Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in family members of cancer victims: results from a longitudinal intervention study in Norway and Sweden

This study compared the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of family members of patients who participated in a program of palliative care (intervention family members) with those in conventional care (control family members). The HRQOL was measured by the short-form (SF-36) health survey questionnaire, including eight subscales. The longitudinal intervention study includes two sites: Trondheim

Long-term effects of diltiazem and atenolol on blood glucose, serum lipids, and serum urate in hypertensive patients. Swedish-Finnish Study Group

The organization of articulator gestures: A comparison of Swedish, Bulgarian and Greenlandic.

HLA class II markers and clinical heterogeneity in Swedish patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Genetic susceptibility to PBC can, at least in part, be ascribed to the major histocompatibility complex. The relevance of immunogenetic markers for the clinical presentation and course, however, is unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of HLA class II genes to susceptibility, clinical presentation and course of disease in PBC patients. HLA genotyping for HLA-DRB

Selling sex in a population-based study of high school seniors in Sweden: Demographic and psychosocial correlates

Adolescents reporting selling sex for payment were studied with respect to socioeconomic background, perceived mental health and health behavior, antisocial behavior, sexual experiences, including sexual abuse and abusive behaviors, and the use of pornography. The sample consisted of a representative sample of 4,339 students (response rate, 77.2%) from the third year of upper secondary schools in

Analysis of a rainwater collection system for domestic water supply in Ringdansen, Norrkoping, Sweden

A European Public Sphere and the Issue of Permeability. The Debate on the Constitutional Treaty in Two Swedish Quality Newspapers

The academic discourse on the need for a shared political public sphere at the level of the European Union has in recent years produced the conventional wisdom that such an emerging transnational community of communication is already observable in the mass media. However, the empirical indicators on which this notion is based tend to accommodate parallel national public spheres rather than a genui

Two insulin gene single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with type 1 diabetes risk in the Finnish and Swedish populations

Factors associated with history of non-fatal overdose among opioid users in the Swedish criminal justice system.

Long-term course of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Swedish birth cohorts during the twentieth century.

Cancer risk after hospitalization for osteoporosis in Sweden.

Cancer incidence among Turkish, Chilean, and North African first-generation immigrants in Sweden compared with residents in the countries of origin and native Swedes.

The 1948 international congress of genetics in Sweden: People and politics.

Modeling the cost-effectiveness of a new treatment for MS (natalizumab) compared with current standard practice in Sweden.

Prevalence of hepatitis C in Swedish diabetics is low and comparable to that in health care workers.

OBJECTIVES: An association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and diabetes has been reported, in particular from countries with a high prevalence of HCV. To assess if this association could be found in a region with low prevalence of HCV (0.33%), we determined the prevalence of anti-HCV in a large cohort of patients with diabetes. METHODS: The prevalence of anti-HCV was determined with an e

A major change in the phytoplankton composition in a Swedish sill fjord—a consequence of engineering work?

Risk of cancer of unknown primary among immigrants to Sweden.

Absolute and Relative Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Men With Prostate Cancer: Results From the Population-Based PCBaSe Sweden.

Yearly measurements of blood lead in Swedish children since 1978: The declining trend continues in the petrol-lead-free period 1995-2007.

Why return migrants return: survey evidence of motives for internal return migration in Sweden

Internal return migration has received limited attention in most western countries, despite studies attesting to its potential for helping understand population redistribution. This paper compares differences in self-reported motives for migration between return and non-return migrants. Particular attention is paid to differences in individual characteristics and in the types of places these two m