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Publications for Dr Mark Pearce

 

Publications in press

 

Blell MT, Pollard TM, Pearce MS. Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families study. Journal of Biosocial Science.

 

Fanshawe TR, Diggle PJ, Rushton S, Sanderson R, Lurz PWW, Glinianaia SV, Pearce MS, Parker L, Charlton M, Pless-Mulloli T. Modelling spatio-temporal variation in exposure to particulate matter: a two-stage approach. Environmetrics. [accepted August 2007]

Relton CL, Pearce MS, O’Sullivan JJ. The relationship between gestational age, systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure in children. Journal of Human Hypertension. [Accepted Nov 2007].

 

 

2007 Publications

Abdullah NA, Pearce MS, Parker L, Wilkinson J, McNally RJQ.  Evidence of an environmental contribution to the aetiology of cryptorchidism and hypospadias? European Journal of Epidemiology. 2007; 22: 615-620.

 

Abdullah NA, Pearce MS, Parker L, Wilkinson JR, Jaffray B, McNally RJQ. Birth prevalence of cryptorchidism and hypospadias in Northern England. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2007; 92(7): 576-579

 

Adams J, Martin-Ruiz C, Pearce MS, White M, Parker L, von Zglinicki T.  No association between socio-economic status and white blood cell telomere length.  Aging Cell.  Feb 2007; 6(1): 125.

Cardis E, Vrijheid M, Blettner M, Gilbert E, Hakama M, Hill C, Howe G, Kaldor J, Muirhead CR, Schubauer-Berigan M, Yoshimura T, Bermann F, Cowper G, Fix JJ, Hacker C, Heinmiller B, Marshall M, Thierry-Chef I, Utterback D, Ahn Y-O, Amoros E, Ashmore P, Auvinen A, Bae J-M, Bernar J, Biau A,  Combalot E, Deboodt P, Diez Sacristan A, Eklof M, Engels H, Engholm G, Gulis G, Habib R, Holan K, Hyvonen H, Kerekes A, Kurtinaitis J, Malker H, Martuzzi M, Mastauskas A, Monnet A, Moser M, Pearce MS, Richardson DB, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Rogel A, Tardy H, Telle-Lamberton M, Turai I, Usel M, Veress K. The 15-country collaborative study of cancer risk among radiation workers in the nuclear industry: Estimates of radiation related cancer risks. Radiation Research. 2007; 167(4): 396-416.

Dorak MT, Pearce MS, Hammal DM, McNally RJQ, Parker L. Associations of birth weight and maternal history of miscarriage with childhood cancers. Cancer Causes and Control. 2007; 18(2): 219-28.

Kumar N, Marshall NJ, Hammal DM, Pearce MS, Furniss SS, Parker L, Walker DJ, Platt PN. Cause of death in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Comparison with their siblings and matched osteoarthritis controls. Journal of Rheumatology. 2007; 34: 1695

McNally RJQ, Abdullah NA, Pearce MS, Parker L, Wilkinson JR. Space-time clustering of cryptorchidism and hypospadias. Epidemiology. 2007; 18(1): 183-184.

McNally RJQ, Dorak MT, Pearce MS, Parker L.  Author Response: No sex difference observed in the association between intra-uterine growth and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Cancer Causes and Control. 2007; 18: 1229

 

Mujeeb SA, Pearce MS. Seroprevalence and determinants of low risk of Hepatitis B and C infections in blood donors: a cross sectional study. Journal of Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries. 2007; 1: 17-24

 

Pearce MS, Hammal DM, Dorak MT, McNally RJQ, Parker L. Paternal occupational exposure to pesticides and/or herbicides as risk factors for cancer in children and young adults. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health. 2007; 61(3): 138-144

 

Pearce MS, Hammal DM, Dorak MT, McNally RJQ, Parker L. Paternal occupational exposure to radiation and electromagnetic fields as a sex-specific risk factor for cancer in children and young adults. A case-control study from the North of England. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2007; 49(3): 280-86
 

Thierry-Chef I, Marshall M, Fix JJ, Bermann F, Gilbert ES, Hacker C, Heinmiller B, Murray W, Pearce MS, Utterback D, Bernar J, Deboodt P, Eklof M, Griciene B, Holan K, Hyvonen K, Kerekes A, Lee M-C, Moser M, Pernicka F, Cardis E. . The 15-country collaborative study of cancer risk among radiation workers in the nuclear industry: Study of errors in dosimetry. Radiation Research 2007;167:380-395.

Tiffin PA, Pearce MS, Kaplan C, Fundudis T, Parker L.  Recollections of parental style and perceptions of current family functioning at age 50.  Journal of Family Therapy. 2007; 29: 169-182.

