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1. 1. Counted - and then? : trends in child mortality within an Ethiopian demographic surveillance site

   Författare :Anders Emmelin; Stig Wall; Peter Byass; Tord Kjellström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child mortality; developing countries; demographic surveillance; equity; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Background Knowledge of the state of health of a population is necessary for planning for health services for that population. It is  a paradox that the health of populations is most commonly measured by mortality and cause of death patterns, but the absence of medical services available to a majority of the world population has made it unavoidable to equate “state of health” with “cause of death pattern”. LÄS MER

3. 2. Finska och icke-finska tillnamn i Nedertorneås kyrkböcker på 1800-talet

   Författare :Raija Sandström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Finnish; personal names; by-names; place names; demographic causes; nineteenth century;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between Finnish and non-Finnish by-names in the church registers of Nedertorneå in the nineteenth century. The investigation shows that the by-names are rather heterogeneous in character and a portion of them consists of elements from different languages. LÄS MER

4. 3. Population Genetics and Genome Organization of Norway Spruce

   Författare :Hanna Larsson; Martin Lascoux; Bruno Fady; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Picea abies; demographic history; linkage disequilibrium; HMPR; Biologi med inriktning mot evolutionär funktionsgenomik; Biology with specialization in Evolutionary Functional Genomics;

   Sammanfattning : Understanding the underlying genetic causes of adaptation to local conditions is one of the main goals of population genetics. A strong latitudinal cline in the phenotypic trait of bud set is observed in present day populations of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst). LÄS MER

5. 4. Economic development and injury mortality : Studies in global trends from a health transition perspective

   Författare :Syed Moniruzzaman; Ragnar Andersson; Karin Melinder; Hans Rosling; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; injury; suicide; economic development; health transition; demographic transition; homicide; road traffic injury; fall injury; mortality; GDP per capita; GNP per capita; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Globally, injury is a major public health problem. The extent of the problem varies considerably by demographic subgroups, regions and national income. LÄS MER

7. 5. Causes and consequences of violence against child labour and women in developing countries

   Författare :Koustuv Dalal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Child labour; domestic violence; cost of violence; developing countries.;

   Sammanfattning : Violence against children and women is a serious public health and human rights problem. In low income countries it is closely related to poverty and culture with major social consequences and economic burden for the families. LÄS MER