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  1. Pre-pubertal smoke exposure of fathers and increased risk of offspring asthma: a possible transgenerational effect

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Prof. John W Holloway

  2. Impact of lifetime body mass index trajectories on the incidence and persistence of adult asthma

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, February 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  3. Lifetime spirometric patterns of obstruction and restriction: risk factors and outcomes

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  4. Protein levels, air pollution and vitamin D deficiency: links with allergy

    Article • ERJ Open Research, September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  5. Lung function trajectory and biomarkers in the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study

    Article • ERJ Open Research, June 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  6. Bronchodilator reversibility as a diagnostic test for adult asthma: Findings from the population-based Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study

    Article • ERJ Open Research, January 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  7. Does the use of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma benefit lung function in the long-term? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Respiratory Review, January 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  8. Exposure to household air pollution over 10 years is related to asthma and lung function decline

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  9. Lifetime Risk Factors for Pre- and Post-Bronchodilator Lung Function Decline: A Population-based Study

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, December 2019, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Dr Sheikh M Alif

  10. Asthma, atopy and serious psychological distress: prevalence and risk factors among young people in the Melbourne atopy cohort study

    Article • Journal of Asthma, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  11. Non-pharmacological management of adult asthma in Australia: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study

    Article • Journal of Asthma, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    John Burgess, Dr Gayan Bowatte, Eugene Walters, Dr Jennifer Perret

  12. Prevalence of asthma and allergic disorders in regional, rural, and indigenous children aged 6–8 years in Tasmania

    Article • Journal of Asthma, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Eugene Walters, Dr Gayan Bowatte

  13. NOx in exhaled breath condensate is related to allergic sensitization in young and middle-aged adults

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Fahad Aldakheel, Dr Gayan Bowatte, Eugene Walters

  14. Childhood Respiratory Risk Factor Profiles and Middle-Age Lung Function: A Prospective Cohort Study from the First to Sixth Decade

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, September 2018, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  15. High ambient levels of grass, weed and other pollen are associated with asthma admissions in children and adolescents: A large 5-year case-crossover study

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  16. Maternal pregestational or gestational diabetes and childhood wheezing: A population-based cohort study

    Article • Allergy, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  17. Response to “The Atopic March”

    Article • Allergy, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  18. Hygienic behavior and allergic sensitization in German adolescents

    Article • Allergy, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  19. Prediction models for the development of COPD: a systematic review

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, June 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Christine F McDonald, Peter Sly, Dr Gayan Bowatte, Dr Jennifer Perret, Dr Chamara Visanka Senaratna

  20. Association between the age of solid food introduction and eczema: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  21. Childhood asthma and smoking exposures before conception - a three-generational cohort study

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Lennart Bråbäck

  22. Anaphylaxis to packaged foods in Australasia

    Article • Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  23. Maternal hypothyroidism in the perinatal period and childhood asthma in the offspring

    Article • Allergy, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  24. A randomized trial of a barrier lipid replacement strategy for the prevention of atopic dermatitis and allergic sensitization: the PEBBLES pilot study

    Article • British Journal of Dermatology, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Dr Noel Edward Cranswick

  25. Menopause, lung function and obstructive lung disease outcomes: a systematic review

    Article • Climacteric, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David J Handelsman, Dr Gayan Bowatte, Dr Jennifer Perret

  26. Association of breast milk fatty acids with allergic disease outcomes-A systematic review

    Article • Allergy, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  27. Grandmaternal smoking increases asthma risk in grandchildren: A nationwide Swedish cohort

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  28. Traffic-related air pollution exposure over a 5-year period is associated with increased risk of asthma and poor lung function in middle age

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, October 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, David Johns

  29. Is the atopic march related to confounding by genetics and early-life environment? A systematic review of sibship and twin data

    Article • Allergy, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  30. Childhood Lung Function Predicts Adult Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Syndrome

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2017, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  31. Pre-natal and post-natal exposure to pet ownership and lung function in children: The Seven Northeastern Cities Study

    Article • Indoor Air, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  32. Genetic variation at the Th2 immune gene IL13 is associated with IgE-mediated paediatric food allergy

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  33. Age at onset and persistence of eczema are related to subsequent risk of asthma and hay fever from birth to 18 years of age

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Professor Catherine M Bennett

  34. The practice and perception of precautionary allergen labelling by the Australasian food manufacturing industry

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  35. The skin barrier function gene SPINK5 is associated with challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy in infants

    Article • Allergy, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  36. Coal mine dust lung disease in the modern era

    Article • Respirology, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Alastair stewart

  37. Current asthma contributes as much as smoking to chronic bronchitis in middle age: a prospective population-based study [Corrigendum]

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Professor Graham G Giles, Eugene Walters, David Johns, John Burgess

  38. Breast milk polyunsaturated fatty acids: associations with adolescent allergic disease and lung function

    Article • Allergy, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  39. Is there a march from early food sensitization to later childhood allergic airway disease? Results from two prospective birth cohort studies

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  40. Current asthma contributes as much as smoking to chronic bronchitis in middle age: a prospective population-based study

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, August 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Gayan Bowatte, Professor Graham G Giles, Eugene Walters, David Johns, John Burgess

  41. Mould-sensitized adults have lower Th2 cytokines and a higher prevalence of asthma than those sensitized to other aeroallergens

    Article • Allergy, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  42. Symptoms and lung function decline in a middle-aged cohort of males and females in Australia

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, May 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  43. Employer perceptions of migrant candidates’ suitability: the influence of decision-maker and organisational characteristics

    Article • Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  44. The march from early life food sensitization to allergic disease: a systematic review and meta-analyses of birth cohort studies

    Article • Allergy, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  45. Sensitization to milk, egg and peanut from birth to 18 years: A longitudinal study of a cohort at risk of allergic disease

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  46. The role of circulating 25 hydroxyvitamin D in asthma: a systematic review

    Article • Allergy, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  47. Exposure to ‘farming’ and objective markers of atopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  48. Age-of-asthma onset as a determinant of different asthma phenotypes in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

    Article • Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  49. The influence of childhood traffic-related air pollution exposure on asthma, allergy and sensitization: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of birth cohort studies

    Article • Allergy, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  50. Antibiotics and risk of asthma: a debate that is set to continue

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte

  51. Distinguishing adult-onset asthma from COPD: a review and a new approach

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christine F McDonald, Dr Gayan Bowatte

  52. Atopic dermatitis and the atopic march revisited

    Article • Allergy, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Gayan Bowatte