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Obesity Prevention in the Nordic Countries

Current Obesity Reports, 2016
Previous studies have shown that mean BMI and prevalences of overweight/obesity and obesity have increased over the last decades in the Nordic countries, despite highly regulated societies with a focus on obesity prevention. We review recent overweight/obesity and obesity prevention initiatives within four of the five Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark,
Anders Stockmarr, Tatjana Hejgaard, Jeppe Matthiessen   +2 more
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The Nordic Countries

2021
Abstract This chapter discusses the descriptive premises of the notion of a distinctive Nordic welfare model. It asks in what sense the Nordic welfare states constitute a distinctive type, and whether its core features have remained stable in recent decades.
Mikko Kautto, Kati Kuitto
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Tribology in the Nordic Countries

Wear, 1994
The paper overviews the present state of tribology in the Nordic Countries, its historical development and the preconditions to meet future demands. Nordic tribology is partly of a multinational nature and partly locally coloured. The Nordic scientific works relating to tribology can be dated back to the 1880s, and later decades have brought numerous ...
Andersson, Peter, Holmberg, Kenneth
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Parasuicide in the Nordic Countries

Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 1994
This article gives an account of some findings of the WHO/EURO multicentre study on parasuicide from the five Nordic centres: Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), and the counties of Funen (Denmark), Sør-Trøndelag (Norway) and Västerbotten (Sweden). For parasuicide patients treated in hospital in these five Nordic centres, the parasuicide rates per ...
D, Wasserman, M, Fellman, U, Bille-Brahe, T, Bjerke, L, Jacobsson, G, Jessen, J K, Lönnqvist, O, Njåstad, A, Ostamo, E, Salander-Renberg   +9 more
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Radiology in the Nordic countries

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 1991
NEMT, Nordic Evaluation of Medical Technology, conducted a study in 1988-89 on the use and diffusion of diagnostic radiology technologies in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, i.e. the Nordic Countries. The study analysed the responses to a questionnaire sent to all Nordic radiology departments.
Silas Olsson, Hroar Piene, Pertti Staf, Martti Karmano, Erkki Svedström, Erik Boijsen, P.G. Lindgren, Rune Persson, Bent Danneskiold-Samsøe, Gisli Georgsson, Torben Jørgensen, Bjørn Backe, Pia Maria Jonsson, Seppo Leisti, Ingolfur Torisson   +14 more
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Homicide in the Nordic countries

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1990
ABSTRACTThis article reviews and assesses previous studies of homicide in the Nordic countries and compares the main findings with those from other countries. In spite of the relative sparsity of data, the nature of the available information allows a reasonably reliable comparison to be made between different Nordic countries.
G H, Gudjónsson, H, Pétursson
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Urology in the Nordic Countries

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, 1972
The development in the Nordic countries reflects even greater attempts to put a brake on specialization in surgery. With farreaching specialization there will be comparatively few surgeons in each field. The organization will be vulnerable, for instance because the recruiting must often be limited to a small circle. The system inhibits competition, and
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Suicide in the Nordic Countries

Psychopathology, 2010
There are great differences in the suicide rates in the closely related Nordic countries. The suicide rates are higher in Finland, especially in males, and Denmark, especially in females, and lower in Norway and Iceland, with Sweden in a middle position. The statistics are found to be comparable. In this article the development from 1880 to the present
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Occupation and Leukemia in Nordic Countries

Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2012
We studied occupational variation of the risk of acute myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and other leukemia in Nordic countries.The study cohort comprised 15 million persons older than 30 years who participated in the population censuses in 1960, 1970, 1980/1981, 1990, or all of these years in five Nordic countries. Standardized incidence
Talibov, Madar, Kautiainen, Susanna, Martinsen, Jan Ivar, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Lynge, Elsebeth, Sparen, Per, Tryggvadottir, Laufey, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Pukkala, Eero   +8 more
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