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Publications

Additional Material

Additional material

Introduction
Published Materials
Pre-prints & Technical Reports
Reports

Introduction

Below are a number of Unit members publications which we are able to put up for general use.

In addition the world of statistical journals seems to look quite favourably on pre-prints, unlike medical journals which view them as prior publication and/or breach of copyright! Occasionally we put up pre-prints of statistical papers that warrant a wider audience before their due publication date, or technical reports.

Please note that "All rights reserved" and "© the author" apply unless otherwise stated.

Published Materials

Commentary: Dr John Brownlee MA, MD, DSc, DPH (Cantab), FRFPS, FSS, FRMetS (1868-1927), public health officer, geneticist, epidemiologist and medical statistician.
Farewell Vern T. and Johnson Tony L.
Accepted by International Journal of Epidemiology 2013; 1-9. doi:10.1093/ije/dyt067
- Supplementary information
A likelihood-based two-part marginal model for longitudinal semicontinuous data - Supplementary Material
Li Su, Brian DM Tom and Vernon T Farewell 2011/2
WinBUGS code for imputation of missing data in Mendelian randomization studies
Burgess S. 2011/1
Woods and Russell, Hill, and the Emergence of Medical Statistics.
Farewell V. T. and Johnson T. 2010/1
- Supplementary information
Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies. The Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration. 2009/2
- Supplementary information

Extending DerSimonian and Laird's methodology to perform multivariate random effects.
Dan Jackson, Ian R White and Simon G Thompson. 2009/1
- Supplementary Information

Bias modelling in evidence synthesis.
Rebecca M.Turner, David J.Spiegelhalter, Gordon S.C.Smith & Simon G Thompson 2008/2
Supplementary Documents (in .doc format - Right click on these to download them);
- Bias Checklists and Data Extraction Form
- Elicitation Form for Quantifying Biases

Supplementary Tables.
These supplementary tables accompany a paper "Conflicting evidence in a Bayesian synthesis of surveillance data to estimate HIV prevalence"
A M Presanis, D De Angelis, D J Spiegelhalter, S Seaman, A Goubar and A E Ades. Submitted to JRSS series A 2007/1

Extended Biographical Notes.
These Biographical notes are in .doc format and are additional to, and extended versions of, those that appear in the paper;
"A memorandum on the Present Position and Prospects of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology" by Major Greenwood
Vern Farewell, Tony Johnson, and Peter Armitage
Statistics in Medicine 25: 2006

Supplemental Appendices.
These Supplemental appendices are paper sumitted for: "Use of the false discovery rate when comparing multiple healthcare providers"
by H E Jones, D I Ohlssen and D J Spiegelhalter.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006

Pre-prints & Technical Reports

Making predictions from complex longitudinal data, with application to planning monitoring intervals in a national screening programme
Michael Sweeting and Simon Thompson - 2010/1

IV-estimators of the causal odds ratio for a continuous exposure in prospective and retrospective designs.
Jack Bowden and Stijn Vansteelandt - 2009/2

Re-analysis using Inverse Probability Weighting and Multiple Imputation of Data from the Southampton Women's Survey
Shaun Seaman and Ian White - 2009/1

Structural and parameter uncertainty in Bayesian cost-effectiveness models. (Winbugs Supplementary Software)
C. H. Jackson, L. D. Sharples, S. G. Thompson - 2008/1

Unphased - User Guide.
Dudbridge, Frank - 2006/5

The Null Steady-State Distribution of the CUSUM Statistic..
Grigg OA & Spiegelhalter DJ - 2006/2

An approximate randomisation-respecting adjustment to the hazard ratio for time-dependent treatment switches in clinical trials..
White IR, Walker AS & Babiker AG - 2006/1

Robust tests of association for multilocus haplotypes in nuclear families.
Dudbridge Frank - 2005/7

Using mixed treatment comparisons and meta-regression to perform indirect comparisons to estimate the efficacy of biologic treatments in rheumatoid arthritis..
Nixon RM, Bansback N, Brennan A - 2005/6

Addressing the issues that arise in analysing multicentre cost data, with application to a multinational study.
Thompson SG, Nixon RM and Grieve R, - 2005/5

How to estimate cost-effectiveness acceptability curves, confidence ellipses and incremental net benefits alongside randomised controlled trials.
Nixon RM, Wonderling D and Grieve R, - 2005/4

A Markov model for long-term cost-effectiveness modelling of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
L Kim. In collaboration with S Thompson, M Buxton, A Briggs, H Campbell, - 2005/3

A simple risk-adjusted exponentially weighted moving average (2005)
Grigg OA & Spiegelhalter DJ.
MRC Biostatistics Unit: Technical report 2005/2

Methods for incorporating covariate adjustment, subgroup analysis and between-centre differences into cost-effectiveness evaluations (2004)
Nixon RM, Thompson SG, - 2005/1

How sensitive are cost-effectiveness analyses to choice of parametric distributions? (2004)
SG. Thompson and RM. Nixon, - 2004/1

Making predictions from hierarchical models for complex longitudinal data, with application to aneurysm growth (2002)
AR. Brady and SG. Thompson, - 2002/1

Reports

PERIOD 18: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
March 2013
PERIOD 17: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
November 2012
PERIOD 16: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan (and Iraq) by cause and nationality..
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
June 2012
PERIOD 15: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan by cause and nationality:.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
January 2012
PERIOD 14: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
September 2011
PERIOD 14a: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
July 2011
PERIOD 13: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
May 2011
PERIOD 13a: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
February 2011
PERIOD 12b: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
December 2010
Denominators for specific drugs-related deaths in England and Wales.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
J. Roy Robertson, Muirhouse Group Practice, EDINBURGH EH4 4PL
John Strang, King's College London, National Addiction Centre, LONDON SE5 8AF
November 2010
PERIOD 12a: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
September 2010
PERIOD 11b: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
July 2010
PERIOD 11a: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
May 2010
PERIODS 9 and 10: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
March 2010
PERIOD 7: Recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Consultant to Combatstress
January 2009
PERIOD 6: After UK-withdrawal from Basra City, and the Afghan winter: recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Combatstress, Leatherhead KT22 0BX.
August 2008
Long waiting times for inquests into military fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan: breach of UK's covenant with military families. (Update).
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
July 2008
Long waiting times for inquests into military fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan: breach of UK's covenant with military families..
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
June 2008
PERIOD 5: Post-surge and UK-withdrawal from Basra City, and with Musa Quala re-taken: recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
in collaboration with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Combatstress, Leatherhead KT22 0BX.
April 2008
PERIOD 4: Post-surge, pre-withdrawal: recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause, notably improvised explosive device (IED) and friendly fire, and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
in collaboration with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Combatstress, Leatherhead KT22 0BX.
Nov. 2007
PERIOD 3: Dicing with death: recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by weekday and cause (improvised explosive device, or non-hostile deaths).
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
in collaboration with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Combatstress, Leatherhead KT22 0BX.
July 2007
Post-surge, pre-withdrawal: recent military fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq by cause, notably improvised explosive device (IED) and friendly fire, and nationality.
Sheila M. Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0SR
in collaboration with
Clive B. Fairweather CBE, Combatstress, Leatherhead KT22 0BX.
2007
When wild war's deadly blast was blawn:
Update on UK's and other military fatality rates, and casualties, in Iraq and Afghanistan
Sheila M. Bird
4 September 2006.