Maria Wemrell
UNIVERSITETSLEKTOR, DOCENT
Institutionen för socialt arbete
Fakulteten för samhällsvetenskap
Jag är docent i folkhälsovetenskap och lektor i socialt arbete. Mitt primära forskningsintresse är våld i nära relation och jag leder nu projektet Partnervåld mot äldre personer: utsatthet och hjälpsökande (FORTE, Dnr 2024–00378). Därutöver jobbar jag med projekten Ofrivilligt celibat och singelskap: Genus och sårbarhet i den prekära kärlekens tid (VR, 2021-01130), vilket utgår ifrån det så kallade incels-fenomenet, och Pornografi, samtycke och sexuella gråzoner bland unga i Sverige (FORTE, Dnr 2025–00978). Båda dessa projekt leds av Lena Gunnarsson. Tidigare har jag bland annat arbetat med projektet Intimate partner violence against women and the Nordic paradox: An intersectional and multilevel analysis in the European Union (VR, Dnr 2017–03093).
Min forskning inkluderar även studier av alternativa kunskapsanspråk gällande hälsa och sjukdom (FORTE, Dnr 2018-00951), samt socioekonomiska skillnader i hälsa utifrån ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Jag disputerade i folkhälsovetenskap år 2017 med avhandlingen An intersectional approach in social epidemiology: Understanding health heterogeneity, vid Enheten för socialepidemiologi, Lunds Universitet, och var därefter verksam på Genusvetenskapliga institutionen och Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds Universitet. År 2021 blev jag docent i folkhälsovetenskap och 2022 universitetslektor i socialt arbete vid Linnéuniversitetet.
Jag undervisar på socionomprogrammet.
Mina pågående forskningsprojekt
Publikationer
Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
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Wemrell, M., Hiltunen, L. (2026). Complex Expressions of Power : Aspects of Gender in/Equality in Violent Intimate Relationships in Sweden. Violence against Women. 32 (8). 2095-2126.
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Wemrell, M., Hassan, M., Perez-vicente, R., Lindström, M., Öberg, J., et al. (2025). Trust in healthcare and perceived discrimination in Sweden : a fixed effects analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy. Frontiers in Public Health. 13.
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Gunnarsson, L., Wilén, E.J., Wemrell, M. (2025). Who Holds the Power? : Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating. Sociological inquiry.
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Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2024). Assessing the validity of counter-authority knowledge : the case of Swedish women's epistemic patchworking around the risks of copper IUD use. Journal of Critical Realism. 23 (5). 480-502.
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Hassan, M., Öberg, J., Wemrell, M., Perez vicente, R., Lindström, M., et al. (2024). Perceived discrimination and refraining from seeking physician's care in Sweden : an intersectional analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (AIHDA). International Journal for Equity in Health. 23.
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Castro, A., Lila, M., Wemrell, M., Gracia, E. (2024). Professional’s Views on the ‘Nordic Paradox’ in a Low Intimate Partner Violence Prevalence Country. The Spanish Journal of Psychology. 27. 1-10.
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Johansson wilén, E., Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L. (2024). Gender knowledge production and epistemology in the incelosphere. Journal of Gender Studies.
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Wemrell, M. (2023). Stories of Backlash in Interviews With Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Sweden. Violence against Women. 29 (2). 154-184.
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Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L. (2023). Claims in the clinic : A qualitative group interview study on healthcare communication about unestablished side effects of the copper IUD. PLOS ONE. 18 (9).
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Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2023). On the verge between the scientific and the alternative : Swedish women’s claims about systemic side effects of the copper intrauterine device. Public Understanding of Science. 32 (2). 175-189.
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Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2023). The different facets of 'experiential knowledge' in Swedish women's claims about systemic side effects of the copper intrauterine device. Sociology of Health and Illness. 45 (7). 1483-1501.
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Hernández-yumar, A., Wemrell, M., Abásolo-alessón, I., González lópez-valcárcel, B., Merlo, J. (2023). Impact of the Economic Crisis on Body Mass Index in Spain : An Intersectional Multilevel Analysis Using a Socioeconomic and Regional Perspective. Population : Research and Policy Review. 42 (4).
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Wemrell, M., Vicente, R.P., Merlo, J. (2023). Mapping sociodemographic and geographical differences in human papillomavirus non-vaccination among young girls in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 51 (2). 288-295.
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Ericsson, L., Wemrell, M., Lindström, M., Perez-vicente, R., Merlo, J. (2023). Revisiting socio-economic inequalities in sedentary leisure time in Sweden : An intersectional analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (AIHDA). Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 51 (4). 570-578.
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Wemrell, M., Tegel, E., Oberg, J., Ivert, A. (2023). Assessing the use of clinical guidelines against domestic violence in southern Sweden : A mixed-methods study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 37 (3). 828-841.
