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DR BIRCAN ERBAS



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Organization: Population Health
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor Of Philosophy University of Melbourne 01-Aug-2001
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Master of Science University of Melbourne

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
EFFECTS OF POLLEN AND AIR POLLUTION ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA IN AUSTRALIA: STAGE 1, MELBOURNE STUDY Chief Investigator ASTHMA VIC Research Grants 01/01/2005
GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN INVASIVE CERVICAL CANCER: A TWIN STUDY Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Relationship between age and measures of balance, strength and gait: linear and non-linear analyses
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Clinical Science
    Volume: 114
    Page numbers: 719-727
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  • Suburban clustering of vitamin D deficiency in Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 63-67
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Breast-feeding and atopic disease: A cohort study from childhood to middle age
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 120
    Page numbers: 1051-1057
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  • Decreased spinal and femoral neck volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) in men with primary osteoporosis and their first-degree male relatives: familial effect on BMD in men.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Endocrinology
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: 78-84
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  • Do levels of airborne grass pollen influence asthma hospital admissions?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1641-1647
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  • Forecasting age-specific breast cancer mortality using functional data models
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Statistics in Medicine
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 458-470
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  • Modelling atmospheric concentrations of grass pollen using meterological variables in Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Environmental Health Research
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 361-368
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Urban-Rural differences in the management of screen-detected invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in Victoria


    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 996-1001
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  • Investigating the relation between placement of Quit antismoking advertisements and number of telephone calls to Quitline: a semiparametric modelling approach
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
    Volume: 60
    Page numbers: 180-182
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  • The natural history of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a review
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 135-144
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Air pollution and childhood asthma emergency hospital admissions: Estimating intra-city regional variations
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Environmental Health Research
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 11-20
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(Basingstoke)
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  • Effect of antiepileptic medication on bone mineral measures
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Neurology
    Volume: 65
    Page numbers: 1358-1363
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Investigating the relation between placement of Quit antismoking advertisments and number of telephone calls to Quitline: a semiparametric modelling approach
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
    Volume: 60
    Page numbers: 180-182
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  • Sensitivity of the estimated air pollution-respiratory admissions relationship to statistical model choice
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Environmental Health Research
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 437-448
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(Basingstoke)
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  • Sun exposure and age at natural menopause: A cross-sectional study in Turkish women
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Maturitas
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 235-248
    Publisher: Elsevier Ireland
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  • Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and survival following breast cancer diagnosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Breast
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 192-200
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Incidence of invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in a screening program by age: should older women continue screening?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1569-1573
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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  • Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on adult body size, shape, and composition
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Obesity
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 39-48
    Publisher: Nature Publishing Group(Basingstroke)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Duration of hormone replacement therapy, breast tumour size and grade in a screening programme
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 80
    Page numbers: 267-273
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