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| Gunilla Ringbäck WeitoftSummaryAffiliation: Centre for Epidemiology Country: Sweden Publications
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Mortality among lone mothers in Sweden: a population studyG Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Lancet 355:1215-9. 2000..An increasing number of lone mothers are experiencing financial and health disadvantages. Our aim was to assess mortality among lone mothers compared with mothers with partners...- Mortality, severe morbidity and injury among long-term lone mothers in SwedenGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Epidemiol 31:573-80. 2002..Our aim was to examine differences in mortality, severe morbidity and injury between lone mothers and mothers living with partners, on the assumption that the disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances contribute to poor health... - Mortality, severe morbidity, and injury in children living with single parents in Sweden: a population-based studyGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Lancet 361:289-95. 2003..We aimed to investigate differences in mortality, severe morbidity, and injury between children living in households with one adult and those living in households with two adults... - Premature mortality among lone fathers and childless menGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, 106 30 Stockholm, Sweden
Soc Sci Med 59:1449-59. 2004..However, even following these adjustments, significant risk increases, although greatly attenuated, remained for all the subgroups... - From macro to micro: the health of Swedish lone mothers during changing economic and social circumstancesSara Fritzell
Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Soc Sci Med 65:2474-88. 2007..Three alternative explanations are discussed: the Swedish welfare state still acts as a buffer for ill health; latency makes the follow-up time too short; and finally, the lack of increased differentials is due to methodological reasons... - Health and social outcomes among children in low-income families and families receiving social assistance--a Swedish national cohort studyGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Rålambsvägen 3, SE 106 30 Stockholm, Sweden
Soc Sci Med 66:14-30. 2008..A policy whereby children and parents receiving long-term assistance are offered access to evidence-based prevention programs in the areas of health, education and skills training appears to be important... - Underweight, overweight and obesity as risk factors for mortality and hospitalizationGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm
Scand J Public Health 36:169-76. 2008..5), overweight people (BMI 25 to <30), obese people (BMI> or =30), and those with normal weights (BMI 18.5 to <25)... - Is perceived nervousness and anxiety a predictor of premature mortality and severe morbidity? A longitudinal follow up of the Swedish survey of living conditionsGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, 10630 Stockholm, Sweden
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:794-8. 2005..To find out if people perceiving nervousness, uneasiness, and anxiety have excess risks of premature death and severe morbidity...