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Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Professor of Epidemiology
Location
Sturlugata 8
Phone
525 - 4072
Email
unnurav [at] hi.is
Unit
Public Health Sciences
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-946X
Research portal – Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2022 - 2023
Collaboration
Associate Professor Lorelei Mucci
,
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor Katja Fall
,
Örebro University
Associate Professor Fang Fang
,
Karolinska Institutet
Education
2003
,
Ph.D.
,
Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm
,
Ph.D. Clinical epidemiolognska Insitutet, Stockholmy
1996
,
B.A.
,
University of Iceland
,
Psychology
1992
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Menntaskólinn á Akureyri
,
Matriculation examination
Professional Experience
2012 -
,
Professor of Epidemiology,
2007 -
2012,
Associate Professor, Head Centre of Public Health Sciences,
University of Iceland
2004 -
2006,
Post doc,
Karolinska Institutet
1999 -
2003,
Ph.D. student,
Karolinska Institutet
Published works
2023
Prediction of Suicidal Behaviors in the Middle-aged Population: Machine Learning Analyses of UK Biobank
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Mental health, gender, and care-seeking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: An exploratory study
Mental health indicators in Sweden over a 12-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic – Baseline data of the Omtanke2020 Study
Journal of Affective Disorders
Short-term improvement of mental health after a COVID-19 vaccination
PLOS ONE
2022
Short-term improvement of mental health after a COVID-19 vaccination
Serious financial difficulties, psychological stress, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in Mexican women
Annals of Epidemiology
Genome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder among childhood cancer survivors: results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort
Translational Psychiatry
Medication use in populations exposed to the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption: an interrupted time series analysis
BMJ Open
Unravelling the link between sleep and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
The role of genetic predisposition in cardiovascular risk after cancer diagnosis: a matched cohort study of the UK Biobank
British Journal of Cancer
Urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin Levels and Prostate Cancer Risk among Men in the Multiethnic Cohort
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Lifetime exposure to violence and other life stressors and hair cortisol concentration in women
Stress
Use of Antibiotics and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Sweden
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Prediction of Suicidal Behaviors in the Middle-aged Population: Machine Learning Analyses of UK Biobank (Preprint)
2021
Cardiovascular mortality among cancer survivors who developed breast cancer as a second primary malignancy
British Journal of Cancer
Psychological distress among health professional students during the COVID-19 outbreak
Psychological Medicine
Illness severity and risk of mental morbidities among patients recovering from COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in the Icelandic population
BMJ Open
Pubertal development and risk of premenstrual disorders in young adulthood
Human Reproduction
Unspecified stress disorders and risk of arterial and venous thromboembolic disease in the Danish population
Journal of Affective Disorders
Public health insurance and cancer-specific mortality risk among patients with breast cancer: A prospective cohort study in China
International Journal of Cancer
Severe volcanic SO
2
exposure and respiratory morbidity in the Icelandic population – a register study
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
Correction: Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland
JMIR Formative Research
Correction: Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland (Preprint)
Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland (Preprint)
Cardiovascular-related deaths at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak: A prospective analysis based on the UK Biobank
BMJ Open
Risk of specific cardiovascular diseases in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Journal of Psychiatric Research
Mental health indicators in Sweden over a 12-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic
Adverse childhood experiences and resilience among adult women: A population-based study
medRxiv
Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland
JMIR Formative Research
Mode of delivery was associated with transient changes in the metabolomic profile of neonates
Acta Paediatrica
Nordic Health Registry-Based Research: A Review of Health Care Systems and Key Registries
Clinical Epidemiology
Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption
Nature Communications
Randomized Trial for Weight Loss Using a Digital Therapeutic Application
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Stress Related Disorders and the Risk of Kidney Disease
Kidney International Reports
Clinical indications of premenstrual disorders and subsequent risk of injury: a population-based cohort study in Sweden
BMC Medicine
Optimal communication associated with lower risk of acute traumatic stress after lung cancer diagnosis
Supportive Care in Cancer
Disease trajectories and mortality among individuals diagnosed with depression: a community-based cohort study in UK Biobank
Molecular Psychiatry
Erratum: Psychological distress among health professional students during the COVID-19 outbreak - Corrigendum (Psychological medicine (2021) 51 11 (1952-1954))
