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- Blom, Anna M, et al.
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Increase of bikunin and alpha1-microglobulin concentrations in urine of rats during pregnancy is due to decreased tubular reabsorption
- 1997
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Ingår i: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. - 0006-3002. ; 1361:2, s. 198-202
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Bikunin and alpha1-microglobulin are two plasma proteins of about 25 kDa which are made in the liver from a common precursor. The concentration of bikunin in human urine has been shown to increase several fold during various conditions of stress. The mechanism behind this increase is unknown. We have studied pregnant rats and found that the bikunin and alpha1-microglobulin levels in their urine increased 3-fold towards the end of the pregnancy, whereas those of albumin and orosomucoid did not. There were no significant changes in either the bikunin/alpha1-microglobulin mRNA level or the concentrations of the two proteins in serum. These findings imply that the synthesis and the clearance rates of bikunin and alpha1-microglobulin are normal during pregnancy but that the tubular reabsorption of these proteins is decreased.
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- Ekström, Anna Mia, et al.
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Occupational exposures and risk of gastric cancer in a population-based case-control study
- 1999
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Ingår i: Cancer Research. - 0008-5472. ; 59:23, s. 5932-5937
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Gastric cancer trends seem to follow improvements in the environment of blue-collar workers, but the etiological role of occupational exposures in gastric carcinogenesis is scantily investigated. The risk of gastric adenocarcinoma in 10 common occupational industries, and particularly the long-term effects of asbestos, organic solvents, impregnating agents, insecticides, and herbicides, were evaluated in a population-based case- control study, including data on most established risk factors. The study base included all individuals of ages 40-79, born in Sweden and living in either of two areas (total population, 1.3 million) with differing gastric cancer incidences, from February 1989 through January 1995. We interviewed 567 cases classified to site (cardia/noncardia) and histological type, and 11(15 population-based controls, frequency-matched for age and sex. Metal workers had a 46% excess gastric cancer risk [adjusted odds ratio (OR), 1.46; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.10-1.94], increasing to 1.65 (95% CI, 1.17- 2.32) for >10 years in the industry. The elevated risk after exposure to herbicides (OR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.13-2.15) was attributable to phenoxyacetic acids (adjusted OR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.16-2.48), similarly across tumor subtypes, and not modified by smoking, body mass index, or Helicobacter pylori. The absence of interaction was demonstrated by the pure multiplicative effect found among those exposed to both H. pylori and phenoxyacetic acids (OR, 3.42; 95% CI, 1.41-8.26). Organic solvents, insecticides, impregnating agents, and asbestos were not associated with gastric cancer risk. Employment in the metal industry and exposure to phenoxyacetic acids were both positively and independently associated with gastric cancer risk. The fractions of all gastric cancers attributable to these job-related exposures were small but not negligible (7 and 5%, respectively) in the Swedish population.
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- Eriksson-Gustavsson, Anna-Lena, 1949-
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Att läsa : -ett behov, -ett krav, -en nödvändighet : en analys av den första internationellt jämförande studien av vuxnas förmåga att förstå och använda skriftlig information : International Adult Literacy Survey = [Reading] : [-a need, a requirement, a necessity]
- 1997
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This is a presentation and an analysis of the International Adult Literacy Survey, IALS, the first international comparative study of reading ability and reading habits among adults. The study was carried out in seven countries in Europe and North America during 1994 och 1995. It was conducted by Statistics Canada, in cooperation with Educational Testing Service in USA, and OECD in Paris, France. The aim was to bring to a focus the relations between individuals' reading ability, educational level and occupation, and economic growth and development in society. A second aim was to identify groups of individuals who may suffer, socially as well as economically, because of a low level of reading ability.The National Agency for Education was responsible for the Swedish participation in the study. A representative sample of the population, 16 years of age and older, have taken part in the study, which was conducted by means of interviews and objective tests of reading ability.The results demonstrate that there are substantial differences in reading ability among the population both within the country and in comparison with other countries. Education lays the ground for the development of reading ability, but work-related reading and leisure reading both have an impact on further development of the ability.In analysing the Swedish data focus has been on three variables, education, reading ability and reading habits. Individuals with a high educational level demonstrated better reading ability and more frequent reading activities. both at work and in leisure, than did individuals with a lower educational level. Individuals with higher education read more books, visited a library more often and read much more in relation to work than did individuals with lower education.According to the IALS survey, however, approximately one third of the Swedish 16+ population did not reach the level of reading ability that is set in the national curriculum (Lpo 94) as a goal for the end of grade 9 in the Swedish compulsory school.This thesis also contains a pilot study, the aim of which is to test a method of researching adults' reading habits in depth. In the pilot study data were collected by means of reading-diaries. From the diaries it appeared that the time individuals reserved for reading during week days increased substantially from the lowest to the highest level of education. It was the time spent with reading in relation to work that made all the difference. It was also evident that the variation of reading materials was much larger for individuals with a high educational level than for those with a low educational level.The opportunities and possibilities for adults to improve their reading ability vary a great deal. There is every reason to emphasize the need for increased opportunities of recurrent education, in order to avoid a wider and deeper gap between individuals with high and low levels of reading ability. Further research about the context and requirements of adult reading in the future society is also needed.
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- Eriksson, Jemt Anna, et al.
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Gamla Uppsalas landskapshistoria
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Ingår i: Arkeologi och miljögeologi i Gamla Uppsala / redaktör: Wladyslaw Duczko. Vol. 2. - : Department of Archaeology, Uppsala University. ; 11, s. 157-178-
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- Eriksson-Trenter, Anna
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Defining Property Rights
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Ingår i: Outland Use in Preindustrial Europe. - : Lund.
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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