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Unnur Valdimarsdóttir
Researcher at University of Iceland
Publications - 246
Citations - 7622
Unnur Valdimarsdóttir is an academic researcher from University of Iceland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 198 publications receiving 5926 citations. Previous affiliations of Unnur Valdimarsdóttir include RMIT University & Harvard University.
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Talking about death with children who have severe malignant disease.
TL;DR: Parents who sense that their child is aware of his or her imminent death more often later regret not having talked with their child than do parents who do not sense this awareness in their child.
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Suicide and Cardiovascular Death after a Cancer Diagnosis
Fang Fang,Katja Fall,Murray A. Mittleman,Pär Sparén,Weimin Ye,Hans-Olov Adami,Unnur Valdimarsdóttir +6 more
TL;DR: Patients who had recently received a cancer diagnosis had increased risks of both suicide and death from cardiovascular causes, as compared with cancer-free persons, in this large cohort study.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn: population based cohort study from the five Nordic countries
Helle Kieler,Miia Artama,Anders Engeland,Orjan Ericsson,Kari Furu,Mika Gissler,Rikke Beck Nielsen,Mette Nørgaard,Olof Stephansson,Unnur Valdimarsdóttir,Helga Zoega,Bengt Haglund +11 more
TL;DR: The risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn is low, but use of SSRIs in late pregnancy increases that risk more than twofold, and the increased risk seems to be a class effect.
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Anxiety and depression in parents 4-9 years after the loss of a child owing to a malignancy: a population-based follow-up.
TL;DR: The risk of anxiety and depression was higher in the period 4–6 years after bereavement than in the 7–9 years period, during which the average excess risks approached zero.
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Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease.
Huan Song,Huan Song,Fang Fang,Gunnar Tomasson,Filip K. Arnberg,Filip K. Arnberg,David Mataix-Cols,David Mataix-Cols,Lorena Fernández de la Cruz,Catarina Almqvist,Catarina Almqvist,Katja Fall,Katja Fall,Unnur Valdimarsdóttir,Unnur Valdimarsdóttir,Unnur Valdimarsdóttir +15 more
TL;DR: In this Swedish cohort, exposure to a stress-related disorder was significantly associated with increased risk of subsequent autoimmune disease, compared with matched unexposed individuals and with full siblings, consistent in the sibling-based comparison.