Sökning: "cigarette smoking"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 92 avhandlingar innehållade orden cigarette smoking.
1. Smoking cessation during pregnancy : a person-centred approach among disadvantaged women in South Africa
Sammanfattning : Smoking remains a leading cause of premature, preventable death in South Africa killing 44 000 South Africans each year. Through the introduction of comprehensive tobacco control policies, the South African government has tried to reduce the death toll and a significant reduction in tobacco use has been recorded since its peak in the 1990’s. LÄS MER
2. Radiation induced pneumonitis : clinical and experimental studies with special emphasis on the effect of smoking
Sammanfattning : Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is an established method providing diagnostic support and evaluation of disease activity in interstitial lung disease (ILD). The aims of the present investigation were 1) to study the inflammatory response in pneumonitis evoked by irradiation. LÄS MER
3. Lung cancer in males : an epidemiological study in northern Sweden with special regard to smoking and occupation
Sammanfattning : In a case-control study comprising 589 cases of male lung cancer in northern Sweden longitudinal data concerning occupations, employments and smoking habits were collected by questionnaires.Pipe smoking was as common as cigarette smoking and gave very similar relative risk. LÄS MER
4. 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
5. 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