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Paediatric and Lifecourse Epidemiology Research Group
Publications

2007

 

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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 lengthAging Cell.  Feb 2007; 6(1): 125.

  4. Alston RD, Tatevossian RG, McNally RJ, Kelsey A, Birch JM, Eden TO. Incidence and survival of childhood Langerhans cell histiocytosis in Northwest England from 1954 to 1998. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2007; 48: 555-560.

  5. Armstrong B, Dolk H, Pattenden S, Vrijheid M, Rankin J, Dunn C, Grundy C, et al. Geographic variation and localized clustering of congenital anomalies Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 2007;  4: 14     

  6. 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.

  7. Connor MD, Walker R, Modi G, Warlow CP.  The burden of stroke in black populations in sub-Saharan Africa.  The Lancet Neurology. 2007; 6(3): 269-78.

  8. Dickinson HO, Parkinson KN, Ravens-Sieberer U, Schirripa G, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, McManus V, Michelson SI, Parkes J, Colver A.  Self-reported quality of life of 8-12 year old children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional European Study.  Lancet. 2007; 369: 2171-2178

  9. 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.

  10. Dorak MT, McNally RJQ, Parker L.  Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and infectionsAmerican Journal of Epidemiology. 2007; 18th June; Epub

  11. Dotchin C, Walker R.  The challenge of Parkinson’s disease management in AfricaAge and Ageing.  2007; 36: 122-127

  12. Dover C, Le Couteur A.  How to diagnose autism.  Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2007; 92: 540-45

  13. Forsyth R, Colver A, Alvanides S, Wooley M, Lowe M. Participation of young severely disabled children is influenced by their intrinsic impairments and environment. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2007; 49: 345-349

  14. Freathy RM, Weedon MN, Bennett A, Hypponen E, Relton CL, Knight B, Parnell KS, Groves CJ, Ring SM, Jones R, Pembrey ME, Ben-Schlomo Y, Stachan DP, Power C, Jarvelin M-R, McCarthy MI, Davey Smith G, Hattersley AT, Frayling TM. Type 2 diabetes TCF7L2 risk genotypes alter birth weight: a study of 24,141 individuals. AJHG. 80; June 2007; Epub

  15. Goswami U, Gulrajani C, Varma A, Sharma A, Ferrier IN, Young AH, Moore PB.  Soft neurological signs do not increase with age in euthymic bipolar subjects.  Journal of Affective Disorders. March 15th 2007;   Epub ahead of print

  16. Hedderly T, Baird G, Boyce A, McConachie H.  Parental reaction to disability. In: P. Cartlidge (ed). Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Child Healthcare. Oxford: Elsevier. 2007; Chapter 22: 94-97 & 195-196

  17. 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

  18. Lawlor K, Mihaylov S, Welsh B, Jarvis S, Colver A. A qualitative study of the physical, social and attitudinal environments influencing the participation of children with cerebral palsy in North-East England. Pediatric Rehabilitation 2006, 9(3), 219-28

  19. Le Couteur A, Haden G, Hammal D, McConachie H.  Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders in Pre-school Children Using Two Standardised Assessment Instruments: The ADI-R and the ADOS.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2007; June 29th; On-line.

  20. Lee M, Prentice W, Hildreth A,  Walker R.  Measuring symptom load in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.  Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 2007; 13: 284-289

  21. Leekam SR, Tandos J, McConachie H, Meins E, Parkinson K, Wright C, Turner M, Arnott B, Vittorini L, Le Couteur AS.  Repetitive behaviours in typically developing 2-year-olds.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2007; 48: 1131-1138.

  22. McConachie H, Diggle T.  Parent-implemented early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review.  Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2007; 13: 120-12

  23. McConachie H.  Editorial: Learning from others' resourcefulness. Child: care, health and development. 2007; 33(3): 215-216

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

  25. McNally RJQ, Colver A.  Space-time clustering analyses of occurrence of cerebral palsy in Northern England for births 1991-2003. Annals of Epidemiology. Sept 12, 2007. Epub ahead of Print

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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): 280-286.

  29. Pennell CE, Jacobsson B, Williams SM, Buus RM, Muglia LJ, Dolan SM, Morken N-H, Ozcelik H, Lye SJ, Relton CL. Genetic Epidemiology Studies of Preterm Birth: Research Guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007; 196(2): 107-118.

  30. Pennington L, Marshall J, Goldbart J. Describing participants in AAC research and their communicative environments: Guidelines for research and practice Disability and Rehabilitation. 2007; 29(7): 521-535.

  31. Pennington L, Miller N.   Influence of listening conditions and listener characteristics on intelligibility of dysarthric speech Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. 2007; 21(5): 393-403

  32. Raju PM, Walker RW, Lee M.  Dyskinesia induced by Gabapentin in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (IPD).  Movement Disorders.  2007; 22(2): 288

  33. 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

  34. The Autism Genome Project Consortium (Inc. the International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium (inc. A.S. Le Couteur and H.R. McConachie)).  Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements.  Nature Genetics 2007; (online)

  35. 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.

  36. Tiffin PA, Shah P, Le Couteur A. Diagnosing Pervasive Developmental Disorders in a Forensic Adolescent Mental Health Setting. Journal of Forensic Practice. 2007; 9(3): 31-40.

  37. 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

  38. White-Koning M,Arnaud C,Dickinson HO, Thyen U, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Schirripa G, Colver A. Determinants of child/parent agreement in quality of life reports - a European study in children with cerebral palsy. Pediatrics. 2007; 120(4): 804-14

  39. 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.

  40. Young B, Rice H, Dixon-Woods M, Colver  AF, Parkinson KN. A qualitative study of the health-related quality of life of disabled children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2007: 49: 660-665

     

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