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Dorothy Mackerras
Researcher at Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Publications - 51
Citations - 946
Dorothy Mackerras is an academic researcher from Food Standards Australia New Zealand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 51 publications receiving 901 citations. Previous affiliations of Dorothy Mackerras include Charles Darwin University.
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Dietary patterns identified using factor analysis and prostate cancer risk: a case control study in Western Australia.
TL;DR: An increased risk for prostate cancer was observed with the Western pattern, which consisted of high intakes of red and processed meats, fried fish, hamburgers, chips, high-fat milk, and white bread, in men in the highest quartile for Western pattern score.
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An Australian Aboriginal birth cohort: a unique resource for a life course study of an Indigenous population. A study protocol
TL;DR: The successful recruitment of 686 Indigenous subjects followed up 14 years later with vital status determined for 95% of subjects and examination of 86% shows an Indigenous birth cohort can be established in an environment with geographic, cultural and climatic challenges.
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The Reliability of Ten-Year Dietary Recall: Implications for Cancer Research
Gina L. Ambrosini,Sofie A. H. van Roosbroeck,Dorothy Mackerras,Lin Fritschi,Nicholas de Klerk,A. William Musk,A. William Musk +6 more
TL;DR: Using this FFQ, remote diet recalled from 10 y earlier may be as reliable as recent dietary recall, similar to those of other studies that examined the reliability of recent and remote dietary intakes.
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Fruit, vegetable, vitamin A intakes, and prostate cancer risk
TL;DR: Fruit, other vegetables and vitamin A intakes did not appear to be strong factors in the development of prostate cancer in this study, and a decreased prostate cancer risk was observed with increasing intakes of vitamin C-rich vegetables.
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Birthweight changes in the pilot phase of the Strong Women Strong Babies Strong Culture Program in the Northern Territory
TL;DR: Aboriginal women in three pilot communities worked with pregnant women in a program that emphasised both traditional practices and Western medicine to increase infant birthweights and improve maternal weight status.