Psychological medicine
Genetic predisposition to psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19
medRxiv
Does antipsychotic use mediate the effect of psychiatric disorders on COVID-19? – Authors' reply
The Lancet Healthy Longevity
Exploratory assessment of pineal gland volume, composition, and urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels on prostate cancer risk
Prostate
Loss of a co-twin at birth and subsequent risk of psychiatric disorders
eLife
2020
A shared genetic contribution to breast cancer and schizophrenia
Nature Communications
Excess cardiovascular deaths in the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak
medRxiv
Risk of psychiatric disorders among the surviving twins after a co-twin loss
eLife
The effect of the economic collapse in Iceland on the probability of cardiovascular events
Economics and Human Biology
The prevalence of hypnic headache in Iceland
Cephalalgia
Association of Stress-Related Disorders with Subsequent Neurodegenerative Diseases
JAMA Neurology
Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Educational Achievement in Sweden
JAMA network open
Beta-blocker use and lung cancer mortality in a nationwide cohort study of patients with primary non–small cell lung cancer
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Mortality and major disease risk among migrants of the 1991-2001 Balkan wars to Sweden: A register-based cohort study
PLoS Medicine
Public awareness, emotional reactions and human mobility in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China- A population-based ecological study
Psychological Medicine
Suicide rates in Iceland before and after the 2008 Global Recession: A nationwide population-based study
European Journal of Public Health
Pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19: A cohort analysis in the UK Biobank
medRxiv
Beta-adrenergic receptor blockers and liver cancer mortality in a national cohort of hepatocellular carcinoma patients
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Psychological and physiological impacts of a fast-track diagnostic workup for men with suspected prostate cancer: Preliminary report from a randomized clinical trial
Cancer Communications
Pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19: a UK Biobank cohort analysis
The Lancet Healthy Longevity
Family member incarceration, psychological stress, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in Mexican women (2012–2016)
American Journal of Public Health
Aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders following a cancer diagnosis: A nationwide register-based cohort study
BMC Medicine
2019
Maternal bereavement shortly before or during pregnancy and risk of postpartum psychotic illness: A population-based study from Denmark and Sweden
Clinical Epidemiology
Stress resilience in late adolescence and survival among cancer patients: A Swedish register-based cohort study
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Respiratory health among professionals exposed to extreme SO
2
levels from a volcanic eruption
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Socioenvironmental adversity and risk of prostate cancer in non-Hispanic black and white men
Cancer Causes and Control
Stress-related disorders - A major challenge of 21st century medical sciences,Áfalla- og streituraskanir - Ein megináskorun lýoheilsuvísinda 21. aldar
Laeknabladid
Stress related disorders and risk of cardiovascular disease: Population based, sibling controlled cohort study
The BMJ
Psychologic distress is associated with cancer-specific mortality among patients with cervical cancer
Cancer Research
Mortality of lung cancer as a second primary malignancy: A population-based cohort study
Cancer Medicine
Marital status, telomere length and cardiovascular disease risk in a Swedish prospective cohort
Heart
Author Reply to: The name of the game: Is preventive screening “cancer screening?”
European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Stress related disorders and subsequent risk of life threatening infections: Population based sibling controlled cohort study
The BMJ
The mother’s risk of premature death after child loss across two centuries
eLife
Severe volcanic SO2 exposure and respiratory morbidities in the Icelandic population – a register study
Pre-diagnostic 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and survival in cancer patients
Cancer Causes and Control
Low stress resilience in late adolescence and risk of smoking, high alcohol consumption and drug use later in life
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Body fat distribution on computed tomography imaging and prostate cancer risk and mortality in the AGES-Reykjavik study
Cancer
Association of Blood Marker of Inflammation in Late Adolescence with Premature Mortality
JAMA Pediatrics
Psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases during the diagnostic workup of potential breast cancer: A population-based cohort study in Skåne, Sweden
Breast Cancer Research
2018
Childhood Bereavement and Lower Stress Resilience in Late Adolescence.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
The association between different traumatic life events and suicidality.
European journal of psychotraumatology
[Views of Icelandic women towards genetic counseling - and testing of BRCA2 mutations].
Laeknabladid
Dietary habits in adolescence and midlife and risk of breast cancer in older women.
PloS one
Impact of parental cancer on IQ, stress resilience, and physical fitness in young men.
Clinical epidemiology
Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease.
JAMA
Mental disorders around cancer diagnosis and increased hospital admission rate - a nationwide cohort study of Swedish cancer patients.
BMC cancer
Stress-Related Disorders and Autoimmune Disease-Reply.
