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An exceptional middle Silurian shale from Gotland, Sweden

Country of birth, instrumental activities of daily living, self-rated health and mortality: a Swedish population-based survey of people aged 55-74.

There is scant knowledge of the effects of country of birth on the health of individuals in the years prior to and after retirement. The aim of this study was to consider country of birth in relation to health status, instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and all-cause mortality when adjusted for socioeconomic status (SES). Cross-sectional data were collected between 1986 and 1991 on 8959

Should the European Union lift the ban on snus? Evidence from the Swedish experience.

Antihypertensive drug treatment in a Swedish community: Skaraborg Hypertension and Diabetes Project.

The prevalence of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in Sweden: A population-based registry based on physicians ICD-10 diagnoses as a tool for research

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome: impact on cardiovascular epidemiology - a population study from Malmö, Sweden

Environmental Concern and Knowledge of Ecotourism among Three Groups of Swedish Tourists

The present study is aimed at investigating whether eco-tourists are more ecologically oriented than nature tourists and city tourists. In questionnaire surveys, in line with the hypotheses, the ecotourists expressed more general environmental beliefs than the nature tourists, who, in turn, had more pro-environmental beliefs than the city tourists. Similar results were found in the attitudes the t

Early diagenesis and isotopic composition of lead in Lake Laisan, northern Sweden

Water column (dissolved/suspended phase, sediment traps) and sediment data (pore-water, solid-phase sediment) were combined with stable Pb and Pb-210 isotope data to trace the early diagenetic behaviour and geochemical cycling of Pb in Lake Laisan, a lake which has received large quantities of anthropogenic Pb since the early 1940s. Early diagenetic remobilisation of Pb is indicated by a subsurfac

Postoperative aphakia in modern cataract surgery; Part 1: Analysis of incidence and risks based on 5-year data from the Swedish National Cataract Register.

EPILEPSY, HEALTH CARE COST AND LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY IN SWEDEN: A REGISTER-BASED APPROACH

Postmenopausal breast cancer is associated with high intakes of omega6 fatty acids (Sweden).

Cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged women and the association with use of hormone therapy: results from a population-based study of Swedish women. The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) Study.

Ecological half-time and effective dose from chernobyl debris and from nuclear weapons fallout of 137Cs as measured in different Swedish populations.

Alcohol trajectories during four years in a Swedish residence hall student population

A Matter of Looks: The Framing of Obesity in Four Swedish Daily Newspapers

The epidemiology of anophthalmia and microphthalmia in Sweden.

VEGF inhibition for retinal diseases. The Swedish experience (Abstracts of the XXXVIII Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology 14-17 June 2008)

Elderly care recipients in a swedish municipality living in their own homes and being cared for by their families; their diseases, functional health status and care provided as reported by formal carers.

The aim of this study was to investigate from the perspective of formal carers the care given to people aged 65 and over, who are cared for in their own homes by informal care. Thirty-three district nurses (DNs) and 20 home service assistants in a municipality with 13500 inhabitants (over 65 years old), were interviewed about the location of care recipients and 398 care recipients were located. Mo

Remembering fractures: fracture registration and proband recall in southern Sweden

Effects of educational outreach visits on prescribing of benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs to elderly patients in primary health care in southern Sweden.