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Gail M. Williams
Researcher at University of Queensland
Publications - 755
Citations - 41018
Gail M. Williams is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 94, co-authored 737 publications receiving 36115 citations. Previous affiliations of Gail M. Williams include University of Newcastle & Mater Misericordiae Hospital.
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A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain
Damian G Hoy,Chris Bain,Gail M. Williams,Lyn March,Peter Brooks,Fiona M. Blyth,Anthony D. Woolf,Theo Vos,Rachelle Buchbinder +8 more
TL;DR: As the population ages, the global number of individuals with low back pain is likely to increase substantially over the coming decades, with the highest prevalence among female individuals and those aged 40-80 years.
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The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study
Damian G Hoy,Lyn March,Peter Brooks,Fiona M. Blyth,Anthony D. Woolf,Chris Bain,Chris Bain,Gail M. Williams,Emma Smith,Theo Vos,Theo Vos,Jan J. Barendregt,Christopher J L Murray,Roy Burstein,Rachelle Buchbinder +14 more
TL;DR: LBP causes more global disability than any other condition and with the ageing population, there is an urgent need for further research to better understand LBP across different settings.
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Daily sunscreen application and betacarotene supplementation in prevention of basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas of the skin: a randomised controlled trial.
Adèle C. Green,Adèle C. Green,Gail M. Williams,Rachel E. Neale,Veronica Hart,David Leslie,Peter G. Parsons,Geoffrey C. Marks,Philip Thomas Gaffney,Diana Battistutta,Christine Frost,Carolyn Lang,Anne Russell +12 more
TL;DR: Cutaneous squamous- cell carcinoma, but not basal-cell carcinoma seems to be amenable to prevention through the routine use of sunscreen by adults for 4.5 years, and there was no beneficial or harmful effect on the rates of either type of skin cancer, as a result of betacarotene supplementation.
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Current concepts - Schistosomiasis
Allen G. Ross,Paul B. Bartley,Adrian Sleigh,G. Richard Olds,Yuesheng Li,Gail M. Williams,Donald P. McManus +6 more
TL;DR: In 1851, Theodor Bilharz described a parasitic infection (bilharzia) that would later be termed schistosomiasis, which is caused by parasitic trematode worms that reside in the abdominal veins of their vertebrate definitive hosts.
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Reduced Melanoma After Regular Sunscreen Use: Randomized Trial Follow-Up
TL;DR: Melanoma may be preventable by regular sunscreen use in adults, and 10 years after trial cessation, 11 new primary melanomas had been identified in the daily sunscreen group, and 22 in the discretionary group, which represented a reduction of the observed rate.