Robyn Lucas

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University

Affiliated withAustralian National University

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JoVE Journal Publications

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Ultraviolet radiation and health: friend and foe. The Medical journal of Australia\| PubMed ID: 12463975	2002
Association or causation: evaluating links between "environment and disease". Bulletin of the World Health Organization\| PubMed ID: 16283057	2005
Estimates of beneficial and harmful sun exposure times during the year for major Australian population centres. The Medical journal of Australia\| PubMed ID: 16584368	2006
Considering the potential benefits as well as adverse effects of sun exposure: can all the potential benefits be provided by oral vitamin D supplementation? Progress in biophysics and molecular biology\| PubMed ID: 16616326	2006
Is the current public health message on UV exposure correct? Bulletin of the World Health Organization\| PubMed ID: 16799733	2006
The high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency across Australian populations is only partly explained by season and latitude. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 17687438	2007
Mid-life stress is associated with both up- and down-regulation of markers of humoral and cellular immunity. Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)\| PubMed ID: 17853062	2007
Estimating the global disease burden due to ultraviolet radiation exposure. International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 18276627	2008
Future health implications of prenatal and early-life vitamin D status. Nutrition reviews\| PubMed ID: 19019040	2008
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: could geographic patterns be explained by ambient ultraviolet radiation? Arthritis and rheumatism\| PubMed ID: 19790114	2009
Associations between silicone skin cast score, cumulative sun exposure, and other factors in the ausimmune study: a multicenter Australian study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology\| PubMed ID: 19843682	2009
Public health impact of global heating due to climate change: potential effects on chronic non-communicable diseases. International journal of public health\| PubMed ID: 19902143	2010
Population density determines the direction of the association between ambient ultraviolet radiation and type 1 diabetes incidence. Pediatric diabetes\| PubMed ID: 19968813	2010
Recruiting child controls. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)\| PubMed ID: 20160566	2010
Latitudinal variation in incidence and type of first central nervous system demyelinating events. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)\| PubMed ID: 20167594	2010
Assessing vitamin D status: pitfalls for the unwary. Molecular nutrition & food research\| PubMed ID: 20397196	2010
Vitamin D deficiency and pregnancy: from preconception to birth. Molecular nutrition & food research\| PubMed ID: 20440696	2010
Hip fracture risk in relation to vitamin D supplementation and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studi... BMC public health\| PubMed ID: 20540727	2010
Measurement of Epstein-Barr virus DNA load using a novel quantification standard containing two EBV DNA targets and SYBR Green I dye. Virology journal\| PubMed ID: 20860842	2010
The role of latitude, ultraviolet radiation exposure and vitamin D in childhood asthma and hayfever: an Australian multicenter study. Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology\| PubMed ID: 20880353	2011
Questions and answers about the environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: 2010 assessment. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology\| PubMed ID: 21253671	2011
An epidemiological perspective of ultraviolet exposure--public health concerns. Eye & contact lens\| PubMed ID: 21670693	2011
Shift work and multiple sclerosis. Annals of neurology\| PubMed ID: 22162053	2011
Vitamin D status during pregnancy and aspects of offspring health. Nutrients\| PubMed ID: 22254029	2010
Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: progress report, 2011. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology\| PubMed ID: 22279621	2012
Epstein-Barr virus genotypes and strains in central nervous system demyelinating disease and Epstein-Barr virus-related illnesses in Australia. Intervirology\| PubMed ID: 22286116	2012
The risks for falls and fractures in multiple sclerosis. Neurology\| PubMed ID: 22592357	2012
Validation of brief questionnaire measures of sun exposure and skin pigmentation against detailed and objective measures including vitamin D status. Photochemistry and photobiology\| PubMed ID: 22891914	2013
Epstein-Barr virus infection: a smoking gun for multiple sclerosis? Neurology\| PubMed ID: 22933742	2012
Association between ambient ultraviolet radiation and risk of esophageal cancer. The American journal of gastroenterology\| PubMed ID: 23032986	2012
Association between ambient ultraviolet radiation and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)\| PubMed ID: 23034146	2012
Environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis: a review with a focus on molecular mechanisms. International journal of molecular sciences\| PubMed ID: 23109880	2012
Imaging and diagnostic criteria for Multiple Sclerosis: are we there yet? Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology\| PubMed ID: 23210576	2012
Adherence to MRI protocol consensus guidelines in multiple sclerosis: an Australian multi-centre study. Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology\| PubMed ID: 23210577	2012
Vitamin D and solar ultraviolet radiation in the risk and treatment of tuberculosis. The Lancet infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 23257233	2013
Constitutive and relative facultative skin pigmentation among Victorian children including comparison of two visual skin charts for determining constitutive melanin density. Photochemistry and photobiology\| PubMed ID: 23311462	2013
Sun exposure over a lifetime in Australian adults from latitudinally diverse regions. Photochemistry and photobiology\| PubMed ID: 23311500	2013
Vitamin D deficiency and risk for rheumatic diseases: an update. Current opinion in rheumatology\| PubMed ID: 23370372	2013
Vitamin D status: Multifactorial contribution of environment, genes and other factors in healthy Australian adults across a latitude gradient. The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology\| PubMed ID: 23395985	2013
Assessing interactions between HLA-DRB1*15 and infectious mononucleosis on the risk of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)\| PubMed ID: 23413297	2013
Assessing possible selection bias in a national voluntary MS longitudinal study in Australia. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)\| PubMed ID: 23530001	2013
