Search for dissertations about: "tobacco"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 260 swedish dissertations containing the word tobacco.

  2. 16. Smoking Cessation : Treatment Intensity and Outcome in Randomized Clinical Trials

    Author : Eva Nohlert; Ásgeir R Helgason; Åke Tegelberg; Per Tillgren; John Öhrvik; Gunilla Bolinder; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : RCT; cost-effectiveness; dental setting; quitline; long-term follow-up; proactive; reactive; tobacco; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : The primary aim was to compare the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions of different intensities in a clinical dental and a telephone setting in Sweden.Methods: A total of 300 smokers were randomized to High or Low Intensity Treatment (HIT or LIT) at the Public Dental Service, County Council of Västmanland. READ MORE

  4. 17. Epidemiological studies of Oral Health, development and influencing factors in the county of Dalarna, Sweden 1983–2013

    Author : Kristina Edman; Kerstin Öhrn; Anders Holmlund; Ola Norderyd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Periodontal disease; dental caries; epidemiology; edentulousness; removable dentures; smoking; socio-behavioural; socioeconomic; tobacco; oral health related quality of life;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe the development of oral health and possible associations with socioeconomic and socio-behavioural factors, in an adult population over a period of 30 years. A further aim is to describe attitudes to, and demands of dental care, and the impact of oral conditions on quality of life. READ MORE

  5. 18. Smoking and airway disorders in an urban population -special references to gender and socioeconomic status

    Author : Marie Ekberg; allergologi och palliativ medicin Lungmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Folkhälsa; epidemiology; Public health; Andningsorganen; Respiratory system; gender; COPD; hospital admissions; lung cancer; Medicine human and vertebrates ; tobacco; socio-economic status; smoking; population-based; morbidity; mortality; epidemiologi; lung function; Medicin människa och djur ; women;

    Abstract : The Malmö Preventive Project, a preventive, case-finding programme for cardiovascular risk factors and alcohol abuse was created in 1974 at the Department of Preventive Medicine of Malmö University Hospital. Between 1974-1992, a total of 22 444 men (mean age 44 years range 27 - 61) and 10 902 women (mean age 50 years, range 28 - 58) attended the programme, with an overall attendance rate of 70% (range 64-78). READ MORE

  6. 19. Psychological factors associated with substance use in adolescents

    Author : Mattias Gunnarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adolescent; Tobacco; alcohol; illicit drugs; mental health; personality; risk factors; substance use;

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  7. 20. Homocysteine and its determinants in relation to cardiovascular risk factors and myocardial infarction

    Author : Elisabet Söderström; Johan Hultdin; Torbjörn K. Nilsson; Anders Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Homocysteine; folate; myocardial infarction; apolipoprotein; risk factors; cotinine; nicotine; tobacco; CTH; MTHFR; renal insufficiency; glomerular filtration rate; creatinine; cystatin C; shrunken pore syndrome; epidemiology; Clinical Chemistry; klinisk kemi;

    Abstract : Background: Globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, are the leading cause of illness and death and constitute a significant part of the disease burden in Sweden and Western Europe. Age, hypertension, smoking, obesity, dyslipoproteinemia, diabetes, and impaired renal function are considered established risk factors for CVD. READ MORE