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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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Risk factors and clinical presentation of craniocervical arterial dissection : a prospective study
TL;DR: Describing and comparative data on intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for craniocervical arterial dissection and outline the typical clinical presentation are provided, including the nature of early presenting features which might assist practitioners to identify those patients for whom vigorous manual therapy of the neck is inappropriate and alert them to those for whom immediate urgent medical care should be sought.
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Exposure to house painting and the use of floor treatments and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Helen D. Bailey,Elizabeth Milne,Nicholas de Klerk,Lin Fritschi,John Attia,Catherine H. Cole,Bruce K. Armstrong +6 more
TL;DR: Overall, there was little evidence of an increased risk with painting inside the house in the year before theregnancy, during the pregnancy, or after the child's birth; however, the risk appeared to be increased in certain circumstances.
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The influence of initial stroke severity on mortality, overall functional outcome and in-hospital placement at 90 days following acute ischemic stroke: A tertiary hospital stroke register study.
Sonu Bhaskar,Peter Stanwell,Andrew Bivard,Neil J. Spratt,Rhonda Walker,Gemma H Kitsos,Mark W Parsons,Malcolm Evans,Louise Jordan,Michael Nilsson,John Attia,Christopher R Levi +11 more
TL;DR: In this acute stroke cohort, initial stroke severity had a major impact on the likelihood of death following an AIS and appears to be the dominant influence on the overall stroke outcome and in-hospital placement.
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Pegylated interferon-α2β in combination with ribavirin does not aggravate thyroid dysfunction in comparison to regular interferon-α2β in a hepatitis C population: Meta-analysis
TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of developing thyroid disease with pegylated IFN (pIFN) versus regularIFN (r IFN) therapy (in combination with RBV), and pooled the results with previous studies in a meta‐analysis.
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Availability of arsenic in human milk in women and its correlation with arsenic in urine of breastfed children living in arsenic contaminated areas in Bangladesh
Rafiqul Islam,John Attia,Mohammad Alauddin,Mark McEvoy,Patrick McElduff,Christine Slater,Monirul Islam,Ayesha Akhter,Catherine D'Este,Roseanne Peel,Shahnaz Akter,Wayne Smith,Stephen Begg,Abul Hasnat Milton +13 more
TL;DR: A low arsenic concentration in human milk was observed, lower than the World Health Organization’s maximum permissible limit (WHO Permissible Limit 15 μg/kg-bw/week) and support the safety of breastfeeding even in arsenic contaminated areas.