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  • Anis A: Administrative Osteoarthritis Diagnosis

    March 31, 2017

    Rahman MM, Kopec JA, Goldsmith CH, Anis AH, Cibere J. Validation of administrative osteoarthritis diagnosis using a clinical and radiological population-based cohort. Int J Rheumatol. 2016;2016:6475318. doi: 10.1155/2016/6475318. Epub 2016 Dec 29.

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  • Humphries KH: Baseline insulin and glucose with carotid atherosclerosis

    January 31, 2017

    Fowokan AO, Lesser IA, Humphries KH, Mancini JG, Lear SA. The predictive relationship between baseline insulin and glucose with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis after 5 years in a multi-ethnic cohort. Atherosclerosis. 2017 Feb;257:146-51. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.12.013. Epub 2016 Dec 15.

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  • Spittal PM: Social Determinants of Substance Use

    February 3, 2017

    Shahram SZ, Bottorff JL, Oelke ND, Kurtz DL, Thomas V, Spittal PM; for The Cedar Project Partnership. Mapping the social determinants of substance use for pregnant-involved young Aboriginal women. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2017 Dec;12(1):1275155. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2016.1275155. Epub 2017 Jan 23.

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  • Gill JS: Obese kidney transplant

    February 1, 2017

    Lesage J, Gill JS. Management of the obese kidney transplant candidate. Transplant Rev. 2017 Jan 12 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.trre.2016.12.002.

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  • Levin A: Biomarker profiles, CKD etiology, mortality

    February 9, 2017

    Langsford D, Tang M, Cheikh Hassan HI, Djurdjev O, Sood MM, Levin A. The association between biomarker profiles, etiology of chronic kidney disease, and mortality. Am J Nephrol. 2017 Feb 2;45(3):226-34. doi: 10.1159/000454991.

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  • Brown CJ: Impact of travel distance and urban-rural status

    February 3, 2017

    Loree JM, Javaheri KR, Lefresne SV, Speers CH, Ruan JY, Chang JT, Brown CJ, Kennecke HF, Olson RA, Cheung WY. Impact of travel distance and urban-rural status on the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer. J Rural Health. 2016 Oct 7. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1111/jrh.12219.

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  • Humphries KH: a plaque disruption index

    February 3, 2017

    Al-Mohaissen MA, Carere RG, Mancini GBJ, Humphries KH, Whalen BA, Lee T, Scheuermeyer FX, Ignaszewski AP. A plaque disruption index identifies patients with non-STE-Type 1 myocardial infarction within 24 hours of troponin positivity. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 6;11(10):e0164315. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164315.

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  • Koehoorn M: Hospital support services

    February 3, 2017

    Siganporia P, Astrakianakis G, Alamgir H, Ostry A, Nicol A-M, Koehoorn M. Hospital support services and the impacts of outsourcing on occupational health and safety. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2016 Oct;22(4):274-82. Epub 2016 Oct 4. doi:10.1080/10773525.2016.1227035.

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  • Palepu A, Gadermann A: Predictors of homelessness

    February 3, 2017

    To MJ, Palepu A, Aubry T, Nisenbaum R, Gogosis E, Gadermann A, Cherner R, Farrell S, Misir V, Hwang SW. Predictors of homelessness among vulnerably housed adults in 3 Canadian cities: a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Oct 3;16(1):1041. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3711-8.

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  • Lynd LD: Do inhaled corticosteroids protect

    February 3, 2017

    Raymakers AJN, McCormick N, Marra CA, FitzGerald JM, Sin D, Lynd LD. Do inhaled corticosteroids protect against lung cancer in patients with COPD? A systematic review. Respirology. 2017 Jan;22(1):61-70. Epub 2016 Oct 19. doi:10.1111/resp.12919.

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  • Bansback N: The Rheumatology Informatics System

    February 3, 2017

    Yazdany J, Bansback N, Clowse MEB, Collier D, Law K, Liao K, Michaud K, Morgan-DeWitt E, Oates J, Orozco C, Reimold A, Simard JF, Myslinski R, Kazi S. The Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE): A national informatics-enabled registry for quality improvement. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Dec;68(12):1866-73. doi:10.1002/acr.23089.

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  • Barbour SJ: Frequently relapsing anti-glomerular

    February 3, 2017

    Gu B, Magil AB, Barbour SJ. Frequently relapsing anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease with changing clinical phenotype and antibody characteristics over time. Clin Kidney J. 2016 Oct;9(5):661-4. Epub 2016 Jun 19. doi:10.1093/ckj/sfw048.

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