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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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BMI and risk of dementia in two million people over two decades: a retrospective cohort study

Nawab Qizilbash, +7 more
- 01 Jun 2015 - 
TL;DR: Being underweight in middle age and old age carries an increased risk of dementia over two decades, contradict the hypothesis that obesity inmiddle age could increase therisk of dementia in old age.
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Prescribed fenoterol and death from asthma in New Zealand, 1981-7: a further case-control study.

Grainger J, +6 more
- 01 Feb 1991 - 
TL;DR: Findings address the major criticisms of previous case-control studies of this issue, and add support to the hypothesis that inhaled fenoterol increases the risk of death in patients with severe asthma.
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Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Rafael Lozano, +1316 more
- 10 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: A global attainment analysis of the feasibility of attaining SDG targets on the basis of past trends and a estimates of health-related SDG index values in countries assessed at the subnational level varied substantially, particularly in China and India, although scores in Japan and the UK were more homogeneous.
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Cancer Mortality in Workers Exposed to Phenoxy Herbicides, Chlorophenols, and Dioxins An Expanded and Updated International Cohort Study

Manolis Kogevinas, +17 more
- 15 Jun 1997 - 
TL;DR: Exposure to herbicides contaminated with TCDD and higher chlorinated dioxins may be associated with a small increase in overall cancer risk and in risk for specific cancers.
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Climate and the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic eczema in children

Stephan K. Weiland, +4 more
- 01 Jul 2004 - 
TL;DR: Climate may affect the prevalence of asthma and atopic eczema in children, and Altitude and the annual variation of temperature and relative humidity outdoors were negatively associated with asthma symptoms.