Advances in epidemiological methods and utilisation of large databases: a methodological review of observational studies on central nervous system drug use in …

Z Wang, PWH Ho, MTH Choy, ICK Wong, R Brauer… - Drug safety, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Studies have used various epidemiological approaches to study associations
between central nervous system (CNS) drug use in pregnancy and CNS outcomes in …

Are people who inject drugs frequent users of emergency department services? A cohort study (2008–2013)

D Nambiar, T Spelman, M Stoové… - Substance use & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Although people who inject drugs (PWID) have been described as frequent
users of emergency services, the majority of research is cross-sectional and involves …

Time trends in cancer incidence in Australian people living with HIV between 1982 and 2012

IKJ Wong, AE Grulich, IM Poynten, MN Polizzotto… - HIV …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of the study was to describe time trends in cancer incidence in people
living with HIV (PLHIV) in Australia between 1982 and 2012. Methods A population‐based …

Incidence and time trends of anal cancer among people living with HIV in Australia

F Jin, CM Vajdic, M Law, J Amin, M van Leeuwen… - Aids, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Anal cancer incidence increased markedly in people living with HIV (PLWHIV)
after the introduction of HAART, but in a few setting settings, recent declines have been …

[HTML][HTML] Second cancer risk and late mortality in adult Australians receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a population-based cohort study

CM Vajdic, E Mayson, AJ Dodds, T O'Brien… - Biology of Blood and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We quantified the risk of second cancer and late mortality in a population-based Australian
cohort of 3273 adult (≥ 15 years) allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients …

Identifying missed clinical opportunities for the earlier diagnosis of HIV in Australia, a retrospective cohort data linkage study

KA Mallitt, DP Wilson, J Jansson, A McDonald, H Wand… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Treatment as prevention approaches for HIV require optimal HIV testing
strategies to reduce undiagnosed HIV infections. In most settings, HIV testing strategies still …

The importance of including aliases in data linkage with vulnerable populations

H Tibble, HD Law, MJ Spittal, R Karmel… - BMC medical research …, 2018 - Springer
Background Records pertaining to individuals whose identity cannot be verified with legal
documentation may contain errors, or be incorrect by intention of the individual. Probabilistic …

Poor record linkage sensitivity biased outcomes in a linked cohort analysis

CL Moore, HF Gidding, MG Law, J Amin - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the validity of deterministic compared to probabilistic record linkage
in the ascertainment of hospitalizations in two linked cohorts. Study Design and Setting HIV …

Validating linkage of multiple population-based administrative databases in Brazil

ES Paixão, OMR Campbell, LC Rodrigues… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Linking routinely-collected data provides an opportunity to measure the effects
of exposures that occur before birth on maternal, fetal and infant outcomes. High quality …

The safety of antipsychotic use during pregnancy

Z Wang - 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Aim: To investigate the patterns of gestational antipsychotics use and whether exposure to
antipsychotic medications in pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus …