Bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica on south Swedish shores in spring - emergency stopovers or a regular occurrence?

Adverse drug reaction reporting by nurses in Sweden

Aim To investigate whether nurses could be a useful tool for improving the reporting rate of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Furthermore, we wanted to study how physicians working at the study departments would respond to nurses as reporters of ADRs and if the reporting from the nurses affected the reporting rate from the physicians. Methods Three departments of internal medicine and one unit for o

Neighborhood Deprivation and Risk of Age-Related Eye Diseases: A Follow-up Study in Sweden.

To examine whether there is an association between neighborhood deprivation and age-related eye diseases, particularly macular degeneration, cataract, diabetes-related eye complications, and glaucoma.

Insulin-like growth factor I and risk of incident cancer in elderly men - results from MrOS (Osteoporotic Fractures in Men) Sweden.

Studies of the association between circulating IGF-I and cancer risk have shown conflicting results. We have previously observed a U-shaped association between IGF-I and cancer mortality. The present study test the hypotheses of a U-shaped association between IGF-I and incident cancer.

U-Pb and Sm-Nd dating of high-pressure granulite- and upper amphibolite facies rocks from SW Sweden

Morphology, ontogeny, and enrollment of the Lower Cambrian eodiscoid trilobite Calodiscus lobatus from Sweden

Pools and fluxes of carbon in three Norway spruce stands along a climatic gradient in Sweden

Factors associated with increased hospitalisation risk among nursing home residents in Sweden: a prospective study with a three-year follow-up.

Hospitalisation of nursing home residents might lead to deteriorating health.

The 'externalisation' of local public service delivery: experience in Italy and Sweden

The Cost of Treating Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection In Patients Attending Infectious Disease Clinics At Four Hospitals In Sweden.

Intermarriage, Value Context and Union Dissolution: Sweden 1990-2005

The Swedish version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) in systemic sclerosis: reproducibility and correlations to other fatigue instruments.

The Swedish Aging with Spinal Cord Injury Study (SASCIS): Methodology and initial results

Advances in acute treatment, physiatric care and rehabilitation have greatly improved survival after spinal cord injury (SCI) and increased longevity. This has led to a need for an in-depth understanding of factors associated with healthy aging in people with long-term SCI.

Seasonal study of d18O and d13C in living (stained) benthic foraminifera from two Swedish fjords

The climatic significance of clastic varves in the Ångermanälven Estuary, northern Sweden, AD 1860 to 1950

Heritability of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index in Swedish families.

Cancer among patients with diabetes, obesity and abnormal blood lipids: a population-based register study in Sweden.

OBJECTIVE: To study how the incidence of cancer is related to diabetes, obesity or abnormal blood lipids. METHODS: Diagnosis of diabetes, obesity or abnormal blood lipids was studied 0-10 years prior to the diagnosis of cancer in 19,756 cases of cancer and in 147,324 controls matched regarding age, sex and domicile. RESULTS: Diabetes was significantly more common prior to diagnosis in patients w

Archaeo-faunal aspects of bog finds from Hassleberga, southern Scania, Sweden

In recent years, small bogs at Hassleberga in southwestern Scania have been turned into crayfish ponds after the removal of the organic sediments. Bones and antlers were noticed in the excavated material and have been systematically collected. The finds include reindeer of both sexes and of different ages. Bones of wild horse, elk, arctic hare and arctic fox were also identified. Radiometric datin

The modern landscape. Historical orienteering and critical narratives of modern Sweden from 1960 to 1990

Eating disorders in Swedish female elite athletes – coaches’ knowledge and practice in identification and management

The issue of weight preoccupation and eating disorders are receiving growing interest in the sport environment. Success in some sports requires an extremely lean appearance, which may lead to pressure from coaches and parents to be thin. Other sports use weight classifications that determine in which group an athlete will compete, requiring him/her to drop several kilos before competition. The aim