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Hepatitis C (HCV)‐positive blood donors in South‐West England: a case control study (1994)
Journal Article
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.

The Accounts of Special Education Leavers (1994)
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Cheston, R., & Cheston, R. (1994). The Accounts of Special Education Leavers. Disability and Society, 9(1), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599466780051

There has been comparatively little analysis of the ways in which pupils within special education describe themselves. This paper looks at the linguistic repertoires that leavers from special education in Central Scotland drew upon in order to accoun... Read More about The Accounts of Special Education Leavers.

Aerobic exercise and type a behaviour (1994)
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Schmied, L. A., Steinberg, H., Moss, T., & Sykes, E. A. (1994). Aerobic exercise and type a behaviour. Journal of Sports Sciences, 12(5), 433-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640419408732193

The Type A behaviour pattern is a well-documented, if controversial, risk factor for coronary heart disease. Surprisingly, relatively little work has been reported on ways of modifying this behaviour pattern. Aerobic exercise, with its demonstrated b... Read More about Aerobic exercise and type a behaviour.

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.

AIDS‐related experience, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs amongst nurses in an area with a high rate of HIV infection (1993)
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Plant, M. L., Plant, M., & Foster, J. (1993). AIDS‐related experience, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs amongst nurses in an area with a high rate of HIV infection. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18(1), 80-88. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010080.x

The results are presented of a survey of the AIDS‐related knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of a random sample of 600 qualified nurses in the Lothian Region of Scotland This locality is characterized by a high rate of detected HIV infection which is m... Read More about AIDS‐related experience, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs amongst nurses in an area with a high rate of HIV infection.

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)
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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.

Stress, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: a Scottish study (1992)
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Plant, M. A., Plant, M. L., Plant, M., Plant, M., & Foster, J. (1992). Stress, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: a Scottish study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 17(9), 1057-1067. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02040.x

This paper examines levels of stress amongst a representative sample of 600 qualified nurses in the Lothian Region of Scotland The results indicated a number of significant variations in the patterns of stress amongst different subgroups of nurses Th... Read More about Stress, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: a Scottish study.

Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: A Scottish study (1991)
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Plant, M. A., Plant, M. L., Plant, M., Plant, M., & Foster, J. (1991). Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: A Scottish study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 28(2), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716%2891%2990076-B

This paper examines patterns of self-reported alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst a representative sample of 600 qualified nurses in the Lothian Region of Scotland. General levels of alcohol use were not exceptional. Even so, levels of toba... Read More about Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: A Scottish study.