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List of works by Colin Fischbacher

Achieved levels of HbA1c and likelihood of hospital admission in people with type 1 diabetes in the Scottish population: a study from the Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group

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Adverse events after first, single, mesh and non-mesh surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in Scotland, 1997-2016: a population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

An exploratory population-based case-control study of primary biliary cirrhosis

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Anaemia in Chinese, South Asian, and European populations in Newcastle upon Tyne: cross sectional study.

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Area-based socioeconomic status, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular mortality in Scotland

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Assessment of the under-reporting of diabetes in hospital admission data: a study from the Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group.

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Cardiovascular disease and air pollution in Scotland: no association or insufficient data and study design?

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Cause-specific mortality in Scottish patients with colorectal cancer with and without type 2 diabetes (2000–2007)

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Challenges of harmonising data from UK national health surveys: a case study of attempts to estimate the UK prevalence of asthma

scientific article published in November 2015

Changes in cardiovascular risk factors in relation to increasing ethnic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality: comparison of cross-sectional data in the Health Surveys for England 1999 and 2004.

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Circumcision of newborn boys

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Cohort profile: Scottish health and ethnicity linkage study of 4.65 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease in Scotland.

scientific article published on 24 July 2010

Commentary: long-term monitoring of health inequalities in Scotland--a response to Frank and Haw.

scientific article published on March 2013

Comparison of Duovent and salbutamol inhalers in chronic stable asthma

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Differences in body composition and cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk factors between migrant and British-born British Pakistani women

scientific article published in September 2008

Differences in cortisol concentrations in South Asian and European men living in the United Kingdom

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Effectiveness of Scotland's national naloxone programme

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Effectiveness of a national cardiovascular disease risk assessment programme: a different view

scientific article published on 25 November 2013

Enhanced detection services for developmental dysplasia of the hip in Scottish children, 1997-2013.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Epidemiology and disease burden from allergic disease in Scotland: analyses of national databases.

scientific article published in October 2009

Erratum to: Trends in type 2 diabetes incidence and mortality in Scotland between 2004 and 2013.

scientific article published on 5 September 2016

Estimating the incidence, prevalence and true cost of asthma in the UK: secondary analysis of national stand-alone and linked databases in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales-a study protocol

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Ethnic differences in glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Scotland

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Ethnic variations in asthma hospital admission, readmission and death: a retrospective, national cohort study of 4.62 million people in Scotland

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Ethnic variations in chest pain and angina in men and women: Scottish Ethnicity and Health Linkage Study of 4.65 million people

scientific article published on 05 October 2011

Ethnic variations in heart failure: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS).

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Ethnic variations in morbidity and mortality from lower respiratory tract infections: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 7 July 2015

Ethnic variations in the incidence and mortality of stroke in the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study of 4.65 million people

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

Ethnicity and first birth: age, smoking, delivery, gestation, weight and feeding: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study

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Ethnicity and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD): 4.8 year follow-up of patients with type 2 diabetes living in Scotland

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Evaluating the impact of a national pilot screening programme for type 2 diabetes in deprived areas of England

scientific article published in September 2008

Evaluation of discharge coding for paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis

scientific article published in June 2013

Exploiting the potential of routine data to better understand the disease burden posed by allergic disorders.

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Health surveys via the Internet: quick and dirty or rapid and robust?

scientific article published in July 2000

IgG is higher in South Asians than Europeans: does infection contribute to ethnic variation in cardiovascular disease?

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Impact of improved condom supply on condom use by prostitute women

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

Impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a population-based study

scientific article published in November 2000

Impact of opioid substitution therapy for Scotland's prisoners on drug-related deaths soon after prisoner release.

scientific article published on May 2015

Implementing a national quality assurance system for diabetes care: the Scottish Diabetes Survey 2001-2006.

scientific article published in June 2008

Improving the quality of communicable disease control: the example of meningococcal disease

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Improving the view of Scotland's health: the impact of a public health observatory upon health improvement policy, action and monitoring in a devolved nation

scientific article published on 18 April 2010

Incident ischaemic stroke and Type 2 diabetes: trends in incidence and case fatality in Scotland 2004-2013.

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Informing Investment to Reduce Inequalities: A Modelling Approach

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Is the Scottish population living dangerously? Prevalence of multiple risk factors: the Scottish Health Survey 2003.

