Junctures of Swedishness: Reconsidering Representations of the National

Quality of life in Swedish workers exposed to hand-arm vibration.

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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

Intellectual and Linguistic Progress in Foreign Language Students. Students' Development During Their Frist Year of Spanish at a Swedish University

Misclassified Maternal Deaths among East African Immigrants in Sweden

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Self-expanding metal stents in malignant colonic obstruction: experiences from Sweden.

BACKGROUND: Acute surgery in the management of malignant colonic obstruction is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The use of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) is an alternative method of decompressing colonic obstruction. SEMS may allow time to optimize the patient and to perform preoperative staging, converting acute surgery into elective. SEMS is also proposed as palliative treatmen

The Process of Internationalization and How Swe¬dish Food Retailers Perceive Their Domestic Supplier Relationships.

Nonhormonal drug use and its relation to androgens in perimenopausal women: a population-based study of Swedish women. The Women's Health in the Lund Area Study.

OBJECTIVE:: To outline the prevalence of nonhormonal drug use in middle-aged women and to assess plausible associations between serum androgen levels and variables associated to health such as drug use and planned visits to healthcare units. METHODS:: This was a population-based study of women aged 50 to 59 years (n = 6,893). Women were divided into three groups according to their menopause status

Reply to discussion on " Sveconorwegian (Grenvillian) deformation, metamorphism and leucosome formation in SW Sweden, SW Baltic Shield: constraints from a Mesoproterozoic granite intrusion

Swedish nursing students' experience of aspects important for their learning process and their ability to handle the complexity of the nursing degree program.

The aim of the study was to explore nursing students' experiences of aspects important for their learning process and their ability to handle the complexity of the nursing degree program. The study was longitudinal and qualitative based on interviews with nursing students, six women and two men aged 20-36, during their three years of education. In all, seven patterns were found embracing aspects o

A 200-year environmental record of a low oxygen fjord, Sweden, elucidated by benthic foraminifera, sediment characteristics and hydrographic data.

Centrality - regionality : the social structure of southern Sweden during the Iron Age

Inflammatory markers and exposure to airborne particles among workers in a Swedish pulp and paper mill.

To study the relationship between exposure to airborne particles in a pulp and paper mill and markers of inflammation and coagulation in blood.

Influence of vascular plant photosynthetic rate on CH4 emission from peat monoliths from southern boreal Sweden

Growing up with Islam in Sweden: Discussing Islam with Young Adult Muslims

Review of History of Footwear in Norway, Sweden and Finland

Blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular diseases in type 2 diabetes: further findings from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR-BP II).

OBJECTIVES: Estimate risks of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD) with updated mean systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure in an observational study of patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: Thirty-five thousand and forty-one patients treated with antihypertensive drugs, and 18 512 untreated patients, aged 30-75 years, without previous heart failure,

Smoking is associated with increased HbA1c values and microalbuminuria in patients with diabetes - data from the National Diabetes Register in Sweden.

Vocational Education and the Development of Knowledge in Sweden during the Post-war Period - Presentation of a Research Programme

Firm and destination-specific export costs: The case of the Swedish food sector