A S Fairbairn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6159148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A S Fairbairn |
| GIVEN NAMES | A S |
| FAMILY NAME | Fairbairn |
| SIGNATURE | FAIRBAIRN A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Air pollution and other local factors in respiratory disease. 1959
A Neolithic Downland Monument in its Environment
Excavations at the Easton Down long barrow were part of a wider programme of research into the Neolithic sequence and context of the Avebury area in north Wiltshire. The short barrow, on high chalk downland to the south-west of Avebury and the upper Kennet valley, and containing only a few inhumations according to Thurnam's 19th-century investigation, dates to the later 4th millennium BC. Test pits around the barrow produced very little struck fl…
Study of disease associations from linked records
Comparisons are made between the principal diagnosis on discharge from hospital in successive periods of inpatient care for persons in the Oxford Record Linkage Study area admitted over a period of years. The observed numbers of pairs of diagnoses are compared with expected numbers computed to take account of the discharge rates in the population by age and sex and the number of man years of exposure. Three topics have been selected to display so…
Peptic ulceration and the use of oral contraceptives. A negative correlation attributable to the disease
A pilot study to test the hypothesis that oral contraceptives containing estrogen may reduce the risk of peptic ulceration was conducted by interviewing and comparing 46 married women aged 20-44 years suffering from peptic ulceration to 90 matched controls who were discharged from hospitals in the Oxford area during 1965-1969. Data reveal that patients with peptic ulceration were less likely to use oral contraceptives (none as compared to 12 cont…
An enquiry into the incidence and prognosis of undiagnosed abdominal pain treated in hospital
Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death contains a special section for 'symptoms and ill-defined condi- tions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded'. When a survey was made in the Oxford Record Linkage Study (ORLS) to determine the conditions most commonly leading to hospital inpatient investigation and treatment, it came as a surprise to find that abdominal pain for which no definite explanation could be found (ICD rubri…
Variability in Answers to a Questionnaire on Respiratory Symptoms
Chronic bronchitis can be recognized, in its early stages, only from the patient's account of his symptoms. During the last few years the prevalence of respiratory symptoms has been surveyed in many popurations in the United Kingdom. A more or less uniform questionnaire has been developed by certain workers in consultation; but until recently there has been no general agreement on its content or layout. The questionnaire is completed by one obser…
Air Pollution and Other Local Factors in Respiratory Disease
The mortal risks of acute episodes such as the London smog of December, 1952, are well recog- nized, but the insidious effects. of lesser but more continuous atmospheric pollution are less clearly understood. Contrasts in bronchitic mortality between Great Britain and Scandinavia, and between town and country in the United Kingdom, strongly suggest that such effects are important. Uncovering the aetiology of a slowly progressive disease like chro…
A Neolithic Downland Monument in its Environment
Excavations at the Easton Down long barrow were part of a wider programme of research into the Neolithic sequence and context of the Avebury area in north Wiltshire. The short barrow, on high chalk downland to the south-west of Avebury and the upper Kennet valley, and containing only a few inhumations according to Thurnam's 19th-century investigation, dates to the later 4th millennium BC. Test pits around the barrow produced very little struck fl…
Air Pollution and Other Local Factors in Respiratory Disease
The mortal risks of acute episodes such as the London smog of December, 1952, are well recog- nized, but the insidious effects. of lesser but more continuous atmospheric pollution are less clearly understood. Contrasts in bronchitic mortality between Great Britain and Scandinavia, and between town and country in the United Kingdom, strongly suggest that such effects are important. Uncovering the aetiology of a slowly progressive disease like chro…
Variability in Answers to a Questionnaire on Respiratory Symptoms
Chronic bronchitis can be recognized, in its early stages, only from the patient's account of his symptoms. During the last few years the prevalence of respiratory symptoms has been surveyed in many popurations in the United Kingdom. A more or less uniform questionnaire has been developed by certain workers in consultation; but until recently there has been no general agreement on its content or layout. The questionnaire is completed by one obser…
An enquiry into the incidence and prognosis of undiagnosed abdominal pain treated in hospital
Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death contains a special section for 'symptoms and ill-defined condi- tions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded'. When a survey was made in the Oxford Record Linkage Study (ORLS) to determine the conditions most commonly leading to hospital inpatient investigation and treatment, it came as a surprise to find that abdominal pain for which no definite explanation could be found (ICD rubri…
Peptic ulceration and the use of oral contraceptives. A negative correlation attributable to the disease
A pilot study to test the hypothesis that oral contraceptives containing estrogen may reduce the risk of peptic ulceration was conducted by interviewing and comparing 46 married women aged 20-44 years suffering from peptic ulceration to 90 matched controls who were discharged from hospitals in the Oxford area during 1965-1969. Data reveal that patients with peptic ulceration were less likely to use oral contraceptives (none as compared to 12 cont…
Study of disease associations from linked records
Comparisons are made between the principal diagnosis on discharge from hospital in successive periods of inpatient care for persons in the Oxford Record Linkage Study area admitted over a period of years. The observed numbers of pairs of diagnoses are compared with expected numbers computed to take account of the discharge rates in the population by age and sex and the number of man years of exposure. Three topics have been selected to display so…
A Neolithic Downland Monument in its Environment
Excavations at the Easton Down long barrow were part of a wider programme of research into the Neolithic sequence and context of the Avebury area in north Wiltshire. The short barrow, on high chalk downland to the south-west of Avebury and the upper Kennet valley, and containing only a few inhumations according to Thurnam's 19th-century investigation, dates to the later 4th millennium BC. Test pits around the barrow produced very little struck fl…
Air pollution and other local factors in respiratory disease. 1959
Medicine (6 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Disease (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Pathology (3 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 works) · Bronchitis (2 works) · Chronic bronchitis (2 works)