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Overview

Nicholas de Klerk is affiliated with the University of Western Australia and specializes in Medicine, with a particular focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their work spans several interconnected fields related to respiratory health and occupational diseases.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Among their most cited recent papers are:

  • Contemporary Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Using Linked Data: The Case for Policy Change, 2020, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Interpregnancy intervals and adverse birth outcomes in high-income countries: An international cohort study, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Asbestos-related diseases, 2020, The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • Mode of birth and risk of infection-related hospitalisation in childhood: A population cohort study of 7.17 million births from 4 high-income countries, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • Assessing the Burden of Laboratory-Confirmed Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in a Population Cohort of Australian Children Through Record Linkage, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Nicholas de Klerk has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Peter Franklin, Fraser Brims, Hannah C. Moore, Parveen Fathima, and Arthur W. Musk. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary approaches spanning clinical, epidemiological, and environmental health perspectives.

The scientist's publications appear regularly in journals such as the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, PLoS ONE, Respirology, Vaccine, and BMC Pediatrics. This range of venues highlights a focus on both clinical and public health aspects of pulmonary and occupational medicine.

Best Publications

  • Assisted reproductive technologies and the risk of birth defects—a systematic review

    Michele Hansen;Carol Bower;Elizabeth Milne;Nicholas Hubert De Klerk

  • Early-life respiratory viral infections, atopic sensitization, and risk of subsequent development of persistent asthma

    Merci M.H. Kusel;Nicholas H. de Klerk;Tatiana Kebadze;Vaike Vohma

  • The quanitification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia: Part 1

    D.R. English;D'Arcy Holman;Elizabeth Milne;M.G. Winter

  • Perinatal factors and the development of autism: a population study.

    Emma J. Glasson;Carol Bower;Beverly Petterson;Nick de Klerk

  • Mesothelin-family proteins and diagnosis of mesothelioma.

    Bruce W S Robinson;Jenette Creaney;Richard Lake;Anna Nowak

  • Lung disease at diagnosis in infants with cystic fibrosis detected by newborn screening.

    Peter D. Sly;Siobhain Brennan;Catherine Gangell;Nicholas de Klerk

  • A decade of data linkage in Western Australia: strategic design, applications and benefits of the WA data linkage system

    C. D'Arcy J. Holman;A. John Bass;Diana L. Rosman;Merran B. Smith

  • Role of respiratory viruses in acute upper and lower respiratory tract illness in the first year of life : A birth cohort study

    Merci M H Kusel;Nicholas H de Klerk;Patrick G Holt;Tatiana Kebadze

  • Histological grading of breast carcinomas: A study of interobserver agreement

    P Robbins;P Robbins;S Pinder;S Pinder;N de Klerk;N de Klerk;H Dawkins;H Dawkins

  • Assisted reproductive technology and birth defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michèle Hansen;Jennifer J. Kurinczuk;Elizabeth Milne;Nicholas de Klerk

  • Cisplatin and Gemcitabine Treatment for Malignant Mesothelioma: A Phase II Study

    M. J. Byrne;J. A. Davidson;A. W. Musk;J. Dewar

  • Rett Syndrome in Australia: A Review of the Epidemiology

    Crystal L. Laurvick;Nicholas de Klerk;Carol Bower;John Christodoulou

  • Bronchiectasis in Infants and Preschool Children Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis after Newborn Screening

    Stephen M. Stick;Stephen M. Stick;Siobhain Brennan;Conor Murray;Tonia Douglas;Tonia Douglas

  • An immunoepidemiological approach to asthma: identification of in-vitro T-cell response patterns associated with different wheezing phenotypes in children.

    T Heaton;J Rowe;S Turner;R C Aalberse

  • Association between antenatal cytokine production and the development of atopy and asthma at age 6 years

    C. Macaubas;N. H. de Klerk;B. J. Holt;C. Wee

  • The association between dietary patterns and mental health in early adolescence

    Wendy H Oddy;Monique Robinson;Gina L Ambrosini;Therese A O'Sullivan

  • The effects of respiratory infections, atopy, and breastfeeding on childhood asthma

    W.H. Oddy;N.H. de Klerk;P.D. Sly;P.G. Holt

  • Atrial fibrillation and mortality in an elderly population.

    F R Lake;K J Cullen;N H de Klerk;M G McCall

  • Progression of early structural lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis assessed using CT

    Lauren S Mott;Judy Park;Conor P Murray;Catherine L Gangell

  • Pooled exposure-response analyses and risk assessment for lung cancer in 10 cohorts of silica-exposed workers: an IARC multicentre study.

    Kyle Steenland;Andrea Mannetje;Paolo Boffetta;Leslie Stayner

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur W. Musk
Arthur W. Musk University of Western Australia
Helen Leonard
Helen Leonard Telethon Kids Institute
Carol Bower
Carol Bower Telethon Kids Institute
Lin Fritschi
Lin Fritschi Curtin University
Peter D. Sly
Peter D. Sly University of Queensland
Bruce K. Armstrong
Bruce K. Armstrong University of Sydney
Fiona J. Stanley
Fiona J. Stanley Telethon Kids Institute
Patrick G. Holt
Patrick G. Holt University of Western Australia
John Attia
John Attia University of Newcastle Australia
Wendy H. Oddy
Wendy H. Oddy University of Tasmania

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