Vitamin D sufficiency in pregnancy. BMJ (Clinical research ed.)\| PubMed ID: 23533189	2013
Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia\| PubMed ID: 23540892	2013
Predicting vitamin D deficiency in older Australian adults. Clinical endocrinology\| PubMed ID: 23550837	2013
Prospective observational study of physical functioning, physical activity, and time outdoors and the risk of hip fracture: a population-based cohort study of 158,057 older adults in the 45 ... Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research\| PubMed ID: 23609238	2013
The physical anthropometry, lifestyle habits and blood pressure of people presenting with a first clinical demyelinating event compared to controls: The Ausimmune study. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)\| PubMed ID: 23670542	2013
Varicella zoster virus quantitation in blood from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. Journal of medical virology\| PubMed ID: 23765786	2013
Association between ultraviolet radiation, skin sun sensitivity and risk of pancreatic cancer. Cancer epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 24075798	2013
Vitamin D and tuberculosis: hope or hype? The Medical journal of Australia\| PubMed ID: 24237081	2013
A novel approach for prediction of vitamin d status using support vector regression. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24302994	2013
Measuring exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation using a dosimetric technique: understanding participant compliance issues. Photochemistry and photobiology\| PubMed ID: 24571445	2014
The contributions of solar ultraviolet radiation exposure and other determinants to serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in Australian adults: the AusD Study. American journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 24573539	2014
What is the optimal level of vitamin D? - separating the evidence from the rhetoric. Australian family physician\| PubMed ID: 24600673	2014
Environmental, personal, and genetic determinants of response to vitamin D supplementation in older adults. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism\| PubMed ID: 24694335	2014
Keyhole limpet haemocyanin - a model antigen for human immunotoxicological studies. British journal of clinical pharmacology\| PubMed ID: 24833186	2014
Myopia is associated with lower vitamin D status in young adults. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science\| PubMed ID: 24970253	2014
Shining the light on Sunshine: a systematic review of the influence of sun exposure on type 2 diabetes mellitus-related outcomes. Clinical endocrinology\| PubMed ID: 25066830	2014
Incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer in relation to ambient UV radiation in white populations, 1978-2012: empirical relationships. JAMA dermatology\| PubMed ID: 25103031	2014
Reply. Australian family physician\| PubMed ID: 25134182	2014
Sun exposure and vitamin D status as Northeast Asian migrants become acculturated to life in Australia. Photochemistry and photobiology\| PubMed ID: 25244558	2014
Reply: To PMID 24600673. Australian family physician\| PubMed ID: 25252369	2014
Seasonal variation of relapse rate in multiple sclerosis is latitude dependent. Annals of neurology\| PubMed ID: 25283272	2014
What is the optimal level of vitamin D--reply. Australian family physician\| PubMed ID: 25417256	2014
What is the optimal level of vitamin D--reply. Aust Fam Physician\| PubMed ID: 25506984	2014
Vitamin D in fetal development: findings from a birth cohort study. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 25511121	2015
Vitamin D and immunity. F1000prime reports\| PubMed ID: 25580272	2014
Weekend personal ultraviolet radiation exposure in four cities in Australia: influence of temperature, humidity and ambient ultraviolet radiation. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology\| PubMed ID: 25600266	2015
Cardiovascular disease risk factor profiles of 263,356 older Australians according to region of birth and acculturation, with a focus on migrants born in Asia. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25695771	2015
Basal cell carcinomas on sun-protected vs. sun-exposed body sites: a comparison of phenotypic and environmental risk factors. Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine\| PubMed ID: 25787710	2015
Variation in incidence of pediatric Crohn's disease in relation to latitude and ambient ultraviolet radiation: a systematic review and analysis. Inflammatory bowel diseases\| PubMed ID: 25789921	2015
Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic function: the Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Supplementation (SEDS... BMC public health\| PubMed ID: 25884724	2015
Vitamin D deficiency at melanoma diagnosis is associated with higher Breslow thickness. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25970336	2015
Tightrope Walking: Using Predictors of 25(OH)D Concentration Based on Multivariable Linear Regression to Infer Associations with Health Risks. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 26017695	2015
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013. JAMA oncology\| PubMed ID: 26181261	2015
Effect of vitamin D supplementation on selected inflammatory biomarkers in older adults: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The British journal of nutrition\| PubMed ID: 26206095	2015
Analytical Bias in the Measurement of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations Impairs Assessment of Vitamin D Status in Clinical and Research Settings. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 26266807	2015
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiol... Lancet (London, England)\| PubMed ID: 26321261	2015
Do prenatal sex hormones modulate MS risk? Neurology\| PubMed ID: 26341867	2015
Higher intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is associated with a decreased risk of a first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination: Results from the Ausimmune Stu... Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)\| PubMed ID: 26362904	2015
Ultraviolet radiation, vitamin D and multiple sclerosis. Neurodegenerative disease management\| PubMed ID: 26477548	2015
A systematic review of the influence of skin pigmentation on changes in the concentrations of vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in plasma/serum following experimental UV irradiation. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology\| PubMed ID: 26548800	2015
Measuring sun exposure in epidemiological studies: Matching the method to the research question. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology\| PubMed ID: 26555640	2015
Solar ultraviolet radiation in Africa: a systematic review and critical evaluation of the health risks and use of photoprotection. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology\| PubMed ID: 26626701	2015