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Neil Bruce

School of Computer Science, University of Guelph
Verified email at uoguelph.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a …

…, L Bont, RF Breiman, WA Brooks, S Broor, N Bruce… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background We have previously estimated that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was associated
with 22% of all episodes of (severe) acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) resulting in …

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, RJ Singleton, KL O'Brien, A Roca, PF Wright, N Bruce… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background The global burden of disease attributable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
remains unknown. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of and mortality from episodes of …

[PDF][PDF] Indoor air pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge

N Bruce, R Perez-Padilla… - Bulletin of the World …, 2000 - SciELO Public Health
Bruce N. Lowering exposure of children to indoor air pollution to prevent ARI: the need
for information and action. Arlington, Environmental Health Project, 1999 (Capsule Report 3). …

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for …

…, M Boussinesq, M Brauer, P Brooks, NG Bruce… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease …

An integrated risk function for estimating the global burden of disease attributable to ambient fine particulate matter exposure

…, KR Smith, JR Balmes, NG Bruce… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Estimating the burden of disease attributable to long-term exposure to fine
particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) in ambient air requires knowledge of both the shape and magnitude …

[PDF][PDF] The magnitude of global marine species diversity

…, CB Boyko, SN Brandao, RA Bray, NL Bruce… - Current biology, 2012 - cell.com
Background The question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides
a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled …

Saliency based on information maximization

N Bruce, J Tsotsos - Advances in neural information …, 2005 - proceedings.neurips.cc
… Thus, a sparse representation allows the estimation of the n-dimensional space described
by W to be derived from n one dimensional probability density functions. Evaluating p( Wl = VI, …

Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

…, BB Basara, S Boufous, N Breitborde, NG Bruce… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Remarkable financial and political efforts have been focused on the reduction
of child mortality during the past few decades. Timely measurements of levels and trends in …

Respiratory risks from household air pollution in low and middle income countries

SB Gordon, NG Bruce, J Grigg, PL Hibberd… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2014 - thelancet.com
A third of the world's population uses solid fuel derived from plant material (biomass) or coal
for cooking, heating, or lighting. These fuels are smoky, often used in an open fire or simple …

Indoor air pollution in developing countries and acute lower respiratory infections in children

KR Smith, JM Samet, I Romieu, N Bruce - Thorax, 2000 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND A critical review was conducted of the quantitative literature linking indoor
air pollution from household use of biomass fuels with acute respiratory infections in young …