R. J. Black

Publication List Details

Period

1998 - 2008

Number

39

Co-Authors

Randomized Comparison of Two Anti-Emetic Strategies in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Day-Case Gynaecological Surgery (2007)

White, H., Black, R.J., Jones, M., Fan, G.C.M.

Background. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a significant cause of morbidity among patients undergoing general anaesthesia. The optimal strategy for prevention of PONV, however, remains...

Randomized Comparison of Two Anti-Emetic Strategies in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Day-Case Gynaecological Surgery (2007)

White, H., Black, R.J., Jones, M., Fan, G.C.M.

Background. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a significant cause of morbidity among patients undergoing general anaesthesia. The optimal strategy for prevention of PONV, however, remains...

Randomized comparison of two anti-emetic strategies in high-risk patients undergoing day-case gynaecological surgery (2007)

White, H., Black, R. J., Jones, M., Mar Fan, G. C.

Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a significant cause of morbidity among patients undergoing general anaesthesia. The optimal strategy for prevention of PONV, however, remains...

Randomized comparison of two anti-emetic strategies in high-risk patients undergoing day-case gynaecological surgery (2007)

White, H., Black, R. J., Jones, M., Mar Fan, G. C.

Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a significant cause of morbidity among patients undergoing general anaesthesia. The optimal strategy for prevention of PONV, however, remains...

Randomized comparison of two anti-emetic strategies in high-risk patients undergoing day-case gynaecological surgery (2007)

White, H., Black, R. J., Jones, M., Mar Fan, G. C.

Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a significant cause of morbidity among patients undergoing general anaesthesia. The optimal strategy for prevention of PONV, however, remains...

A Pre-Prototype Real-Time Video Tracking System. (2002)

Flachs,G. M., Thompson,W. E., Black,R. J., Taylor,J. M., Cannon,W.

This final report is presented to White Sands Missile Range to develop a state-of-the-art hardware and software configuration for a real-time video (RTV) tracking system and to investigate the...

Sampling Results for AEC Phase 1 Training Ordnance Emission Characterization. Volume 2, Appendix 2-A Through 1-K. (1998)

Carson, John, McCarter, William, Black, R. J., Clark, Tamera

Under the direction of the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC), Dugway Proving Ground's, West Desert Test Center was tasked to conduct a series of tests to quantify the emission products produced...

Sampling Results for AEC Phase 1 Training Ordnance Emission Characterization. Volume 1, Appendix 1-A Through 1-D. (1998)

Carson, John, McCarter, William, Black, R. J., Clark, Tamera

Under the direction of the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC), Dugway Proving Ground's, West Desert Test Center was tasked to conduct a series of tests to quantify the emission products produced...

Improving the Environmental Safety of Munitions Disposal by OB and OD. (1998)

Mitchell, William J., Ward, Thomas E., Black, R. J.

Burning and detonating in an open area (OB, OD) and more recently, detonating underground (buried-OD), are the traditional methods for disposing of UXO and surplus or%unserviceable energetic...

Early emergency care study: the potential and benefits of advanced prehospital care.

Anderson, I W, Black, R J, Ledingham, I M, Little, K, Robertson, C E, Urquhart, J D

Of 26358 patients taken by ambulance to the accident and emergency departments of two large hospitals, 1185 were admitted to resuscitation areas. The scope for ambulance staff to employ a range of...

Case-control study of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children in Caithness near the Dounreay nuclear installation.

Urquhart, J D, Black, R J, Muirhead, M J, Sharp, L, Maxwell, M, Eden, O B, ...

OBJECTIVE--To examine whether the observed excess of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the area around the Dounreay nuclear installation is associated with established risk factors,...

Proximity of the home to a cooling tower and risk of non-outbreak Legionnaires' disease.

Bhopal, R S, Fallon, R J, Buist, E C, Black, R J, Urquhart, J D

OBJECTIVE--To study the source of non-outbreak legionnaires' disease, particularly the role of cooling towers, by comparing the locations of patients' homes in relation to the location of cooling...

Early emergency care study: the potential and benefits of advanced prehospital care.

Anderson, I W, Black, R J, Ledingham, I M, Little, K, Robertson, C E, Urquhart, J D

Of 26358 patients taken by ambulance to the accident and emergency departments of two large hospitals, 1185 were admitted to resuscitation areas. The scope for ambulance staff to employ a range of...

Case-control study of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children in Caithness near the Dounreay nuclear installation.

Urquhart, J D, Black, R J, Muirhead, M J, Sharp, L, Maxwell, M, Eden, O B, ...

OBJECTIVE--To examine whether the observed excess of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the area around the Dounreay nuclear installation is associated with established risk factors,...

