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List of works by Victor Grech

A first population-based long-term outcome study in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot in Malta

scientific article published on 28 November 2016

A review of resources on the internet which can be utilized for medical training

scientific article published on January 2009

A review of terrorism and its reduction of the gender ratio at birth after seasonal adjustment

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

A review of the established and suspected causes of variations in human sex ratio at birth

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

A socio-economic hypothesis for lower birth sex ratios at racial, national and global levels

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

A time and motion study of patients presenting at the accident and emergency department at Mater Dei Hospital

scientific article published on October 18, 2011

Adult CHD patients under clinical follow-up have a similar quality of life to the general population in Malta

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

An analysis of multisource feedback within the foundation programme

scientific article published in October 2012

Antenatal psychiatric morbidity in Maltese women

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Aortic stenosis after uncomplicated surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Assessment of use of spacer devices for inhaled drug delivery to asthmatic children

scientific article published in May 2005

Atomic bomb testing and its effects on global male to female ratios at birth

scientific article published on January 2015

Atrial fibrillation following transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale

scientific article published in January 2008

Births and male:female birth ratio in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom after the Windscale fire of October 1957.

scientific article

Body mass index estimation in a school-entry aged cohort in Malta

scientific article published in January 2009

COVID-19 is ageist, sexist, ruthless, dispassionate and opportunistic - Protecting our vulnerable

retracted scientific article published on 01 October 2020

COVID-19 related acute decline in paediatric admissions in Malta, a population-based study

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

COVID-19: A global and continental overview of the second wave and its (relatively) attenuated case fatality ratio

scientific article published on 03 October 2020

COVID-19: Combined supply-side and demand-side shocks, so lift restrictions (carefully) lest GPD declines ultimately kill more than COVID-19

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

COVID-19: The possible seasonal shape of things to come

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Can sex ratios at birth be used in the assessment of public health, and in the identification of causes of selected pathologies?

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

China's Great Leap Forward: An estimate of total and additional excess male birth losses

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Contribution of Congenital Anomalies to Neonatal Mortality Rates in Malta

scientific article

Correlation of sex ratio at birth with health and socioeconomic indicators

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Creating a novel mock clinical examination for the Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in Malta

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Declining male births in Germany before and after reunification

scientific article published in May 2013

EFFECTS OF STRESSFUL EVENTS IN FRANCE (1968) AND JAPAN (1995) ON THE SEX RATIO AT BIRTH

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Early ambulation and discharge after four French femoral artery catheterisation for diagnostic coronary angiography

scientific article published on April 20, 2012

Email solicitation for scholarly work--a single researcher's perspective

scientific article

Email spam: a single user's perspective

scientific article

Ethnic differences in birth gender ratio responses in the United States after the September 11 Attacks and the President Kennedy assassination

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

Evidence of economic deprivation and female foeticide in a United Nations global births by gender data set.

scientific article

Evidence of socio-economic stress and female foeticide in racial disparities in the gender ratio at birth in the United States (1995-2014).

scientific article

Factors influencing the future of paediatric private practice in Malta

scientific article

Fake news and post-truth pronouncements in general and in early human development

scientific article

Fake news of baby booms 9months after major sporting events distorts the public's understanding of early human development science

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Further evidence of male offspring preference for certain subgroups in the United States (2007-2015).

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Gendercide and femineglect

scientific article

Genotype/phenotype correlations of NPHS1 and NPHS2 mutations in nephrotic syndrome advocate a functional inter-relationship in glomerular filtration

scientific article (publication date: 15 February 2002)

Henoch-Schoenlein purpura with nephritis in two siblings following infectious mononucleosis

scientific article published in September 2002

Historic Royal events and the male to female ratio at birth in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

Homosexual Sons and the Fraternal Birth Order Effect: The Role of Elevated Maternal Intrauterine Testosterone

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Hurricane Katrina: Influence on the Male-to-Female Birth Ratio

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Increasing age at diagnosis of celiac disease in Malta

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Increasing importance of research metrics: Journal Impact Factor and h-index

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Influence of the Super Bowl on the United States birth sex ratio

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Interim prostacyclin therapy for an isolated disconnected pulmonary artery: a case report

scientific article published on 2 June 2010

Late concomitant repair of tetralogy of Fallot and aortic valve replacement following successful pregnancy.

scientific article published on May 2004

Letter to the Editor "Radiation and Environmental Biophysics": Comment on "Sex ratio at birth: scenario from normal- and high-level natural radiation areas of Kerala coast in south-west India" by Koya PK, Jaikrishan G, Sudheer KR, Andrews VJ, Madhus

scientific article

Lifestyle Habits among Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients in Malta

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Long-term outcomes after aortic coarctation repair in Maltese patients: A population-based study

scientific article published on 05 June 2017

MATERNAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SEX RATIO AT BIRTH BY RACE IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007-2015.

