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Thor Norström

Thor Norström

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
36
Citations
5932
World Ranking
6475
National Ranking
85

Overview

Thor Norström is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and health professions, with a focus on epidemiology and general health professions. Their work spans closely related subfields such as pathology and forensic medicine, health, and clinical psychology.

Their research topics include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, alcohol consumption and health effects, homelessness and social issues, health disparities and outcomes, employment and welfare studies, global health care issues, and the wine industry and tourism.

Norström's recent publications illustrate engagement with public health challenges and social determinants of health. Key papers authored by Thor Norström include:

  • The link between per capita alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in educational groups, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Review
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in Sweden-Did it differ across socioeconomic groups?, 2024, European Journal of Epidemiology

Other notable publications, although not authored by Norström but relevant in the same research networks, are:

  • Is there a link between all-cause mortality and economic fluctuations?, 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Distress in Young People: A Longitudinal Study, 2023, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • The public-private decision for alcohol retail systems: Examining the economic, health, and social impacts of alternative systems in Finland, 2023, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Norström collaborates frequently with other researchers including Jonas Landberg, Iman Dadgar, Mats Ramstedt, and Tony Nilsson. The notable coauthors with whom they have multiple joint publications are:

  • Jonas Landberg
  • Iman Dadgar
  • Mats Ramstedt
  • Tony Nilsson

Several of Norström's articles appear in journals that are prominent venues for their field, such as Drug and Alcohol Review, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, and European Journal of Epidemiology. Their work appears predominantly in publications dedicated to substance abuse, alcohol-related research, and broader public health issues.

Best Publications

  • The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health : An international comparative study

    Olle Lundberg;Monica Åberg Yngwe;Maria Kölegård Stjärne;Jon Ivar Elstad

  • Mortality and population drinking: a review of the literature.

    Thor Norström;Mats Ramstedt

  • Alcohol and mortality : methodological and analytical issues in aggregate analyses

    Thor Norström;Ole-Jørgen Skog

  • The Great Recession, unemployment and suicide

    Thor Norström;Hans Grönqvist

  • Alcohol prevention targeting licensed premises: a study of effects on violence.

    Eva Wallin;Thor Norström;Sven Andréasson

  • Effects on criminal violence of different beverage types and private and public drinking

    Thor Norstrom

  • The impact of small changes in bar closing hours on violence. The Norwegian experience from 18 cities

    Ingeborg Rossow;Thor Norström

  • 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

    Adam Sherk;Tim Stockwell;Tanya Chikritzhs;Sven Andréasson

  • Alcohol and suicide: a comparative analysis of France and Sweden

    Thor Norström

  • Alcohol, suppressed anger and violence

    Thor Norström;Thor Norström;Hilde Pape

  • Saturday opening of alcohol retail shops in Sweden: an experiment in two phases.

    Thor Norström;Ole-Jørgen Skog

  • Per capita alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality in 14 European countries.

    Thor Norström

  • Alcohol in Postwar Europe : Consumption, drinking patterns, consequences and policy responses in 15 European countries

    Thor Norström

  • Outlet density and criminal violence in Norway, 1960-1995.

    Thor Norström

  • The abolition of the Swedish alcohol rationing system: effects on consumption distribution and cirrhosis mortality.

    Thor Norström

  • Per capita alcohol consumption and sickness absence

    Thor Norström

  • The Impact of Alcohol, Divorce, and Unemployment on Suicide: A Multilevel Analysis

    Thor Norström

  • The impact of per capita consumption on Swedish cirrhosis mortality.

    Thor Norström

  • Alcohol and suicide in Scandinavia.

    Thor Norstrom

  • Estimates of harm associated with changes in Swedish alcohol policy: results from past and present estimates

    Sven Andreasson;Harold D. Holder;Thor Norström;Esa Österberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingeborg Rossow
Ingeborg Rossow Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Sven Andréasson
Sven Andréasson Karolinska Institute
Robin Room
Robin Room La Trobe University
Tanya Chikritzhs
Tanya Chikritzhs Curtin University
Harold D. Holder
Harold D. Holder Pacific Institute
John Holmes
John Holmes University of Sheffield
Michael Livingston
Michael Livingston La Trobe University
Kim Bloomfield
Kim Bloomfield Aarhus University
Norman Giesbrecht
Norman Giesbrecht Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Robert Bauer
Robert Bauer University of Tübingen

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