Search for dissertations about: "introduction smoking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words introduction smoking.

  2. 1. Smoking cessation during pregnancy : a person-centred approach among disadvantaged women in South Africa

    Author : Zainonisa Petersen; Maria Emmelin; Krisela Steyn; Maria Nilsson; Mimi Nichter; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stage of change theory; smoking; cessation interventions; peer counsellor; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Smoking remains a leading cause of premature, preventable death in South Africa killing 44 000 South Africans each year. Through the introduction of comprehensive tobacco control policies, the South African government has tried to reduce the death toll and a significant reduction in tobacco use has been recorded since its peak in the 1990’s. READ MORE

  4. 2. Lifestyle, biomarkers and the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease

    Author : Lovisa Widbom; Johan Hultdin; Pontus Karling; Kim Ekblom; Kristina Stefansson; Andreas Münch; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis; Crohn s disease; smoking; cotinine; iron deficiency; ferritin; pyridoxal-5-phosphate; kynurenine pathway; Clinical Chemistry; klinisk kemi; invärtesmedicin; Internal Medicine;

    Abstract : Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), is a chronic disease causing inflammation in the gut mucosa. The pathogenesis involves alteration in gut microbiota and in the intestinal barrier due to genetic factors, environmental exposure and dysregulation of the immune response. READ MORE

  5. 3. Reward-related genes and alcohol dependence

    Author : Sara Landgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol; dependence; reward; smoking; body weight; gene; polymorphism; nAChR; ghrelin; GHS-R1A;

    Abstract : Introduction: The rewarding properties of alcohol are mediated by the brain reward systems, specifically by the cholinergic-dopaminergic reward link, involving both nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) as well as the ghrelin signalling system. The susceptibility for developing alcohol dependence is influenced by genetic factors. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cardiovascular risk factors in aortic stenosis

    Author : Johan Ljungberg; Stefan Söderberg; Bengt Johansson; Peter Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Valvular heart disease; aortic stenosis; bicuspid aortic valve; cardiovascular risk factors; hypertension; diabetes mellitus; smoking; hypercholesterolemia; obesity; shrunken pore; renal failure; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; Cardiology; kardiologi;

    Abstract : Introduction: Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common hemodynamic significant valvular heart disease and affects about 2% of the population. The incidence increases with age. When symptoms of the stenotic aortic valve disease eventually occur the 2-year mortality exceeds 50%. READ MORE

  7. 5. Diagnostic and prognostic markers in primarily non-smoking related head and neck cancer

    Author : Mark Zupancic; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Head and neck cancer (HNC) includes cancers of the oral cavity, the pharynx (i.e., the nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and the hypopharynx), the larynx, the nasal cavity, the paranasal sinuses, and the salivary glands. READ MORE