List of works by Robin J. Bell

A pragmatic approach to the classification of menopausal status for community-based research

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A randomized community intervention trial to increase awareness and knowledge of the role of periconceptional folate in women of child-bearing age.

scientific article published on December 1999

A randomized trial of oral DHEA treatment for sexual function, well-being, and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women with low libido.

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

A research participant's rights as an ethical dilemma

scientific article published in December 2012

A study of the prevalence and associations of subchondral bone marrow lesions in the knees of healthy, middle-aged women

scientific article published on 07 June 2007

Acute administration of conjugated equine oestrogen does not improve exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia in men with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in May 2003

Adipose aromatase gene expression is greater in older women and is unaffected by postmenopausal estrogen therapy

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Adjuvant therapy, not mammographic screening, accounts for most of the observed breast cancer specific mortality reductions in Australian women since the national screening program began in 1991

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Age-specific prevalence of, and factors associated with, different types of urinary incontinence in community-dwelling Australian women assessed with a validated questionnaire

scientific article published on 31 January 2009

Androgen levels in adult females: changes with age, menopause, and oophorectomy.

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Are low levels of low back pain intensity and disability associated with reduced well-being in community-based women?

scientific article published in June 2009

Aromatase inhibitors associated with knee subchondral bone expansion without cartilage loss

scientific article published on 10 December 2012

Assessing sexual function in well women: validity and reliability of the Monash Women's Health Program Female Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire.

scientific article published on 5 September 2008

Association between urinary C-telopeptide fragments of type II collagen and knee structure in middle-aged women without clinical knee disease

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

Australian women's understanding of menopause and its consequences: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Bone marrow lesions predict increase in knee cartilage defects and loss of cartilage volume in middle-aged women without knee pain over 2 years

scientific article published on 14 July 2008

Breast cancer survivors' beliefs about the causes of breast cancer

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Breast reconstruction following mastectomy for invasive breast cancer is strongly influenced by demographic factors in women in Victoria, Australia.

scientific article published on 16 May 2012

Cervical surveillance as an alternative to elective cervical cerclage for pregnancy management of suspected cervical incompetence

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Changes in patterns of use of cigarettes and alcohol in women after a first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer: a cohort study of women from Victoria, Australia

scientific article published on 9 April 2011

Changes to health screening – we need to remain vigilant

scientific article published in 2022

Circulating androgen levels and self-reported sexual function in women

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Comparison of plain vertebral X-ray and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the identification of older women for fracture prevention in primary care

scientific article published in January 2013

Continuous-combined oral estradiol/drospirenone has no detrimental effect on cognitive performance and improves estrogen deficiency symptoms in early postmenopausal women: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published in October 2013

Cosmetic surgery prior to diagnosis of breast cancer

scientific article published on 3 December 2011

Cross-cultural studies of menopause: the challenge continues

scientific article published in November 2013

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels are associated with more favorable cognitive function in women

scientific article published on 11 December 2007

Differential expression of factors involved in fat metabolism with age and the menopause transition

scientific article published in July 2005

Do women know that prenatal testing detects fetuses with Down syndrome?

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Effects of aromatase inhibition on sexual function and well-being in postmenopausal women treated with testosterone: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published in January 2006

Effects of testosterone on visuospatial function and verbal fluency in postmenopausal women: results from a functional magnetic resonance imaging pilot study

scientific article published in April 2014

Effects of the route of estrogen administration on insulinlike growth factor-I, IGF binding protein-3, and insulin resistance in healthy postmenopausal women: results from a randomized, controlled study

scientific article published in November 2008

Endogenous androgen levels and cardiovascular risk profile in women across the adult life span

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Endogenous androgen levels and well-being: differences between premenopausal and postmenopausal women

scientific article published in January 2006

Endogenous estrogen and androgen levels are not independent predictors of lipid levels in postmenopausal women

scientific article published in June 2013

Evaluation of a decision aid for prenatal testing of fetal abnormalities: a cluster randomised trial [ISRCTN22532458].

