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Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West (1996)
Journal Article
Richardson, J., Brassey, J., Richardson, M., Marlow, N., & Gray, S. (1996). Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West. Journal of Clinical Effectiveness, 1(3), 90-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020843

A multidistrict audit was conducted in seven hospitals to examine the proportion of preterm births in which antenatal corticosteroids were given. Of the 550 births examined, corticosteroids had been given in 301(64%), ranging from 49–76% in different... Read More about Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West.

The hospital admissions study in England: Are there alternatives to emergency hospital admission? (1995)
Journal Article
Frankel, S., Gray, S., Inglis, A., Coast, J., Coast, J., Sabey, A., …Frankel, S. J. (1995). The hospital admissions study in England: Are there alternatives to emergency hospital admission?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 49(2), 194-199. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.49.2.194

Study objective - To assess the potential for substituting alternative forms of care for admission to an acute hospital in particular groups of patients. Design - A screening tool, the intensity-severity-discharge review system with adult criteria (I... Read More about The hospital admissions study in England: Are there alternatives to emergency hospital admission?.

Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset (1994)
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Gray, S. F., Gunnell, D. J., Peters, T. J., & Gray, S. (1994). Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset. Epidemiology and Infection, 113(1), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800051505

Giardia lamblia is a common and increasing cause of gastrointestinal illness in the UK. We report a case-control study that examined risk factors for giardiasis. Patients with giardiasis were identified from reports to the Consultants in Communicable... Read More about Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset.

Hepatitis C (HCV)‐positive blood donors in South‐West England: a case control study (1994)
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Gray, S. F., Goodrick, M. J., Waters, A. J., Rouse, A. M., Goodrick, J., Anderson, N. A., & Gray, S. (1994). Hepatitis C (HCV)‐positive blood donors in South‐West England: a case control study. Transfusion Medicine, 4(2), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3148.1994.tb00251.x

SUMMARY. The aim of this study was to compare the socio‐demographic characteristics and risk factors in anti‐HCV positive blood donors with those of matched controls. The participants were 50 hepatitis C antibody (HCV) positive blood donors and 50 ma... Read More about Hepatitis C (HCV)‐positive blood donors in South‐West England: a case control study.

Dose-response in an outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning traced to a mixed seafood cocktail (1993)
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Gray, S. F., Evans, M. R., & Gray, S. (1993). Dose-response in an outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning traced to a mixed seafood cocktail. Epidemiology and Infection, 110(3), 583-589. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800051001

An outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning presumed due to small round, structured viruses (SRSV) occurred at a national conference. A detailed postal survey of all conference attenders was carried out to ascertain the cause of the outbreak and 355... Read More about Dose-response in an outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning traced to a mixed seafood cocktail.

The problems of tracing a geographically widespread outbreak of salmonellosis from a commonly eaten food: Salmonella typhimurium DT193 in North West England and North Wales in 1991 (1993)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, D. N., Salmon, R. L., Thornton, L., Gray, S., Bingham, P., Salmon, R. A., …Syed, Q. U. (1993). The problems of tracing a geographically widespread outbreak of salmonellosis from a commonly eaten food: Salmonella typhimurium DT193 in North West England and North Wales in 1991. Epidemiology and Infection, 111(3), 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800057198

Geographically widespread outbreaks involving commonly isolated organisms and where the vehicles of infection are commonly eaten foodstuffs pose particular difficulties at a technical and organizational level. An outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in... Read More about The problems of tracing a geographically widespread outbreak of salmonellosis from a commonly eaten food: Salmonella typhimurium DT193 in North West England and North Wales in 1991.