Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine: Recent submissions
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Dietary carbohydrate quality and health : focus on low-grade systemic inflammation and cardiometabolic risk factors
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-11-18)Dietary carbohydrate quality, characterized by content of whole grain (WG), dietary fiber, and sugars, is important for human health. Whole grain consumption and cereal fiber can reduce the risk of chronic disorders such ... -
Urban greenness and related health effects
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-11-11)Exposure to urban greenness has been linked to a wide range of health outcomes, including many non-communicable health conditions which are presently among the largest contributors to the global burden of disease, such as ... -
Health effects of air pollution : innovative approaches for spatio-temporal evaluations
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-09-17)Air pollution is one of the major risk factors to human health, causing both short- and long-term effects and the global burden on mortality is estimated in more than 4 million deaths every year. Most of the evidence on ... -
Short and long-term regulation of autophagy
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-09-04)Autophagy is a conserved catabolic pathway triggered by stress conditions in which portions of the cytoplasm, damage organelles, misfolded proteins and intracellular bacteria are delivered and degraded in the lysosome/vacuoles. ... -
Genotoxic effects among Bolivian farmers exposed to mixtures of pesticides : population and in vitro based studies
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-07-31)Human exposure to pesticides has increased exponentially in recent decades, especially in low- and middle-income countries where regulations on the use of pesticides and personal protective equipment (PPE) are not fully ... -
Evaluation of biomarkers in chronic inflammatory diseases
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-05-20)The overall aim of this thesis was to assess the role of biomarkers in chronic inflammatory disease. The goal of the first study was to investigate the association of sIL-6R and sgp130 levels and risk of first myocardial ... -
Stress prevention at work : intervention effectiveness and implementation process evaluation
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-04-14)Background: Work-related stress is a prevalent condition, which is costly for individuals, organizations and society. It is a complex phenomenon that involves and is influenced by factors at many levels. It is consequently ... -
Deep tissue massage therapy and/or strengthening and stretching exercises for disabling subacute or chronic neck pain : a randomized controlled trial
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2020-01-29)Background: Neck pain is a common condition responsible for a significant amount of disability worldwide. Various treatment modalities are used to manage neck pain, but evidence supporting their use is scarce, conflicting ... -
Health effects of road traffic noise in childhood and adolescence
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-11-22)Traffic noise is an increasing environmental exposure, primarily as a consequence of continuous urbanisation and growth of the transport sector. The burden of disease from noise is the second highest in Europe among all ... -
Ergonomic risk assessment and intervention through smart workwear systems
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-11-15)The rapid development of wearable technology has provided opportunities to ergonomics research and practice with new ways for workload measurements, data analytics, risk assessment and intervention. This thesis aims at ... -
Exposure to air pollution in the work and residential environment during pregnancy and adverse birth effects
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-10-17)Air pollution is an environmental health risk that causes millions of premature deaths every year around the world. Air pollution exposure has been associated with respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and an increased ... -
Shoulder injuries in adolescent elite handball players
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-10-04)Background: Handball is a physically demanding sport that includes jumping, running, side-cutting movements and frequent throwing. A high prevalence of shoulder problems and pain has been reported in adult handball players ... -
Effects of inhaled corticosteroids on DNA methylation in peripheral blood cells in children with asthma
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2019-09-25) -
Topics on mathematical statistics for medical applications : summary measures and exact simulation of diffusions
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-08-22)The first part of this thesis deals with exact simulation of multidimensional diffusion processes. The main contribution is the development of an exact rejection algorithm for sampling coupled Wright-Fisher diffusions. The ... -
Interplay between birthweight, family history, obesity, and genes in the development of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and type 2 diabetes
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-08-07)Diabetes is a chronic and serious public health concern affecting millions of people around the globe. For effective prevention understanding of modifiable risk factors is fundamental. For type 2 diabetes these risk factors ... -
Cesarean delivery, preterm birth and risk of food allergy : nationwide Swedish cohort study of over 1 million children
(Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2019-08-06)Background & Objectives: Little is known about early life risk factors for food allergy in children. We examined the association between perinatal characteristics and future risk of food allergy in offspring. Methods: ... -
Airborne occupational exposures and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-05-24)Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune, inflammatory disease with multifaceted aetiology. Cigarette smoke is the strongest environmental risk factor of RA, and research suggests that airborne exposures may ... -
Molecular mechanisms of cell death and cell clearance
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-04-10)Programmed cell death (PCD) is a naturally occurring event in multicellular organisms. It is part of the development as well as ensuring tissue homeostasis and cellular turnover. The cell death process and the removal of ... -
Diet and the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) : studies on the association with fish and sweetened beverages
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-04-05)Diabetes is an increasing public health problem affecting a breathtaking number of people worldwide. The knowledge about modifiable lifestyle factors influencing diabetes risk is extensive for type 2 diabetes, but limited ... -
Contact allergy in Swedish adolescents : results from the BAMSE cohort study
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2019-04-02)Background: Contact allergy affects about 20-25% of adults in the general population, but it is not completely clear how common it is among children and adolescents. Contact allergy is caused by skin contact to sensitizing ...