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Carty, L., Grollman, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-6950-1837, Plachcinski, R. ORCID: 0000-0001-9908-0773 , Cortina-Borja, M. & Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214view all authors (2023). Neonatal mortality in NHS maternity units by timing and mode of birth: a retrospective linked cohort study. BMJ Open, 13(6), article number e067630. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067630

Hardelid, P., Favarato, G., Wijlaars, L. , Fenton, L., McMenamin, J., Clemens, T., Dibben, C., Milojevic, A., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Taylor, J., Cunningham, S.J. & Woods, R.view all authors (2022). SARS-CoV-2 tests, confirmed infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions in children and young people: birth cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 6(1), article number e001545. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001545

Alterman, N., Johnson, S., Carson, C. , Petrou, S., Kurinzcuk, J. J., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Boyle, E. M. & Quigley, M. A.view all authors (2022). Gestational age at birth and academic attainment in primary and secondary school in England: Evidence from a national cohort study. PLOS ONE, 17(8), article number e0271952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271952

Coathup, V., Carson, C., Kurinczuk, J. J. , Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Boyle, E. M., Johnson, S., Petrou, S. & Quigley, M. A.view all authors (2021). Associations between gestational age at birth and infection-related hospital admission rates during childhood in England: Population-based record linkage study. PLoS One, 16(9), article number e0257341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257341

Alterman, N., Johnson, S., Carson, C. , Petrou, S., Rivero-Arias, O., Kurinczuk, J. J., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Boyle, E. M. & Quigley, M. A.view all authors (2021). Gestational age at birth and child special educational needs: a UK representative birth cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(9), pp. 842-848. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320213

Favarato, G., Clemens, T., Cunningham, S.J. , Dibben, C., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Milojevic, A., Taylor, J., Wijlaars, L., Woods, R. & Hardelid, P.view all authors (2021). Air Pollution, housing and respiratory tract Infections in Children: NatIonal birth Cohort study (PICNIC): study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(5), article number e048038. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048038

Zeitlin, J., Durox, M., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 , Alexander, S., Heller, G., Loghi, M., Nijhuis, J., Sól Ólafsdóttir, H., Mierzejewska, E., Gissler, M., Blondel, B., Haidinger, G., Klimont, J., Vandervelpen, G., Zhang, W-H., Jordanova, E., Kolarova, R., Filipovic‐Grcic, B., Drausnik, Z., Rodin, U., Kyprianou, T., Scoutellas, V., Velebil, P., Mortensen, L., Sakkeus, L., Heino, A., Chantry, A., Deneux Tharaux, C., Lack, N., Antsaklis, A., Berbik, I., Bonham, S., Kearns, K., Sikora, I., Cuttini, M., Misins, J., Zile, I., Isakova, J., Billy, A., Couffignal, S., Lecomte, A., Weber, G., Gatt, M., Achterberg, P., Broeders, L., Hindori‐Mohangoo, A., Akerkar, R., Klungsøyr, K., Szamotulska, K., Barros, H., Horga, M., Tica, V., Cap, J., Tul, N., Verdenik, I., Bolumar, F., Jané, M., Alcaide, A. R., Vidal, M. J., Zurriaga, O., Kallen, K., Nyman, A., Berrut, S., Riggenbach, M., Rihs, T. A., Smith, L., Woods, R., Delnord, M. & Hocquette, A.view all authors (2020). Using Robson's Ten‐Group Classification System for comparing caesarean section rates in Europe: an analysis of routine data from the Euro‐Peristat study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 128(9), pp. 1444-1453. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16634

Coathup, V., Boyle, E. M., Carson, C. , Johnson, S., Kurinzcuk, J, Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Petrou, S., Rivero-Arias, O. & Quigley, M. A.view all authors (2020). Gestational age and hospital admissions during childhood, the TIGAR study: population-based, record linkage study in England. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 371, article number m4075. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4075