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Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L. (2022). Attitudes Toward the Copper IUD in Sweden : A Survey Study. Frontiers in Global Women's Health. 3.
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Wemrell, M., Stjernlöf, S., Lila, M., Gracia, E., Ivert, A. (2022). The Nordic Paradox. Professionals’ Discussions about Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Sweden. Women & Criminal Justice. 32 (5). 431-453.
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Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L. (2022). Attitudes Toward HPV Vaccination in Sweden : A Survey Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 10.
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Karlsson, M., Wemrell, M., Merlo, J., Ivert, A. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence against Women in the EU : A Multilevel Analysis of the Contextual and Individual Impact on Public Perceptions. Women & Criminal Justice. 32 (5). 417-430.
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Wemrell, M., Lenander, C., Hansson, K., Perez, R.V., Hedin, K., et al. (2022). Socio-economic disparities in the dispensation of antibiotics in Sweden 2016-2017 : An intersectional analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50 (3). 347-354.
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Wemrell, M., Karlsson, N., Perez vicente, R., Merlo, J. (2021). An intersectional analysis providing more precise information on inequities in self-rated health. International Journal for Equity in Health. 20 (1).
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Ljungman, H., Wemrell, M., Khalaf, K., Perez-vicente, R., Leckie, G., et al. (2021). Antidepressant use in Sweden : an intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA). Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50 (3). 395-403.
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Castro, A., Lila, M., Gracia, E., Wemrell, M. (2021). Professionals’ Views on the Comparatively Low Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Spain. Violence against Women. 28 (6-7). 1565-1586.
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Ivert, A., Gracia, E., Lila, M., Wemrell, M., Merlo, J. (2020). Does country-level gender equality explain individual risk of intimate partner violence against women? A multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) in the European Union. European Journal of Public Health. 30 (2). 293-299.
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Karlsson, N., Lila, M., Gracia, E., Wemrell, M. (2020). Representation of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Swedish News Media : A Discourse Analysis. Violence against Women. 27 (10). 1499-1524.
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Wemrell, M., Olsson, A., Landgren, K. (2020). The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Psychiatric Units in Sweden. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 41 (10). 946-957.
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Wemrell, M., Lila, M., Gracia, E., Ivert, A. (2020). The Nordic Paradox and intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden : A background overview. Sociology Compass. 14 (1).
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Wemrell, M., Bennet, L., Merlo, J. (2019). Understanding the complexity of socioeconomic disparities in type 2 diabetes risk : a study of 4.3 million people in Sweden. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 7 (1).
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Persmark, A., Wemrell, M., Evans, C.R., Subramanian, S.V., Leckie, G., et al. (2019). Intersectional inequalities and the U.S. opioid crisis : challenging dominant narratives and revealing heterogeneities. Critical Public Health. 30 (4). 398-414.
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Persmark, A., Wemrell, M., Zettermark, S., Leckie, G., Subramanian, S.V., et al. (2019). Precision public health: Mapping socioeconomic disparities in opioid dispensations at Swedish pharmacies by Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA). PLOS ONE. 14 (8).
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Hernández-yumar, A., Wemrell, M., Abásolo alessón, I., González lópez-valcárcel, B., Leckie, G., et al. (2018). Socioeconomic differences in body mass index in Spain : An intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy. PLOS ONE. 13 (12).
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Axelsson fisk, S., Mulinari, S., Wemrell, M., Leckie, G., Perez vicente, R., et al. (2018). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Sweden : An intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy. SSM - Population Health. 4. 334-346.
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Wemrell, M., Mulinari, S., Merlo, J. (2017). An intersectional approach to multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity (MAIH) and discriminatory accuracy. Social Science and Medicine. 178. 217-219.
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Mulinari, S., Wemrell, M., Rönnerstrand, B., Subramanian, S.V., Merlo, J. (2017). Categorical and anti-categorical approaches to US racial/ethnic groupings : revisiting the National 2009 H1N1 Flu Survey (NHFS). Critical Public Health. 28 (2). 177-189.
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Merlo, J., Mulinari, S., Wemrell, M., Subramanian, S., Hedblad, B. (2017). The tyranny of the averages and the indiscriminate use of risk factors in public health : The case of coronary heart disease. SSM - Population Health. 3. 684-698.
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Wemrell, M., Merlo, J., Mulinari, S., Hornborg, A. (2017). Two-Thirds of Survey Respondents in Southern Sweden Used Complementary or Alternative Medicine in 2015. Complementary Medicine Research. 24 (5). 302-309.
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Wemrell, M., Mulinari, S., Merlo, J. (2017). Intersectionality and risk for ischemic heart disease in Sweden : Categorical and anti-categorical approaches. Social Science and Medicine. 177. 213-222.
