Familial risk of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive and obstructive coronary arteries -A nation-wide cohort study.

Background And Aims: The familial risk among patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is unknown. Previous studies of family history in myocardial infarction (MI), have not made a distinction between MINOCA and MI due to coronary artery disease (MI-CAD), based on angiographic findings. We therefore sought to investigate familial risk of MI without and with obstructive coronary arteries.

A roadmap for assessing the diagnostic usefulness of neurosensory testing and an updated method for exposure assessment among vibration-exposed workers in northern Sweden.

Workers who use handheld vibrating machines such as grinders, hammers and chainsaws expose themselves to hand-arm vibration (HAV). Exposure to HAV may cause injuries to both the neurological and the vascular system. The occupational health services (OHS) in Sweden use a formal guideline for secondary prevention focusing on early detection of vibration-related injuries.

Hand cold stress testing among Arctic open-pit miners: a clinical study.

. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of individual characteristics (sex, age, body mass index [BMI] and smoking habits) on the tolerance time, pain ratings and rewarming time of hand cold stress testing (CST). .

Uranium Body Clearance Kinetics-A Long-term Follow-up Study of Retired Nuclear Fuel Workers.

Nuclear industry workers exposed to uranium aerosols may risk kidney damage and radiation-induced cancer. This warrants the need for well-established dose and risk assessments, which can be greatly improved by using material-specific absorption parameters in the ICRP Human Respiratory Tract Model. The present study focuses on the evaluation of the slow dissolution rate ( s s , d -1 ), a parameter that is difficult to quantify with in vitro dissolution studies, especially for more insoluble uranium compounds.

Incidence of groin hernia repairs in women and parity: a population-based cohort study among women born in Sweden between 1956 and 1983.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between parity and the incidence rate of groin hernia repair in women.

Method: This study was based on two Swedish national registers, the Medical Birth Register (MBR), and the Swedish Hernia Register (SHR). The cohort constituted of women born between 1956 and 1983.