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  1. 6. Sudden infant death syndrome : a medico-legal study of related cardiovascular, toxicological and genetic findings

    Författare :Petra Råsten Almqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Cardiovascular malformation; Cotinine; Heart weight; mtDNA; Myocarditis; Nicotine; SIDS;

    Sammanfattning : The present medico-legal investigation of the deaths of infants less than one year of age was designed to enhance our understanding of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Special emphasis was placed on the significance of cardiovascular pathology (including heart weight, malformations and myocarditis); exposure to nicotine; and mutations and/or polymorphisms in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Smoking cessation during pregnancy

    Författare :Rune Lindqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Attitude; carbon monoxide; cotinine; locus of control; midwifery; pamphlets; pregnancy; prenatal care; smoking; smoking cessation;

    Sammanfattning : Smoking habits, attitudes to smoking, and sources of information were monitored at three antenatal clinics (ANC) in suburban Stockholm, Sweden, during 1987-88. A questionnaire was mailed to pregnant women and their partners in a pre-intervention study. Of 582 women enlisted at the ANCs, 433 (74%) were included. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Spontaneous abortion : risk factors and measurement of exposures

    Författare :Lena George; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Case-control study; caffeine; cotinine; environmental tobacco smoke; epidemiology; fetal karyotype; folate; maternal smoking; pregnancy; repeated spontaneous abortion; risk assessment; smoking cessation; spontaneous abortion; validation study;

    Sammanfattning : The overall objectives of this thesis were to increase the understanding of the etiology of spontaneous abortion and repeated spontaneous abortion, and to evaluate possibilities of exposure assessment during pregnancy. Data from a Swedish population-based case-control study of spontaneous abortion, performed in Uppsala County 1996-98, formed the base for the three first studies of the thesis. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Communication in the health services : two examples

    Författare :Bjöörn Fossum; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Orthopaedic surgeons; Patients; Qualitative methods; Communication; Phenomenography; Patient-centredness; Consultation Map; Satisfaction dissatisfaction; Environmental tobacco smoke; Smoking mothers; Smoke-free children; Self-efficacy; Cotinine; Child Health Nurses.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The first objective of this thesis was to pinpoint decisive factors in the physician- patient encounter, i.e. factors in the behaviour of orthopaedic surgeons which can facilitate or impede communication in order to improve their communication with patients. LÄS MER

  7. 10. A Zero-vision for Children’s Tobacco Smoke Exposure : Tobacco prevention in Child Health Care

    Författare :Noomi Carlsson; Boel Andersson-Gäre; AnnaKarin Johansson; Göran Hermansson; Johnny Ludvigsson; Staffan Jansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Children; environmental tobacco smoke; child health care; intervention; Quality Improvement; SiCET;

    Sammanfattning : Adverse health effects in children caused by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are well known. Children are primarily exposed by their parents’ smoking in their homes. LÄS MER