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D P Strachan

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1 Association of Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae infections with coronary heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors. BMJ 1995 6.28
2 Air pollution and daily mortality in London: 1987-92. BMJ 1996 4.97
3 Health effects of passive smoking-10: Summary of effects of parental smoking on the respiratory health of children and implications for research. Thorax 1999 4.43
4 Trends in prevalence and severity of childhood asthma. BMJ 1994 3.51
5 Prevalence of asthma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in 12-14 year old children across Great Britain (international study of asthma and allergies in childhood, ISAAC UK) BMJ 1998 3.49
6 Associations of wheezing phenotypes in the first 6 years of life with atopy, lung function and airway responsiveness in mid-childhood. Thorax 2008 3.25
7 Burden of allergic disease in the UK: secondary analyses of national databases. Clin Exp Allergy 2004 2.93
8 Time trends in allergic disorders in the UK. Thorax 2006 2.83
9 Seasonality of tuberculosis: the reverse of other respiratory diseases in the UK. Thorax 1996 2.82
10 Prenatal paracetamol exposure and risk of asthma and elevated immunoglobulin E in childhood. Clin Exp Allergy 2005 2.65
11 C-reactive protein: relation to total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular risk factors in men. Eur Heart J 2000 2.59
12 Relation of serum cytokine concentrations to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease. Heart 1997 2.50
13 Health effects of passive smoking. 3. Parental smoking and prevalence of respiratory symptoms and asthma in school age children. Thorax 1997 2.48
14 Phase II of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC II): rationale and methods. Eur Respir J 2004 2.36
15 Asthma from birth to age 23: incidence and relation to prior and concurrent atopic disease. Thorax 1992 2.29
16 The relationship of per capita gross national product to the prevalence of symptoms of asthma and other atopic diseases in children (ISAAC). Int J Epidemiol 2001 2.27
17 Fibrinogen: a link between chronic infection and coronary heart disease. Lancet 1994 2.19
18 Determinants of passive smoking in children in Edinburgh, Scotland. Am J Public Health 1992 2.17
19 Health effects of passive smoking. 9. Parental smoking and spirometric indices in children. Thorax 1998 2.16
20 Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood: risk factors and effect on growth. BMJ 1994 2.15
21 The prevalence and natural history of wheezing in early childhood. J R Coll Gen Pract 1985 2.15
22 Investigation into the increase in hay fever and eczema at age 16 observed between the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts. BMJ 1997 2.09
23 Effects of air pollution on daily hospital admissions for respiratory disease in London between 1987-88 and 1991-92. J Epidemiol Community Health 1996 2.02
24 Chronic exposure to outdoor air pollution and lung function in adults. Thorax 2009 1.98
25 Health effects of an air pollution episode in London, December 1991. Thorax 1995 1.98
26 Positionally cloned asthma susceptibility gene polymorphisms and disease risk in the British 1958 Birth Cohort. Thorax 2009 1.96
27 C-reactive protein concentration in children: relationship to adiposity and other cardiovascular risk factors. Atherosclerosis 2000 1.90
28 Short-term associations between outdoor air pollution and mortality in London 1992-4. Occup Environ Med 1999 1.85
29 Passive exposure to tobacco smoke in children aged 5-7 years: individual, family, and community factors. BMJ 1994 1.82
30 Loss and representativeness in a biomedical survey at age 45 years: 1958 British birth cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008 1.80
31 Relationship between respiratory morbidity in children and the home environment. Fam Pract 1986 1.73
32 Prospective relations between Helicobacter pylori infection, coronary heart disease, and stroke in middle aged men. Heart 1996 1.73
33 The effects of adiposity and weight change on forced expiratory volume decline in a longitudinal study of adults. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1999 1.72
34 Effects of exposure to gas cooking in childhood and adulthood on respiratory symptoms, allergic sensitization and lung function in young British adults. Clin Exp Allergy 1999 1.71
35 Relation of passive smoking as assessed by salivary cotinine concentration and questionnaire to spirometric indices in children. Thorax 1993 1.65
