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Ellen Rygh er er tidligere fylkeslege, pensjonist og spesialist i samfunnsmedisin
Articles by Ellen Rygh
Just how smart is it to permit the sale of e-cigarettes?
- Liv Grøtvedt,
- Ellen Rygh
07.04.2021:
There are plans to sell nicotine-containing e-cigarettes freely in Norway. In our view, the harmful effects of nicotine, particularly on young people and during pregnancy, should not be understated. These new nicotine products can be very attractive to young people and women of childbearing age who...
General practitioners' use of ICPC diagnoses and their correspondence with patient record notes
- Geir Lindquist Sporaland,
- Gunnar Mouland,
- Bjørn Bratland,
- Ellen Rygh,
- Harald Reiso
14.10.2019:
The general practitioners' setting of diagnoses in their patient record notes has multiple purposes. The patient record serves as the doctor's work-tool, and it is useful to document diagnoses as part of the clinical assessments. It is also a requirement laid down in the Regulations regarding...
Use of snus and smoking tobacco among pregnant women in the Agder counties
- Ellen Rygh,
- Frode Gallefoss,
- Harald Reiso
13.09.2016:
The use of snus is unique to Norway and Sweden, since the sale of snus products is prohibited in the EU. Sweden has been granted an exemption from this sales ban. A number of studies undertaken in recent years indicate that the use of snus during pregnancy may have detrimental effects during...