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Is there equity of service delivery and intermediate outcomes in South Asians with type 2 diabetes? Analysis of DARTS database and summary of UK publications.

scientific article published on 05 February 2009

Legislation on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland: how will we evaluate the impact?

scientific article published on 17 February 2006

Letter. Academic training in public health medicine in the UK: findings from an electronic mail census

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Low serum cortisol predicts early death after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in March 2010

Many South Asian people probably need pre-diabetes care.

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Maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes varies by ethnic group: cross-sectional survey of Europeans and South Asians

scientific article published in September 2001

Measures of socioeconomic position are not consistently associated with ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease in Scotland: methods from the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS).

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Microalbuminuria is more frequent in South Asian than in European origin populations: a comparative study in Newcastle, UK.

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Might infection explain the higher risk of coronary heart disease in South Asians? Systematic review comparing prevalence rates with white populations in developed countries.

scientific article published on 05 April 2012

Mortality for alcohol-related harm by country of birth in Scotland, 2000-2004: potential lessons for prevention.

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001-2003.

scientific article published on April 2006

Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001–2003.

scientific article published in August 2006

Mortality from all causes and circulatory disease by country of birth in England and Wales 2001-2003

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Myocardial infarction incidence and survival by ethnic group: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Newcastle heart project

scientific article published in January 2002

Operative procedures and high-volume firms

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Patient characteristics associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following primary care COPD diagnosis: a cohort study using linked electronic patient rec

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population

scientific article published in September 2002

Pilot study linking primary care records to Census, cardiovascular hospitalization and mortality data in Scotland: feasibility, utility and potential

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Predicted and observed cardiovascular disease in South Asians: application of FINRISK, Framingham and SCORE models to Newcastle Heart Project data

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Pricing Policies And Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE) project: cross-national comparison of smoking prevalence in 18 European countries

scientific article published on May 2014

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a web-based risk score for seven British black and minority ethnic groups

scientific article published on 8 June 2006

Prognosis for South Asian and white patients with heart failure in the United Kingdom: counterintuitive findings on heart failure in South Asians may be artefactual

scientific article published in December 2003

Prospective study of high dependency care requirements and provision

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

RE: "INCREASED FIBRINOGEN LEVELS AMONG SOUTH ASIANS VERSUS WHITES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE NOT EXPLAINED BY COMMON POLYMORPHISMS"

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Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians.

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Risk of hospitalization and death following prostate biopsy in Scotland

scientific article published on 31 October 2016

Risk of respiratory hospitalization and death, readmission and subsequent mortality: scottish health and ethnicity linkage study

scientific article published on 17 April 2015

Scottish Keep Well health check programme: an interrupted time series analysis

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Secondhand smoke exposure and survival following acute coronary syndrome: prospective cohort study of 1261 consecutive admissions among never-smokers

scientific article published in September 2009

Self-reported work strain is lower in South Asian than European people: cross-sectional survey

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Serological evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in UK South Asian and European populations: implications for gastric cancer and coronary heart disease

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Sex hormone-binding globulin and androgen levels in immigrant and British-born premenopausal British Pakistani women: evidence of early life influences?

scientific article published in November 2006

Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 31 July 2008

Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for childhood asthma

scientific article published in September 2010

Social networks and coronary heart disease risk factors in South Asians and Europeans in the UK.

scientific article published on August 2003

Socioeconomic deprivation increases the effect of winter on admissions to hospital with COPD: retrospective analysis of 10 years of national hospitalisation data.

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The effect of deprivation and HbA1c on admission to hospital for diabetic ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetes.

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The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and its member nations: analyses of standalone and linked national databases

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The performance of the Rose angina questionnaire in South Asian and European origin populations: a comparative study in Newcastle, UK

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Total estradiol levels in migrant and British-born British Pakistani women: investigating early life influences on ovarian function

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Transient and persistent impaired glucose tolerance and progression to diabetes in South Asians and Europeans: new, large studies are a priority.

scientific article published in January 2007

Trends in sex differences in mortality from heart disease: oestrogen may contribute to variation in mortality

Trends in type 2 diabetes incidence and mortality in Scotland between 2004 and 2013.

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Type 2 diabetes, socioeconomic status and risk of cancer in Scotland 2001-2007.

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Understanding extreme mortality among prisoners: a national cohort study in Scotland using data linkage.

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Using Large Diabetes Databases for Research

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Validity of self-reported smoking status: Comparison of patients admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndrome and the general population

scientific article published in May 2008

Variations in all cause and cardiovascular mortality by country of birth in Scotland, 1997-2003

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Varicella and life-threatening streptococcal infection

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Will Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms improve our understanding of the disease burden posed by allergic disorders?

scientific article published on 18 September 2007

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