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Malta tourism losses due to second wave of COVID-19

retracted scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Malta's healthcare escalation for COVID-19

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Malta's only acute public hospital service during COVID-19: a diary of events from the first wave to transition phase

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Maltese prescribers use of off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: perceptions and attitudes

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Mass Events Trigger Malta's Second Peak After Initial Successful Pandemic Suppression

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Multivariate analysis of the correlation of sex ratio at birth with health and socioeconomic indicators

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

NO BABY BOOM OR SEX RATIO CHANGES FOLLOWING FIFTY SHADES OF GREY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

scientific article

Needed: Less influenza vaccine hesitancy and less presenteeism among health care workers in the COVID-19 era

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

No baby booms or birth sex ratio changes following Fifty Shades of Grey in the United States

scientific article

Novel research opportunities 2: An unfortunate small silver lining to COVID-19

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Nurse staffing levels on the NPICU in the island of Malta.

scientific article published in March 2012

Off-label and unlicensed paediatric prescribing in a community setting: a prospective longitudinal cohort study in Malta.

scientific article published on 6 December 2013

Off-label and unlicensed paediatric prescribing in a community setting: a prospective longitudinal cohort study in Malta.

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

Offspring sex ratio: Coital rates and other potential causal mechanisms

scientific article published on 3 November 2017

One of COVID-19's many costs: Malta's expenditure in consumables and non-consumables, a population-based study

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Paediatric off-label and unlicensed prescribing in primary care in Malta: Prospective observational drug utilisation study

scientific article published on September 2015

Pregravid hypertension may have different secondary sex ratio effects in different races in the United States

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Presenting scientific work-news media theory in presentations, abstracts, and posters

scholarly article by Victor Grech published April 2019 in Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Prevalence rates and psychosocial characteristics associated with depression in pregnancy and postpartum in Maltese women

scientific article published in October 2004

Recurrent pneumonia and a normal heart: late complication after repair of hemianomalous pulmonary venous drainage-a cautionary tale

scientific article published on 09 March 2010

Red Flags for Maltese Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Poorer Dental Care and Less Sports Participation Compared to Other European Patients-An APPROACH-IS Substudy

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Reply: Analysis of the sex ratio at birth in South Africa increased 9months after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Research pointers: Unexplained differences in sex ratios at birth in Europe and North America

scientific article

Risk factors for QRS prolongation after repaired tetralogy of Fallot.

scientific article published on March 2006

Safe school reopening under COVID-19 restrictions - Measures implemented in San Andrea Independent School in Malta

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Schoolbags and back pain in children between 8 and 13 years: a national study

scientific article

Seasonal variations in hospital admissions for asthma in Malta

scientific article published in May 2002

Seasonality of births is associated with seasonality of marriages in Malta.

scientific article published in January 2003

Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Secular Trends and Latitude Gradients in Sex Ratios at Birth in Czechoslovakia and the Post-Czechoslovakian States

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Secular trends and latitude gradients in sex ratio at birth in Asia during the past 60 years

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Secular trends and latitude gradients in sex ratios at birth in the former Soviet Republics

scientific article published in January 2013

Secular trends and latitude gradients in the male-female ratio at birth in Yugoslavia and the ex-Yugoslavian States

scientific article published in January 2013

Secular trends in newborn sex ratios

scientific article published on 12 September 2014

Secular trends in sex ratios at birth in South America over the second half of the 20(th) century

scientific article

Sex ratios at birth in Scandinavia over the past sixty years

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Sex ratios at birth in the British Isles over the past sixty years

scientific article published on December 30, 2012

Sharp decline in acute and elective hospital attendances and admissions due to COVID-19 in Malta (Q1 2020) - A population-based study

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Some health effects of global warming

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Stenosis of the upper body arteries in association with coarctation and interrupted aortic arch

scientific article published on 23 May 2007

Terrorist attacks and the male-to-female ratio at birth: The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Rodney King riots, and the Breivik and Sandy Hook shootings

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

The Chernobyl accident, the male to female ratio at birth and birth rates

scientific article published in January 2014

The Great Recession of 2007 in the United States and the male: female ratio at birth

scientific article published on June 2015

The Japanese male: Female birth ratio rose in the 1966 Fire-Horse year due to female birth year misrepresentation

scientific article published on 3 September 2016

The Malta Childhood National Body Mass Index Study: A Population Study

scientific article

The President Kennedy assassination and the male to female birth ratio

scientific article

The Secondary Sex Ratio at Birth Was Depressed in Quebec by the Sovereignty Referendums

scientific article published on May 2015

The Terrorist Attacks and the Human Live Birth Sex Ratio: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published in January 2017

