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| J MacleodSummaryAffiliation: University of Birmingham Country: UK Publications
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Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortalityJ Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 55:878-84. 2001..To examine the association between perceived psychological stress and cause specific mortality in a population where perceived stress was not associated with material disadvantage...- Coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and prevalence of infection in the United Kingdom general population: cross sectional studyJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
BMJ 330:940. 2005..To measure the coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and the prevalence of infection in the general population in the United Kingdom. To investigate factors associated with these measures... 
Is subjective social status a more important determinant of health than objective social status? Evidence from a prospective observational study of Scottish menJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Sciences and Learning Centre Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Soc Sci Med 61:1916-29. 2005....- Commentary: understanding pathways to cannabis use and from use to harmJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Sciences and Learning Centre Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Int J Epidemiol 35:680-2. 2006 - Psychological and social sequelae of cannabis and other illicit drug use by young people: a systematic review of longitudinal, general population studiesJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Lancet 363:1579-88. 2004..Past reviews have generally been non-systematic, have often included cross-sectional data, and have underappreciated the extent of methodological problems associated with interpretation... - Commentary: What should we make of associations between vital exhaustion and heart disease?John Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Int J Epidemiol 32:997-9. 2003 - Does consideration of either psychological or material disadvantage improve coronary risk prediction? Prospective observational study of Scottish menJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Sciences and Learning Centre Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:833-7. 2007..To assess the value of psychosocial risk factors in discriminating between individuals at higher and lower risk of coronary heart disease, using risk prediction equations... - Psychosocial factors and public health: a suitable case for treatment?J Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:565-70. 2003..In the absence of better evidence, suggestions that psychosocial interventions are needed to improve population physical health, in both absolute and relative terms, seem premature... - Cannabis use and symptom experience amongst people with mental illness: a commentary on Degenhardt et alJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Sciences and Learning Centre Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Psychol Med 37:913-6. 2007 - Limitations of adjustment for reporting tendency in observational studies of stress and self reported coronary heart diseaseJ Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:76-7. 2002 - Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish menJohn Macleod
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
BMJ 324:1247-51. 2002..To examine the association between self perceived psychological stress and cardiovascular disease in a population where stress was not associated with social disadvantage... - Cost effectiveness of home based population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in the UK: economic evaluation of chlamydia screening studies (ClaSS) projectTracy E Roberts
Health Economics Facility, HSMC, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Switzerland
BMJ 335:291. 2007..To investigate the cost effectiveness of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis compared with a policy of no organised screening in the United Kingdom... - Bereavement and marriage are associated with antibody response to influenza vaccination in the elderlyAnna C Phillips
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Brain Behav Immun 20:279-89. 2006.... - Healthcare and patient costs of a proactive chlamydia screening programme: the Chlamydia Screening Studies projectSuzanne Robinson
Health Economics Facility, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, 40 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, UK
Sex Transm Infect 83:276-81. 2007.... - Variation in NHS utilisation of vault smear tests in women post-hysterectomy: A study, using routinely collected datasetsHelen J Stokes-Lampard
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, UK
BMC Womens Health 8:6. 2008..This study aims to determine the factors associated with variability in hysterectomy rates and subsequent follow-up after surgery by use of the vaginal vault smear cytology test... 
The relative efficacy of two levels of a primary care intervention for family members affected by the addiction problem of a close relative: a randomized trialAlex Copello
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham and Substance Misuse Services, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, Birmingham, UK
Addiction 104:49-58. 2009..A randomized trial to compare two levels of an intervention (full versus brief) for use by primary health-care professionals with family members affected by the problematic drug or alcohol use of a close relative...- Intervening for exhaustionDouglas Carroll
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
J Psychosom Res 61:9-10. 2006 - Vulvovaginal-swab or first-catch urine specimen to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in women in a community setting?Sue Skidmore
Public Health Laboratory Service, Birmingham Laboratory, Birmingham, UK
J Clin Microbiol 44:4389-94. 2006.... - Admissions for myocardial infarction and World Cup football: database surveyDouglas Carroll
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
BMJ 325:1439-42. 2002..CONCLUSION: The increase in admissions suggests that myocardial infarction can be triggered by emotional upset, such as watching your football team lose an important match... - The scope for biased recall of risk-factor exposure in case-control studies: evidence from a cohort study of Scottish menChris Metcalfe
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Scand J Public Health 36:442-5. 2008..Case-control studies are prone to recall bias, a participant's case-control status influencing their recall of exposure to risk factors. We aimed to demonstrate empirically the scope for this bias... - Cannabis and schizophrenia: model projections of the impact of the rise in cannabis use on historical and future trends in schizophrenia in England and WalesMatthew Hickman
Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK
