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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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An increasing proportion of immigrants to Western countries in the past decade are from war affected countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of war experience among ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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Several studies have shown that general practitioners (GPs) under-diagnose common mental disorders, and that training courses hardly improve this practice. The influence of GPs' self-perceived ...
Plasma levels of leptin and mammographic density among postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
Introduction
Obesity has been linked to increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Increased peripheral production of estrogens has been regarded as the main cause for this association, but ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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Congenital syphilis is recognized as a substantial public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of syphilis among antenatal care attendees ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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Previous studies demonstrated breast cancer tumor tissue samples could be classified into different subtypes based upon DNA microarray profiles. The most recent study presented evidence for the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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The aim of the study was to validate the Norwegian version of a self-administered 43-item questionnaire designed to assess quality of life in kidney transplant recipients, the End-Stage Renal ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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Individuals heterozygous for germline ATM mutations have been reported to have an increased risk for breast cancer but the role for ATM genetic variants for breast cancer risk has remained unclear. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
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In an elderly, community based population we aimed at investigating antihypertensive and lipid lowering medication use in relation to own and familiar cardiovascular morbidity and diabetes mellitus, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
Background
Analysis of the chromosomal background upon which a mutation occurs can be used to reconstruct the origins of specific disease-causing mutations. The relatively common BRCA1 mutation, 1135insA, ...