Introduction: Despite similarities, perinatal and infant mortality rates between British Columbia, (BC) Canada and Finland differ. Key variables that may influence stillbirth, early neonatal, perinatal and infant mortality rates in BC and Finland were studied. Methods: After standardizing definitions, data for all births between 2001 and 2009 from provincial and national registries were used to...

The mortality rates of stomach cancer and stroke were found to decrease in a similar way over a given time in different countries. The same phenomenon can be observed in Finland for both sexes. Salt is suggested to be the linking factor in the stroke-stomach cancer relationship. Recent studies indicate that salt intake in Finland is very high. Actual salt consumption levels are in Finland as hi...

I. Riipinen, S.-L. Sihto, M. Kulmala, F. Arnold, M. Dal Maso, W. Birmili, K. Saarnio, K. Teinilä, V.-M. Kerminen, A. Laaksonen, and K. E. J. Lehtinen University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), Atmospheric Physics Division, P.O. Box 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany Leibniz Institute...

Recension av: Klinkmann, Sven-Erik 2011. I fänrikarnas, martallarnas och dixietigrarnas land. En resa genom det svenska i Finland. (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet Finland 754.) Finland, Helsingfors. 382 s. Ill.

In the study of theory and literacy described, it can be seen about education system in Finland, namely following reasons: 1. The Finland is flexible, making easier for all components to develop teaching methods techniques. And encourage students more flexible understanding knowledge. 2. Comprehensive all. Financial assistance by government free charge learning answer problems people who need a...

A revised checklist of the Scathophagidae, Fanniidae and Muscidae recorded from Finland is presented. Phaoniaamicula Villeneuve, 1922 is noted from Finland for the first time.

A checklist of 147 species the Chloropidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland. Centorisomaelegantulum Becker is recorded for the first time from Finland.

BACKGROUND Death rates are notably higher in eastern Finland than in western Finland, and life expectancy of Finnish speakers shorter than that of Swedish speakers. The mortality differences correspond to recent genetic mappings of the population and are prominent for causes of death that are known to be associated with genetic risk factors. METHODS Using intergenerational data, we studied th...

1 INSERM U687-IFR69, Villejuif, AP-HP, F-94807 France. 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 3 Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland 4 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, UK 5 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland 6 Department of Publi...

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 3 Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Interventional Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Psychology, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, ...