J F Bithell
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1.
Bithell J, Draper G, Sorahan T, Stiller C
Br J Cancer
. 2018 Aug;
119(6):756-762.
PMID: 30131555
Background: Significant research on the epidemiology and natural history of childhood cancer took place in the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham over sixty years. This is the first of three...
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Bithell J, Murphy M, Stiller C, Toumpakari E, Vincent T, Wakeford R
Br J Cancer
. 2013 Sep;
109(11):2880-5.
PMID: 24030074
Background: Concern about the risk of leukaemia in children living near nuclear power plants (NPPs) persists. Previous British analyses have been area based and consequently thought to be less effective...
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Bithell J, Keegan T, Kroll M, Murphy M, Vincent T
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
. 2008 Oct;
132(2):191-7.
PMID: 18936090
In 2008, the German Childhood Cancer Registry published the results of the Kinderkrebs in der Umgebung von Kernkraftwerken (KiKK) study of childhood cancer and leukaemia around German nuclear power stations....
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Dickinson H, Hammal D, Dummer T, Parker L, Bithell J
Br J Cancer
. 2003 Mar;
88(5):695-8.
PMID: 12618876
We investigated whether living close to railway lines is a risk factor for childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in electoral wards in England and Wales, 1966-1987. The national rail network,...
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Dickinson H, Hammal D, Bithell J, Parker L
Br J Cancer
. 2002 May;
86(9):1411-3.
PMID: 11986772
We found an increased risk of childhood leukaemia with higher levels of inward migration, particularly from outside the region (rate ratio=1.9, 95%CI: 1.2-2.9, P<0.01). This significant effect was observed only...
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Bithell J
Methods Inf Med
. 2001 Jun;
40(2):127-31.
PMID: 11424297
There is a general belief that the clustering of childhood leukaemia is a widespread phenomenon and that it provides evidence for appreciable environmental influence on the incidence of the disease....
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Bithell J
Stat Med
. 2000 Aug;
19(17-18):2203-15.
PMID: 10960848
This paper considers the underlying principles of depicting disease incidence on geographical maps and uses them to attempt a comparative classification of methods. After a discussion of the possibilities for...
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Bithell J, Draper G
J Radiol Prot
. 1999 Sep;
19(3):253-9.
PMID: 10503703
There has been considerable publicity recently concerning the possible release of enriched uranium from the Greenham Common USAF base near Newbury in Berkshire. Evidence for the release relies on an...
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Bithell J, Dutton S, Neary N, Vincent T
J Epidemiol Community Health
. 1995 Dec;
49 Suppl 2:S15-9.
PMID: 8594127
Study Objective: To describe the advantages of using Poisson regression methods as an alternative to standardisation when computing expected numbers of disease occurrences adjusted for possible confounding factors. The problem...
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Bithell J
Stat Med
. 1995 Nov;
14(21-22):2309-22.
PMID: 8711271
This paper considers the problem of testing for excess risk near a point source of risk S, as might be postulated to exist near a nuclear installation, for example. The...