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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background A Bayesian mixed model approach using integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLA) allows us to construct flexible models that can account for pedigree structure. Using these models, we estimate ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background Age-related alterations in metabolism and excretion of medications increase the risk of adverse drug events in the elderly. Inappropriate polypharmacy and prescription practice entails increased ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objectives To address the relative importance of general job-related stressors, ambulance specific stressors and individual characteristics in relation to job satisfaction and health complaints (emotional ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background There is considerable evidence that many complex traits have a partially shared genetic basis, termed pleiotropy. It is therefore useful to consider integrating genome-wide association study ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background Previous research on mental health care has shown considerable differences in use of seclusion, restraint and involuntary medication among different wards and geographical areas. This study ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Diet has a major influence on the composition of the gut microbiota, whose importance for gut health and overall well-being is increasingly recognized. Knowledge is limited regarding health ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Chromatin remodeling is crucial for proper programing of developmental gene expression. Recent work provides a dynamic view of post-translational histone modifications during differentiation; ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In many domains, including cognition and personality, greater variability is observed in males than in females in humans. However, little is known about how variability differences between sexes are represented in the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Existing incidence estimates of heroin use are usually based on one information source. This study aims to incorporate more sources to estimate heroin use incidence trends in Spain between 1971 ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Beyond survival of nowadays >80%, modern childhood cancer treatment strives to preserve long-term health and quality of life. However, the majority of today’s survivors suffer from short- and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and long-term mortality remains uncertain and previous studies have reported conflicting findings. We aim to assess the long-term impact of OC ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Quality control after phonosurgery is important and may be time consuming. Often questionnaires focusing on quality of life are applied. We aimed at investigating the use of organ specific symptoms, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)We investigated if alerting subjects to elevated total cholesterol (TC), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and blood pressure (BP) (cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors that are usually asymptomatic), and if providing advice ...
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A review of studies of parent-child communication about sexuality and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Parent-child sexuality communication has been identified as a protective factor for adolescent sexual and reproductive health, including HIV infection. The available literature on this topic in sub-Saharan Africa is ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Dietary fat is an essential macronutrient. However, saturated fact has been associated with negative health outcomes including cardiovascular disease. Shifting consumption from saturated fat to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background Knowledge about important factors in reduction of burnout is needed, but there is a dearth of burnout intervention program studies and their effects among physicians. The present three-year ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background National mortality statistics should be comparable between countries that use the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases. Distinguishing between manners of death, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background The reduction of crime is an important outcome of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT). Criminal intensity and treatment regimes vary among OMT patients, but this is rarely adjusted for in statistical ...