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Paediatric and Lifecourse Epidemiology Research Group
Publications
2001
Aspray TJ, Unwin N. Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2001; 498: 21-6.
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:
Birch JM, Alston RD, McNally RJQ, Evans DGR, Kelsey AM, Harris M, Eden OB, Varley JM. Relative frequency and morphology of cancers in carriers of germline TP53 mutations. Oncogene. 2001; 20: 4621-4628.
Campbell DI, Warren BF, Thomas JE, Figura N, Telford JL, Sullivan PB. The African enigma: low prevalence of gastric atrophy, high prevalence of chronic inflammation in West African adults and children. Helicobacter. 2001; 6: 263-7.
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.
Carlin L, Aspray T, Edwards R, Hayes L, Kitange H, Unwin N. Civilisation and its discontents: non-communicable disease, metabolic syndrome and rural-urban migration in Tanzania. Urban Anthropology. 2001; 30: 51-70.
Clarke MT, McConachie HR, Wood P, Price K. Speech and language therapy provision for children using augmentative and alternative communication systems. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 2001; 16: 41-54.
Clarke M, McConachie H, Price K, Wood P. Views of young people using augmentative and alternative communication systems. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 2001; 36: 107-15.
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: 1020-6.
Cotterill SJ, Parker L, More L, Craft AW. Neuroblastoma: changing incidence and survival in young people aged 0-24 years. A report from the North of England Young Persons' Malignant Disease Registry. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 2001; 36: 231-4.
Decode Study Group. Glucose tolerance and cardiovascular mortality: comparison of fasting and 2-hour diagnostic criteria. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2001; 161: 397-405.
Dickinson HO, Salotti JA, Birch PJ, Reid MM, Malcolm A, Parker L. How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register for England and Wales? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2001; 55: 414-22.
Dobson MG, Redfern CP, Unwin N, Weaver JU. The N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor: potential contribution to central obesity in men and lack of association with other risk factors for coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus. Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2001; 86: 2270-4.
Edwards R, White M, Gray J, Fischbacher C. Use of a journal club and letter-writing exercise to teach critical appraisal to medical undergraduates. Medical Education. 2001; 35: 691-4.
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: 338-45.
Fischbacher C, Bhopal R, Patel S, White M, Unwin N, Alberti KG. Anaemia in Chinese, South Asian, and European populations in Newcastle upon Tyne: cross sectional study. British Medical Journal. 2001; 322: 958-9.
Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, Walker M, White M, Alberti KG. Maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes varies by ethnic group: cross-sectional survey of Europeans and South Asians. Diabetes Care. 2001; 24: 1685-6.
Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KG. The performance of the Rose angina questionnaire in South Asian and European origin populations: a comparative study in Newcastle, UK. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 30: 1009-16.
Gilchrist A, Green J, Cox A, Burton D, Rutter M, Le Couteur A. Development and current functioning in adolescents with Asperger syndrome: a comparative study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 2001; 42: 227-40.
International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium (IMGSAC). A genomewide screen for autism: strong evidence for linkage to chromosomes 2q, 7q, and 16p. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2001; 69: 570-81.
Kaslow RA, Dorak MT, Tang JJ. Is protection in HIV infection due to Bw4 or not to Bw4? Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2001; 1: 221-2.
McConachie H, Huq S, Munir S, Kamrunnahar, Akhter N, Ferdous S, Khan NZ. Difficulties for mothers in using an early intervention service for children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh. Child: care, health and development. 2001; 27: 1-12.
McNally RJQ, Cairns DP, Eden OB, Kelsey AM, Taylor GM, Birch,JM. Examination of temporal trends in the incidence of childhood leukaemias and lymphomas provides aetiological clues. Leukemia. 2001; 15: 1612-1618.
McNally RJQ, Kelsey AM, Cairns D, Taylor GM, Eden OB, Birch JM. Temporal increases in the incidence of childhood solid tumours seen in Northwest England (1954-1998) are likely to be real. Cancer. 2001: 92: 1967-1976.
