Mats Ramstedt

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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34(5):986-991
Academic orientation and cannabis use-findings from a population-based study of Swedish adolescents in upper secondary school
Gripe I; Ramstedt M; Karlsson P; Thor S
Journal article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2024;43(6):1461-1472
Exposure to parental problem drinking during adolescence and symptoms of depression and anxiety in young adulthood: A Swedish national cohort study
Laftman SB; Ostberg V; Wahlstrom J; Ramstedt M; Raninen J
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2024;43(3):596-603
Mind the gap! Gender differences in alcohol consumption among Swedish ninth graders 1989-2021
Raninen J; Ramstedt M; Thor S; Torronen J
Article: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2024;85(2):183-191
Predictors of One-Year Persistence of Harm From a Known Person's Drinking: Findings From a Longitudinal Population-Based Study in Sweden
Sundin E; Galanti MR; Room R; Landberg J; Ramstedt M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;39(2):137-145
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in Sweden-Did it differ across socioeconomic groups?
Norstrom T; Ramstedt M
Article: ADDICTION. 2024;119(2):259-267
Does the decline in Swedish adolescent drinking persist into early adulthood?
Kraus L; Loy JK; Olderbak S; Trolldal B; Ramstedt M; Svensson J; Toerroenen J
Article: ADDICTION. 2023;118(9):1801-1810
Prevalence of cannabis use among young adults in Sweden comparing randomized response technique with a traditional survey
Andersson F; Sundin E; Magnusson C; Ramstedt M; Galanti MR
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2023;40(3):218-232
The public-private decision for alcohol retail systems: Examining the economic, health, and social impacts of alternative systems in Finland.
Sherk A; Stockwell T; Sorge J; Churchill S; Angus C; Chikritzhs T; Holmes J; Meier P; Naimi TS; Norström T; Ramstedt M; Simpura J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(2):312-316
Children with problem-drinking parents in a Swedish national sample: is the risk of harm related to the severity of parental problem drinking?
Ramstedt M; Raninen J; Larm P; Livingston M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;20(7):5262
Trends in Tobacco Use among 9th Graders in Sweden, 1991-2020.
Raninen J; Gripe I; Zetterqvist M; Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2022;41(6):1475-1483
To drink or not to drink: A study of the association between rates of non-drinkers and per drinker mean alcohol consumption in the Swedish general population
Raninen J; Livingston M; Landberg J; Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2022;234:109402
Oxycodone-related deaths in Sweden 2006-2018
Fugelstad A; Agren G; Ramstedt M; Thiblin I; Hjelmstrom P
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2022;39(2):124-133
Are changes in parenting related to the decline in youth drinking? Evidence from a comparison of Sweden and Denmark
Ramstedt M; Raninen J; Larm P
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2022;41(3):625-632
Children with problem drinking parents in Sweden: Prevalence and risk of adverse consequences in a national cohort born in 2001
Ramstedt M; Raninen J; Larm P; Livingston M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(3):1645
17 Is the New 15: Changing Alcohol Consumption among Swedish Youth
Raninen J; Livingston M; Ramstedt M; Zetterqvist M; Larm P; Svensson J
Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2022;28(2):134-142
Country-Level Heavy Episodic Drinking and Individual-Level Experiences of Harm from Others' Drinking-Related Aggression in 19 European Countries
Sundin E; Landberg J; Galanti MR; Room R; Ramstedt M
Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2021;56(4):475-481
Changes in the Price of Alcohol and Effect on Youth Drinking and in Different Socio-Economic Groups
Trolldal B; Landberg J; Ramstedt M
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2021;38(3):305-318
Distribution of sickness absence risk across different levels and patterns of drinking: findings from the Stockholm Public Health Cohort
Landberg J; Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2021;40(3):431-442
Alcohol-attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries between 2000 and 2017: Are the gender gaps narrowing? A comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injury and Risk Factor 2017 study
Agardh EE; Allebeck P; Flodin P; Wennberg P; Ramstedt M; Knudsen AK; Overland S; Kinge JM; Tollanes MC; Eikemo TA; Skogen JC; Makela P; Gissler M; Juel K; Moesgaard Iburg K; McGrath JJ; Naghavi M; Vollset SE; Gakidou E; Danielsson A-K
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2021;40(2):263-271
Severe harm from others' drinking: A population-based study on sex differences and the role of one's own drinking habits
Sundin E; Galanti MR; Landberg J; Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2021;40(1):126-134
Are the well-off youth in Sweden more likely to use cannabis?
