Sökning: "health- and census registers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden health- and census registers.

1. 1. Making visible the invisible : Health risks from environmental exposures among socially deprived populations of Nairobi, Kenya

   Författare :Thaddaeus Wandera Egondi; Joacim Rocklöv; Nawi Ng; Remare Ettarh; Patrick Kinney; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; air pollution; urban health; temperature-related mortality; particulate matter; exposure assessment; child health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Most countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing a high rate of ur­banization accompanied with unplanned development resulting into sprawl of slums. The weath­er patterns and air pollution sources in most urban areas are changing with significant effects on health. LÄS MER

3. 2. Empirical Essays on Education and Health Policy Evaluation

   Författare :Debbie Lau; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; causal inference; register data; segregation; endogamy; iodine deficiency; information campaign; mother tongue education; inequality;

   Sammanfattning : Chapter 1: Impact of School Peers from the Same Region-of-Origin on Endogamy and Work Segregation: Evidence from Sweden This study estimates how the quasi-random variation in the proportion of school peers from the same Region-of-Origin (ROO) affects the probability for an individual to have a partner from the same ROO (endogamy) and the proportion of colleagues from the same ROO in the same workplace later in life (work segregation). This is answered by a fixed effect regression model, together with a unique dataset that merges different register databases from Sweden. LÄS MER

4. 3. Mortality and co-morbidity among patients with hemochromatosis and their first-degree relatives

   Författare :Maria Elmberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Genetic Hemochromatosis; cohort study; health- and census registers; mortality; morbidity; cancer; ischemic heart disese; arthropathy; joint replacement surgery;

   Sammanfattning : Genetic hemochromatosis (GH) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a C282Y mutation in the HFEgene, and is characterized by excess iron accumulation in multiple organs. Classical manifestations of GH include liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, and arthritis. LÄS MER

5. 4. Clinical and epidemiological studies on prognostic and predicitve factors in cutaneous melanoma

   Författare :Hanna Eriksson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: Cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in Sweden, as in many other western countries. In clinical practice, the histopathological evaluation has remained the basis for staging the CMMs and, thus, providing important information on prognosis and on therapeutic recommendations. LÄS MER

7. 5. Self-inflicted injury among adolescents and young adults : the role of ethnicity, socioeconomic conditions and school performance

   Författare :Beata Jablonska; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: Over the past ten years, the number of hospitalisations due to self-inflicted injury has increased significantly among young people in Sweden. The underlying causes are often both psychological and social. LÄS MER