Niklas Hammar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1244914 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niklas Hammar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niklas |
| FAMILY NAME | Hammar |
| SIGNATURE | HAMMAR N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5674-877X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Serum calcium and risk of gastrointestinal cancer in the Swedish Amoris study
The positive relation between serum calcium, oesophageal cancer and colorectal cancer calls for further studies including calcium regulators to evaluate whether there is a true link between calcium metabolism and development of gastrointestinal cancer
Migrating Twins
Migration is often undertaken to improve living conditions and to increase access to welfare resources. This study aims to analyse to what extent migration from Finland to Sweden has influenced major welfare components among migrants, including employment, socio-economic status and social support. The study population consisted of 1,083 twin pairs of the Finnish Twin Cohort, where at least one twin of the pair had emigrated to Sweden. Information…
Migration and mortality
Study objective: Finland has a higher mortality overall and for major causes of death than Sweden, primarily in men. The objective of this study was to analyse mortality in migrants from Finland to Sweden. Design: A longitudinal study based on the Finnish Twin Cohort Study. Information about migration from Finland to Sweden, duration of stay in Sweden for the migrants, and deaths 1976–1995 was obtained from national registers. Observed numbers of…
High effort, low reward, and cardiovascular risk factors in employed Swedish men and women
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between measures of work stress (that is, the combination of high effort and low reward) and cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN: Cross sectional first screening of a prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted among 5720 healthy employed men and women living in the greater Stockholm area aged 19-70 years. All analyses were restricted to subjects with complete data (n = 4958…
High effort, low reward, and cardiovascular risk factors in employed Swedish men and women
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between measures of work stress (that is, the combination of high effort and low reward) and cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN: Cross sectional first screening of a prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted among 5720 healthy employed men and women living in the greater Stockholm area aged 19-70 years. All analyses were restricted to subjects with complete data (n = 4958…
Migration and mortality
Study objective: Finland has a higher mortality overall and for major causes of death than Sweden, primarily in men. The objective of this study was to analyse mortality in migrants from Finland to Sweden. Design: A longitudinal study based on the Finnish Twin Cohort Study. Information about migration from Finland to Sweden, duration of stay in Sweden for the migrants, and deaths 1976–1995 was obtained from national registers. Observed numbers of…
High effort, low reward, and cardiovascular risk factors in employed Swedish men and women
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between measures of work stress (that is, the combination of high effort and low reward) and cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN: Cross sectional first screening of a prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted among 5720 healthy employed men and women living in the greater Stockholm area aged 19-70 years. All analyses were restricted to subjects with complete data (n = 4958…
Migration and mortality
Study objective: Finland has a higher mortality overall and for major causes of death than Sweden, primarily in men. The objective of this study was to analyse mortality in migrants from Finland to Sweden. Design: A longitudinal study based on the Finnish Twin Cohort Study. Information about migration from Finland to Sweden, duration of stay in Sweden for the migrants, and deaths 1976–1995 was obtained from national registers. Observed numbers of…
Migrating Twins
Migration is often undertaken to improve living conditions and to increase access to welfare resources. This study aims to analyse to what extent migration from Finland to Sweden has influenced major welfare components among migrants, including employment, socio-economic status and social support. The study population consisted of 1,083 twin pairs of the Finnish Twin Cohort, where at least one twin of the pair had emigrated to Sweden. Information…
Serum calcium and risk of gastrointestinal cancer in the Swedish Amoris study
The positive relation between serum calcium, oesophageal cancer and colorectal cancer calls for further studies including calcium regulators to evaluate whether there is a true link between calcium metabolism and development of gastrointestinal cancer
Medicine (4 works) · Cohort study (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Cohort (2 works) · Confidence interval (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (2 works) · Bone health and osteoporosis research (1 work) · Calcium (1 work)