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Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study by Lim, W S, van der Eerden, M M, Laing, R, Boersma, W G, Karalus, N, Town, G I, Lewis, S A, Macfarlane, J T

“…Background: In the assessment of severity in community acquired pneumonia (CAP), the modified British Thoracic Society (mBTS) rule identifies patients with…”
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Breastfeeding Protects against Current Asthma up to 6 Years of Age by Silvers, Karen M., PhD, Frampton, Chris M., PhD, Wickens, Kristin, PhD, Pattemore, Philip K., MD, Ingham, Tristram, MBChB, Fishwick, David, MD, Crane, Julian, FRACP, Town, G. Ian, MD, Epton, Michael J., PhD, FRACP

“…Objective To investigate the effects of breastfeeding on wheezing and current asthma in children 2 to 6 years of age. Study design Infants (n = 1105) were…”
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Cord-blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of respiratory infection, wheezing, and asthma by Camargo, Jr, Carlos A, Ingham, Tristram, Wickens, Kristin, Thadhani, Ravi, Silvers, Karen M, Epton, Michael J, Town, G Ian, Pattemore, Philip K, Espinola, Janice A, Crane, Julian

“…Higher maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of wheezing in offspring. The relationship between cord-blood levels of…”
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A Methodological Approach to Small Area Estimation for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System by Pierannunzi, Carol, Xu, Fang, Wallace, Robyn C, Garvin, William, Greenlund, Kurt J, Bartoli, William, Ford, Derek, Eke, Paul, Town, G Machell

“…Public health researchers have used a class of statistical methods to calculate prevalence estimates for small geographic areas with few direct observations…”
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Asthma exacerbations during long term β agonist use: influence of β2 adrenoceptor polymorphism by Taylor, D Robin, Drazen, Jeffrey M, Herbison, G Peter, Yandava, Chandra N, Hancox, Robert J, Town, G Ian

“…BACKGROUND Polymorphisms of the β2 adrenoceptor influence receptor function in vitro and asthma phenotypes in vivo. However, their importance in determining…”
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Focus free terahertz reflection imaging and tomography with Bessel beams by Busch, S. F., Town, G. E., Scheller, M., Koch, M.

“…A broadband terahertz (THz) reflection imaging system with high spatial resolution over a large depth of field is reported. A THz axicon lens producing a…”
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Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen in Urine Samples from Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia by MURDOCH, David R, LAING, Richard T. R, MILLS, Graham D, KARALUS, Noel C, TOWN, G. Ian, MIRRETT, Stanley, RELLER, L. Barth

“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Risk of severe asthma episodes predicted from fluctuation analysis of airway function by Robin Taylor, D, Frey, Urs, Silverman, Michael, Ian Town, G, Majumdar, Arnab, Brodbeck, Tanja, Suki, Béla

“…Asthma is an increasing health problem worldwide, but the long-term temporal pattern of clinical symptoms is not understood and predicting asthma episodes is…”
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Clinical and microscopic evaluation of long-term (6 months) epilation effects of the ipulse personal home-use intense pulsed light (IPL) device by Trelles, M.A., Ash, C., Town, G.

“…Background  The aim of this study is to investigate the cellular mechanism of long‐term hair reduction using a novel, square pulse, low‐fluence home‐use IPL…”
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Hair nicotine at 15 months old, tobacco exposure and wheeze or asthma from 15 months to 6 years old by Pattemore, Philip K., Silvers, Karen M., Frampton, Chris M., Wickens, Kristin, Ingham, Tristram, Fishwick, David, Crane, Julian, Town, G. Ian, Epton, Michael J.

“…Objective To investigate the relationship between hair nicotine levels at 15 months of age and prior parent‐reported smoking exposure, and the risk of wheezing…”
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Role of serotonin in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic pulmonary hypertension by Egermayer, Paul, Town, G Ian, Peacock, Andrew J

“…[...]pulmonary hypertension was frequently an important but unrecognised component of other disease states, many of which will be the subject of this…”
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Asthma control during long term treatment with regular inhaled salbutamol and salmeterol by Taylor, D Robin, Town, G Ian, Herbison, G Peter, Boothman-Burrell, David, Flannery, Erin M, Hancox, Bob, Harré, Elizabeth, Laubscher, Keith, Linscott, Vivienne, Ramsay, Catriona M, Richards, Geoff

“…BACKGROUND The adverse effects of long term treatment of asthma with the short acting β agonist fenoterol have been established in both epidemiological and…”
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Selenium status and allergic disease in a cohort of New Zealand children by Thomson, C D, Wickens, K, Miller, J, Ingham, T, Lampshire, P, Epton, MJ, Town, GI, Pattemore, P, Crane, J

“…New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma and atopy. Selenium has been implicated in the aetiology of asthma, and associations between low selenium…”
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Selenium status and allergic disease in a cohort of New Zealand children by Thomson, C. D., Wickens, K., Miller, J., Ingham, T., Lampshire, P., Epton, M. J., Town, G. I., Pattemore, P., Crane, J.

“…Summary Background New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma and atopy. Selenium has been implicated in the aetiology of asthma, and associations…”
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Potential for electric vehicle adoption in Australia by Rafique, Sohaib, Town, Graham E.

“…Data from the New South Wales (NSW) Household Travel Survey ( 2014/15 ) was analyzed to determine the trip-by-trip range of automobile travel in NSW. The…”
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Vitamin D status of newborns in New Zealand by Camargo, Carlos A., Ingham, Tristram, Wickens, Kristin, Thadhani, Ravi I., Silvers, Karen M., Epton, Michael J., Town, G. Ian, Espinola, Janice A., Crane, Julian

“…Recognition of the important non-skeletal health effects of vitamin D has focused attention on the vitamin D status of individuals across the lifespan. To…”
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Bone mineral density in subjects with mild asthma randomised to treatment with inhaled corticosteroids or non-corticosteroid treatment for two years by Tattersfield, A E, Town, G I, Johnell, O, Picado, C, Aubier, M, Braillon, P, Karlström, R

“…BACKGROUND Inhaled corticosteroids are clearly beneficial for patients with asthma of moderate severity, but the risks and benefits of using them in patients…”
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Asthma: improved understanding and insights into the challenges of achieving asthma control by Town, G Ian, Fitzgerald, J Mark

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A systematic review of light-based home-use devices for hair removal and considerations on human safety by Thaysen-Petersen, D., Bjerring, P., Dierickx, C., Nash, J.F., Town, G., Haedersdal, M.

“…Background  Hair removal with professional light‐based devices is established as an effective, mainstream treatment. The field of optical home‐based hair…”
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Asthma phenotypes: Consistency of classification using induced sputum by HANCOX, ROBERT J., COWAN, DOUGLAS C., ALDRIDGE, RUTH E., COWAN, JAN O., PALMAY, ROCHELLE, WILLIAMSON, AVIS, TOWN, G. IAN, TAYLOR, D. ROBIN

“…ABSTRACT Background and objective:  Asthma can be classified as eosinophilic or non‐eosinophilic based on the cell profile of induced sputum. This…”
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