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Peter McCarron
Researcher at Queen's University Belfast
Publications - 84
Citations - 5415
Peter McCarron is an academic researcher from Queen's University Belfast. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cohort study & Population. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 81 publications receiving 5074 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter McCarron include University of Bristol & University of Glasgow.
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The changing global patterns of female breast cancer incidence and mortality
TL;DR: The descriptive epidemiology of the disease is reviewed, focusing on some of the key elements of the geographical and temporal variations in incidence and mortality in each world region, in the context of the numerous aetiological factors.
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A systematic review of population based epidemiological studies in Myasthenia Gravis
TL;DR: There is evidence of increasing frequency of MG with year of study and improved study quality, which probably reflects improved case ascertainment and other factors must also influence disease onset resulting in the observed variation in IR across geographically and genetically similar populations.
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Trends in Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma Incidence in 13 European Countries: Changing Risk and the Effects of Screening
Freddie Bray,Anja H. Loos,Peter McCarron,Elizabete Weiderpass,Mark Arbyn,Henrik Møller,Henrik Møller,Matti Hakama,Matti Hakama,D. Max Parkin +9 more
TL;DR: Analysis of trends in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri in 13 European countries to evaluate effectiveness of screening against a background of changing risk found period- and cohort-specific declines in cervical SCC.
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Does psychological distress predict the risk of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack? The Caerphilly Study.
Margaret T May,Peter McCarron,Stephen Stansfeld,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,John Gallacher,John Yarnell,George Davey Smith,Peter Creighton Elwood,Shah Ebrahim +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the association between the 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), a measure of psychological distress, and the incidence of nonfatal and fatal ischemic stroke and TIA was measured by Cox regression modeling in a prospective observational study.
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Blood pressure in young adulthood and mortality from cardiovascular disease
TL;DR: Blood pressure measured in young adult men is positively associated in later life with increased cardiovascular disease mortality and the implication of this finding is that risk of cardiovascular disease starts in early life.