Department of Epidemiology Research
Dissertations

Marin Strøm
Diet and Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Women's Health. Fish Comsumption and Physical Activity among Women of Childbearing Age in Relation to Their Later Risks of Postpartum Depression and Cardiovascular Diseases
PhD degree obtained 2010

Tine H. Schnack
Heritability of Male Urogenital Disorders
PhD degree obtained 2009

Hanne T. Vestergaard
Tonsillitis and Tonsillectomy: Associations with Intussusception and Hodkgin Lymphoma
PhD degree obtained 2009

Charlotte Myrup
The Fetal and Perinatal Environment and the Offspring's Risk of Cryptorchidism and Testicular Cancer
PhD degree obtained 2009

Zacharias José da Silva
Trends in Retroviral Infections in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal community-based studies
PhD degree obtained 2009

Paulo Rabna
Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) as a Marker of Tuberculosis Treatment Efficacy and Potential Prognostic Marker for Survival in Individuals with a TB negative Diagnosis. A Prospective, Longtidinal Cohort Study in Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Guinea-Bissau
PhD degree obtained 2009

Thorhallur Halldorsson
Fish, Persistent Organic Pollutants and Fetal Growth
PhD degree obtained 2008

Anders Hviid
Post-licensure Epidemiology of Childhood Vaccination: The Danish Experience
DMSc degree obtained 2008

Claudia Schöllkopf
Cigarette Smoking and Infections with Borrelia Burgdorferi and Hepatitis C and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
PhD degree obtained 2008

Thomas Hjuler
Population-based Studies of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Denmark
PhD degree obtained 2007

Trine R. Nielsen
Epstein Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis
PhD degree obtained 2007

Mads Kamper-Jørgensen
Disease in Childhood and the Impact of Childcare
PhD degree obtained 2007

Birgitte Diness
High-dose vitamin A supplementation with Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine at birth
PhD degree obtained 2007

Lone N. Møller
Epidemiology of Trichinella in Greenland - Occurrence in Animals and Man
PhD degree obtained 2006

Poul-Erik Kofoed
Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Guinea-Bissau
DMSc degree obtained 2006

Merete Pedersen
Risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis. A case-control study
PhD degree obtained 2006

Anja Poulsen
Determinants of severity of acute viral disease and their long-term consequences
PhD degree obtained 2005

Vibeke Knudsen
Use of dietary supplements in relation to pregnancy
PhD degree obtained 2005

Peter Bager
Infection and Vaccination in Childhood and Risk of Allergy and Multiple Sclerosis
PhD degree obtained 2005

Jan Wohlfahrt
Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
DMSc degree obtained 2005

Lone Stensballe
Risk factors for Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
PhD degree obtained 2005

Jeppe Friborg
Aspects of the Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Greenland
PhD degree obtained 2005

Morten Helms
Health Impact of Zoonotic Salmonella and Other Foodborne Bacterial Gastrointestinal Infections, with particular reference to Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium
PhD degree obtained 2005

Jens Nielsen
Mortality Pattern and Intervention during the War in Guinea-Bissau 1998-99.
PhD degree obtained 2005

Martin Ahlgren
Birth weight and growth during school years and risk of cancer
PhD degree obtained 2004

Adam Roth
Specific and non-specific effects of BCG - implications for routine immunisation
PhD degree obtained 2004

Birgitte Haargaard
Childhood cataract in Denmark: Incidence and Risk Factors
PhD degree obtained 2004

Tina Broby Mikkelsen     
Validation of the Food Frequency Questionnaire used in the Danish National Birth Cohort 
PhD degree obtained 2004
     
Kresten Meldgaard Madsen
Vaccinationer og Autisme
PhD degree obtained 2004
      
Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim  
Aspects of the natural history of childhood leukaemia
PhD degree obtained 2004
     
Pernille Kæstel
Micronutrient supplementation and other predictors of birth size and perinatal mortality in Guinea-Bissau
PhD degree obtained 2004

Elisabeth Wreford Andersen 
Family studies based on routine register data
PhD degree obtained 2003

Christian Hermann
A population based survey of asthma in 5-year-old Danish children
PhD degree obtained 2003

Per Gustafson
Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
PhD degree obtained 2003

