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ERAWATCH Country Reports 2013: Sweden

ERAWATCH Country Reports 2012: Sweden

Loneliness among Older People: Results from the Swedish Study on Aging and Care -Blekinge

Prevalence of sleep problems and pain among elderly in Sweden

A segregation analysis of testicular cancer based on Norwegian and Swedish families

Clustering of testicular cancer cases in families is well known, although the aetiology is not. We present the results of a segregation analysis performed with the algorithm Pointer on familial data on 978 Scandinavian patients with testicular cancer. The segregation analysis favoured the involvement of major gene effects over models incorporating solely polygenic effects in testicular cancer aeti

A Sportful History of Christianity : The Case of Sweden 1900-2000

Narratives of social enterprises: It’s construction, contradictions and implications in the Swedish debate

Swedish Adolescents’ Attitudes Towards Immigrants

Young people’s attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden

The E-book Market for Children in Sweden : Possibilities and Concerns

The Swedish Ageing With Spinal Cord Injury Study (SASCIS): Methodology and Initial Results

Comparison of different procedures to identify probable cases of myocardial infarction and stroke in two Swedish prospective cohort studies using local and national routine registers

In prospective cohort studies, person-time time is calculated from baseline until the first definite event occurs or until censoring. A way to correctly identify and date definite events when only routine registers are available is to retrieve all hospital discharge notes and death certificates with a diagnosis of probable event and perform a consecutive revision. It is important to detect all pos

Hypertensive smokers have a worse cardiovascular risk profile than non-smokers in spite of treatment - A national study in Sweden

Smoking is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Studies have indicated that smoking may outweigh the benefit of blood pressure (BP) control. Our aim was to compare cardiovascular risk factors in smokers vs non-smokers from a national sample of treated hypertensives. Data were collected on smoking habits, BP control, total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, diabete

The Swedish biologics register (ARTIS): observations of adverse events when using biologics in clinical practice

High incidence of vascular reconstructions in socioeconomically deprived areas of an urban Swedish population

Background: In Malmo approximately 250 000 citizens live in 17 administrative areas with substantial socioeconomic differences. At the single centre for arterial reconstruction, Malmo University Hospital, all procedures are registered prospectively. Methods: Between 1987 and 2002, 1832 Malmo citizens underwent reconstruction for peripheral arterial disease, either intermittent claudication (IQ or

Trends in incidence of acute pancreatitis in a Swedish population: is there really an increase?

Comparative cost-effectiveness of anticoagulation with bivalirudin or heparin with and without a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa-receptor inhibitor in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Sweden: a decision-analytic model.

Androgen receptor gene GGN repeat length and reproductive characteristics in young Swedish men.

The Swedish Nuclear Dilemma

Screening for acrylate/methacrylate allergy in the baseline series: our experience in Sweden and Singapore

Background: No studies to specifically determine the prevalence of contact allergy to acrylates/methacrylates in patch tested populations have been published. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of acrylate/methacrylate allergy in all patients tested to the baseline patch test series. Methods: Five acrylate/methacrylate allergens (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethylene glyc