JAMA
Evacuation of Swedish survivors after the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami: The survivors' perspective and symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
Scandinavian journal of public health
Psychiatric disorders among children of parents with cancer: A Swedish register-based matched cohort study.
Psycho-oncology
The Effect of the Economic Collapse in Iceland on the Probability of Cardiovascular Events
SSRN
Correction: Dietary habits in adolescence and midlife and risk of breast cancer in older women.
PloS one
Psychosocial support after natural disasters in Iceland-implementation and utilization
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Stress Resilience in Late Adolescence and Survival among Cancer Patients: A Swedish Register-Based Cohort Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Time to abandon early detection cancer screening.
European journal of clinical investigation
2017
[Fast diagnostic track for suspected lung cancer: A patient centered approach].
Laeknabladid
Clinical Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Before Cancer Diagnosis-Reply.
JAMA oncology
Exposure to Violence and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Mexican Women.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Stress resilience and cancer risk: a nationwide cohort study.
Journal of epidemiology and community health
A Walking Intervention Among Men With Prostate Cancer: A Pilot Study.
Clinical genitourinary cancer
Suicide attempts and self-harm during a dramatic national economic transition: a population-based study in Iceland.
European journal of public health
Waiting time for cancer treatment and mental health among patients with newly diagnosed esophageal or gastric cancer: a nationwide cohort study.
BMC cancer
Maternal cancer during pregnancy and risks of stillbirth and infant mortality
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Fast diagnostic track for suspected lung cancer: A patient centered approach,Greiningarferli lungnakrabbameins á landspítala: Sjúklingamiouo nálgun
Laeknabladid
Beta-blocker drug use and survival among patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Cancer Research
Expression and genetic variation in neuroendocrine signaling pathways in lethal and nonlethal prostate cancer among men diagnosed with localized disease
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Midlife metabolic factors and prostate cancer risk in later life.
International journal of cancer
Expression and Genetic Variation in Neuroendocrine Signaling Pathways in Lethal and Nonlethal Prostate Cancer among Men Diagnosed with Localized Disease.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
First-onset mental disorders after cancer diagnosis and cancer-specific mortality: a nationwide cohort study.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
Beta-Blocker Drug Use and Survival among Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.
Cancer research
Maternal Cancer During Pregnancy and Risks of Stillbirth and Infant Mortality.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Long-lasting improvements in health-related quality of life among women with chronic pain, following multidisciplinary rehabilitation.
Disability and rehabilitation
Regional differences in mortality, hospital discharges and primary care contacts for cardiovascular disease.
Scandinavian journal of public health
2016
The Manifestations of Sleep Disturbances 16 Years Post-Trauma.
Sleep
Body Mass Index, Smoking and Hypertensive Disorders during Pregnancy: A Population Based Case-Control Study.
PloS one
Injuries before and after diagnosis of cancer: nationwide register based study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Clinical Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Immediately Before and After Cancer Diagnosis: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study in Sweden.
JAMA oncology
Pineal Gland Volume Assessed by MRI and Its Correlation with 6-Sulfatoxymelatonin Levels among Older Men.
Journal of biological rhythms
Sexually transmitted infections after bereavement - a population-based cohort study.
BMC infectious diseases
Early Life Residence, Fish Consumption, and Risk of Breast Cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Sixteen-year follow-up of childhood avalanche survivors.
European journal of psychotraumatology
Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Avalanche Survivors: A 16-Year Follow-Up.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Obstetric Outcomes of Mothers Previously Exposed to Sexual Violence.
PloS one
How Does the Economic Crisis Influence Adolescents’ Happiness? Population-Based Surveys in Iceland in 2000–2010
Journal of Happiness Studies
Deconstructing the smoking-preeclampsia paradox through a counterfactual framework.
European journal of epidemiology
2015
Childhood injury after a parental cancer diagnosis.
eLife
Posttraumatic stress and other health consequences of catastrophic avalanches: A 16-year follow-up of survivors.
Journal of anxiety disorders
Fish and fish-liver oil consumption in adolescence and midlife and risk of CHD in older women.
Public health nutrition
Physical Activity from Early Adulthood and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A 24-Year Follow-Up Study among Icelandic Men.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Insufficient Sleep and Risk of Prostate Cancer in a Large Swedish Cohort.
Sleep
Bereavement Is Associated with an Increased Risk of HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer: An Epidemiological Study in Sweden.
