Search for dissertations about: "environmental tobacco smoke ETS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental tobacco smoke ETS.

  2. 1. A Zero-vision for Children’s Tobacco Smoke Exposure : Tobacco prevention in Child Health Care

    Author : Noomi Carlsson; Boel Andersson-Gäre; AnnaKarin Johansson; Göran Hermansson; Johnny Ludvigsson; Staffan Jansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Children; environmental tobacco smoke; child health care; intervention; Quality Improvement; SiCET;

    Abstract : Adverse health effects in children caused by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are well known. Children are primarily exposed by their parents’ smoking in their homes. READ MORE

  4. 2. Passive Smoking in Children : The Importance of Parents’ Smoking and Use of Protective Measures

    Author : AnnaKarin Johansson; Johnny Ludvigsson; Arne Halling; Göran Hermansson; Stefan Janson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : ETS; infant; child; cotinine; smoking behaviour; protective measures; parents; home; tobacco; child health care; ABIS; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Passive smoking has been recognised as a health hazard, and chidren are especially vulnerable. The general aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse the importance of parents’ smoking and smoking behaviour for children’s tobacco smoke exposure. READ MORE

  5. 3. SMOKING AND SMOKING CESSATION IN A HEALTH EQUITY PERSPECTIVE IN SWEDEN – AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN THE ADULT POPULATION

    Author : Kontie Moussa; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Environmental tobacco smoke; Immigrant women; Smoking trends; Smoking and pregnancy; Inequalities in health; Attributable fraction; Educational inequality; Workplace exposure; Passive smoking; Smoking epidemic; Socioeconomic status; Sweden.;

    Abstract : The widening inequalities in smoking are one of the growing public health challenges in western countries, where smoking and smoking cessation patterns are unequally distributed among the populations. Inequalities in smoking and smoking cessation are closely associated with factors such as socioeconomic status, psychosocial and cultural factors. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cabin Air Quality in Commercial Aircraft : Exposure, Symptoms and Signs

    Author : Torsten Lindgren; Dan Norbäck; Gunilla Wieslander; Jan Sundell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; airline crew; aviation medicine; micro-organism; cabin air quality; air humidity; atopy; occupational exposure; environmental tobacco smoke ETS ; psychosocial work environment; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin; arbets- och miljömedicin; Occupational and Environmental Medicine;

    Abstract : The objective of the dissertation was to study the cabin environment, and identify personal and environmental risk factors, associated with symptoms, and perception of cabin air quality. Another objective was to study if ban of smoking, and increased relative air humidity on intercontinental flights, could have a beneficial health effect. READ MORE

  7. 5. Environmental factors in cardiovascular disease

    Author : Mats Rosenlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Myocardial infarction; case-control study; aircraft noise; environmental tobacco smoke; ETS; drinking water; hardness; magnesium; calcium; air pollution; long-term; geographical information system; GIS;

    Abstract : Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in Sweden and other developed countries. The purpose of this thesis is to assess the role of certain environmental factors in the etiology of cardiovascular disease, expressed as hypertension and myocardial infarction, focusing on aircraft noise, environmental tobacco smoke, drinking water hardness, and ambient air pollution. READ MORE