Tiffin PA, Pearce MS, Kaplan C, Fundudis T, Parker L.  The impact of socio-economic status and mobility on perceived family functioning: findings from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study.  Journal of the Family and Economic Issues. 2007; 28: 653-667

Xu Q, Pearce MS, Parker L. Incidence and survival for testicular germ cell tumor in young males: a report from the Northern Region Young Person’s Malignant Disease Registry, UK. Urologic Oncology. 2007; 25: 32-37.

 

 

2006 Publications

Cooper R, Blell M, Hardy R, Pollard TM, Wadsworth MEJ, Pearce MS, Kuh D.  The validity of age of menarche self-reported in adulthood.  Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health. 2006; 60: 993-997

Glinianaia SV, Jarvis S, Topp M, Guillem P, Platt MJ, Pearce MS, Parker L. Intrauterine growth and cerebral palsy in twins: A European multi-centre study. Twin Research & Human Genetics. 2006; 9(3): 460-466.

Hayes L, Pearce MS, Unwin NC.  Lifecourse predictors of normal metabolic parameters in overweight and obese adults. International Journal of Obesity. 2006; 30(6): 970-976.

Kerr SRJ, Pearce MS, Brayne C, Davis RJ, Kenny RA. Carotid sinus hypersensitivity in asymptomatic older persons - Implications for diagnosis of syncope and falls. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2006; 166: 515-520

Mason J, Pearce MS, Walls AWG, Parker L, Steele JG. How do factors at different stages of the lifecourse contribute to Oral Health Related Quality of Life in middle age for men and women. Journal of Dental Research. 2006; 85(3): 257-261
 

McIntyre EA, Parker L, Pearce MS, Gerrard J, Sattar N, Craft AW, Walker M. Relationship between birth weight and soluble markers of endothelial function in middle aged subjects. Heart. 2006; 92: 679-680.

 

McNally RJQ, Pearce MS, Parker L. Space-time clustering analyses of testicular cancer amongst 15-24 year olds in Northern England. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2006; 21: 139-144

 

Pearce MS, Deary IJ, Young AH, Parker L. Childhood IQ at age 11 years and deaths up to middle age: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Public Health. 2006; 120: 1020-1026
 

Pearce MS, O'Sullivan JJ. The relationship between birth weight and pulse pressure: cross-sectional study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 2006; 20: 207-11.

 

Pearce MS, Unwin NC, Parker L, Alberti KGMM. Lifecourse determinants of insulin secretion and sensitivity at age 50 years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Diabetes / Metabolism Research and Reviews. 2006; 22: 118-125

 

 

 

2005 Publications

Adams J, Pearce MS, White M, Unwin N, Parker L. No consistent association between birth weight and parental risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Diabetic Medicine 2005; 22: 950-953.

 

Birrell F, Pearce MS, Francis R, Parker L. Self Report Overestimates True Height Loss: Implications for Cross-sectional Studies and the Clinic. Clinical Rheumatology. 2005; 24: 590-592.

 

Bulsara MK, Bremner AP, Pearce MS.  Measuring Seasonality in Epidemiological Investigations. Australasian Epidemiologist  2005; 12(2): 7-10
 

Cardis E, Vrijheid M, Blettner M, Gilbert E, Hakama M, Hill C, Howe G, Kaldor J, Muirhead C, Schubauer-Berigan M, Yoshimura T, Bermann F, Cowper G, Fix J, Hacker C, Heinmiller B, Marshall M, Thierry-Chef I, Utterback D,  Ahn Y-O, Amoros E, Ashmore P, Auvinen A, Bae J-M, Bernar Solano J, Biau A, Combalot E, Deboodt P, Diez-Sacristan A, Eklof M, Engels H, Engholm G, Gulis G, Habib R, Holan K, Hyvonen H, Kerekes A, Kurtinaitis J, Malker H, Martuzzi M, Mastaukas A, Monnet A, Moser M, Pearce MS, Richardson DB, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Rogel A, Tardy H, Telle-Lamberton M, Turai I, Usel M, Veress K. Cancer risk following low doses of ionising radiation – a retrospective cohort study in 15 countries.  British Medical Journal . 2005; 331:77-80.

 

Glinianaia SV, Pless-Mulloli T, Pearce MS, Charlton M, Rankin JM, Parker L.  Pre- and post-natal exposure to particulate matter and pregnancy and infant outcomes, 1961-1992, UK: Initial Results.  Epidemiology. 2005; 16(5): S44.

 

Glinianaia S, Rankin J, Bell R, Pearce MS, Parker L. Temporal changes in distribution of population risk factors attenuate the reduction in perinatal mortality.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2005;  58: 1299-1307.

 

Pearce MS, Birrell FN, Francis RM, Rawlings D, Tuck SP, Parker L. A lifecourse study of bone health at age 50 years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005; 59: 475-480.

