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Journal articles
2006, 'Compulsory Vaccination and Conscientious or Philosophical Exemptions: Past, Present and Future', Lancet, 367, pp. 436 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68144-0
,2006, 'Development of a risk priority score for category A bioterrorism agents as an aid for public health policy', Military Medicine, 171, pp. 589 - 594
,2006, 'Do financial factors such as author page charges and industry funding impact on the nature of published research in infectious diseases?', Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23, pp. 214 - 222
,2006, 'Ethics and access to teaching materials in the medical library: the case of the Pernkopf atlas', Medical Journal of Australia, 184, pp. 254 - 255
,2006, 'National Serosurvey of Cytomegalovirus in Australia', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13, pp. 1181 - 1184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00203-06
,2006, 'Pandemic influenza and critical infrastructure dependencies: possible impact on hospitals', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. S70 - S72
,2006, 'Pandemic vaccines: promises and pitfalls', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. S62 - S65
,2006, 'Reduction of broad-spectrum antibiotic use with computerized decision support in an intensive care unit', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 18, pp. 224 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzi095
,2006, 'The seroepidemiology of pertussis in Australia during an epidemic period', Epidemiology and Infection, 134, pp. 1208 - 1216
,2005, 'A boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents: value of laboratory diagnostic methods', Epidemiology and Infection, 133, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268804003401
,2005, 'A population-based study of the impact of corticosteroid therapy and delayed diagnosis on the outcome of childhood pneumococcal meningitis', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90, pp. 391 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.037523
,2005, 'Burden of severe rotavirus disease in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 42, pp. 521 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00915.x
,2005, 'Childhood asthma diagnosis and use of asthma medication', Australian Family Physician, 34, pp. 193 - 196
,2005, 'Cough symptoms in children aged 5-14 years in Sydney, Australia: nonspecific cough or unrecognised pertussis?', Respirology, 10, pp. 359 - 364
,2005, 'Modelling the impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29, pp. 544 - 551
,2005, 'Patient knows best: blinded assessment of non-adherence with anti-tuberculous therapy by physicians, nurses and patients compared with urine drug levels', Preventive Medicine, 40, pp. 41 - 45
,2005, 'Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a prospective study', Neurology, 64, pp. 1317
,2004, 'Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Australia', Vaccine, 22, pp. 1138 - 1149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.036
,2004, 'Effectiveness of the linkage of child care and maternity payments to childhood immunisation', Vaccine, 22, pp. 2345 - 2350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.10.038
,2004, 'Reasons for incomplete immunisation in Australia: a national survey of parents', Australian Family Physician, 33, pp. 568 - 571, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15301182
,2004, 'Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2001 to 2002', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 28, pp. 1 - 120, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-pubs-2004-cdi28suppl2-pdf-cnt.htm/$FILE/cdi28suppl2.pdf
,2003, 'A randomised, clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of hospital and community-based reminder systems for increasing uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccine in hospitalised patients aged 65 years and over', Gerontology, 49, pp. 33 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000066500
,2003, 'A randomised, controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of family based direct observation of anti-tuberculous therapy in an urban, developed-country setting', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 7, pp. 848 - 854
,2003, 'Community based incidence and risk factors for all-cause childhood pneumonia in Western Sydney, Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 1091 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268803001365
,2003, 'Estimating immunisation coverage: is the 'third dose assumption' still valid?', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 27, pp. 357 - 361, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi2703-pdf-cnt.htm/$FILE/cdi2703e.pdf
,2003, 'Hepatitis A vaccination options for Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 39, pp. 83 - 87
,2003, 'Immunisation coverage in Australia after correcting for under-reporting to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 533 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00829.x
,2003, 'Immunisation myths and realities', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 39, pp. 487 - 491
,2003, 'Is lower immunisation coverage in inner-urban areas of Australian due to low uptake or poor notification?', Australian Family Physician, 32, pp. 1041 - 1043, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14708159
,2003, 'Measles vaccination coverage among five-year-old children: implications for disease elimination in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 413 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00419.x
,2003, 'The seasonality of births and abortions in NSW', Medical Science Monitor, 9, pp. CR534 - CR540
,2003, 'The seroepidemiology and transmission dynamics of varicella in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 1085 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268803001134
,2003, 'Use of hospitalisation and pharmaceutical prescribing data to compare the prevaccination burden of varicella and herpes zoster in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 675 - 682
,2002, 'Hospital in the home is cost saving for appropriately selected patients: A comparison with in-hospital care', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 14, pp. 285 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/14.4.285
,2002, 'Chronic Strongloides stercoralis infection in Laotian immigrants and refugees 7-20 years after resettlement in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 128, pp. 439 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268801006677
,2002, 'The epidemiology of cardiac arrests in a Sydney hospital', Resuscitation, 53, pp. 53 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00501-9
,2002, 'Universal neonatal immunization for hepatitis B - Reply', JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, 38, pp. 211 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.t01-3-00823.x
,2002, 'A mathematical model to measure the impact of the measles control campaign on the potential for measles transmission in Australia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 6, pp. 277 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1201-9712(02)90161-X
,2002, 'Seasonality of coronary artery deaths in New South Wales, Australia', Heart, 88, pp. 30 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heart.88.1.30
,2002, 'Measles control in NSW Divisions of General Practice', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 14, pp. 13 - 17
,2001, 'Folate fortification: Potential impact on folate intake in an older population', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 55, pp. 793 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601228
,2001, 'MMR, autism and inflammatory bowel disease: Responding to patient concerns using an evidence-based framework', Medical Journal of Australia, 175, pp. 127 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143058.x
,2001, 'Hepatitis B vaccine: Risks and benefits of universal neonatal vaccination', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 37, pp. 215 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1754.2001.00639.x
,2001, 'Shifting the balance between in-patient and out-patient care for tuberculosis results in economic savings', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 5, pp. 266 - 271
,2001, 'Modelling strategies for reducing pharmaceutical costs in hospital', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 13, pp. 63 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/13.1.63
,2001, 'Risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Melbourne hospital', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 22, pp. 624 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/501833
,2001, 'School immunisation certificates - A review over time in a disadvantaged community', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25, pp. 534 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2001.tb00319.x
,2000, 'The cost-effectiveness of evidence-based guidelines and practice for screening and prevention of tuberculosis', Health Economics, 9, pp. 411 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-1050(200007)9:5<411::AID-HEC524>3.0.CO;2-9
,2000, 'A case of uveitis associated with rifabutin in an HIV-negative patient with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex', Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 9, pp. 330 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019048-200009080-00007
,2000, 'No evidence for multiple-drug prophylaxis for tuberculosis compared with isoniazid alone in southeast asian refugees and migrants: Completion and compliance are major determinants of effectiveness', Preventive Medicine, 30, pp. 425 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/pmed.2000.0654
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