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Evaluation of the measurement of the fetal fat layer, interventricular septum and abdominal circumference percentile in the prediction of macrosomia in pregnancies affected by gestational diabetes

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Exploring general practitioners' experience of informing women about prenatal screening tests for foetal abnormalities: a qualitative focus group study

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Factors affecting patella cartilage and bone in middle-aged women

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Factors associated with magnetic resonance imaging defined patellar tendinopathy in community-based middle-aged women: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Factors identified during the neonatal period associated with risk of cerebral palsy

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Greater superior than inferior parietal lobule activation with increasing rotation angle during mental rotation: an fMRI study.

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High sensitivity C-reactive protein is associated with lower tibial cartilage volume but not lower patella cartilage volume in healthy women at mid-life

scientific article published on 29 February 2008

Homocysteine, estrogen and cognitive decline.

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Implanon users are less likely to be satisfied with their contraception after 6 months than IUD users

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Incidence and resolution rates of different types of urinary incontinence in women: findings from a cohort study.

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Incidence of total knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis in relation to circulating sex steroid hormone concentrations in women.

scientific article published in August 2014

Intended follow up of women with breast cancer at low risk of recurrence and at least 5 years from diagnosis

scientific article published in April 2014

Lack of Understanding of Cervical Cancer and Screening Is the Leading Barrier to Screening Uptake in Women at Midlife in Bangladesh: Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

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Lack of knowledge of hormone receptor status and use of endocrine therapy in invasive breast cancer

scientific article published on December 2009

Lack of research reproducibility, the rise of open science and the need for continuing education in research methods

scientific article published on 22 July 2018

Letter in response: the value of mammography screening

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Letter to the Editor: Randolph J, et al. Masturbation Frequency and Sexual Function Domains Are Associated With Serum Reproductive Hormone Levels Across the Menopausal Transition

scientific article published on 01 February 2015

Low back pain and disability in community-based women: prevalence and associated factors

scientific article published in January 2009

Low use of effective and safe therapies for moderate to severe menopausal symptoms: a cross-sectional community study of Australian women

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Lymphedema: experience of a cohort of women with breast cancer followed for 4 years after diagnosis in Victoria, Australia

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Mammographic density and breast cancer screening

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Management strategies in SSRI-associated sexual dysfunction in women at midlife.

scientific article published on 19 April 2012

Measurement of total testosterone in women: comparison of a direct radioimmunoassay versus radioimmunoassay after organic solvent extraction and celite column partition chromatography

scientific article published in December 2005

Menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors nearly 6 years after diagnosis

scientific article published in October 2014

Menopausal vasomotor symptoms are associated with poor self-assessed work ability

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Metformin for overweight women at midlife: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

scientific article published on 21 October 2014

Methodology and challenges to recruitment to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of oral DHEA in postmenopausal women

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Minimal-trauma fracture in women with breast cancer surviving for at least 5 years from diagnosis

scientific article published on 31 October 2014

Moderate to severe vasomotor and sexual symptoms remain problematic for women aged 60 to 65 years

scientific article published on July 2015

Moderate-severely bothersome vasomotor symptoms are associated with lowered psychological general wellbeing in women at midlife

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Negative beliefs about low back pain are associated with high pain intensity and high level disability in community-based women

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Osteoarthritis and the postmenopausal woman: Epidemiological, magnetic resonance imaging, and radiological findings

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Ovarian status in healthy postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

Ovarian status in healthy postmenopausal women: follow-up 12 months after transvaginal ultrasound

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

People who influence women's decisions and preferred sources of information about prenatal testing for birth defects

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Persistent breast pain 5 years after treatment of invasive breast cancer is largely unexplained by factors associated with treatment

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Pharmacokinetics of a transdermal testosterone cream in healthy postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

Pregnancy-associated breast cancer and pregnancy following treatment for breast cancer, in a cohort of women from Victoria, Australia, with a first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Prevalence and incidence of urinary incontinence in women: review of the literature and investigation of methodological issues.

scientific article published on March 2008

Prevalence and severity of vasomotor symptoms and joint pain in women at midlife in Bangladesh: a population-based survey

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Prevalence of fecal incontinence and its relationship with urinary incontinence in women living in the community

scientific article published in June 2011

Prevalence of menopausal symptoms in Asian midlife women: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 27 October 2014

