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Neil Pearce

Researcher at University of London

Publications -  795
Citations -  122260

Neil Pearce is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Asthma. The author has an hindex of 107, co-authored 729 publications receiving 105762 citations. Previous affiliations of Neil Pearce include Harvard University & Victoria University of Wellington.

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Tackling non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: is the evidence from high-income countries all we need?

TL;DR: It is argued that more research on non-communicable diseases in both high-income countries and low- and middle- income countries can result in mutual benefits and will help better address the growing burden of NCDs.

Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Joshua A. Salomon, +126 more
TL;DR: This study represents the most extensive empirical effort as yet to measure disability weights and reports strong evidence of highly consistent results.
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Does environmental endotoxin exposure prevent asthma

TL;DR: It is concluded that, although it is plausible that bacterial endotoxin may protect against the development of asthma, there is considerable reason for caution regarding this hypothesis.
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Classification of epidemiological study designs

TL;DR: It is argued that when the individual is the unit of analysis and the disease outcome under study is dichotomous, then epidemiological study designs can best be classified according to two criteria: the type of outcome underStudy (incidence or prevalence) and whether there is sampling on the basis of the outcome.