Search for dissertations about: "standardized relative risk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words standardized relative risk.

  2. 1. Someone has to tell them : exploring hereditary cancer risk disclosure in Sweden

    Author : Carolina Hawranek; Anna Rosén; Senada Hajdarevic; Beatrice S. Melin; Barbro Numan Hellquist; Maria Katapodi; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; hereditary cancer; prevention; family disclosure; family communication; cancer worry; risk information; at-risk relatives; cascade testing; genetic counselling; public opinion; Oncology; onkologi; Genetics; genetik;

    Abstract : Summary in EnglishBackground: An awareness of hereditary susceptibility for breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer in high-risk families enables targeted cancer prevention. A discovered hereditary risk in one family member (proband) may thus be important for several members of that family. READ MORE

  4. 2. Risk Factors for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children

    Author : Johan H Wersäll; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Type 1 diabetes; Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; Multiple daily injections; Cerebral edema; Socioeconomic status; Low economic standard; Level of education;

    Abstract : Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening acute complication of diabetes. It is preventable if timely administration of sufficient amounts of insulin is initiated. A large proportion of children are affected by DKA annually, especially at onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D). READ MORE

  5. 3. Dietary heterocyclic amines and human cancer risk

    Author : Katarina Augustsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : cancer; colon; rectum; bladder; kidney; human; heterocyclic amines; meat;

    Abstract : Heterocyclic amines formed in meat during cooking are multi-site animal carcinogens and form DNA adducts in human tissues, but their relevance to human carcinogenesis has yet to be determined. The aim of this thesis was to investigate, by epidemiological methods, whether heterocyclic amines are responsible for part of the diet-related cancer burden in humans. READ MORE

  6. 4. Epidemiology of kidney failure and glomerulonephritis in Sweden. Hereditary and non-hereditary factors

    Author : Delshad Akrawi; kardiovaskulär epidemiologi och levnadsvanor Allmänmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; kidney failure; glomerulonephritis; epidemiological study; Familial relative risk;

    Abstract : Background: Kidney disease is recognised as an important worldwide health burden. Kidney failure is the result of acute and chronic kidney disease and is associated with morbidity and mortality. Chronic kidney failure is associated with high-costs for society and low quality of life. READ MORE

  7. 5. Risk characterization of familial cancer using the Swedish family-cancer database with a special reference to breast cancer

    Author : Pauli Vaittinen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Familial cancer; genetic epidemiology; register study; standardized relative risk.;

    Abstract : This thesis reports on epidemiological studies on family related cancer in Sweden. The Family-Cancer Database was constructed in 1996 from several national registries. Family relations were available from the Generation register, cancer cases from the Cancer registry and socioeconomic information from Censuses. READ MORE