Coathup, V., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 & Quigley, M. A. (2020). Linkage of maternity hospital episode statistics birth records to birth registration and notification records for births in England 2005–2006: quality assurance of linkage. BMJ Open, 10(10), article number e037885. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037885

Roderick, P., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 & Pollock, A. M. (2020). Getting back on track: control of covid-19 outbreaks in the community. BMJ, 369, article number m2484. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2484

Newburn, M., Scanlon, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7398-3093, Plachcinski, R. ORCID: 0000-0001-9908-0773 & Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214view all authors (2020). Involving service users in Births and their outcomes: a retrospective birth cohort data linkage study analysing daily, weekly and yearly cycles and their implications for the NHS. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(3), article number 08. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v5i3.1366

Li, Y., Quigley, M. A., Macfarlane, A. J. , Jayaweera, H., Kurinczuk, J. J. & Hollowell, J.view all authors (2019). Ethnic differences in singleton preterm birth in England and Wales, 2006‐12: Analysis of national routinely collected data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 33(6), pp. 449-458. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12585

Smith, L. K., Blondel, B., Zeitlin, J. , Haidinger, G., Alexander, S., Kolarova, R., Rodin, U., Kyprianou, T., Velebil, P., Mortensen, L., Sakkeus, L., Gissler, M., Blondel, B., Heller, G., Lack, N., Antsaklis, A., Berbik, I., Olafsdottir, H., Bonham, S., Cuttini, M., Misins, J., Isakova, J., Wagener, Y., Gatt, M., Nijhuis, J., Klungsoyr, K., Szamotulska, K., Barros, H., Horga, M., Cap, J., Tul, N., Bolumar, F., Gottvall, K., Kallen, K., Berrut, S., Riggenbach, M., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Zeitlin, J, Delnord, M., Durox, M. & Hindori-Mohangoo, A.view all authors (2019). Producing valid statistics when legislation, culture, and medical practices differ for births at or before the threshold of survival: Report of a European workshop. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127(3), pp. 314-318. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15971

Kroll, M., Kurinczuk, J. J., Hollowell, J. , Macfarlane, A. J., Li, Y. & Quigley, M. A.view all authors (2019). Ethnic and socioeconomic variation in cause-specific preterm infant mortality by gestational age at birth: national cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 105(1), pp. 56-63. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316463

Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 (2019). Misleading use of FGM statistics compounds concerns about their reliability. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 364, article number l927. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l927

Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Dattani, N., Gibson, R. , Harper, G., Martin, P., Scanlon, M., Newburn, M. & Cortina-Borja, M.view all authors (2019). Births and their outcomes by time, day and year: a retrospective birth cohort data linkage study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(18), pp. 1-268. doi: 10.3310/hsdr07180

Zeitlin, J., Alexander, S., Barros, H. , Blondel, B., Delnord, M., Durox, M., Gissler, M., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D., Hocquette, A., Szamotulska, K., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 & Comm, Euro-Peristat Sciview all authors (2019). Perinatal health monitoring through a European lens: eight lessons from the Euro-Peristat report on 2015 births. BJOG, 126(13), pp. 1518-1522. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15857

Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 (2018). Re: Seven days in medicine: 28 November to 4 December 2018: Corrected figures show that numbers of reports of FGM have decreased rather than doubling. BMJ, 2018, article number 363.

Smith, L. K., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D., Delnord, M. , Durox, M., Szamotulska, K., Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Alexander, S., Barros, H., Gissler, M., Blondel, B., Zeitlin, J. & Euro-Peristat Scientific Committeeview all authors (2018). Quantifying the burden of stillbirths before 28 weeks of completed gestational age in high-income countries: a population-based study of 19 European countries. The Lancet, 392(10158), pp. 1639-1646. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31651-9

Martin, P., Cortina-Borja, M., Newburn, M. , Harper, G., Gibson, R., Dodwell, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7398-3093, Dattani, N. & Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214view all authors (2018). Timing of singleton births by onset of labour and mode of birth in NHS maternity units in England, 2005-2014: A study of linked birth registration, birth notification, and hospital episode data. PLoS ONE, 13(6), article number e0198183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198183

