Neil Pearce

TL;DR: Three doses of two micrograms of H-B-VAX, given at monthly intervals were chosen for mass vaccination of high risk susceptible children in this mobile community, providing over 90% sero-conversion at low cost with a minimum of side effects.

TL;DR: BGA had almost no direct association with T2DM and was almost entirely mediated by self-identified race/ethnicity and socioeconomic factors, which are likely to account for much of the reported racial/ethnic disparities in T2 DM incidence.

TL;DR: Ethnic differences in asthma symptom prevalence in New Zealand have increased and may reflect inequalities in access to health services, although the reasons for this are unclear.

TL;DR: There is evidence of an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among production workers and professional pesticide sprayers with heavy exposures, however, this increased risk does not appear to be confined to workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides containing 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, and it may be due to Phenoxy herbicide exposure itself rather than to the dioxin contaminants.

TL;DR: A high prevalence of impaired kidney function is demonstrated, not due to known causes of kidney disease, in the selected study areas of the Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka.