Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Evidence of potential overdiagnosis and overtreatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents: protocol for a scoping review.
Published 2019Worldwide, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis rates in children and adolescents have been increasing consistently over the past decades, fuelling a debate about the underlying reasons for this trend. ...Open AccessArticle -
Potential consequences of changing disease classifications.
Published 2020Viewpoint on what constitutes a disease and ways it may change.Open AccessArticle -
Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk.
Published 2020The objective of this analysis was to calculate lifetime risks of cancer diagnosis and cancer‐specific death, adjusted for competing mortality, and to compare these estimates with the corresponding risks published by the ...Article -
The carbon footprint of pathology testing.
Published 2020The objective of this study was to estimate the carbon footprint of five common hospital pathology tests: full blood examination; urea and electrolyte levels; coagulation profile; C‐reactive protein concentration; and ...Article -
Should heart age calculators be used alongside absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment?
Published 2018National estimates of ‘heart age’ by government health organisations in the US, UK and China show most people have an older heart age than current age. While most heart age calculators are promoted as a communication tool ...Open AccessArticle