Cancer research
Sleep Duration and Disruption and Prostate Cancer Risk: a 23-Year Prospective Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Stress-Related Signaling Pathways in Lethal and Nonlethal Prostate Cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
Smoking and obesity among pregnant women in Iceland 2001-2010.
European journal of public health
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Venlafaxine in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Birth Defects: Population Based Cohort Study and Sibling Design
Obstet. Gynecol. Surv.
Number of visits to the emergency department and risk of suicide: a population-based case-control study.
BMC public health
Is a cancer diagnosis associated with subsequent risk of transient global amnesia?
PloS one
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and venlafaxine in early pregnancy and risk of birth defects: population based cohort study and sibling design.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Health-related quality of life improvements among women with chronic pain: comparison of two multidisciplinary interventions.
Disability and rehabilitation
Psychiatric disorders and suicide attempts in Swedish survivors of the 2004 southeast Asia tsunami: a 5 year matched cohort study.
The lancet. Psychiatry
Stress and cancer: Nordic pieces to the complex puzzle.
European journal of epidemiology
Pregnancy-Induced Hypertensive Disorders before and after a National Economic Collapse: A Population Based Cohort Study.
PloS one
Registration and definitions of mental disorders in Swedish survivors of the 2004 southeast Asia tsunami--Authors' response.
The lancet. Psychiatry
Use of SSRI and SNRI Antidepressants during Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
PloS one
2014
Teenagers want to be told when a parent's death is near: A nationwide study of cancer-bereaved youths' opinions and experiences.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
Risk factors and health during pregnancy among women previously exposed to sexual violence.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
Spousal loss and cognitive function in later life: a 25-year follow-up in the AGES-Reykjavik study.
American Journal of Epidemiology
Urinary melatonin levels, sleep disruption, and risk of prostate cancer in elderly men.
European urology
Oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk: a cohort study of 16 928 women 48 years and older.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
Loss of a parent and the risk of cancer in early life: a nationwide cohort study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
Absence of circadian rhythms of preterm premature rupture of membranes and preterm placental abruption.
Annals of epidemiology
Parental cancer diagnosis and child mortality--a population-based cohort study in Sweden.
Cancer epidemiology
Maternal geographic residence, local health service supply and birth outcomes.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
Effects of yoga practice on stress-related symptoms in the aftermath of an earthquake: A community-based controlled trial.
Complementary therapies in medicine
Poorer self-rated health in residential areas with limited healthcare supply.
Scandinavian journal of public health
Self-injury in youths who lost a parent to cancer: nationwide study of the impact of family-related and health-care-related factors.
Psycho-oncology
Mental health indicators and quality of life among individuals with musculoskeletal chronic pain: a nationwide study in Iceland.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology
Use of antidepressants and association with elective termination of pregnancy: population based case-control study.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Hair cortisol in relation to sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics in a multiethnic US sample.
Annals of epidemiology
Circadian clock genes and risk of fatal prostate cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
2013
Quality of life of adolescents born with extremely low birth weight.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
Correlates of cortisol in human hair: implications for epidemiologic studies on health effects of chronic stress.
Annals of epidemiology
Low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm births before and after the economic collapse in Iceland: a population based cohort study.
PloS one
Suicide and suicide attempt after a cancer diagnosis among young individuals.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
Communication and trust in the care provided to a dying parent: a nationwide study of cancer-bereaved youths.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Low preparedness before the loss of a wife to cancer and the widower's chronic pain 4-5 years later-a population-based study.
Psycho-oncology
Sleep disruption among older men and risk of prostate cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Consumption of fish products across the lifespan and prostate cancer risk.
PloS one
Increased stress among women following an economic collapse--a prospective cohort study.
American journal of epidemiology
Self-injury in teenagers who lost a parent to cancer: a nationwide, population-based, long-term follow-up.
JAMA pediatrics
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth and infant mortality.
JAMA
Pancreatic cancer risk after loss of a child: a register-based study in Sweden during 1991-2009.
American journal of epidemiology
2012
Age, academic performance, and stimulant prescribing for ADHD: a nationwide cohort study.
Pediatrics
A population-based study of stimulant drug treatment of ADHD and academic progress in children.
Pediatrics
[Early life residency associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes - the population-based Reykjavík study].
Laeknabladid
Suicide and cardiovascular death after a cancer diagnosis.
The New England journal of medicine
Hydrogen sulfide and particle matter levels associated with increased dispensing of anti-asthma drugs in Iceland's capital.