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Wemrell, M., Merlo, J. (2016). Kategorier av risk : Om epidemiologi och intersektionalitetsteori. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. 93 (3). 306-320.
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Wemrell, M., Merlo, J., Mulinari, S., Hornborg, A. (2016). Contemporary Epidemiology : A Review of Critical Discussions Within the Discipline and A Call for Further Dialogue with Social Theory. Sociology Compass. 10 (2). 153-171.
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Konferensbidrag (Refereegranskat)
- Johansson wilén, E., Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2026). Love, Inequality, and the Politics of Intimacy : Rethinking Gendered Power in Heterosexual Relationships. Presented at Sociologidagarna 2026, ”Same as it ever was?”, Växjö, Sweden, 18-20 March, 2026. 86-86.
- Wemrell, M., Anving, T. (2026). Partner violence against older persons : a survey study of exposure and help-seeking. Presented at the 15th European conference on social work research 2026 (ECSWR), Aberdeen, UK, 15-17 April, 2026. 686-686.
- Anving, T., Wemrell, M. (2026). Older adults and intimate partner violence : gender symmetry and beyond. Presented at Sociologidagarna 2026, ”Same as it ever was?”, Växjö, Sweden, 18-20 March, 2026. 76-76.
- Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L., Johansson wilén, E. (2025). Involuntary singlehood and attitudes to gender equality and partner violence in Sweden. Presented at G25 - Feministiska koalitioner för levbara världar, sjätte nationella konferensen för forskning i genusvetenskap, Östersund, Sweden, 21-23 October, 2025.
- Wemrell, M., Agevall gross, L., Eriksson, M., Holm, D., Nyman, R. (2025). Conditions for living on : Economic abuse and post-separation partner violence in the context of housing and labor markets. Presented at the European Conference on Domestic Violence (ECDV), Barcelona, Spain, 3-5 September, 2025.
- Wemrell, M., Johansson wilén, E., Gunnarsson, L. (2025). Involuntary singlehood and attitudes to gender equality and partner violence among young people in Sweden. Presented at the European Conference on Domestic Violence (ECDV), Barcelona, Spain, 3-5 September, 2025.
- Gunnarsson, L., Johansson wilén, E., Wemrell, M. (2025). Making gendered sense of the asymmetrical flows of attention in online dating. Presented at G25 - Feministiska koalitioner för levbara världar, sjätte nationella konferensen för forskning i genusvetenskap, Östersund, Sweden, 21-23 October, 2025.
- Svalin, K., Wemrell, M., Ivert, A. (2023). Attitudes regarding intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) among university students in Sweden. European Conference on Domestic Violence, September 11-13, 2023, Reykjavik Iceland : Abstract book. 148.
- Wemrell, M. (2023). Paradox and complexity : intimate partner violence against women and gender (in)equality in Sweden. European Conference on Domestic Violence, September 11-13, 2023, Reykjavik Iceland : Abstract book. 51-52.
- Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L. (2022). Claims in the clinic : Tensions in healthcare communication about perceived side effects of the copper IUD. Futures Ahead. Translations and collaborations between medicine, social science and the humanities. 15-17 June 2022 : Abstract Booklet. 97-98.
- Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2022). Alternative facts or women’s empowerment? Swedish women’s claims about the health risks of copper IUD use. . 85-86.
- Gunnarsson, L., Johansson wilén, E., Wemrell, M. (2022). Incelhood and involuntary singlehood in Times of Precarious Love. .
- Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2022). Feminism, post-truth and the epistemic status of experience : The case of women claiming to suffer from copper-related side effects of the copper IUD. Presented at femte nationella konferensen för genusforskning i Sverige (g22), Karlstad, Sweden, 26-28 October, 2022.
- Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2022). Between the scientific and the alternative : Women’s claims about copper toxicity caused by IUD use. Workshop "Assemblages of Rare Diseases : March 10- 11, 2022.
- Castro, A., Lila, M., Gracia, E., Wemrell, M. (2022). The ‘Nordic Paradox’ from the perspective of a low intimate partner violence prevalence country : Analyzing the views of Spanish professionals. Presented at Annual Conference of the European Network on Gender and Violence, Copenhagen.
- Wemrell, M., Hiltunen, L. (2022). Complex expressions of power : Forms of inequality in violent intimate relationships in Sweden. .
- Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2022). Feminism, post-truth and the epistemic status of experience : The case of women claiming to sufferfrom copper-related side effects of the copper IUD. . 61.
- Castro, A., Lila, M., Gracia, E., Wemrell, M. (2021). Professionals’ views on the relatively low prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in Spain. Presented at IPVI - Interpersonal Violence Interventions - Social and Cultural Perspectives - Jyväskylä, Finland : June 10-11, 2021.