36 The home environment and asthma symptoms in childhood: two population based case-control studies 13 years apart. Thorax 1997 1.65
37 Air pollution, pollens, and daily admissions for asthma in London 1987-92. Thorax 1998 1.62
38 Childhood eczema: disease of the advantaged? BMJ 1994 1.61
39 Climate and the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic eczema in children. Occup Environ Med 2004 1.60
40 Acute effects of winter air pollution on respiratory function in schoolchildren in southern England. Occup Environ Med 2003 1.57
41 Time trends in respiratory symptoms in childhood over a 24 year period. Arch Dis Child 1993 1.55
42 Respiratory symptoms and home environment in children: a national survey. Thorax 1999 1.54
43 Lack of evidence for a protective effect of prolonged breastfeeding on childhood eczema: lessons from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Br J Dermatol 2011 1.54
44 Infections presenting for clinical care in early life and later risk of hay fever in two UK birth cohorts. Allergy 2008 1.52
45 Short-term associations between emergency hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular disease and outdoor air pollution in London. Arch Environ Health 2000 1.49
46 Early influences on adult lung function in two national British cohorts. Arch Dis Child 2007 1.48
47 Short-term associations between outdoor air pollution and visits to accident and emergency departments in London for respiratory complaints. Eur Respir J 1999 1.46
48 Timing of routine immunisations and subsequent hay fever risk. Arch Dis Child 2005 1.45
49 Hyperhomocysteinaemia, Helicobacter pylori, and coronary heart disease. Heart 1997 1.42
50 Effects of changes in fresh fruit consumption on ventilatory function in healthy British adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998 1.33
51 Genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of severe asthma. Thorax 2012 1.27
52 Socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity, and stroke mortality in Greater London and south east England. J Epidemiol Community Health 1997 1.26
53 Effect of pneumonia and whooping cough in childhood on adult lung function. N Engl J Med 1998 1.25
54 Temporal associations between daily counts of fungal spores and asthma exacerbations. Occup Environ Med 2006 1.16
55 Hay fever, eczema, and wheeze: a nationwide UK study (ISAAC, international study of asthma and allergies in childhood). Arch Dis Child 1999 1.15
56 The natural history of childhood eczema: observations from the British 1958 birth cohort study. Br J Dermatol 1998 1.15
57 Immunization and symptoms of atopic disease in children: results from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. Am J Public Health 2001 1.14
58 Allergy and family size: a riddle worth solving. Clin Exp Allergy 1997 1.13
59 The effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on lung function in a longitudinal study of British adults. Epidemiology 1999 1.12
60 International trends in admissions and drug sales for asthma. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2006 1.10
61 A comparison of the recording of 30 common childhood conditions in the Doctor's Independent Network and General Practice Research Databases. Health Stat Q 2004 1.09
62 Parental smoking, bronchial reactivity and peak flow variability in children. Thorax 1998 1.08
63 Early-life exposure to antibacterials and the subsequent development of hayfever in childhood in the UK: case-control studies using the General Practice Research Database and the Doctors' Independent Network. Clin Exp Allergy 2003 1.07
64 The social origins of infantile colic: questionnaire study covering 76,747 infants. BMJ 1997 1.06
65 International variation in prevalence of rhinitis and its relationship with sensitisation to perennial and seasonal allergens. Eur Respir J 2008 1.05
66 Comparative epidemiology of atopic and non-atopic wheeze and diagnosed asthma in a national sample of English adults. Thorax 2002 1.05
67 Acute effects of summer air pollution on respiratory function in primary school children in southern England. Thorax 1996 1.03
68 Neonatal head circumference, neonatal weight, and risk of hayfever, asthma and eczema in a large cohort of adolescents from Sheffield, England. Clin Exp Allergy 2003 1.02
69 Prevalence of rhinitis, pillow type and past and present ownership of furred pets. Clin Exp Allergy 1999 1.01
70 Dampness and moulds in relation to respiratory and allergic symptoms in children: results from Phase Two of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC Phase Two). Clin Exp Allergy 2013 0.96
71 International variations in associations of allergic markers and diseases in children: ISAAC Phase Two. Allergy 2009 0.94
