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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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Influenza epidemiology, vaccine coverage and vaccine effectiveness in children admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2014: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)

Blyth CC, Macartney KK, Hewagama S, Senenayake S, Friedman ND, Simpson G, Upham J, Kotsimbos T, Kelly P, Cheng AC

(2016), Euro Surveill, 21(30),

Spirometry reference values in Indigenous Australians: a systematic review

Blake TL, Chang AB, Petsky HL, Rodwell LT, Brown MG, Hill DC, Thompson B, McElrea MS

(2016), Med J Aust, 205(1),

Current patient and healthcare worker attitudes to eHealth and the personally controlled electronic health record in major hospitals

Armani R, Mitchell LE, Allen-Graham J, Heriot NR, Kotsimbos T, Wilson JW

(2016), Intern Med J, 46(6),

The effect of breastfeeding on lung function at 12 and 18 years: a prospective cohort study

Waidyatillake NT, Simpson JA, Allen KJ, Lodge CJ, Dharmage SC, Abramson MJ, De Livera AM, Matheson MC, Erbas B, Hill DJ, Lowe AJ

(2016), Eur Respir J, 48(1),

Elevated total serum immunoglobulin E (>1000 IU/mL): implications?

Tay TR, Bosco J, Aumann H, O'Hehir R, Hew M

(2016), Intern Med J, 46(7),

Comorbidities in difficult asthma are independent risk factors for frequent exacerbations, poor control and diminished quality of life

Tay TR, Radhakrishna N, Hore-Lacy F, Smith C, Hoy R, Dabscheck E, Hew M

(2016), Respirology, 21(8),

Closing the million patient gap of uncontrolled asthma

Tay TR, Abramson MJ, Hew M

(2016), Med J Aust, 204(6),

Mother's smoking and complex lung function of offspring in middle age: a cohort study from childhood

Perret JL, Walters H, Johns D, Gurrin L, Burgess J, Lowe A, Thompson B, Markos J, Morrison S, Thomas P, McDonald C, Wood-Baker R, Hopper J, Svanes C, Giles G, Abramson M, Matheson M, Dharmage S

(2016), Respirology, 21(5),

Smoking cessation strategies for patients with asthma: improving patient outcomes

Perret JL, Bonevski B, McDonald CF, Abramson MJ

(2016), J Asthma Allergy, 9,

Discharge from the acute hospital: trauma patients’ perceptions of care

Kimmel LA, Holland AE, Hart MJ, Edwards ER, Page RS, Hau R, Bucknill A, Gabbe BJ

(2016), Aust Health Rev, 40,

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure during a prolonged wildfire period and emergency department visits for asthma

Haikerwal A, Akram M, Sim MR, Meyer M, Abramson MJ, Dennekamp M

(2016), Respirology, 21(1),

The estimated prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in the Australian workforce, 2014

Fritschi L, Crewe J, Darcey E, Reid A, Glass DC, Benke GP, Driscoll T, Peters S, Si S, Abramson MJ, Carey RN

(2016), BMC Pulm Med, 16,

Timeliness of lung cancer care in Victoria: a retrospective cohort study

Evans SM, Earnest A, Bower W, Senthuren M, McLaughlin P, Stirling R

(2016), Med J Aust, 204(2),

Air pollution and fasting blood glucose: a longitudinal study in China

Chen L, Zhou Y, Li S, Williams G, Kan H, Marks GB, Morawska L, Abramson MJ, Chen S, Yao T, Qin T, Wu S, Guo Y

(2016), Sci Total Environ, 541,

Multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral anticoagulation with apixaban in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: the SPHInX study protocol

Calderone A, Stevens W, Prior D, Nandurkar H, Gabbay E, Proudman SM, Williams T, Celermajer D, Sahhar J, Wong PK, Thakkar V, Dwyer N, Wrobel J, Chin W, Liew D, Staples M, Buchbinder R, Nikpour M

(2016), BMJ Open, 6(12),

Do variants in GSTs modify the association between traffic air pollution and asthma in adolescence?

Bowatte G, Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Erbas B, Dennekamp M, Marks GB, Perret J, Hui J, Wjst M, Gurrin LC, Allen KJ, Abramson MJ, Matheson MC, Dharmage SC

(2016), Int J Mol Sci, 17(4),

Measuring personal exposure from 900 MHz mobile phone base stations in Australia and Belgium using a novel personal distributed exposimeter

Bhatt CR, Thielens A, Redmayne M, Abramson MJ, Billah B, Sim MR, Vermeulen R, Martens L, Joseph W, Benke G

(2016), Environ Int, 92-93,

Assessment of personal exposure from radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields in Australia and Belgium using on-body calibrated exposimeters

Bhatt CR, Thielens A, Billah B, Redmayne M, Abramson MJ, Sim MR, Vermeulen R, Martens L, Joseph W, Benke G

(2016), Environ Res, 151,

The influence of comorbidity and the Simplified Comorbidity Score on overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer-a prospective cohort study

Alexander M, Evans SM, Stirling RG, Wolfe R, Officer A, MacManus M, Solomon B, Burbury K, Ball D

(2016), J Thorac Oncol, 11(5),

Symptoms and lung function decline in a middle-aged cohort of males and females in Australia

Abramson MJ, Kaushik S, Benke GP, Borg BM, Smith CL, Dharmage SC, Thompson BR

(2016), Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 11,

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