Search for dissertations about: "smoking misclassification"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words smoking misclassification.
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1. Evolving geriatric anthropometrics- an interplay with lifestyle changes, birth cohort effects, and survival implications. : Results from the general population study, “Good Aging in Skåne,” Sweden
Abstract : There is a rising proportion of aging population worldwide. The high vulnerability of older adults to morbidity and mortality introduces an enormous health and economic burden to themselves and the society. The established leading cause of death among older adults is due to chronic and vascular diseases. READ MORE
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2. Environmental and genetic factors in lung cancer : epidemiologocal and biomolecular studies focusing on nonsmokers
Abstract : Tobacco smoking is the major cause of lung cancer. Other risk factors include exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), dietary habits and genetic factors. When studying such risk factors, confounding from smoking presents a pervasive methodological problem. READ MORE
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3. Factors related to the occurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma subtypes
Abstract : Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide, but the etiology remains poorly understood. A spontaneous global decline has reduced the number of victims in most Western countries while Japan and China have screening programs in place due to the magnitude, and the serious prognosis, of this malignant disease. READ MORE
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4. Fetal growth in India : studies on antenatal prediction of low birthweight and some factors that determine birthweight
Abstract : Objectives: To develop standards for assessment of fetal growth in India and to study some factors that determine birthweight. Methods: Data from 250 normal pregnancies were used to construct graphs of fundal height, abdominal girth and the ratio of fundal height to abdominal length. READ MORE
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5. Socioeconomic inequalities in health : epidemiological studies of disease burden, mechanisms, and gender differences
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study inequalities in health, in particular, focusing on the risk of myocardial infarction and etiologic mechanisms from a life course perspective and on epidemiological measures and methodology. Paper I uses the Swedish Burden of Disease Study together with the Social Database managed by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. READ MORE