STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)—an extension of the STROBE statement

…, C Infante‐Rivard, A Stewart, N Birkett - … Official Publication of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Making sense of rapidly evolving evidence on genetic associations is crucial to making
genuine advances in human genomics and the eventual integration of this information in the …

Maternal age and risk of stillbirth: a systematic review

L Huang, R Sauve, N Birkett, D Fergusson… - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The number of women who delay childbirth to their late 30s and beyond has
increased significantly over the past several decades. Studies regarding the relation between …

Risk factors associated with the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review of the evidence

M Hersi, B Irvine, P Gupta, J Gomes, N Birkett… - Neurotoxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
… Of these, 93 were deemed to be of high quality and were included in the qualitative syntheses
for disease onset (n = 81) and progression (n = 12). A list of excluded systematic reviews …

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

…, VC Broudy, FH Martin, HL Atkins, RY Hsu, NC Birkett… - Cell, 1990 - cell.com
We have cloned a partial cDNA encoding murine stem cell factor (SCF) and show that the
gene is syntenic with the SI locus on mouse chromosome 10. Using retroviral vectors to …

Identification, purification, and biological characterization of hematopoietic stem cell factor from buffalo rat liver-conditioned medium

…, SB Karkare, RK Sachdev, VN Yuschenkoff, NC Birkett… - Cell, 1990 - cell.com
We have identified a novel growth factor, stem cell factor (SCF), for primitive hematopoietic
progenitors based on its activity on bone marrow cells derived from mice treated with …

Randomization by cluster: sample size requirements and analysis

A Donner, N Birkett, C Buck - American journal of epidemiology, 1981 - academic.oup.com
… may replace n in expression 2 by an advance estimate of the average cluster size n. This
approximation will tend to slightly underestimate the required number n' but the effect on n' will …

Primary structure and functional expression of rat and human stem cell factor DNAs

…, IK McNiece, FW Jacobsen, EA Mendlaz, NC Birkett… - Cell, 1990 - cell.com
… Since pyroglutamate aminopeptidase removes N-terminal pyroglutamate, which is formed
by cyclization of an N-terminal glutamine, these data confirm that the first 25 residues encoded …

Social support and the theory of planned behavior in the exercise domain

…, RC Plotnikoff, SB Hotz, NJ Birkett - American Journal of …, 2000 - ingentaconnect.com
Objective: To test the relative utility of social support and subjective norm for predicting
exercise intention and stage within the theory of planned behavior. Methods: A population-based …

Estimates of global mortality attributable to particulate air pollution using satellite imagery

…, RV Martin, R Burnett, DG Rainham, NJ Birkett… - Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of the health effects of air pollution have traditionally
relied upon ground-monitoring stations to measure ambient concentrations. Satellite …

Factors associated with physical activity in Canadian adults with diabetes.

…, KS Courneya, RJ Sigal, N Birkett… - Medicine and science …, 2006 - europepmc.org
Methods Participants were adults> or= 18 yr of age living in the province of Alberta, Canada
who were previously diagnosed with type 1 (N= 697) or type 2 (N= 1614) diabetes. …