Search for dissertations about: "mouth diseases"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words mouth diseases.

  2. 6. Crossing the line – Tracking transboundary diseases in trade and across international borders in Zambia and Tanzania

    Author : Sara Lysholm; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Transboundary diseases in small ruminants constitute a threat to health, livelihoods and society in Zambia and Tanzania. Animal trade and movement, both of which tend to increase close to international borders, are known drivers of disease spread. This thesis was guided by three overarching aims. READ MORE

  4. 7. Studies on acupuncture treatment of xerostomia

    Author : Maria Blom; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : xerostomia dry mouth ; acupuncture; treatment; Sjögren s syndrome; irradiation; prognostic test; pilocarpine; long-term follow-up;

    Abstract : Xerostomia (dry mouth) is most often associated with Sjögren's Syndrome (SS), medication, endocrinological disorders, or irradiation treatment to the head- and neck region. There is no effective treatment of xerostomia at the present. READ MORE

  5. 8. Studies on the prevalence of reduced salivary flow rate in relation to general health and dental caries, and effect of iron supplementation

    Author : Håkan Flink; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Unstimulated whole saliva; stimulated whole saliva; resting saliva; xerostomia; dry mouth; hyposalivation; caries; remaining teeth; body mass index; iron deficiency; serum ferritin; circadian rhythm;

    Abstract : Background: Reduced salivary flow is a condition that affects oral health. Its prevalence is unknown in young and middle-aged adults and there is no known treatment that permanently increases the salivary flow rate. Reduced salivary flow is related to dental caries, the most common oral disease. READ MORE

  6. 9. Symptom burden among people with chronic disease

    Author : Jeanette Eckerblad; Tiny Jaarsma; Ingrid Hellström; Kersti Theander; Anna-Karin Edberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Symptom experience; Symptom burden; Chronic disease; Community-dwelling;

    Abstract : Introduction: Chronic diseases tend to increase with old age. Older people with chronic disease are commonly suffering from conditions which produce a multiplicity of symptoms and a decreased health-related quality of life. READ MORE

  7. 10. Networks and epidemics - impact of network structure on disease transmission

    Author : Jenny Lennartsson; Uno Wennergren; Annie Jonsson; Meggan Craft; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Natural sciences; Naturvetenskap;

    Abstract : The spread of infectious diseases, between animals as well as between humans, is a topic often in focus. Outbreaks of diseases like for example foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza, and swine influenza have in the last decades led to an increasing interest in modelling of infectious diseases since such models can be used to elucidate disease transmission and to evaluate the impact of different control strategies. READ MORE