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Toomas Timpka
Researcher at Linköping University
Publications - 336
Citations - 7725
Toomas Timpka is an academic researcher from Linköping University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Population. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 316 publications receiving 6399 citations. Previous affiliations of Toomas Timpka include University of Skövde.
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The Mental Health of War-wounded Refugees : An 8-year Follow-up
TL;DR: A high psychiatric morbidity and a need for psychiatric interventions in this war-wounded refugees group 8 years after arrival in Sweden are suggested.
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What is a Sports Injury
Toomas Timpka,Jenny Jacobsson,Jerome Bickenbach,Caroline F. Finch,Joakim Ekberg,Lennart Nordenfelt +5 more
TL;DR: A conceptual foundation as a basis for the recording of health problems associated with participation in sports, based on the notion of impairment used by the World Health Organization is proposed.
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Health Information System Implementation: A Qualitative Meta-analysis
TL;DR: It is found that merely implementing an HIS will not automatically increase organizational efficiency and strategic, tactical, and operational actions have to be taken into consideration, including management involvement, integration in healthcare workflow, establishing compatibility between software and hardware and, most importantly, user involvement, education and training.
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Strategies and factors associated with preparing for competing in the heat: a cohort study at the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships
Julien D. Périard,Sebastien Racinais,Toomas Timpka,Örjan Dahlström,Armin Spreco,Jenny Jacobsson,Victor Bargoria,Victor Bargoria,Karin Halje,Juan-Manuel Alonso +9 more
TL;DR: At a World Championships with expected hot/humid conditions, less than one-fifth of athletes heat acclimatised, half had a precooling strategy and almost all a hydration plan; women, and especially athletes with an EHI history, were more predisposed to use a complete heat stress prevention strategy.
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The GP's dilemmas: a study of knowledge need and use during health care consultations.
TL;DR: A model of the GP's management of ill-structured complex dilemmas is discussed and proposed, to be taken into account in the development of decision support systems for outpatient practice.