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John Attia
Researcher at University of Newcastle
Publications - 796
Citations - 39731
John Attia is an academic researcher from University of Newcastle. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 727 publications receiving 32950 citations. Previous affiliations of John Attia include John Hunter Hospital & McMaster University.
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Evaluating recruitment strategies for AUSPICE, a large Australian community‐based randomised controlled trial
Roseanne Peel,Shu Ren,Alexis J. Hure,Tiffany Evans,Catherine D'Este,Walter P. Abhayaratna,Andrew Tonkin,Ingrid Hopper,Amanda G. Thrift,Christopher R Levi,Jonathan Sturm,David N Durrheim,Joseph Hung,Joseph Hung,Tom Briffa,Derek P. Chew,Phil Anderson,Lynelle Moon,Mark McEvoy,Philip M. Hansbro,David Newby,John Attia +21 more
TL;DR: To examine the effectiveness of different strategies for recruiting participants for a large Australian randomised controlled trial (RCT), the Australian Study for the Prevention through Immunisation of Cardiovascular Events (AUSPICE) is examined.
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Prognostic factors of all-cause mortalities in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study
TL;DR: A study with 3 years' follow up in adult patients who participated in the CAPD-first policy suggested that the cutoffs of 0.25 and 1.75 for rKt/V and tKT/V might be associated with mortality in CAPD patients.
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Refuelling of vehicles, the use of wood burners and the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in childhood
Helen D. Bailey,Nicholas de Klerk,Lin Fritschi,John Attia,John Attia,John D. Daubenton,Bruce K. Armstrong,Elizabeth Milne +7 more
TL;DR: There was no evidence that non-occupational refuelling a vehicle with petrol in the year before or during pregnancy increased the risk of ALL in the offspring, and there was weak evidence that burning wood in a closed burner to heat the home increased therisk.
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"Quitlink"-A Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Worker Facilitated Quitline Support for Smokers Receiving Mental Health Services: Study Protocol.
Amanda L. Baker,Ron Borland,Billie Bonevski,Catherine J. Segan,Catherine J. Segan,Alyna Turner,Alyna Turner,Alyna Turner,Lisa Brophy,Kristen McCarter,Peter J. Kelly,Jill M. Williams,Donita Baird,John Attia,Rohan Sweeney,Sarah L. White,Sacha Filia,David J. Castle +17 more
TL;DR: This is the first rigorously designed RCT to evaluate a specialized quitline intervention accompanied by NRT among smokers with severe mental illnesses, forming the “Quitlink” intervention.
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A re-evaluation of the scratch test for locating the liver edge
TL;DR: The scratch test has very high reproducibility and overall agreement between the scratch test and USG was moderate, with a spearman’s rho of 0.37.