 

Pearce MS, Deary IJ, Young AH, Parker L.  Growth in early life and childhood IQ at age 11 years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study.  International Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 34: 673-677

 

Pearce MS, Hayes L. Self reported smoking status and exhaled carbon monoxide: Results from two population based epidemiological studies in the North of England. Chest. 2005; 128: 1233-1238.
 

Pearce MS, Parker L. Childhood growth influences cognition in the Thousand Families Study, but not income at age 50. Archives of Diseases in Childhood Online 2005.

 

Pearce MS, Parker L, Windebank KP, Cotterill SJ, Craft AW. Cancer in adolescents and young adults: A report from the Northern Region Young Persons’ Malignant Disease Registry, UK. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2005; 45: 687-693.
 

Pearce MS, Steele JG, Campbell DI, Thomas JE.  Tooth loss and Helicobacter pylori infection: The Newcastle Thousand Families Cohort at age 49-51.  Helicobacter 2005; 10: 90-94.

 

Pearce MS, Thomas JE, Campbell DI, Parker L. Does increased duration of exclusive breast feeding protect against Helicobacter pylori infection? The Newcastle thousand families cohort study at 50 years. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 41(5): 617-620, November 2005.

 

Pearce MS, Unwin NC, Relton CL, Alberti KGMM, Parker L.  Lifecourse determinants of fasting and post-challenge glucose at age 49-51 years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2005; 20: 915-923.

 

Rankin JM, Pearce MS, Bell R, Glinianaia SV, Parker L.  Perinatal mortality rates: adjusting for risk factor profile is essential.  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2005; 19: 56-58.

 

Relton CL, Pearce MS, Ness A, Burn J.  Folate status and genetic selection. Nature Reviews Genetics. 1st August 2005; published on-line. doi:10.1038/nrg1558-cl

 

Relton CL, Pearce MS, Burn J, Parker L.  An investigation of folate-related genetic factors in the determination of birthweight.  Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiology. 2005; 19: 360-367

 

Relton CL, Pearce MS, Parker L.  The influence of erythrocyte folate and serum vitamin B12 status on birth weight.  British Journal of Nutrition 2005; 93: 593-599

 

Tiffin PA, Pearce MS, Parker L. Social mobility over the lifecourse and self-reported mental health at age 50: Prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2005; 59: 870-872.

 

Tuck SP, Pearce MS, Rawlings D, Birrell FN, Parker L, Francis RM.  Differences in bone mineral density in men and women: The Newcastle Thousand Families study at fifty years old. British Journal of Radiology 2005; 78: 493-498

 

 

2004 Publications

 

Adams J, White M, Parker L, Pearce M. Lifecourse measures of socio-economic status and self-reported health at age 50: prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2004; 58: 1028-1029.

 

Barker R, Pearce MS, Irving M. Star Wars: NHS Style. British Medical Journal 2004; 329: 107-109.

 

Bell R, Glinianaia SV, Rankin J, Wright C, Pearce MS, Parker L. Changing patterns of perinatal death, 1982-2000: a retrospective cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004; 89: FN531-536.

 

Campbell DI, Pearce MS, Thomas JE. IgG subclass responses in childhood Helicobacter pylori duodenal ulcer: evidence of T-helper cell type 2 responses. Helicobacter 2004; 9 289-292.

 

Campbell DI, Sullivan PB, Pearce MS, Dale A, Parker L, Thomas JE. IgG subclass responses to Helicobacter pylori vary with age in populations with different risk of gastric carcinoma. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 2004; 11: 631-633.

 

Cotterill SJ, Wright CM, Pearce MS, Craft AW. Stature of young people with malignant bone tumors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2004; 42: 59-63.

 

Jowett SL, Seal CJ, Pearce MS, Phillips E, Gregory W, Barton JR, Welfare MR. The influence of dietary factors on the clinical course of ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort study. Gut 2004; 53: 1479-1484.

 

Pearce MS, Cotterill SJ, Parker L. Fathers' Occupational Contacts and Risk of Childhood Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Epidemiology 2004; 15: 352-356.

 

Pearce MS, Steele JG, Mason J, Walls AWG, Parker L. Do circumstances in early life contribute to tooth retention in middle age? Journal of Dental Research 2004; 83: 562-566.

 

Relton CL, Wilding CS, Pearce MS, Laffling AJ, Jonas PA, Lynch SA, Tawn EJ, Burn J. Gene-gene interaction in folate-related genes and risk of neural tube defects in a UK population. Journal of Medical Genetics 2004; 41: 256-260.

 

Thierry-Chef I, Marshall M, Fixx J, Cardis E, Bermann F, Cowper G, Gilbert E, Hacker C, Heinmiller B, Murray W, Ohshima S, Pearce MS, Pernicka F, Utterback D. International Collaborative Study of Cancer Risk among Radiation Workers in the Nuclear Industry: Study of Errors in Dosimetry. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association 2004.

