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Melissa Dawes

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Verified email at wsl.ch
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2016 Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult

…, GJ Pearson, AR Barry, P Couture, M Dawes… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the publication of the 2012 guidelines new literature has emerged to inform decision-making.
The 2016 guidelines primary panel selected a number of clinically relevant …

Global perspectives of contemporary epidemiological trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma

MB Lens, M Dawes - British Journal of Dermatology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
During the past several decades, there has been a substantial increase in the incidence of
cutaneous melanoma among all caucasian populations. The number of deaths due to …

[HTML][HTML] Sicily statement on evidence-based practice

M Dawes, W Summerskill, P Glasziou… - BMC medical …, 2005 - Springer
Background A variety of definitions of evidence-based practice (EBP) exist. However,
definitions are in themselves insufficient to explain the underlying processes of EBP and to …

Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

…, FT Breiner, S Burg, P Czortek, MA Dawes… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
… to calculate the surface of the uppermost 10 m of a summit was available to us only … 2-m
resolution). The summit area for Swiss summits varied by as much as 40 times (392–16,720 m 2 )…

L-Tryptophan: Basic Metabolic Functions, Behavioral Research and Therapeutic Indications

DM Richard, MA Dawes, CW Mathias… - International …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
An essential component of the human diet, L-tryptophan is critical in a number of metabolic
functions and has been widely used in numerous research and clinical trials. This review …

[HTML][HTML] How tree roots respond to drought

I Brunner, C Herzog, MA Dawes, M Arend… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing climate change is characterized by increased temperatures and altered precipitation
patterns. In addition, there has been an increase in both the frequency and intensity of …

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

…, AJ Trant, L Hermanutz, LS Collier, MA Dawes… - Nature climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Rapid climate warming in the tundra biome has been linked to increasing shrub dominance
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Shrub expansion can modify climate by altering surface albedo, energy and …

Prevalence and incidence of chronic pelvic pain in primary care: evidence from a national general practice database

…, PL Yudkin, MP Vessey, MG Dawes… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To estimate the prevalence and incidence in primary care of chronic pelvic pain in
women in the UK. Design Cross‐sectional analysis of MediPlus UK Primary Care Database…

The community prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in women and associated illness behaviour.

…, MP Vessey, CP Jenkinson, MG Dawes… - British Journal of …, 2001 - bjgp.org
… KT Zondervan, DPhil, epidemiologist; and MP Vessey, FRCOG, professor of public health,
Department of Public Health; PL Yudkin, DPhil, lecturer in medical statistics; and MG Dawes, …

Measurement of blood pressure in the office: recognizing the problem and proposing the solution

MG Myers, M Godwin, M Dawes, A Kiss, SW Tobe… - …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
… Differences of a similar magnitude between routine office BP and mean awake ambulatory
BP were reported by Dawes et al 13 in almost 6000 patients under the care of family …