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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 30 avhandlingar innehållade orden military medicine.
11. Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality : influence of fitness, fatness and genetic factors
Sammanfattning : BackgroundLow aerobic fitness and obesity are associated with atherosclerosis, and thereforegreatly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and early death. It has long been known that atherosclerosis my begin early in life. LÄS MER
12. Childhood Body Mass Index and Pubertal Timing - Changes over time and associations with adult cardiovascular mortality
Sammanfattning : Puberty in boys has long been an under-investigated area of research mainly due to the lack of an easily available pubertal marker, corresponding to menarche for girls. Using a unique, large, population-based cohort, this thesis targets some of the knowledge gaps regarding puberty and BMI change during puberty in boys. LÄS MER
13. Body mass index and mental health in young people - predictors of early heart failure and cardiomyopathy
Sammanfattning : Heart failure among young people is rare, but in contrast to decreasing incidence rates overall, recent studies have found increasing rates among the young over the last decades. Concomitantly, cardiomyopathies, which is a common underlying condition to heart failure at a young age, have more than doubled in Sweden for unknown reasons. LÄS MER
14. Duellanten och rättvisan : Duellbrott och synen på manlighet i stormaktsväldets slutskede
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines duelling crimes in Sweden during the first half of the 18th century. During this period such crimes could involve verbal insults concerning honour as well as duelling, resulting in death. LÄS MER
15. Occupational hexachloroethane exposure and toxicity : With special reference to the formation of Hexachlorobenzeneiin aluminium degrassing
Sammanfattning : For about half a century, hexachloroethane (HCE) has been used as an essential component of military white smoke munition and as a degassing agent in almninium foundries and secondary aluminium smelters. However, the acute or chronic health risks associated with occupational exposure to HCE have not been investigated in humans. LÄS MER