Sökning: "Barker hypothesis"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Barker hypothesis.

  1. 1. Early life origins of health and well-being in modern Sweden

    Författare :Serhiy Dekhtyar; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; demography; health; developmental origins; early life hypothesis; Barker hypothesis; life course; intergenerational mobility; entry into motherhood; childhood cognitive ability; dementia; 20th century Sweden; register data;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine the role of early life environments for a variety of individual-level health and socioeconomic outcomes in contemporary Sweden. Ever-expanding human lifespans have contributed to the emergence of novel socio-health phenomena confronting contemporary Swedish society. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Child Mortality during the Demographic Transition. A Longitudinal Analysis of a Rural Population in Southern Sweden, 1766-1894

    Författare :Kent Johansson; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nutrition; frailty; the demographic transition; Sweden; hazard regression; family effects; Scania; Barker hypothesis; Child mortality; early life conditions; enclosure; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Sammanfattning : The great decline in mortality has had a vital impact on our societies. Life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 200 years, but no acceptable explanation has yet been given for the earlier part of the decline in mortality, even though it has attracted a very broad interdisciplinary interest. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Genetic epidemiological approaches to the study of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

    Författare :Anastasia Iliadou; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Twins; cardiovascular diseases; lipids; apolipoproteins; blood pressure; obesity; diabetes mellitus; genetic and environmental components; linkage; association; genetics; epidemiology.;

    Sammanfattning : Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most common causes of death in most developed countries. Genetic and environmental factors influence CVD and its risk factors in a complex fashion. Parallel to this, new statistical methods are being developed to make use of the new molecular genetic information. LÄS MER