Leonard S Piers

Summary

Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Substitution of saturated with monounsaturated fat in a 4-week diet affects body weight and composition of overweight and obese men
    L S Piers
    Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
    Br J Nutr 90:717-27. 2003
  2. ncbi Avoidable mortality in Victoria between 1979 and 2001
    Leonard S Piers
    Chronic Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Public Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust N Z J Public Health 31:5-12. 2007
  3. ncbi Increased arterial stiffness in remote Indigenous Australians with high risk of cardiovascular disease
    Louise J Maple-Brown
    Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
    J Hypertens 25:585-91. 2007
  4. ncbi Central obesity is associated with reduced peripheral wave reflection in Indigenous Australians irrespective of diabetes status
    Louise J Maple-Brown
    Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
    J Hypertens 23:1403-7. 2005
  5. ncbi Impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza on critical care capacity in Victoria
    Martin E Lum
    State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Med J Aust 191:502-6. 2009

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Substitution of saturated with monounsaturated fat in a 4-week diet affects body weight and composition of overweight and obese men
    L S Piers
    Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
    Br J Nutr 90:717-27. 2003
    ..Substituting dietary saturated with unsaturated fat, predominantly MUFA, can induce a small but significant loss of body weight and fat mass without a significant change in total energy or fat intake...
  2. ncbi Avoidable mortality in Victoria between 1979 and 2001
    Leonard S Piers
    Chronic Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Public Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust N Z J Public Health 31:5-12. 2007
    ..To describe trends in avoidable mortality (AM) in Victoria by sex, degree of socio-economic disadvantage and remoteness...
  3. ncbi Increased arterial stiffness in remote Indigenous Australians with high risk of cardiovascular disease
    Louise J Maple-Brown
    Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
    J Hypertens 25:585-91. 2007
    ..To assess central and peripheral arterial stiffness in Indigenous and European Australians with and without type 2 diabetes using applanation tonometry to obtain the augmentation index (AI) and pulse wave velocity (PWV)...
  4. ncbi Central obesity is associated with reduced peripheral wave reflection in Indigenous Australians irrespective of diabetes status
    Louise J Maple-Brown
    Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
    J Hypertens 23:1403-7. 2005
    ..To determine the influence of central obesity and type 2 diabetes on peripheral wave reflection in Indigenous Australians...
  5. ncbi Impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza on critical care capacity in Victoria
    Martin E Lum
    State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Med J Aust 191:502-6. 2009
    ....