Psychological well-being in a cohort of women with invasive breast cancer nearly 2 years after diagnosis

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Radioimmunoassay of relaxin in pregnancy with an analogue of human relaxin

scientific article published on 01 June 1986

Reply: To PMID 24692288.

scientific article published in January 2015

Screening and breast cancer mortality--letter

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Screening mammography--early detection or over-diagnosis? Contribution from Australian data

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Sexual Function in Well Women: Stratification by Sexual Satisfaction, Hormone Use, and Menopause Status

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Sexual function after breast cancer

scientific article published on 23 September 2010

Symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in community-dwelling older Australian women

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Targeted assessment of fracture risk in women at midlife

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

Testosterone aromatization and cognition in women: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published in July 2006

Testosterone improves verbal learning and memory in postmenopausal women: Results from a pilot study.

scientific article published on 17 September 2011

The Natural History of Bone Marrow Lesions in Community-Based Middle-Aged Women Without Clinical Knee Osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 17 July 2008

The Relationship between Endogenous Testosterone, Preandrogens, and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and Knee Joint Structure in Women at Midlife

scientific article published on 14 February 2007

The association between vasomotor symptoms and depression during perimenopause: a systematic review

scientific article published on 02 December 2013

The contribution of SHBG to the variation in HOMA-IR is not dependent on endogenous oestrogen or androgen levels in postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

The cross-sectional relationship between fortnightly exercise and knee cartilage properties in healthy adult women in midlife

article by Fahad S Hanna et al published September 2007 in Menopause

The determinants of change in patella cartilage volume--a cohort study of healthy middle-aged women

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

The global challenge of reducing breast cancer mortality

scientific article published on January 2013

The global challenge of reducing breast cancer mortality

scientific article published in January 2013

The incidence of invasive breast cancer among women prescribed testosterone for low libido.

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The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and relationship with fracture risk in older women presenting in Australian general practice

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The relationship between hormone therapy use at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer and tumor characteristics

scientific article published on 9 March 2010

The relationship between knowledge of family history and cancer characteristics at diagnosis in women newly-diagnosed with invasive breast cancer

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The relationship between self-reported sexual satisfaction and general well-being in women

scientific article published in October 2009

The safety of 52 weeks of oral DHEA therapy for postmenopausal women.

scientific article published in May 2009

The use of micronised progesterone for menopausal hormone therapy, a clinical practice audit

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Total cholesterol and triglycerides are associated with the development of new bone marrow lesions in asymptomatic middle-aged women - a prospective cohort study

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Transdermal testosterone improves verbal learning and memory in postmenopausal women not on oestrogen therapy

scientific article published on 5 May 2014

Understanding discontinuation of oral adjuvant endocrine therapy by women with hormone receptor-positive invasive breast cancer nearly 4 years from diagnosis

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Urinary incontinence is associated with lower psychological general well-being in community-dwelling women

scientific article published in March 2010

Use of a cancer registry is preferable to a direct-to-community approach for recruitment to a cohort study of wellbeing in women newly diagnosed with invasive breast cancer

scientific article published on 2 May 2008

Use of a decision aid for prenatal testing of fetal abnormalities to improve women’s informed decision making: a cluster randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN22532458]

scientific article published in February 2008

Use of complementary and alternative therapy by women in the first 2 years after diagnosis and treatment of invasive breast cancer

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Use of imaging in surveillance of women with early stage breast cancer

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Using an automated measure of breast density to explore the association between ethnicity and mammographic density in Australian women

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

Vasomotor and sexual symptoms in older Australian women: a cross-sectional study

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Vasomotor symptoms and urogenital atrophy in older women: a systematic review.

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Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is associated with patella cartilage defects and bone volume in healthy women.

scientific article published on 3 January 2008

Well-being, health-related quality of life and cardiovascular disease risk profile in women with subclinical thyroid disease - a community-based study.

scientific article published in April 2007

What do obstetricians think about media influences on their patients?

scientific article published on October 2006

When you are making plans to publish research, you need to plan for data sharing

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Why do we need cohort studies?

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Why do women decline prenatal screening and diagnosis? Australian women's perspective

scientific article published in January 2003