 

 

2003 Publications

 

Pearce MS, Parker L, Cotterill SJ, Gordon PM, Craft AW. Skin cancer in children and young adults: 28 years' experience from the Northern Region Young Person's Malignant Disease Registry, UK. Melanoma Research 2003; 13: 421-426.

 

Pearce MS, O'Sullivan JJ. Relationship between birth weight and blood pressure variability in children. Journal of Human Hypertension 2003; 17: 677-680.

 

Parker L, Lamont DW, Unwin N, Pearce MS, Bennett SM, Dickinson HO, White M, Mathers JC, Alberti KG, Craft AW. A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49-51 years. Diabetic Medicine 2003; 20: 406-415.

 

 

2002 Publications

 

O'Sullivan J, Wright C, Pearce MS, Parker L. The influence of age and gender on the relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in childhood: a study using 24-hour and casual blood pressure. European Journal of Pediatrics 2002; 161: 423-427.

 

Pearce MS, Dickinson HO, Aitkin M, Parker L. Stillbirths among the offspring of male radiation workers at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant: detailed results and statistical aspects. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 2002; 165: 523-548.

 

 

2001 Publications

 

Bertollini R, Rushbrook P, Dora C, Van Leeuwen FXR, Pearce MS. Report of the World Health Organisation Depleted Uranium Mission to Kosovo. World Health Organisation, Geneva, 2001

 

Cardis E, Pearce MS, Boffetta P, Bulat P, Buffler P. Depleted uranium and other exposures in conflict areas.  I The Balkans.  Exposures, possible health effects and outline of epidemiologic feasibility studies. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2001:IARC Internal Report 01/001.

 

Cotterill SJ, Pearce MS, Parker L. Thyroid cancer in children and young adults in the North of England. Is increasing incidence related to the Chernobyl accident? European Journal of Cancer 2001; 37: 1020-1026.

 

Feltbower RG, Pearce MS, Dickinson HO, Parker L, McKinney PA. Seasonality of birth for cancer in Northern England, UK. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2001; 15: 338-345.

 

Pearce MS, Cardis E. Depleted uranium - cause for concern or just a good story? Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2001; 18: 367-370.

 

Pearce MS, Parker L. Childhood cancer registrations in the developing world: still more boys than girls. International Journal of Cancer 2001; 91: 402-406.

 

 

2000 Publications

 

Dummer TJ, Dickinson HO, Pearce MS, Charlton ME, Parker L. Stillbirth risk with social class and deprivation: no evidence for increasing inequality. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2000; 53: 147-155.

 

O'Sullivan JJ, Pearce MS, Parker L. Parental recall of birth weight: how accurate is it? Archives of Disease in Childhood 2000; 82: 202-203.

 

Parker L, Craft AW, Pearce MS, Dickinson HO.  Stillbirths among offspring of male radiation workers.  Lancet 2000; 355: 492-494.

 

Pearce MS, Feltbower RG. Tests for seasonal data - Edwards and Walter & Elwood tests. Stata Technical Bulletin 2000; 56: 47-49.

 

Pearce MS. Confidence based intervals based on the profile likelihood for explanatory variables in logistic regression models. Stata Technical Bulletin 2000; 56: 45-47.

 

Pearce MS, Parker L. Paternal employment in agriculture and childhood kidney cancer. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2000; 17: 223-230.

 

Pearce MS. Assessing the effects of treatments for hematological malignancies on prepubertal growth. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2000; 17: 441-443.

 

 

1999 Publications

 

Dummer TJ, Pearce MS, Dickinson HO, Charlton ME, Salotti J, Parker L. Stillbirths in relation to the coastline of Cumbria, 1950-89. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 1999; 13: 131-137.

 

Parker L, Pearce MS, Dickinson HO, Aitkin M, Craft AW. Stillbirths among offspring of male radiation workers at Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. Lancet 1999; 354: 1407-14.

 

 

1998 Publications

 

Dummer TJ, Dickinson HO, Pearce MS, Charlton ME, Smith J, Salotti J, Parker L. Stillbirth rates around the nuclear installation at Sellafield, North West England: 1950-1989. International Journal of Epidemiology 1998; 27: 74-82.

 

Pearce MS. Geographically weighted regression: A method for exploring spatial non-stationarity. Stata Technical Bulletin 1998; 46: 20-24.

 

 

1997 Publications

 

Dickinson HO, Dummer TJ, Pearce MS. Death rates from childhood leukaemia near nuclear sites. Numbers of observed deaths were closer to those expected after known risk factors were allowed for. British Medical Journal 1997; 315: 1232.

 

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