The application of the Mayer multimedia learning theory to medical PowerPoint slide show presentations

scientific article published in January 2018

The effect of cigarette smoking on allergic conditions in Maltese children (ISAAC)

scientific article published on March 22, 2012

The effect of warfare on the secular trends in sex ratios at birth in Israel, Egypt, and Kuwait over the past 60 years

scientific article published on 9 April 2014

The inclusion of an online journal in PubMed central - a difficult path

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

The influence of the Chinese zodiac on the male-to-female ratio at birth in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

The male to female ratio at birth

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

The male to female ratio at birth in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland: influence of societal stress

scientific article

The prevalence of coeliac disease in Down's syndrome in Malta

scientific article published in March 2004

The sex ratio at birth in France was unchanged 9months after the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

The sex ratio at birth in South Africa increased 9months after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

The sex ratio at birth in South Africa may be a sentinel health indicator

scientific article

The way in which COVID-19 changed behaviour on social media in Malta

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Theoretical novel COVID-19 vaccination risk of rare and severe adverse events versus COVID-19 mortality

retracted scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Trends in births and the birth sex ratio in the vicinity of the Mainz research reactor in Germany

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Type 2 cryoglobulinemia treated with plasmapheresis associated with IgA nephropathy

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Vaccine hesitancy among Maltese healthcare workers toward influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Vaccine hesitancy in Maltese family physicians and their trainees vis-à-vis influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Vaccine hesitancy in the University of Malta Faculties of Health Sciences, Dentistry and Medicine vis-à-vis influenza and novel COVID-19 vaccination

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

WASP (Write A Scientific Paper) using Excel - 2: Pivot tables

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

WASP (Write A Scientific Paper) using Excel - 3: Plotting data

scientific article published on 20 January 2018

WASP (Write A Scientific Paper) using Excel - 4: Histograms

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 10: Contingency tables

scientific article published on 02 March 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 11: Test characteristics

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 12: Odds ratio and relative risk

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 13: Correlation and Regression

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 1: Data entry and validation

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 6: Standard error and confidence interval

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 7: The t-distribution

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel - 8: t-Tests

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel -5: Quartiles and standard deviation

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) using Excel 9: Analysis of variance

scientific article published on 03 March 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): An existential metamotivational influence as to why teach and publish

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Data protection, a guide for health researchers

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Ethical issues and data protection in research

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WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): How to write a scientific thesis

scientific article published on 04 August 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Kleos aphthiton, eternal glory and renown, or nostos?

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Miscellaneous practical and material aspects

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Multivariate analysis

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Open access unsolicited emails for scholarly work - Young and senior researchers perspectives

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Optimisation of PowerPoint presentations and skills

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Parametric vs. non-parametric tests

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Preparing a poster

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WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Preparing an abstract

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Presenting scientific work

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Probability - Poisson and binomial distributions

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Qualitative versus quantitative analyses

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Structuring a scientific paper

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): The role of the pathology department in clinical research

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): The use of bibliographic management software

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield

scientific article published on 04 August 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Writing a Research Grant - 1, Applying for Funding

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Writing a Research Grant - 2, Drafting the Proposal

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

WASP (Write a Scientific Paper): Writing for the media

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

WASP (write a scientific paper): Advanced statistical analyses

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

WASP - Write a Scientific Paper course: why and how.

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

WASP: "As we may think" - The internet and its research potential revisited

scientific article published on 27 January 2018

WASP: (Write a Scientific Paper). Doctors in Star Trek - Correctly compassionate, caring Kantian Zampolit

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Write a Scientific Paper (WASP) - What can I publish [1]? Types of studies

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Write a Scientific Paper (WASP) - what can I publish (2)? Hierarchies of evidence

scientific article published on 08 December 2018

Write a Scientific Paper (WASP): Academic hoax and fraud

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

Write a Scientific Paper (WASP): An overview of differences in styles between the sciences and the humanities

scientific article published on 09 December 2018

Write a Scientific Paper (WASP): Effective graphs and tables

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Write a Scientific Paper (WASP): Interdisciplinarity as it may become - As visualized in science fiction

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

Write a Scientific Paper (WASP): Past and anticipated trends in cardiology service requirements at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Write a scientific paper (WASP) - a career-critical skill

scientific article published on 17 January 2018