Gripe I; Danielsson A-K; Karlsson P; Thor S; Ramstedt M
Article: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2020;81(5):641-646
The Link Between Alcohol Sales and Alcohol-Related Harm in Finland, 1995-2016
Norstrom T; Ramstedt M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;30(2):368-373
The associations between unemployment at a young age and binge drinking and alcohol-related problems
Thern E; Ramstedt M; Svensson J
Article: ADDICTION. 2020;115(3):418-425
Long-term effects of youth unemployment on alcohol-related morbidity
Thern E; Ramstedt M; Svensson J
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;48(1):29-37
Drug-related deaths: Statistics based on death certificates miss one-third of cases
Fugelstad A; Ramstedt M; Thiblin I; Johansson LA
Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2020;26(1):40-51
The Contribution of Alcohol Use, Other Lifestyle Factors and Working Conditions to Socioeconomic Differences in Sickness Absence
Landberg J; Hemmingsson T; Syden L; Ramstedt M
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2019;36(5):402-412
Concurrent use of addictive substances among alcohol drinkers: Prevalence and problems in a Swedish general population sample
Ramstedt M
Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2019;19(1):213
A pragmatic randomised trial of two counselling models at the Swedish national alcohol helpline
Safsten E; Forsell Y; Ramstedt M; Thakker KD; Galanti MR
Article: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2019;80(3):371-379
I s There an Increased Risk of Criminal Behavior Among Children Who Were In Utero When Their Mothers Were Exposed to Increased Alcohol Availability? A Register-Based Study Using a Natural Experiment Setting
Thern E; Ramstedt M; Tynelius P; Rasmussen F
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;18(1):1400
Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: application of new methods to the case of Sweden
Stockwell T; Sherk A; Norstroem T; Angus C; Ramstedt M; Andreasson S; Chikritzhs T; Gripenberg J; Holder H; Holmes J; Maekelae P
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2018;35(5):388-396
Extended opening hours at nightclubs in Visby An evaluation of a trial in the summer of 2014
Norstrom T; Ramstedt M; Svensson J
Article: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2018;79(4):578-584
The Link Between Per Capita Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Harm in Sweden, 1987-2015
Norstrom T; Ramstedt M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(3):527-532
Health behaviours as a predictor of quitting hazardous alcohol use in the Stockholm Public Health Cohort
Safsten E; Forsell Y; Ramstedt M; Galanti MR
Article: ADDICTION. 2018;113(9):1643-1650
Are changes in drinking related to changes in cannabis use among Swedish adolescents? A time-series analysis for the period 1989-2016
Gripe I; Danielsson A-K; Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2018;37(3):375-381
Are differences in population prevalence of alcohol's harm to others related to survey administration mode?
Sundin E; Landberg J; Galanti MR; Room R; Ramstedt M
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2017;71(11):1072-1077
No effects of increased alcohol availability during adolescence on alcohol-related morbidity and mortality during four decades: a natural experiment
Thern E; Jia T; Willmer M; de Munter J; Norstrom T; Ramstedt M; Smith GD; Tynelius P; Rasmussen F
Article: TRIALS. 2017;18(1):257
Comparing counselling models for the hazardous use of alcohol at the Swedish National Alcohol Helpline: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Safsten E; Forsell Y; Ramstedt M; Galanti MR
Article: ADDICTION. 2017;112(6):1004-1012
Effects of increased alcohol availability during adolescence on the risk of all-cause and cause-specific disability pension: a natural experiment
Thern E; de Munter J; Hemmingsson T; Smith GD; Ramstedt M; Tynelius P; Rasmussen F
Article: ADDICTION. 2016;111(10):1806-1813
Alcohol-attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries: a comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors 2013 study
Agardh EE; Danielsson A-K; Ramstedt M; Holm AL; Diderichsen F; Juel K; Vollset SE; Knudsen AK; Kinge JM; White R; Skirbekk V; Makela P; Forouzanfar MH; Coates MM; Casey DC; Naghavi M; Allebeck P
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;44(2):134-142
Measuring tobacco dependence in the general population: Evaluation of the Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS-12) and its adaptation to smokeless tobacco use (STDS-12) in two Swedish surveys
Rydell M; Sundin E; Ramstedt M; Galanti MR
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;44(1):14-17
Prevalence of children whose parents have a substance use disorder: Findings from a Swedish general population survey
Raninen J; Elgan TH; Sundin E; Ramstedt M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;43(4):381-384
Changes in alcohol consumption between 2009 and 2014 assessed with the AUDIT
Kallmen H; Wennberg P; Ramstedt M; Hallgren M
Article: SUBSTANCE ABUSE: RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2015;9(Suppl 2):107-118
Harm Experienced from the Heavy Drinking of Family and Friends in the General Population: A Comparative Study of Six Northern European Countries.