Moshiro C, Mswia R, Alberti KG, Whiting DR, Unwin N. The importance of injury as a cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa: results of a community-based study in Tanzania. Public Health. 2001; 115: 96-102.
Oldroyd JC, Unwin NC, White M, Imrie K, Mathers JC, Alberti KG. Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions to modify cardiovascular risk factors in men and women with impaired glucose tolerance: outcomes at 6 months. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2001; 52: 29-43.
Parker L. Computed tomography scanning in children: radiation risks. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2001; 18: 307-8.
Parker L. Breast-feeding and cancer prevention. European Journal of Cancer. 2001; 37: 155-8.
Parker L. Social inequality and cancer deaths. Lancet Oncology. 2001; 2: 5.
Parker L, Craft AW. Ominous trend in childhood cancer mortality? Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 2001; 36: 335-8.
Parker L. Underascertainment in NIFS Study (letter). The Lancet. 2001; 357: 556.
Parker L. Little evidence for adverse health effects of disposable nappies. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2001; [E-letter]:
Parkinson KN, Drewett RF. Feeding behaviour in the weaning period. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 2001; 42: 971-8.
Patel S, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KG, Yallop J. Mismatch between perceived and actual overweight in diabetic and non-diabetic populations: a comparative study of South Asian and European women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2001; 55: 332-3.
Pearce MS, Parker L. Childhood cancer registrations in the developing world: still more boys than girls. International Journal of Cancer. 2001; 91: 402-6.
Pearce MS, Cardis E. Depleted uranium--cause for concern or just a good story? Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2001; 18: 367-70.
Pennington L, McConachie H. Interaction between children with cerebral palsy and their mothers: the effects of speech intelligibility. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 2001; 36: 371-93.
Pennington L, McConachie H. Predicting patterns of interaction between children with cerebral palsy and their mothers. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2001; 43: 83-90.
Pollard TM. Measuring demographic group differences in cardiovascular reactivity to stress using a mental challenge in the laboratory: problems of interpretations. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2001; 55: 288.
Rankin J, Bhopal R. Understanding of heart disease and diabetes in a South Asian community: cross-sectional study testing the 'snowball' sample method. Public Health. 2001; 115: 253-60.
Roper NA, Bilous RW, Kelly WF, Unwin NC, Connolly VM. Excess mortality in a population with diabetes and the impact of material deprivation: longitudinal, population based study. British Medical Journal. 2001; 322: 1389-93.
Sobngwi E, Mbanya JC, Unwin NC, Aspray TJ, Alberti KG. Development and validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of physical activity in epidemiological studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 30: 1361-8.
Tiffin PA, Perini AF. The use of antiepileptic drugs in learning disabled people with epilepsy: an audit of adult in-patients in a treatment and continuing care service. Seizure. 2001; 10: 500-4.
Tiffin P. Dangerous Children - Their Assessment and Management: A Case Series. Department of Health Consultation Document. 2001:
Towner E, Dowswell T, Jarvis S. Updating the evidence. A systemic review of what works in preventing childhood unintentional injuries: Part 2. Injury Prevention. 2001; 7: 249-53.
Towner E, Dowswell T, Jarvis S. Updating the evidence. A systematic review of what works in preventing childhood unintentional injuries: part 1. Injury Prevention. 2001; 7: 161-4.
Unwin N, Setel P, Rashid S, Mugusi F, Mbanya JC, Kitange H, Hayes L, Edwards R, Aspray T, Alberti KG. Noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: where do they feature in the health research agenda? Bulletin of the Word Health Organization. 2001; 79: 947-53.
White M, Harland JO, Bhopal RS, Unwin N, Alberti KG. Smoking and alcohol consumption in a UK Chinese population. Public Health. 2001; 115: 62-9.
Williams JR, Alexander FE, Cartwright RA, McNally RJQ. Methods for aetiological clues from geographically clustered cases of disease, with application to leukaemia-lymphoma data. Journal of the Royal Statistical, Series A 2001; 164: 49-60.
Wright CM, Parker L, Lamont D, Craft AW. Implications of childhood obesity for adult health: findings from thousand families cohort study. British Medical Journal. 2001; 323: 1280-4.