Nuha El Sharif
Public Health
Al-Quds University
Israel
Biography
Dr El Sharif has a doctoral degree in medical sciences-epidemiology from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven-Belgium. She joined Al Quds university-Faculty of Public health in year 1998. For the past 10 years, she was the research coordinator of several international projects. Also, she worked as a consultant for several international organizations. In addition, she was the board's head of the Health Forum in Palestine, an NGO, for 5 years.
Research Interest
Environmental lead exposure, Environmental asthma and allergy exposures, Chronic diseases that is related to lifestyles such as diabetes, complementary feeding, smoking, Disorders and exposure to environmental pollutants.
Publications
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Hamzeh Al Zabadi and Nuha El Sharif. Risk factors for asthma severity among emergency rooms attendees, Palestine. Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Jun;22(3):208-13.
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Flohr C, Weinmayr G, Weiland SK, Addo-Yobo E, Annesi-Maesano I, Björkstén B, Bråbäck L, Büchele G, Chico M, Cooper P, Clausen M, El Sharif N, Martinez Gimeno A, Mathur RS, von Mutius E, Morales Suarez-Varela M, Pearce N, Svabe V, Wong GW, Yu M, Zhong NS, Williams HC; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. How well do questionnaires perform compared with physical examination in detecting flexural eczema? Findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Br J Dermatol 2009;161:846-53.
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Genuneit J & Cantelmo J, Weinmayr G, Wong GWK, Cooper PJ, Riikjärv M-A, Gotua M, Kabesch M, von Mutius E, Forastiere F, Crane J, Nystad W, El Sharif N, Batlles Garrido J, GarcÃa Marcos L, GarcÃa Hernández G, Morales Suarez-Varela M, Nilsson L, BrÃ¥bäck L, Saraçlar Y, Weiland SK †, Cookson WOC, Strachan D, Moffatt MF and the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. A multi-centre study of candidate genes for wheeze and allergy. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase Two. Clin Exp Allergy 2009;39:1875-88.
