Search for dissertations about: "hormone replacement therapy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words hormone replacement therapy.

2. 21. Low back pain in women in relation to different exposures to female sex hormones

   Author : Jan Brynhildsen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Female sex hormones; Oral contraceptives; Hormone replacement therapy; Low back pain; Pregnancy; Spinal mobility; Female athletes; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Objective: To investigate the effects of increased exposition to female sex hormones and physical strain on the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in women. To study the etJect of increased exposition to female sex hormones on spinal sagiual mobility. READ MORE

4. 22. Epidemiological aspects of the menopause

   Author : Kerstin Rödström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Population study; menopause; epidemiology; hot flushes; hormone replacement therapy; secular trend; reproducibility;

   Abstract : During the time in a woman's life when menopause occurs, other changes, unrelated to the cessation of menstruation occur. Despite a large number of epidemiological studies, there is still conflicting information concerning the direct effects of the menopause as opposed to effects of aging per se and related psychosocial changes. READ MORE

5. 23. Hormonal consequences, replacement therapy, and lost workdays after cervical cancer treatment

   Author : Åsa Hallqvist Everhov; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Uterine cervical cancer;

   Abstract : Background: Uterine cervical cancer affects women of all ages and has a generally favorable prognosis. Many survivors live long with the consequences of the disease and its treatment, and therefore it is important to characterize potential treatment-induced morbidity. READ MORE

6. 24. Essays on economic evaluation in health care : evaluation of hormone replacement therapy and uncertainty in economic evaluations

   Author : Niklas Zethraeus; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis contains six papers closely related to current research topics in the field of economic evaluation in health care. The thesis discusses methodological features of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). It further relates to issues of modelling and how to account for uncertainty in economic evaluations. READ MORE

7. 25. Breast cancer epidemiology : influence of hormone-related factors

   Author : Cecilia Magnusson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : breast neoplasms; incidence; prognosis; hormones; hormone replacement therapy; estrogens; progestational hormones; body size; body height; reproductive history; contraceptive agents; lactation;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis was to explore how hormone-related factors, including use of hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives, body size in different periods of life and reproductive factors, influence the risk of breast cancer. Other aims were to assess how family history of breast cancer modifies the associations between such factors and risk of the disease and how hormone replacement therapy affects tumour characteristics. READ MORE