- Wemrell, M. (2021). Stories of backlash in interviews with survivors of intimate partner violence in Sweden. Presented at Annual Conference of the Swedish Anthropology Association (SANT).
- Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2021). "Being our own researchers" : knowledge claims about the risks of using the copper IUD among social media active women in Sweden. Presented at SANT, Lund (online), 22-23 april, 2021.
- Wemrell, M., Ivert, A. (2021). Intimate partner violence and the Nordic paradox. Presented at IPVI - Interpersonal Violence Interventions - Social and Cultural Perspectives. Jyväskylä, Finland/online.
- Wemrell, M., Selberg, R. (2019). Improving the quality of healthcare through interdisciplinary education : a collaboration between Medicine and Gender Studies. Presented at Lund University's Teaching and Learning Conference 2019, 7 november, 2019.
- Merlo, J., Wemrell, M. (2018). Tensions in intersectional health research : proposing multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA). Presented at 17th biennal ESHMS congress, June 6 -8, 2018, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Wemrell, M., Mulinari, S., Merlo, J. (2017). Intersectionality and risk of ischemic heart disease in Sweden : categorical and anti-categorical approaches. Presented at IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Tokyo, Japan.
Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
- Wemrell, M., Selberg, R. (2024). Genusforskare behöver statistik!. Genusvetenskapliga forskningsmetoder. Nordic Academic Press. 307-324.
- Wemrell, M. (2021). Krig och skogsvård : Bilder av mikrober och människor i antibiotikaresistensens tid. Att leva med bakterier : Möjligheter till ett levbart immunitärt liv. Lund, Pufendorfinstitutet. 47-70.
- Wemrell, M., Lenander, C., Hanson, K., Perez vicente, R., Hedin, K., et al. (2021). Små socioekonomiska skillnader i antibiotikaanvändning i Sverige. Efter antibiotika : Om smitta i en ny tid. Fri Tanke. 52-54.
Artikel, forskningsöversikt (Refereegranskat)
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Wemrell, M., Stjernlöf, S., Aenishänslin, J., Lila, M., Gracia, E., et al. (2019). Towards understanding the Nordic paradox : A review of qualitative interview studies on intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden. Sociology Compass. John Wiley & Sons. 13 (6).
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Konferensbidrag (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Ivert, A., Wemrell, M. (2019). Intimate partner violence and the Nordic paradox. Presented at Violence regimes: Conceptualisations, contestations, challenges : Örebro University 17th October, 2019.
Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Wemrell, M., Eriksson, M., Agevall gross, L., Holm, D., Nyman, R. (2025). Att hitta hem efter våldsutsatthet : Mäns ekonomiska våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer och en ojämställd bostads- och arbetsmarknad. Göteborg, Jämställdhetsmyndigheten. 72.
- Wemrell, M., Tegel, E., Ivert, A. (2022). Region Skånes vårdprogram mot våld i nära relationer : en uppföljning. Lund, Enheten för Socialepidemiologi, Lunds Universitet. 50.
- Wemrell, M., Mulinari, S., Merlo, J., Hornborg, A. (2016). Användning av alternativ och komplementär medicin (AKM) i Skåne : Pilotstudie 2016. Enheten för Socialepidemiologi, Medicinska Fakulteten, Lunds Universitet.
Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt (populärvetenskap, debatt))
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Johansson wilén, E., Wemrell, M. (2025). Love Can Still Liberate. Jacobin.
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Johansson wilén, E., Gunnarsson, L., Wemrell, M. (2025). Vem har makten över kärleken?. Tidskriften Röda Rummet. (3-4). 4-6.
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Wemrell, M., Simmons, J., Pérez aronsson, A., Ekwall, A., Ericsson, A., et al. (2024). Vården behöver uppmärksamma våld. Dagens medicin. (2024-06-25).
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Brounéus, F., Glasdam, S., Hansson, K., Irwin, R., Lenander, C., et al. (2021). ”Vi måste förbereda oss för att antibiotika slutar fungera”. Dagens Nyheter. (2021-02-17).
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Brounéus, F., Glasdam, S., Hansson, K., Irwin, R., Lenander, C., et al. (2021). DN Debatt Repliker : ”Nej, vårt inlägg handlade inte om att ge upp kampen mot antibiotika”. Dagens Nyheter. (2021-02-24).
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Övrigt (Övrigt (populärvetenskap, debatt))
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Wemrell, M., Gunnarsson, L. (2022). Systemiska biverkningar av kopparspiralen? : Kvinnors berättelser och vårdgivares förhållningssätt.
Webbseminarium med vårdgivare
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Wemrell, M. (2020). Violence during covid-19: on immunity and community. Lund University.
Blog post
. - Wemrell, M., Mulinari, S., Merlo, J. (2017). Intersektionalitet och risk för ischemisk hjärtsjukdom i Sverige..