Li, Y., Quigley, M. A., Dattani, N. , Gray, R., Jayaweera, H., Kurinczuk, J. J., Macfarlane, A. J. & Hollowell, J.view all authors (2018). The contribution of gestational age, area deprivation and mother's country of birth to ethnic variations in infant mortality in England and Wales: A national cohort study using routinely collected data. PLoS One, 13(4), article number e0195146. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195146

Dattani, N. & Macfarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 (2018). Linkage of Maternity Hospital Episode Statistics data to birth registration and notification records for births in England 2005-2014: methods. A population-based birth cohort study.. BMJ Open, 8(2), article number e017897. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017897

Blondel, B., Cuttini, M., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D. , Gissler, M., Loghi, M., Prunet, C., Heino, A., Smith, L., van der Pal-de Bruin, K., Macfarlane, A. J. & Zeitlin, J.view all authors (2017). How do late terminations of pregnancy affect comparisons of stillbirth rates in Europe? Analyses of aggregated routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 125(2), pp. 226-234. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14767

Macfarlane, A. J., Blondel, B., Mohangoo, A. D. , Cuttini, M., Nijhuis, J., Novak, Z., Ólafsdóttir, H. S., Zeitlin, J. & Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee, .view all authors (2016). Authors' reply re: Wide differences in mode of delivery within Europe: risk-stratified analyses of aggregated routine data from the Euro-Peristat study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 123(13), article number 2231. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14140

Heinonen, A., Gissler, M., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D. , Blondel, B., Klungsoyr, K., Verdenik, I., Mierzejewska, E., Velebil, P., Ólafsdóttir, H. S., Macfarlane, A. J. & Zeitlin, J.view all authors (2016). Variations in Multiple Birth Rates and Impact on Perinatal Outcomes in Europe. PLOS ONE, 11(3), article number e0149252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149252

Zeitlin, J., Mortensen, L., Prunet, C. , Macfarlane, A. J., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D., Gissler, M., Szamotulska, K., van der Pal, K., Bolumar, F., Andersen, A.M., Olafsdottir, H.S., Zhang, W. H., Blondel, B. & Alexander, S.view all authors (2016). Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth rates in Europe: measuring the gap using routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(1), article number 15. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0804-4

Delnord, M., Szamotulska, K., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D. , Blondel, B., Macfarlane, A. J., Dattani, N., Barona, C., Berrut, S., Zile, I., Wood, R. L., Sakkeus, L., Gissler, M. & Zeitlin, J.view all authors (2016). Linking databases on perinatal health: a review of the literature and current practices in Europe. The European Journal of Public Health, 26(3), pp. 422-430. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv231

Hollowell, J., Rowe, R., Townend, J. , Knight, M., Li, Y., Linsell, L., Redshaw, M., Brocklehurst, P., Macfarlane, A. J., Marlow, N., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Sandall, J. & Silverton, L.view all authors (2015). The Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study: further analyses to enhance policy and service delivery decision-making for planned place of birth. Health Service and Delivery Research, 3(36), pp. 1-264. doi: 10.3310/hsdr03360

Li, Y., Townend, J., Rowe, R. , Brocklehurst, P., Knight, M., Linsell, L., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Marlow, N., Pasupathy, D., Redshaw, M., Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Hollowell, J.view all authors (2015). Perinatal and maternal outcomes in planned home and obstetric unit births in women at ‘higher risk’ of complications: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 122(5), pp. 741-753. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13283

Husain, S. M., Wilks, M., Mupita, M. , Reddy, S. P., Hennessy, E. M., Macfarlane, A. J. & Millar, M. R.view all authors (2014). Diversity and stability of cultured vaginal lactobacilli in pregnant women from a multi-ethnic urban UK population. Journal Of Applied Microbiology, 117(1), pp. 258-265. doi: 10.1111/jam.12506

