John Mathews

CT DOSIMETRY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COHORT DATA LINKAGE STUDY

Zoe Brady, Anna Forsythe, Jasmine McBain-Miller, Katrina J Scurrah, Nicolas Smoll, Yaqi Lin, Choonsik Lee, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Leo J Roberts, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2020  |  RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY

Children undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans have an increased risk of cancer in subsequent years, but it is unclear how muc..

CT scans in childhood predict subsequent brain cancer: Finite mixture modelling can help separate reverse causation scans from those that may be causal

Nicolas R Smoll, John D Mathews, Katrina J Scurrah

Journal article  |  2020  |  CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Excess brain cancers observed after computed tomography (CT) scans could be caused by ionizing radiation. However, as ..

Assessing a recent South Korean cohort study of cancer risk following diagnostic radiation exposure at younger ages

Jasmine McBain-Miller, Katrina J Scurrah, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2020  |  QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY

New Genetic Loci Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease in an Indigenous Australian Population

Russell J Thomson, Brendan McMorran, Wendy Hoy, Matthew Jose, Lucy Whittock, Tim Thornton, Gaetan Burgio, John Duncan Mathews, Simon Foote

Journal article  |  2019  |  FRONTIERS IN GENETICS

The common occurrence of renal disease in Australian Aboriginal populations such as Tiwi Islanders may be determined by environmen..

1DIAGNOSTIC NUCLEAR MEDICINE FOR PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN AUSTRALIA: ASSESSING THE INDIVIDUAL'S DOSE BURDEN

Marissa L Bartlett, Anna Forsythe, Zoe Brady, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2018  |  RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY

We report data for all Australians aged 0-19 y who underwent publicly funded nuclear medicine studies between 1985 and 2005, inclu..

Influenza as a trigger for cardiovascular disease: An investigation of serotype, subtype and geographic location

DC Pearce, JM McCaw, J McVernon, JD Mathews

Journal article  |  2017  |  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Seasonal peaks of influenza and cardiovascular disease tend to coincide. Many excess deaths may be triggered by influe..

Familial aggregation of albuminuria and arterial hypertension in an Aboriginal Australian community and the contribution of variants in ACE and TP53

David L Duffy, Stephen P McDonald, Beverley Hayhurst, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, Trudy J Smith, Xing L Wang, David E Wilcken, Natalia L Duarte, John Mathews, Wendy E Hoy

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC NEPHROLOGY

BACKGROUND: Aboriginal Australians are at high risk of cardiovascular, metabolic and renal diseases, resulting in a marked reducti..

The changing use of pediatric CT in Australia

Zoe Brady, Anna V Forsythe, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2016  |  PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Despite the medical benefits of CT, there are concerns about increased cancer risks following CT scans in childhood. O..

Exposure to ionizing radiation and brain cancer incidence: The Life Span Study cohort

Nicolas R Smoll, Zoe Brady, Katrina Scurrah, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2016  |  CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Ionizing radiation is a cause of cancer. This paper examines the effects of radiation dose and age at exposure on the ..

Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

Patiyan Andersson, Simon R Harris, Helena MB Seth Smith, James Hadfield, Colette O'Neill, Lesley T Cutcliffe, Fiona P Douglas, L Valerie Asche, John D Mathews, Susan I Hutton, Derek S Sarovich, Steven YC Tong, Ian N Clarke, Nicholas R Thomson, Philip M Giffard

Journal article  |  2016  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Chlamydia trachomatis causes sexually transmitted infections and the blinding disease trachoma. Current data on C. trachomatis phy..