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Overview

Peter Burney is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated in the field of medicine, with a significant focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Burney's work also spans physiology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, emergency medical services, and surgery.

Burney has contributed extensively to research on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and other respiratory diseases, respiratory support and mechanisms, air quality and related health impacts, pediatric respiratory health, neonatal respiratory health, and health disparities and outcomes.

Frequent co-authors of Burney include André F.S. Amaral, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Kevin Mortimer, Christer Janson, and Meriam Denguezli. These collaborations have yielded a significant number of publications over time.

The scientist has published numerous papers in well-known medical and respiratory journals. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Epidemiology
  • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Thorax

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Burney demonstrate their focus within respiratory health and associated epidemiological studies:

  • "Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement," 2023, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Prevalence of Food Sensitization and Food Allergy in Children Across Europe," 2020, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • "Prevalence and Population-Attributable Risk for Chronic Airflow Obstruction in a Large Multinational Study," 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study," 2020, Thorax
  • "Lung Development Genes and Adult Lung Function," 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Best Publications

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs

    J. Bousquet;H. J. Schünemann;B. Samolinski;P. Demoly

  • Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen)

    J. Bousquet;N. Khaltaev;A. A. Cruz;J. Denburg

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • International variation in the prevalence of COPD (The BOLD Study): a population-based prevalence study

    A Sonia Buist;Mary Ann McBurnie;William M. Vollmer;Suzanne Gillespie

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

    Joshua A. Salomon;Theo Vos;Daniel R. Hogan;Michael Gagnon

  • Chronic rhinosinusitis in Europe : an underestimated disease. A GA²LEN study

    D Hastan;WJ Fokkens;Claus Bachert;RB Newson

  • Methods for evaluating area-wide and organisation-based interventions in health and health care: a systematic review.

    O. C. Ukoumunne;M. C. Gulliford;S. Chinn;J. A.C. Sterne

  • Uniform definition of asthma severity, control, and exacerbations: Document presented for the World Health Organization Consultation on Severe Asthma

    Jean Bousquet;Jean Bousquet;Eva Mantzouranis;Alvaro A. Cruz;Nadia Aït-Khaled

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Peter J. Barnes;Peter G. J. Burney;Edwin K. Silverman;Bartolome R. Celli

  • Practical guide to skin prick tests in allergy to aeroallergens

    J. Bousquet;J. Bousquet;L. Heinzerling;C. Bachert;N. G. Papadopoulos

  • Has the prevalence of asthma increased in children? Evidence from the national study of health and growth 1973-86.

    P. G. J. Burney;S. Chinn;R. J. Rona

  • Rhinitis and onset of asthma: a longitudinal population-based study

    Rafea Shaaban;Mahmoud Zureik;David Soussan;Catherine Neukirch

  • COPD in never smokers: results from the population-based burden of obstructive lung disease study.

    Bernd Lamprecht;Mary Ann McBurnie;William M. Vollmer;Gunnar Gudmundsson

  • UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J L Murray;Michael A Richards;John N Newton;Kevin A Fenton

  • Asthma in adults and its association with chronic rhinosinusitis: The GA2LEN survey in Europe

    Deborah Jarvis;Roger Newson;Jan Lotvall;Deniz Hastan

  • Occupational asthma in Europe and other industrialised areas: a population-based study

    Manolis Kogevinas;Josep Maria Antó;Jordi Sunyer;Aurelio Tobias

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    J.A. Salomon;T. Vos;D.R. Hogan;M. Gagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
Christer Janson
Christer Janson Uppsala University
Susan Chinn
Susan Chinn King's College London
Josep M. Antó
Josep M. Antó Pompeu Fabra University
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Cecilie Svanes
Cecilie Svanes University of Bergen
Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University
Jean Bousquet
Jean Bousquet University of Montpellier
Claus Bachert
Claus Bachert Karolinska Institute

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