Environmental research
Economic crisis and smoking behaviour: prospective cohort study in Iceland.
BMJ open
Functional limitations and physical symptoms of individuals with chronic pain.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology
Suicide and Cardiovascular Death after a Cancer Diagnosis REPLY
N. Engl. J. Med.
The authors reply
New England Journal of Medicine
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn: population based cohort study from the five Nordic countries.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Circadian disruption, sleep loss, and prostate cancer risk: a systematic review of epidemiologic studies.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Health effects following the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption: a cohort study.
BMJ open
Rye bread consumption in early life and reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
2011
Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study.
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
Couples' communication before the wife's death to cancer and the widower's feelings of guilt or regret after the loss - a population-based investigation.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
Increased attendance rates and altered characteristics of sexual violence.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
Long-term mental health of men who lose a wife to cancer--a population-based follow-up.
Psycho-oncology
Milk intake in early life and risk of advanced prostate cancer.
American journal of epidemiology
Obstetric and neonatal risks among extremely macrosomic babies and their mothers.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
2010
Hospitalization for osteoarthritis and prostate cancer specific mortality among Swedish men with prostate cancer.
Cancer epidemiology
Re: Immediate Risk of Suicide and Cardiovascular Death After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Cohort Study in the United States Response
JNCI-J. Natl. Cancer Inst.
Risk of infection-related cancers after the loss of a child: a follow-up study in Sweden.
Cancer research
Long-term harm of low preparedness for a wife's death from cancer--a population-based study of widowers 4-5 years after the loss.
American journal of epidemiology
Immediate risk of suicide and cardiovascular death after a prostate cancer diagnosis: cohort study in the United States.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Immediate risk of suicide and cardiovascular death after a prostate cancer diagnosis: Cohort study in the United States
Journal of Urology
2009
Psychotic illness in first-time mothers with no previous psychiatric hospitalizations: a population-based study.
PLoS medicine
Immediate risk for cardiovascular events and suicide following a prostate cancer diagnosis: prospective cohort study.
PLoS medicine
Health care-related predictors of husbands' preparedness for the death of a wife to cancer--a population-based follow-up.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Sweden, 1991-2005.
Archives of neurology
Psychotropic drug use among Icelandic children: a nationwide population-based study.
Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
Unrelieved symptoms of female cancer patients during their last months of life and long-term psychological morbidity in their widowers: a nationwide population-based study.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
2008
Disclosure of incurable illness to spouses: do they want to know? A Swedish population-based follow-up study.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Suicide among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Brain : a journal of neurology
Guilt after the loss of a husband to cancer: is there a relation with the health care provided?
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
2007
Measuring anxiety and depression in the oncology setting using visual-digital scales.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
Loss of a child and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
American journal of epidemiology
Parents' intellectual and emotional awareness of their child's impending death to cancer: a population-based long-term follow-up study.
The Lancet. Oncology
2006
When death appears best for the child with severe malignancy: a nationwide parental follow-up.
Palliative medicine
Perceptions of inadequate health care and feelings of guilt in parents after the death of a child to a malignancy: a population-based long-term follow-up.
Journal of palliative medicine
Towards better measurements in bereavement research: order of questions and assessed psychological morbidity.
Palliative medicine
2005
Talking about death with dying children [1] (multiple letters)
New England Journal of Medicine
Care-related distress: a nationwide study of parents who lost their child to cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Talking about death with dying children - Reply
N. Engl. J. Med.
Need for and access to bereavement support after loss of a husband to urologic cancers: a nationwide follow-up of Swedish widows.
Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology
2004
Awareness of husband's impending death from cancer and long-term anxiety in widowhood: a nationwide follow-up.
Palliative medicine
Anxiety and depression in parents 4-9 years after the loss of a child owing to a malignancy: a population-based follow-up.
Psychological medicine
Talking about death with children who have severe malignant disease.
The New England journal of medicine
A population-based nationwide study of parents' perceptions of a questionnaire on their child's death due to cancer.
Lancet (London, England)
2003
Long-term effects of widowhood after terminal cancer: a Swedish nationwide follow-up.
Scandinavian journal of public health
2002
Inter-hospital transportation of patients with severe acute respiratory failure on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [1]
Intensive Care Medicine
The unrecognised cost of cancer patients' unrelieved symptoms:a nationwide follow-up of their surviving partners.
British journal of cancer
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