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Invisible Infrastructure in Haematology: Neutrophil Reference Ranges and the Duffy-null Phenotype.
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Involving pregnant women, mothers and members of the public to improve the quality of women's health research.
(Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2016-11-15)Applied clinical research should be for the sake of society, not solely for the sake of a scientific endeavour. Accepting this principle also requires us to reconsider the paternalistic approach that dominates medical ... -
Is BMI alone a sufficient outcome to evaluate interventions for child obesity?
(2013-08)BACKGROUND: BMI is often used to evaluate the effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions, but such interventions may have additional benefits independent of effects on adiposity. We investigated whether benefits to ... -
Is doctor referral to a low energy total diet replacement programme costeffective for the routine treatment of obesity?
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2019-02-25)ABTRACT Objective To estimate the cost-effectiveness of a commercially provided low energy total diet replacement (TDR) programme versus nurse-led behavioural support. Methods We used a multi-state lifetable model and the ... -
Is individual smoking behaviour influenced by area level ethnic density? A cross-sectional electronic health database study of inner south east London
(European Respiratory Society, 2017-02-17)smoking remains one of the greatest public health problems facing the UK today. It varies significantly by ethnic group. This study aimed to determine whether ethnic differences in smoking behaviour are related to neighbourhood ... -
Is individual smoking behaviour influenced by area-level ethnic density? A cross-sectional electronic health database study of inner south-east London.
(2017-01)Tobacco smoking remains one of the greatest public health problems facing the UK today. It varies significantly by ethnic group. This study aimed to determine whether ethnic differences in smoking behaviour are related to ... -
Is symptom-based diagnosis of lung cancer possible? A systematic review and meta-analysis of symptomatic lung cancer prior to diagnosis for comparison with real-time data from routine general practice.
(Public Library of Science, 2018-11-21)BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is a good example of the potential benefit of symptom-based diagnosis, as it is the commonest cancer worldwide, with the highest mortality from late diagnosis and poor symptom recognition. The ... -
Job strain and retirement decisions in UK general practice.
(2019-08-22)BACKGROUND: Falling retention in UK general practice is a well-described problem but there has been little previous research into its underlying causes. Poor psychosocial work conditions may help explain falling workforce ...