukaemia; lymphoma; myeloma; risk factors; allergic conditions; asthma; autoimmune diseases; body mass index; electromagnetic fields; epidemiology;

    Abstract : Haematological malignancies constitute approximately 7% of all cancer cases in Sweden, and leukaemia is in fact the most common malignancy among children. The few established risk factors, such as ionising radiation and immunodeficiency, only explain a small number of the cases. READ MORE