Ramstedt M; Sundin E; Moan IS; Storvoll EE; Lund IO; Bloomfield K; Hope A; Kristjánsson S; Tigerstedt C
Article: SUBSTANCE ABUSE: RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2015;9(Suppl 2):45-57
Experienced Harm from Other People's Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries.
Moan IS; Storvoll EE; Sundin E; Lund IO; Bloomfield K; Hope A; Ramstedt M; Huhtanen P; Kristjánsson S
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;14:672
The psychometric properties of the AUDIT: a survey from a random sample of elderly Swedish adults
Kallmen H; Wennberg P; Ramstedt M; Hallgren M
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2013;30(6):473-490
Public opinion and alcohol policy in Sweden, 1990-2012
Leimar P; Ramstedt M; Weibull L
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2013;32(6):561-565
Reducing youth violence related to student parties: Findings from a community intervention project in Stockholm
Ramstedt M; Leifman H; Muller D; Sundin E; Norstrom T
Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2013;48(5):592-597
Who Is Not Drinking Less in Sweden? An Analysis of the Decline in Consumption for the Period 2004-2011
Raninen J; Leifman H; Ramstedt M
Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2013;52(4):473-479
Individual and Country-Level Effects of Cannabis-Related Perceptions on Cannabis Use. A Multilevel Study Among Adolescents in 32 European Countries
Piontek D; Kraus L; Bjarnason T; Demetrovics Z; Ramstedt M
Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH. 2013;2(1):77-87
What happened to alcohol consumption and problems in the Nordic countries when alcohol taxes were decreased and borders opened?
Room R; Bloomfield K; Gmel G; Grittner U; Gustafsson N-K; Mäkelä P; Österberg E; Ramstedt M; Rehm J; Wicki M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2011;30(5):466-472
Population drinking and homicide in Australia: a time series analysis of the period 1950-2003.
Ramstedt M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2011;21(4):432-437
Is the population level link between drinking and harm similar for women and men?--a time series analysis with focus on gender-specific drinking and alcohol-related hospitalizations in Sweden.
Engdahl B; Ramstedt M
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2011;28(2):105-121
Measuring the harm of illicit drug use on friends and family
Melberg HO; Hakkarainen P; Houborg E; Jaaskelainen M; Skretting A; Ramstedt M; Rosenqvist P
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;40(2):432-440
Changes in alcohol-related harm in Sweden after increasing alcohol import quotas and a Danish tax decrease-an interrupted time-series analysis for 2000-2007
Gustafsson N-KJ; Ramstedt MR
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2011;28(1):43-50
The effects of missing data when surveying alcohol habits
Wennberg P; Svensson J; Ramstedt M
Article: ADDICTION. 2010;105(12):2113-2119
Potential consequences of replacing a retail alcohol monopoly with a private licence system: results from Sweden.
Norström T; Miller T; Holder H; Osterberg E; Ramstedt M; Rossow I; Stockwell T
Article: ADDICTION. 2010;105(4):649-654
How much alcohol do you buy? A comparison of self-reported alcohol purchases with actual sales.
Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2009;28(4):390-395
Fluctuations in male ischaemic heart disease mortality in Russia 1959-1998: assessing the importance of alcohol.
Ramstedt M
Journal article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2009;26(2):165-176
Increasing Travellers' Allowances in Sweden – how did it Affect Travellers' Imports and Systembolaget's Sales?
Ramstedt M; Gustafsson N-K
Article: ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY. 2009;17(6):562-576
Explaining change and stasis in alcohol consumption
Room R; Osterberg E; Ramstedt M; Rehm J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2008;9(4):351-360
The societal cost of alcohol consumption:: an estimation of the economic and human cost including health effects in Sweden, 2002
Jarl J; Johansson P; Eriksson A; Eriksson M; Gerdtham U-G; Hemstrom O; Selin KH; Lenke L; Ramstedt M; Room R
Article: ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION. 2008;40(4):1273-1281
Alcohol and fatal accidents in the United States--a time series analysis for 1950-2002.