Christine Stabell Benn
Early life exposures and risk of allergy. Epidemiological studies based on Danish Birth Cohorts
PhD degree obtained 2003

Hans Steinsland
The epidemiology of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections and diarrhea in early childhood
Doctor of Medical Science degree obtained 2003

Jens Erik Veirum
Childhood hospitalisations in a West African City. Community-based studies on risk factors for hospitalisation, acute and post-hospitalisation mortality and long term survival among children ad-mitted to the paediatric ward, Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
PhD degree obtained 2003

Tyra Krause
Population-based studies on atopy in Greenland
PhD degree obtained 2003

Thea Kølsen Fischer
Epidemiologic studies of rotavirus infection in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Doctor of Medical Science degree obtained 2002

Henrik Jensen
Analysis of Multivariate Survival Data from Longitudinal Epidemiological Studies - with Special Reference to the Impact of Routine Immunisations in Infancy
PhD degree obtained 2002

Birgitta Holmgren
Age and Gender Patterns of HIV-1, HIV-2, and HTLV-I in Guinea-Bissau
PhD degree obtained 2002

Morten Frisch
On the Etiology of Anal Squamous Carcinoma
Doctor of Medical Science degree obtained 2002

Lars Høj
Maternal mortality in rural Guinea Bissau – level, causes and determinants
PhD degree obtained 2001

Amabelia Rodrigues
The Pattern of Cholera Disease in Guinea-Bissau: Risk factors and Local Preventive Measures
PhD degree obtained 2001

Niels Kroman
Prognostic Influence of Age and Reproductive Factors in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients
Doctor of Medical Science degree obtained 2001

Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
Fetal Death. Epidemiological Studies
PhD degree obtained 2000

Kåre Mølbak
The epidemiology of diarrhoeal diseases in early childhood. A review of community studies in Guinea-Bissau
Doctor of Medical Science degree obtained 2000

Anders Koch
A longitudinal community based study of respiratory tract infections in Greenlandic children: disease burden and risk factors
PhD degree obtained 2000

Nete Munk Nielsen
Poliomyelitis: Acute severity and long-term consequences
PhD degree obtained 1999

Tine Westergaard
Birth order and Cancer Risk
PhD degree obtained 1999

Olav Larsen
Epidemiology of Retroviral Infections in Guinea-Bissau
PhD degree obtained 1999

Ricardo Thompson
The Microepidemiology of Malaria in Matalo, a Periurban Area of Maputo, Mozambique
PhD degree obtained 1999

May-Lill Garly
Specific and Non-specific Effects of the Standardtitre Measles Vaccine and the BCG vaccine. Implications for the Expanded Programme on Immunization
PhD degree obtained 1999

Palle Valentiner-Branth
Diarrhoea in Early Childhood: Control, Management and Long-term Consequences. Community Studies from Guinea-Bissau
PhD degree obtained 1999

Anne Kristine Valeur Jensen
Parvovirus B19 Infection in Pregnancy
PhD degree obtained 1999

Henrik Hjalgrim
Cancer among Blood Donors and Blood Transfusion Recipients - a Registry-based Study
PhD degree obtained 1999

Olav Larsen
Epidemiology of Retroviral Infections in Guinea-Bissau. Cross-sectional and longitudinal community studies
PhD degree obtained 1998

Per Kragh Andersen
Multi-state Models for Event History Analysis in Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology
DMSc degree obtained 1997

Birthe Høgh
Clinical and Parasitological Studies on Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Children
DMSc degree obtained 1997

Marc Andersen
Anthropometric Measurements in Health Programmes: Epidemiological and Statistical Aspects.
PhD degree obtained 1997

Marianne Jakobsen
Breast Feeding in Developing Countries. Promotion and Impact on Child Health. Community Studies from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
PhD degree obtained 1996

Morten Sodemann
Management of severe childhood illness in surburban West Africa with Special Reference to Diarrhoea
PhD degree obtained 1996

Morten Frisch
Anal Cancer: Occurrence and Risk Factors
PhD degree obtained 1994

Kim Mark Knudsen
Analysis of Event History Data in Measles and Diarrhea Epidemiology
PhD degree obtained 1994