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  • Koehoorn M: Employment and work safety among 12 to 14 year olds: listening to parents

    January 14, 2016

    Usher AM, Breslin C, MacEachen E, Koehoorn M, Laberge M, Laberge L, Ledoux E, Wong I.  Employment and work safety among 12 to 14 year olds: Listening to parents. BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 1; 14:1021. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1021. PMID: 25270607.

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  • Harris D: Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement on acute ischemic stroke

    January 14, 2016

    Harris D, Hall C, Lobay K, McRae A, Monroe T, Perry JJ, Shearing A, Wollam G, Goddard T, Lang E. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement on acute ischemic stroke. CJEM. 2015 Mar; 17(2): 217–26. doi: 10.1017/cem.2015.26. PMID: 26120643.

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  • Henrich N: Microbial water quality communication: Public and practitioner insights from British Columbia, Canada

    January 14, 2016

    Dunn G, Henrich N, Holmes B, Harris L, Prystajecky N. Microbial water quality communication: Public and practitioner insights from British Columbia, Canada. J Water Health. 2014 Sep; 12(3):584–95. doi: 10.2166/wh.2014.126. PMID: 25252362.

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  • Torchalla I, Strehlau V, Krausz M: Violence, trauma, and addiction in pregnant and postpartum women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

    January 14, 2016

    Torchalla I, Linden IA, Strehlau V, Neilson EK, Krausz M. “Like a lots happened with my whole childhood”: Violence, trauma, and addiction in pregnant and postpartum women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Harm Reduct J. 2015 Jan 12; 12:1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-12-1. PMID: 25971892.

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  • Bansback N, Anis A, Wong H: Projecting the direct cost burden of osteoarthritis in Canada using a microsimulation model

    January 14, 2016

    Sharif B, Kopec J, Bansback N, Rahman MM, Flanagan WM, Wong H, Fines P, Anis A. Projecting the direct cost burden of osteoarthritis in Canada using a microsimulation model. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Jun 5. pii: S1063-4584(15)01186-3. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.05.029. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26050868.

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  • Bansback N: Exclusion criteria in national health state valuation studies: A systematic review

    February 18, 2017

    Engel L, Bansback N, Bryan S, Doyle-Waters MM, Whitehurst DG. Exclusion criteria in national health state valuation studies: A systematic review. Med Decis Making. 2016 Oct;36(7):798-810. doi: 10.1177/0272989X15595365. Epub 2015 Jul 24.

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  • Bansback N: Physician attitudes toward shared decision-making

    January 14, 2016

    Pollard S, Bansback N, Bryan S. Physician attitudes toward shared decision-making: A systematic review. Patient Educ Couns. 2015 May 23. pii: S0738-3991(15)00225-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26138158.

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  • Barbour SJ: A multicenter randomized controlled trial of rituximab versus cyclosporine

    January 14, 2016

    Fervenza FC, Canetta PA, Barbour SJ, Lafayette RA, Rovin BH, Aslam N, Hladunewich MA, Irazabal MV, Sethi S, Gipson DS, Reich HN, Brenchley P, Kretzier M, Radhakrishnan J, Hebert LA, Gipson PE, Thomas LF, McCarthy ET, Appel GB, Jefferson JA, Eirin A, Lieske JC, Hogan MC, Greene EL, Dillon JJ, Leung N, Sedor JR, Rizk DV, Blumenthal SS, Lasic LB, Juncos LA, Green DF, Simon J, Sussman AN, Philibert D, Cattran DC. A multicenter randomized controlled trial of rituximab versus cyclosporine in the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (MENTOR). Nephron. 2015; 130(3):15968. doi: 10.1159/000430849. Epub 2015 Jun 12. PMID: 26087670.

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  • Cundiff GW. Feasibility of implementing a standardized clinical performance indicator to evaluate the quality of obstetrical care in British Columbia

    January 14, 2016

    Hutcheon JA, Lee L, Joseph KS, Kinniburgh B, Cundiff GW. Feasibility of implementing a standardized clinical performance indicator to evaluate the quality of obstetrical care in British Columbia. Matern Child Health J. Epub ahead of print 2015 Jul 14. PMID: 26169814.

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  • Levin A; A study examining the bias of albumin and albumin/creatinine ratio measurements in urine

    May 29, 2015

    Jacobson BE, Seccombe DW, Katayev A, Levin A. A study examining the bias of albumin and albumin/creatinine ratio measurements in urine. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2015 Mar 28. pii: /j/cclm.ahead-of-print/cclm-2014-1105/cclm-2014-1105.xml. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1105. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25822322.

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  • Levin A; Executive summary of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: developing a roadmap to improving quality care

    May 29, 2015

    Davison SN, Levin A, Moss AH, Jha V, Brown EA, Brennan F, Murtagh FE, Naicker S, Germain MJ, O’Donoghue DJ, Morton RL, Obrador GT. Executive summary of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: Developing a roadmap to improving quality care. Kidney Int. 2015 Apr 29. doi:10.1038/ki.2015.110. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25923985.

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  • Li Linda; Rheumatologists’ Views and Perceived Barriers to Using Patient Decision Aids in Clinical Practice

    May 29, 2015

    Zong JY, Leese J, Klemm A, Sayre EC, Memetovic J, Esdaile JM, Li LC. Rheumatologists’ views and perceived barriers to using patient decision aids in clinical practice. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 May 4. doi: 10.1002/acr.22605. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25941019.

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