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| Lianne ParkinSummaryAffiliation: University of Otago Country: New Zealand Publications
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Air travel and fatal pulmonary embolismLianne Parkin
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, P O Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Thromb Haemost 95:807-14. 2006..Long-distance air travellers have a higher risk of dying from pulmonary embolism than non-travellers, but the absolute risk in people aged 15-59 years appears to be very small...
Preventing winter falls: a randomised controlled trial of a novel interventionLianne Parkin
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
N Z Med J 122:31-8. 2009..To investigate the hypothesis that wearing socks over shoes improves traction on icy footpaths...
Psychotropic drugs and fatal pulmonary embolismLianne Parkin
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 12:647-52. 2003..9 (95% CI: 1.1-22.5). CONCLUSIONS: Our results for conventional antipsychotics are consistent with previous studies of non-fatal venous thromboembolism. The finding for antidepressants needs to be replicated in other studies...
The Orewa Speech: another threat to Maori health?Cindy Towns
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin
N Z Med J 117:U1145. 2004..The central tenets of medicine (ie, to reduce suffering, and to improve and prolong the quality and length of life) should provide a strong driving force to address these inequalities...
A Pacific population's access to and use of health services in DunedinFaafetai Sopoaga
Department Preventive and Social Medicine, P O Box 913, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
N Z Med J 125:27-36. 2012..Pacific peoples in New Zealand (mostly of Samoan, Tongan, or Cook Islands origin) have poor health compared to the total New Zealand population. Understanding their access to and use of health services is important in resolving this...
Drug safety awareness in New Zealand: public knowledge and preferred sources for informationFredrik Brounéus
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Prim Health Care 4:288-93. 2012..Little is known about levels of drug safety knowledge or preferred sources of drug safety information in general population samples...
Public good, personal privacy: a citizens' deliberation about using medical information for pharmacoepidemiological researchLianne Parkin
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:150-6. 2011..How the public weighs up these public interest and privacy arguments is unclear...
A cluster of thyrotoxicosis associated with consumption of a soy milk productLianne Parkin
Public Health South, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 29:511-2. 2005..It also raises issues about public and health professional awareness of the potential health effects from food additives in some processed foods...
