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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 289 avhandlingar innehållade ordet smokers.

1. 16. Smoking and pregnancy : with special reference to preterm birth and the feto-placental unit

   Författare :Nina Kyrklund-Blomberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Smoking; Preterm birth; Very preterm birth; Onset of delivery; Placental abruption; Perinatal death; Smoking; Preterm birth; Very preterm birth; Onset of delivery; Placental abruption; Perinatal death; Pulse wave; Vessel stiffness; Echo-tracking system.;

   Sammanfattning : Objective: To study maternal smoking in pregnancy in relation to preterm birth, placental abruption and perinatal mortality in pregnancies with placental abruption, and to pulse wave characteristics in fetal aorta. Methods: Two cohort studies with data on single births obtained from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (N=311 977 and N=795 459, respectively). LÄS MER

3. 17. Long-term use of smokeless tobacco : cardiovascular mortality and risk factors

   Författare :Gunilla Bolinder; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Smokeless tobacco; smoking nicotine; eardiovaseular diseases; hypertension; physical fitness; exereise test; atheroselerosis; ultrasonography; risk faetors; ambulatory blood pressure. St;

   Sammanfattning : Little is known about the risks of cardiovascular disease associated with the use of smokeless tobacco, which produces blood nicotine levels similar to those caused by cigarette smoking. There were 900 000 smokeless tobacco users in Sweden in 1996. LÄS MER

4. 18. Inherited smoking behaviour and Human Epididymis Protein 4 predict smoking-related morbidity and mortality

   Författare :Sara Halldén; Kardiovaskulär forskning - hypertoni; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Smoking; nicotine dependence; GWAS; SNP; prediction; CVD; cancer; COPD; prevention; biomarkers; HE4; dyspnea;

   Sammanfattning : GENERAL AIM: To investigate prognostic markers identifying smokers with increased risk of smoking-related diseases in the population. BACKGROUND: Gene variance in the BDNF- respectively CHRNA-gene has been implicated in different smoking behaviours and the risk alleles have also demonstrated an additional risk increase of smoking-related diseases. LÄS MER

5. 19. Lung function in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

   Författare :Eeva Piitulainen; allergologi och palliativ medicin Lungmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. Lung function. Register. Risk factors. Lung disease. Natural course.; Respiratory system; Andningsorganen;

   Sammanfattning : Hereditary alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency predisposes to liver disease and emphysema. The aims of the studies upon which thesis is based were to investigate the natural course of lung function and risk factors for lung disease in AAT-deficient adolescents (PiZZ and PiSZ) and adults (PiZZ), and to study clinical manifestations in AAT-deficient adults. LÄS MER

7. 20. Women, smoking and myocardial infarction

   Författare :Ellis Janzon; Kardiovaskulär forskning - epidemiologi; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epidemiology; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Smoking cessation; Smoking; risk; Prevention; Trends; Myocardial infarction; Women; epidemiologi; Folkhälsa; Public health; Medicin människa och djur ; Blood pressure; Women;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis has been to explore factors associated with smoking and smoking cessation in women and the relation between smoking and incidence of myocardial infarction (MI). The time trends in incidence of MI 1986-2002 in the city of Malmö (pop. 250.000) were explored. LÄS MER