72 Childhood asthma in South London: trends in prevalence and use of medical services 1991-2002. Thorax 2006 0.94
73 Risk factors for atopy among school children in a rural area of Latin America. Clin Exp Allergy 2004 0.93
74 Which spirometric indices best predict subsequent death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Thorax 2000 0.93
75 Time trends in asthma and allergy: ten questions, fewer answers. Clin Exp Allergy 1995 0.93
76 Fresh fruit intake and asthma symptoms in young British adults: confounding or effect modification by smoking? Eur Respir J 1999 0.93
77 Is allergic disease programmed in early life? Clin Exp Allergy 1994 0.92
78 C-reactive protein, obesity, atopy and asthma symptoms in middle-aged adults. Eur Respir J 2008 0.92
79 Trends in stroke mortality in Greater London and south east England--evidence for a cohort effect? J Epidemiol Community Health 1997 0.91
80 Wheezing presenting in general practice. Arch Dis Child 1985 0.91
81 Antenatal booking and perinatal mortality in Scotland 1972-1982. Int J Epidemiol 1987 0.91
82 Asthma epidemics and air pollution. Epidemic of asthma was not associated with episode of air pollution. BMJ 1996 0.91
83 Asthma phenotypes identified by latent class analysis in the ISAAC phase II Spain study. Clin Exp Allergy 2013 0.90
84 Role of outdoor aeroallergens in asthma exacerbations: epidemiological evidence. Thorax 2004 0.90
85 House dust mite allergen avoidance in asthma. Benefits unproved but not yet excluded. BMJ 1998 0.89
86 Patient characteristics associated with the labelling of asthma. Fam Pract 1994 0.89
87 International correlations between indicators of prevalence, hospital admissions and mortality for asthma in children. Int J Epidemiol 2008 0.89
88 Lack of association of MYO9B genetic variants with coeliac disease in a British cohort. Gut 2006 0.88
89 Psoriasis and eczema are not mutually exclusive diseases. Dermatology 1994 0.88
90 Epidemiology of Epstein-Barr virus infection in pre-adolescent children: application of a new salivary method in Edinburgh, Scotland. J Epidemiol Community Health 1998 0.88
91 Moulds, mites and childhood asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 1993 0.87
92 Is there a geographical variation in eczema prevalence in the UK? Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Br J Dermatol 2000 0.87
93 Breastfeeding as prophylaxis against atopic disease. Lancet 1996 0.86
94 Causes and control of chronic respiratory disease: looking beyond the smokescreen. J Epidemiol Community Health 1992 0.84
95 Sex differences in the relationship between inflammatory and hemostatic biomarkers and metabolic syndrome: British 1958 Birth Cohort. J Thromb Haemost 2011 0.83
96 Ischaemic heart disease and Cag A strains of Helicobacter pylori in the Caerphilly heart disease study. Heart 2001 0.83
97 The descriptive epidemiology of house dust mite-specific and total immunoglobin E in England using a nationally representative sample. Clin Exp Allergy 2002 0.81
98 Health effects of passive smoking. Thorax 1999 0.81
99 Asthma mortality in England and Wales, 1979-89. Lancet 1991 0.80
100 Maternal testosterone in pregnancy and atopic outcomes in childhood. Allergy 2007 0.80
101 Changes over time in the relationship between symptoms of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema: a global perspective from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) 2012 0.80
102 Western blotting is useful in the salivary diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. J Clin Pathol 2000 0.79
103 Smoking and acute appendicitis. Lancet 1999 0.78
104 Vaccinations, infections and antibacterials in the first grass pollen season of life and risk of later hayfever. Clin Exp Allergy 2007 0.77
105 Prospective relations between Helicobacter pylori infection, coronary heart disease and stroke in middle-aged men. Heart 1997 0.76
106 Risk of coronary heart disease in Hindus and Muslims from Indian subcontinent is similar. BMJ 1996 0.75
107 Effect of ambient levels of smoke and sulphur dioxide on the health of a national sample of 23 year old subjects in 1981. Thorax 1995 0.75
108 Moving house unlikely to pose substantial risk of childhood asthma. BMJ 1996 0.75
109 Preventive therapy for tuberculosis. Lancet 1995 0.75
110 17q21 gene variation is not associated with asthma in adulthood. Allergy 2015 0.75
111 Automated retinal vessel recognition and measurements on large datasets. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2015 0.75
112 Socioeconomic characteristics of interregional migrants in England and Wales, 1939-71. Environ Plan A 1993 0.75