Proximity of the home to a cooling tower and risk of non-outbreak Legionnaires' disease.

Bhopal, R S, Fallon, R J, Buist, E C, Black, R J, Urquhart, J D

OBJECTIVE--To study the source of non-outbreak legionnaires' disease, particularly the role of cooling towers, by comparing the locations of patients' homes in relation to the location of cooling...

Incidence of leukaemia and other cancers in birth and schools cohorts in the Dounreay area.

Black, R. J., Urquhart, J. D., Kendrick, S. W., Bunch, K. J., Warner, J., Jones, D. A.

OBJECTIVE--To determine whether a raised incidence of leukaemia in the Dounreay area occurred in children born to local mothers (birth cohort) or in those who moved to the area after birth (schools...

Congenital tracheo-oesophageal fistula in the adult.

Black, R J

A case of congenital tracheo-oesophageal fistula without oesophageal atresia in an adult is presented. Surgical repair via a right thoracotomy was successfully undertaken. The 13 previously reported...

Incidence of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the vicinity of nuclear sites in Scotland, 1968-93.

Sharp, L, Black, R J, Harkness, E F, McKinney, P A

OBJECTIVES: The primary aims were to investigate the incidence of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children resident near seven nuclear sites in Scotland and to determine whether there was any...

Incidence of childhood brain and other non-haematopoietic neoplasms near nuclear sites in Scotland, 1975-94

Sharp, L., McKinney, P. A., Black, R. J.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the risk of cancers other than leukaemia and non- Hodgkin's lymphoma in children resident in the vicinity of nuclear sites in Scotland. METHODS: The study dataset comprised...

Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: incidence in children and young adults resident in the Dounreay area of Caithness, Scotland in 1968-91.

Black, R J, Sharp, L, Harkness, E F, McKinney, P A

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To review the incidence of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children and young adults in the area less than 25 km from the Dounreay nuclear installation and the remainder of...

Cancer registry data based estimation of regional cancer incidence: application to breast and colorectal cancer in French administrative regions

Colonna, M., Grosclaude, P., Faivre, J., Revzani, A., Arveux, P., Chaplain, G., ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: In many countries, cancer registries cover only a small part of the national population. Cancer incidence for the rest of the country has therefore to be estimated. This can be done...

Cancer incidence in a population potentially exposed to radium-226 at Dalgety Bay, Scotland.

Black, R. J., Sharp, L., Finlayson, A. R., Harkness, E. F.

Cancer incidence in the Dalgety Bay area of Fife, Scotland, was examined following the detection of radium-226 particles by routine radiation monitoring. The study was confounded by rapid population...

Registration quality and descriptive epidemiology of childhood brain tumours in Scotland 1975-90.

McKinney, P. A., Ironside, J. W., Harkness, E. F., Arango, J. C., Doyle, D., Black, R. J.

Children (0-14 years) with malignant brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumours (ICD9 191 and 192) were listed from the Scottish Cancer Registration Scheme for the years 1975-90. These cases...

A population-based survival study on female breast cancer in Madras, India.

Gajalakshmi, C. K., Shanta, V., Swaminathan, R., Sankaranarayanan, R., Black, R. J.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Madras and southern India after cervix cancer. The Madras Metropolitan Tumour Registry (MMTR), a population-based cancer registry,...

Will the Scottish Cancer Target for the year 2000 be met? The use of cancer registration and death records to predict future cancer incidence and mortality in Scotland.

Sharp, L., Black, R. J., Muir, C. S., Gemmell, I., Finlayson, A. R., Harkness, E. F.

Cancer mortality data reflect disease incidence and the effectiveness of treatment. Incidence data, however, reflect the burden of disease in the population and indicate the need for prevention...

Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up.

Parkin, D. M., Clayton, D., Black, R. J., Masuyer, E., Friedl, H. P., Ivanov, E., ...

The European Childhood Leukaemia - Lymphoma Incidence Study (ECLIS) is designed to address concerns about a possible increase in the risk of cancer in Europe following the nuclear accident in...

Epidemiology of Kaposi's sarcoma in Scotland, 1976–1996

Brewster, D H, Harris, V, Black, R J, Goldberg, D J

Based on data from the Scottish Cancer Registry, the epidemiology of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in Scotland during the period 1976–96 is described. In males, the annual age-standardized incidence rate...

Socioeconomic status and risk of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and cancer of the gastric cardia in Scotland

Brewster, D H, Fraser, L A, McKinney, P A, Black, R J

The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and gastric cardia cancer increased strikingly in Scotland between 1977 and 1996. In contrast to other cancers of the oesophagus and stomach, which showed...