Sökning: "epidemiologic methods"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 avhandlingar innehållade orden epidemiologic methods.

  1. 1. Case-control studies on risk factors for myeloid leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes

    Författare :Jonas Björk; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epidemiologic methods; bias epidemiology ; attributable fraction; smoking; hobbies; occupational exposure; chromosome aberrations; epidemiology; cytogenetic; Occupational health; industrial medicine; Yrkesmedicin; arbetsmiljömedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Case-control studies comprising telephone interviews for 333 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 226 cases of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML), 330 cases of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and matched controls were conducted. Information had to be obtained from next-of-kin much more often for cases (85%) than for controls (18%). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Detection and epidemiologic subtyping of Legionella pneumophilia using DNA-based molecular methods

    Författare :Sverker Bernander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Legionella; AFLP; PFGE; Nested PCR; lag-1; hospital; outbreaks;

    Sammanfattning : Legionella pneumophila causes 2 - 6 % of hospitalised pneumonia cases. Several community- and hospital-acquired outbreaks have been reported over the years. Legionnaires' disease (LD) or legionellosis is also a frequent cause of pneumonia amongst travellers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Studying prevalence using capture-recapture methods : visual impairment in Portugal

    Författare :Pedro Lima Ramos; António Filipe Macedo; Ines Sousa; Amândio Rocha Sousa; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Optometry; Optometri;

    Sammanfattning : Visual impairment (VI) due to eye diseases remains a significant healthproblem worldwide and, also, in Europe. There are an estimated 15 million peoplesuffering from moderate or severe visual impairment in Western Europe. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Violent crime : addressing causation with family-based methods

    Författare :Thomas Frisell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Violent crime is an important public health problem, and incurs major costs for society. The effect of interventions has so far been modest, often attributed to a research focus on risk factors for crime, but a relative lack of understanding of the causal mechanisms behind these factors. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Novel epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects of the metabolic syndrome

    Författare :Justo Sierra-Johnson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that increase risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Its prevalence continues to rise worldwide and it is becoming a public health burden. The aim of my thesis was to help elucidate some of the epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects behind the metabolic syndrome. LÄS MER