Addiction 102:597-606. 2007..To estimate long-term trends in cannabis use and projections of schizophrenia assuming a causal relation between cannabis use and schizophrenia... - Opportunistic and systematic screening for chlamydia: a study of consultations by young adults in general practiceChris Salisbury
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK
Br J Gen Pract 56:99-103. 2006..There are insufficient data about young peoples' use of primary care services to determine the potential coverage of opportunistic screening in comparison with a systematic population-based approach... - Re: "Job stress and breast cancer risk: the Nurses' Health Study"John Macleod
Am J Epidemiol 162:1133-4; author reply 1134-5. 2005 - Bias in chlamydia prevalence surveysNicola Low
Lancet 362:1157-8. 2003 - Substance misuse and psychiatric illness: prospective observational study using the general practice research databaseMartin Frisher
Department of Medicines Management, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:847-50. 2005.... - Cause-specific hospital admission and mortality among working men: association with socioeconomic circumstances in childhood and adult life, and the mediating role of daily stressChris Metcalfe
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Eur J Public Health 15:238-44. 2005.... - Partner notification of chlamydia infection in primary care: randomised controlled trial and analysis of resource useNicola Low
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR
BMJ 332:14-9. 2006..To evaluate the effectiveness of a practice nurse led strategy to improve the notification and treatment of partners of people with chlamydia infection... - Frequent job change and associated healthChris Metcalfe
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK
Soc Sci Med 56:1-15. 2003..However, the observed relationship between frequent job changing and a higher incidence of health risk behaviours, in the absence of a relationship with poorer health, invites further research... - Self-reported stress and subsequent hospital admissions as a result of hypertension, varicose veins and haemorrhoidsChris Metcalfe
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR
J Public Health Med 25:62-8. 2003..We hypothesized that psychosocial factors, in particular reporting tendency, are the likely mediator of this association, and the present study considers this further... - Change in job satisfaction, and its association with self-reported stress, cardiovascular risk factors and mortalityPauline Heslop
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Soc Sci Med 54:1589-99. 2002..There was also no evidence to suggest that men or women reporting job dissatisfaction on one occasion or on two occasions several years apart, had a significantly greater risk of mortality from CVD... - Re: "Sense of coherence and mortality in men and women in the EPIC-Norfolk United Kingdom prospective cohort study"John Macleod
Am J Epidemiol 159:1202-3; author reply 1203-4. 2004 - Screening for chlamydiaJohn Macleod
Lancet 365:1539-40. 2005 - INTERHEARTJohn Macleod
Lancet 365:118-9; author reply 119-20. 2005 - Influence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) E2 polymorphism on quantification of HPV-16 episomal and integrated DNA in cervicovaginal lavages from women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasiaNaoufel Azizi
Laboratoire de Virologie Moleculaire, Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Gen Virol 89:1716-28. 2008..24) or CIN-1 (5 of 14, P=0.50). HPV-16 E2 polymorphism was a significant factor that influenced measures of HPV-16 integrated viral load... - Doctors' self rating of skills in evidence based medicine. Way that clinical epidemiology is taught must be examinedJohn Macleod
BMJ 325:280. 2002 - Does alcohol increase the risk of overdose death: the need for a translational approachMatt Hickman
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Addiction 103:1060-2. 2008..We argue for a translational approach to addiction science, using an important current research question as a case study... - Enhanced enzyme immunoassay with negative-gray-zone testing compared to a single nucleic Acid amplification technique for community-based chlamydial screening of menPaddy Horner
The Milne Centre, United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom
J Clin Microbiol 43:2065-9. 2005..In addition, positive nucleic acid amplification test results should be confirmed and an inhibition control should be used... - Cannabis and psychosisJohn Macleod
Lancet 370:1539; author reply 1539-40. 2007 - A contemporary validation of the Reeder Stress InventoryChris Metcalfe
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Br J Health Psychol 8:83-94. 2003..To examine the construct validity of the RSI in a contemporary cohort... - Socio-economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: a systematic reviewNicola J Wiles
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Addiction 102:1546-63. 2007..To conduct a systematic review of longitudinal studies that examined the association between childhood socio-economic status (SES) and alcohol use in later life... - Early exposure to marijuana and risk of later drug useJohn Macleod
JAMA 290:329-30; author reply 330-1. 2003 - Addressing health inequalitiesJohn Macleod
Lancet 360:1691-2; author reply 1693. 2002 - John J.R. Macleod (1876-1935) 70th anniversary of his deathD Bataille
INSERM U 376, CHU, Montpellier, France
Diabetes Metab 31:29-34. 2005 - Depression as risk factor for mortality after coronary artery bypass surgeryJohn Macleod
Lancet 362:1500-1; author reply 1501-2. 2003 - Effectiveness of preventing frequent cannabis use among young people in improving educational achievement: eradicating frequent cannabis use among adolescents could reduce school dropout by 3%Matthew Hickman
Addiction 99:650-1; author reply 651-2. 2004 - Effectiveness of step-wise intervention plan for managing nelfinavir-associated diarrhea: a pilot studyAnita Rachlis
Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
HIV Clin Trials 6:203-12. 2005..Pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of a step-wise diarrhea management strategy for nelfinavir-associated diarrhea... - Re: "does job strain increase the risk for coronary heart disease or death in men and women? The Framingham offspring study"John Macleod
Am J Epidemiol 160:1031-2; author reply 1032. 2004 - Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia?John Macleod
Lancet 367:1055. 2006 - Reporting bias and self-reported drug useJohn Macleod
Addiction 100:562-3. 2005 - The role of self-reported stress in the development of breast cancer and prostate cancer: a prospective cohort study of employed males and females with 30 years of follow-upChris Metcalfe
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, United Kingdom
Eur J Cancer 43:1060-5. 2007..With no dose-response relationship and no established mechanism linking stress with breast and prostate cancer, confounding is the parsimonious explanation of these findings...