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1. Paradoxical consumer enjoyment : A cultural perspective on cigarette consumption
Sammanfattning : In a time when health is seen as an important personal achievement, it is difficult to understand why people consume cigarettes. The explanations for cigarette consumption tend to be one-sided and the most common explanation are addiction and compulsive personality. LÄS MER
2. Sjögren's syndrome: epidemiological risk factors and biomarkers
Sammanfattning : Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease, primarliy affecting women, characterised by inflammation and destruction of exocrine glands with a prevalence of 0.01-0.09%. About one-third of the patients also suffer from extraglandular manifestations e. LÄS MER
3. Determinants of breast cancer risk : focusing on mammographic density
Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most common cancer and also one of the leading causes of cancer death among women worldwide. Since most known factors associated with breast cancer risk are difficult to influence, the potential of lifestyle factors, which are modifiable, in breast cancer prevention has recently been emphasised. LÄS MER
4. T-cells in COPD to help or harm? A study of T-cells in COPD patients and related aspects of T-cell function in vitro
Sammanfattning : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, is manifested by chronic airflow limitation due to inflammation and tissue destruction in the lungs. COPD is caused primarily by smoking and with increasing cigarette consumption in the world, the prevalence for COPD will most probably increase in the future. LÄS MER
5. Statistical Considerations in the Analysis of Matched Case-Control Studies. With Applications in Nutritional Epidemiology
Sammanfattning : The case-control study is one of the most frequently used study designs in analytical epidemiology. This thesis focuses on some methodological aspects in the analysis of the results from this kind of study. LÄS MER