Ramstedt M
Article: ADDICTION. 2007;102(8):1212-1223
Population drinking and liver cirrhosis mortality: is there a link in eastern Europe?
Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2006;25(4):315-320
Is alcohol good or bad for Canadian hearts? A time-series analysis of the link between alcohol consumption and IHD mortality.
Ramstedt M
Article: ADDICTION. 2006;101(3):330-338
What drug policies cost: estimating drug policy expenditures in Sweden, 2002: work in progress.
Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2005;24(6):537-547
Mortality and population drinking: a review of the literature.
Norström T; Ramstedt M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW. 2005;24(3):203-208
Alcohol and suicide at the population level--the Canadian experience.
Ramstedt M
Article: ADDICTION. 2004;99(10):1255-1261
Alcohol and pancreatitis mortality at the population level: experiences from 14 western countries.
Ramstedt M
Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE. 2004;95(2):121-126
Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Canada, 1950-2000.
Ramstedt M
Article: ADDICTION. 2003;98(9):1267-1276
Alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis mortality with and without mention of alcohol--the case of Canada.
Ramstedt M
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Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide and alcohol mortality in Sweden
Norstrom T; Ramstedt M
Editorial comment: ADDICTION. 2021;116(8):1948-1949
Studying harm from others' illicit drug use-can stigma really be avoided?
Ramstedt M
Review: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2018;79(1):58-67
Alcohol Consumption and the Physical Availability of Take-Away Alcohol: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of the Days and Hours of Sale and Outlet Density
Sherk A; Stockwell T; Chikritzhs T; Andreasson S; Angus C; Gripenberg J; Holder H; Holmes J; Makela P; Mills M; Norstrom T; Ramstedt M; Woods J
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:356
Health behaviours as a predictor of quitting hazardous alcohol use - A cohort study
Safsten E; Galanti MR; Ramstedt M; Forsell Y
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.312
Is cannabis use among young people in Sweden related to socioeconomic status?
Gripe I; Ramstedt M; Karlsson P; Danielsson A-K
Published conference paper: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2016;33(5-6):503-513
Challenges in estimating population impacts of alcohol's harm to others
Rossow I; Ramstedt M
Editorial comment: ADDICTION. 2011;106(2):323
Commentary on Kerr et al. (2011): Good or bad news - and for whom?
Ramstedt M
Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2010;107(22):1463-1466
[New alcohol consumption pattern and more liver injuries following Swedish entry into the European Union. Development 1997-2007].
Ramstedt M; Stokkeland K; Hultcrantz R
Editorial comment: ADDICTION. 2010;105(3):402-407
Addiction research centres and the nurturing of creativity: Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, Sweden.
Stenius K; Ramstedt M; Olsson B
Editorial comment: ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY. 2009;17(6):588-590
Policy changes and effects on individual consumption: Complexities of measurement and of influences
Room R; Rehm J; Ramstedt M; Osterberg E
Editorial comment: ADDICTION. 2006;101(11):1543-1545
Sweden--is alcohol becoming an ordinary commodity?
Norström T; Ramstedt M
Published conference paper: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE. 2002;18(4):307-323
Alcohol-related mortality in 15 European countries in the postwar period
Ramstedt M
Published conference paper: ADDICTION. 2001;96 Suppl 1:S19-S33
Per capita alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis mortality in 14 European countries.
Ramstedt M
Other: SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING. 2001;38(1):146-150
Broken spirits.
Ramstedt M

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#WiredGeneration: Examining the consequences of adolescent social media use
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
Local ANT-prevention in Sweden 2011-2020 – magnitude and impact on consumption and harm
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 November 2021 - 31 October 2024
Cannabis use among young people in Sweden – patterns, correlates and harm
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 October 2017 - 30 September 2020
Studies of socioeconomic disparities in alcohol-related harm – from mechanisms to policy
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 October 2017 - 30 September 2020
Adolescents who do not drink alcohol: Associated factors, health outcomes, and different developmental pathways
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 January 2016 - 31 December 2018
Project ANDTG:Determinants of youth drinking in Sweden – the importance of population drinking, alcohol policy and local prevention
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 December 2013 - 30 November 2015
Project ANT: Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among young people in Sweden
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 October 2009 - 30 September 2013

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