Smoking-Induced Risk of Osteoporosis Is Partly Mediated by Cadmium From Tobacco Smoke : The MrOS Sweden Study

A multicentre simulation study of planar whole-body bone scintigraphy in Sweden

Background: Whole-body bone scintigraphy is a clinically useful non-invasive and highly sensitive imaging method enabling detection of metabolic changes at an early stage of disease, often earlier than with conventional radiologic procedures. Bone scintigraphy is one of the most common nuclear medicine methods used worldwide. Therefore, it is important that the examination is implemented and perfo

Impact of protease and lipase activities on quality of Swedish raw milk

The Swedish National Pediatric Cataract Register (PECARE) : incidence and onset of postoperative glaucoma

Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for compression neuropathy: a longitudinal cohort study from southern Sweden

Introduction Compression neuropathies (CN) in the upper extremity, the most common being carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE), are frequent among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Earlier studies have shown contradicting results regarding DM as a risk factor for CN. Thus, the aim of the present population-based, longitudinal study was to explore potential associations

The use of ICD codes to identify IBD subtypes and phenotypes of the Montreal classification in the Swedish National Patient Register

Health-related quality of life after surviving an out-of-hospital compared to an in-hospital cardiac arrest : A Swedish population-based registry study

Birth outcomes in a Swedish population of women reporting a history of violence including domestic violence during pregnancy : A longitudinal cohort study

Experience-Based Swedish TTO and VAS Value Sets for EQ-5D-5L Health States

Expansion of the Waste-Based Commodity Frontier: Insights from Sweden and Brazil

Waste is a valuable commodity and remains a livelihood source for waste pickers in the global South. Waste to Energy (WtoE) is often described as alternative to landfilling, as it provides cheap fuel while making waste disappear. In some European cities, this method has evolved into an impediment, slowing down the adoption of more sustainable technologies and waste prevention. These plants typical

Birth outcome in a caseload study conducted in a rural area of Sweden-a register based study

Emergence of carsharing business models and sustainability impacts in Swedish cities

The sharing economy has become prominent in the policy, business and academic discourse as a way to achieve greater levels of resource efficiency in sustainability transitions. An example is carsharing, which is regarded as a potential lever for change in sustainable mobility transitions. In this article we, apply the "ecologies of business models" perspective to investigate how carsharing initiat

Patient choice, entry, and the quality of primary care : Evidence from Swedish reforms

Levothyroxine treatment is associated with an increased relative risk of overall and organ specific incident cancers – a cohort study of the Swedish population

Incidence, aetiology and related comorbidities of cirrhosis : a Swedish population-based cohort study

Insects and other invertebrate remains from the coffin of a 17th century bishop in Lund Minster, S Sweden

An extraordinarily diverse and well-preserved material, including the remains of 47 insect taxa and 12 taxa of other invertebrates, extracted from the 17th century burial of Bishop Peder Winstrup in Lund Minster, is presented and discussed in terms of the treatment of the body, activities connected with the burial and faunal significance. The invertebrate assemblages include species from gardens,

An Increasing Trend in the Prevalence of Polypharmacy in Sweden : A Nationwide Register-Based Study

Infections are associated with increased risk of giant cell arteritis - a population-based case-control study from Southern Sweden

Local attitudes towards management measures for the co-existence of seals and coastal fishery - A Swedish case study

Exposure to surgery is associated with better long-term outcomes in patients admitted to Swedish intensive care units

Background: Long-term outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) after surgery are unknown. We investigated the long-term effects of surgical exposure prior to ICU admission. Methods: Registry-based cohort study. The adjusted effect of surgical exposure for mortality was examined using Cox regression. Secondary analysis with conditional logistic regression in a case-control subpo