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Michael Leslie Burr
Researcher at Cardiff University
Publications - 70
Citations - 6853
Michael Leslie Burr is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 70 publications receiving 6713 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Leslie Burr include University of Wales.
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Effects of changes in fat, fish, and fibre intakes on death and myocardial reinfarction: diet and reinfarction trial (dart)
Michael Leslie Burr,J. F. Gilbert,R. M. Holliday,Peter Creighton Elwood,Ann M. Fehily,S. Rogers,P. M. Sweetnam,N. M. Deadman +7 more
TL;DR: A modest intake of fatty fish (two or three portions per week) may reduce mortality in men who have recovered from MI.
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Changes in asthma prevalence: two surveys 15 years apart.
TL;DR: It seems that the prevalence of asthma has risen, and that this cannot be wholly explained by a greater readiness to diagnose the disease.
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Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)
David P. Strachan,Bonnie Sibbald,Stephan K. Weiland,Nadia Aït-Khaled,Gabriel Anabwani,H. Ross Anderson,M. Innes Asher,Richard Beasley,Bengt Björkstén,Michael Leslie Burr,Tadd Clayton,Julian Crane,Philippa Ellwood,Ulrich Keil,Christopher K C Lai,Javier Mallol,Fernando D. Martinez,Fernando D. Martinez,Edwin A. Mitchell,Stephen Montefort,Neil Pearce,Colin F. Robertson,Jayant Shah,Alistair Stewart,Erika von Mutius,Hywel C Williams +25 more
TL;DR: Prevalence surveys were conducted among representative samples of school children from locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North and South America to study the prevalence of asthma and allergies in Childhood.
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Anthropometric norms in the elderly.
TL;DR: These indices suggest that Welsh old people have less fat and muscle than elderly Americans, similar to results reported from other surveys within the UK.
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Infant feeding, wheezing, and allergy: a prospective study.
Michael Leslie Burr,E. S. Limb,M. J. Maguire,L. Amarah,B. A. Eldridge,J. C. M. Layzell,T. G. Merrett +6 more
TL;DR: Breast feeding may confer long term protection against respiratory infection and the risk of wheeze being halved in the breast fed children after allowing for employment status, sex passive smoking, and overcrowding.