Air pollution and lung function in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (2008)
Götschi, Thomas, Sunyer, Jordi, Chinn, Susan, De Marco, Roberto, Forsberg, Bertil, Gauderman, James W, ...
Background The association of long-term air pollution and lung function has not been studied across adult European multi-national populations before. The aim of this study was to determine the...
An increase in bronchial responsiveness is associated with continuing or restarting smoking (2005)
Chinn, Susan, Jarvis, Deborah, Luczynska, Christina M, Ackermann-Liebrich, Ursula, Antó, Josep M, Cerveri, Isa, ...
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Change in prevalence of IgE sensitization and mean total IgE with age and cohort (2005)
Jarvis, Deborah, Luczynska, Christina, Chinn, Susan, Potts, James, Sunyer, Jordi, Janson, Christer, ...
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies show that the prevalence of IgE sensitization is lower in older age groups than younger age groups. This could reflect either a decrease in sensitization with...
Smoking cessation, lung function, and weight gain: a follow-up study (2005)
Chinn, Susan, Jarvis, Deborah, Melotti, Roberto, Luczynska, Christina, Ackermann-Liebrich, Ursula, Antó, Josep M, ...
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Gulliford, Martin C., Ukoumunne, Obioha C., Chinn, Susan
The authors estimated components of variance and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) to aid in the design of complex surveys and community intervention studies by analyzing data from the...
Family Credit and uptake of school meals in primary school (1996)
Somerville, Sheena M., Rona, Roberto J., Chinn, Susan, Qureshi, Sameena
Background In April 1988, Family Credit families lost their right to free school meals. They were compensated by an increase in Family Credit of 65p per child per schoolday, subsequently uprated by...
CHINN, SUSAN, ZANOLIN, ELISABETTA, LAI, ERIC, JARVIS, DEBORAH, LUCZYNSKA, CHRISTINA M, BURNEY, PETER G J
Background. Estimation of non-response bias by modelling prevalence as a function of the number of mailings required to achieve a response, or of the cumulative response, has been advocated, but the...
SOME FURTHER RESULTS CONCERNING REGRESSION TO THE MEAN (1981)
CHINN, SUSAN, HELLER, RICHARD F.
Algebraic formulae are derived for the regression to the mean effect for a measurement whose population mean and variance change over time and for subpopulations selected according to initial value...
The Diagnosis of the Carrier State for the Lesch--Nyhan Syndrome (1975)
McKERAN, R. O., ANDREWS, T. M., HOWELL, A., GIBBS, DOROTHY A., CHINN, SUSAN, WATTS, R. W. E.
Skin biopsies from the mother of a classical case of the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome grew only wild type fibroblasts. This suggested that she is not a heterozygous carrier of the mutant X-linked structural...
Evaluation of health interventions at area and organisation level
Ukoumunne, Obioha C, Gulliford, Martin C, Chinn, Susan, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Burney, Peter G J, Donner, Allan
Screening for Hypertension: Some Epidemiological Observations
Data obtained in long-term epidemiological studies of arterial blood pressure in the general population in South Wales were analysed to provide background information for the rational planning of...
Evaluation of health interventions at area and organisation level
Ukoumunne, Obioha C, Gulliford, Martin C, Chinn, Susan, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Burney, Peter G J, Donner, Allan
Screening for Hypertension: Some Epidemiological Observations
Data obtained in long-term epidemiological studies of arterial blood pressure in the general population in South Wales were analysed to provide background information for the rational planning of...
Height of primary school children and parents' perceptions of food intolerance
Price, Charles E, Rona, Roberto J, Chinn, Susan
In the national study of health and growth parents' responses to a self completed questionnaire were used to categorise children according to their experience of food intolerance. The heights of the...
The influence of availability of free school milk on the height of children in England and Scotland
Cook, Judith, Irwig, Leslie M., Chinn, Susan, Altman, Douglas G., Florey, Charles Du V.
The effect is investigated of availability of free school milk on height gain in one year of six- and seven-year-old primary schoolchildren in England and Scotland, using data collected annually from...
Height of primary school children and parents' perceptions of food intolerance
Price, Charles E, Rona, Roberto J, Chinn, Susan
In the national study of health and growth parents' responses to a self completed questionnaire were used to categorise children according to their experience of food intolerance. The heights of the...