Macfarlane, A. J., Rocca-Ihenacho, L. & Turner, L. R. (2014). Survey of women׳s experiences of care in a new freestanding midwifery unit in an inner city area of London, England: 2. Specific aspects of care. Midwifery, 30(9), pp. 1009-1020. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.05.008

Rowe, R., Townsend, J. L., Brocklehurst, P. , Knight, M., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Redshaw, M., Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Hollowell, J.view all authors (2014). Service configuration, unit characteristics and variation in intervention rates in a national sample of obstetric units in England: an exploratory analysis. BMJ Open, 4(5), article number e005551. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005551

Macfarlane, A. J., Rocca-Ihenacho, L., Turner, L. R. & Roth, C.view all authors (2014). Survey of women's experiences of care in a new freestanding midwifery unit in an inner city area of London, England - 1: Methods and women׳s overall ratings of care. Midwifery, 30(9), pp. 998-1008. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.03.013

Rowe, R., Townend, J., Brocklehurst, P. , Knight, M., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Redshaw, M., Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Hollowell, J.view all authors (2013). Duration and urgency of transfer in births planned at home and in freestanding midwifery units in England: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13(1), article number 224. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-224

Scamell, M., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C. , Rayment, J., Sunderland, J. & Stewart, M.view all authors (2013). NICE on Caesarean Section: NICE says caesarean section is not available on demand unless clinically indicated. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 347(jul30 ), article number f4649. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4649

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Datta-Nemdharry, P., Dattani, N. & Macfarlane, A. J. (2012). Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data. BMJ Open, 2(3), article number e001088. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001088

Pollock, A. M., Macfarlane, A. J. & Godden, S. (2012). Dismantling the signposts to public health? NHS data under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 344(344), article number e2364. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2364

Dattani, N., Datta-Nemdharry, P. & Macfarlane, A. J. (2012). Linking maternity data for England 2007: methods and data quality. Health Statistics Quarterly, 53(53), pp. 4-21.

Datta-Nemdharry, P., Dattani, N. & Macfarlane, A. J. (2012). Linking maternity data for Wales, 2005-07: methods and data quality. Health Statistics Quarterly, 54(54), pp. 1-24.

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Dattani, N., Datta-Nemdharry, P. & Macfarlane, A. J. (2011). Linking maternity data for England, 2005-06: methods and data quality. Health Statistics Quarterly, 49(1), pp. 53-79. doi: 10.1057/hsq.2011.3

Brocklehurst, P., Puddicombe, D., Hollowell, J. , Stewart, M., Linsell, L., Macfarlane, A. J. & McCourt, C.view all authors (2011). Perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 343(nov23 ), article number d7400. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7400

Urquia, M. L., Glazier, R. H., Blondel, B. , Zeitlin, J., Gissler, M., Macfarlane, A. J., Ng, E., Heaman, M., Stray-Pedersen, B., Gagnon, A. J. & for the ROAM Collaborationview all authors (2010). International migration and adverse birth outcomes: role of ethnicity, region of origin and destination. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(3), pp. 243-251. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.083535

Dibben, C., Sigala, M. & Macfarlane, A. J. (2006). Area deprivation, individual factors and low birth weight in England: is there evidence of an "area effect''?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60(12), pp. 1053-1059. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.042853

Ahmed, S., Macfarlane, A. J., Naylor, J. & Hastings, J.view all authors (2006). Evaluating bilingual peer support for breastfeeding in a local Sure Start. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(8), pp. 467-470. doi: 10.12968/bjom.2006.14.8.21640

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Hollowell, J., Puddicombe, D., Rowe, R. , Linsell, L., Hardy, P., Stewart, M., Newburn, M., McCourt, C., Sandall, J., Macfarlane, A. J., Silverton, L. & Brocklehurst, P.view all authors (2011). The Birthplace national prospective cohort study: perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth Birthplace in England research programme. (Final report part 4). Southampton: HMSO.

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