Sökning: "environmental illness"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 47 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental illness.
1. Adoption studies on psychiatric illness epidemiological, environmental and genetic aspects
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of adoptions and to study the gene-environment influences on psychiatric illness as well as sick-leave patterns. The material consists of 2 966 adopted persons born between 1917 and 1949, their 5 932 adoptive parents and 5 438 identified biological parents. LÄS MER
2. Subjective annoyance attributed to electrical equipments and smells - Epidemiology and stress physiology
Detta är en avhandling från Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund UniversitySammanfattning : Self-reported annoyance from electrical equipment has been in evidence since the mid-eighties, and the first reports of illness from everyday chemicals arose already in the 1960?s. However, the extent of the problem or the mechanisms behind the development of environmentally related annoyance has not yet been fully established. LÄS MER
3. Office work and physical factors health aspects of electromagnetic fields and light
Detta är en avhandling från Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund UniversitySammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to increase our knowledge of the physical environment of office workers with special focus on electromagnetic fields and to address the question of whether electromagnetic fields can directly or indirectly contribute to symptoms or discomfort among video display terminal ( VDT) workers. Furthermore, we have measured light modulation from various commonly used light sources in laboratory conditions and, as a second step, used modulated light as stimulus for provocation of neurophysiological responses in persons with perceived “electrical hypersensitivity” (EHS). LÄS MER
4. Precipitation, Raw Water Quality, Drinking Water Treatment and Gastrointestinal Illness
Detta är en avhandling från Umeå : Umeå UniversitySammanfattning : Background On numerous occasions, outbreaks of acute gastrointestinal illnesses (AGI) have been linked to municipal drinking water in the industrialised world. Many of the reported outbreaks were observed after heavy rainfall events, which suggests that such events could result in a deterioration in the quality of drinking water. LÄS MER
5. Hem sjuka hem - En verklig konstruktion och dess sociala bestämningar (Home Sick Home - The Social Basis of an Actual Construction)
Detta är en avhandling från Sekel BokförlagSammanfattning : Each society, culture and era has its own illnesses. Characteristic of the late modern, western society of today are 'diffuse' or 'medically unexplained' syndromes. LÄS MER
