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Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors in Canadian-born and Immigrant Children and Youth in the Canadian Health Measures Survey
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Immigrants make up almost 20% of Canada’s population. Recent adult immigrants to Canada are generally in better health than those born in Canada. However, we know little about whether this is also the case in children. We compared mean levels and prevalence of adverse levels of CVD risk factors...
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Cardiovascular Risk According to Plasma Apolipoprotein and Lipid Profiles in a Canadian First Nation
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Riediger, Natalie D., Bruce, Sharon G., Young, T. Kue
"Introduction: Despite high diabetes rates among Canadian First Nations people, little is known about their cardiovascular disease risk. Our aim was to describe the apolipoprotein profile with respect to cardiovascular risk in a Canadian First Nation community. Methods: In 2003, a representative...
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2012-10-13
Johnson, Jeffrey A., Rees, Sandra E., Storie, Dale A., Lau, Darren, Hu, Jia, Majumdar, Sumit R.
Categories of quality improvement interventions used in Lau D, Hu J, Majumdar SR, Storie DA, Rees SE, Johnson JA. Interventions to Improve Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among Community-Dwelling Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of Family Medicine 2012 (Accepted...
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Cellular level/distribution of γ-secretase subunit nicastrin and its modulator p23 in the brain
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The processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β- and γ-secretases produces amyloid β (Aβ) peptide, the principal component of the neuritic plaques found in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. The enzyme γ-secretase is a multimeric protein consisting of presenilins-1/2 (PS1/PS2), nicastrin,...
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Challenges for Resource Allocation, Decision Making and Consideration of Social Values for Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Canadian Populations
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Introduction: Health care system decision makers face challenges in allocating resources for screening, diagnosis and therapies for hepatitis C, caused by the highly infectious and blood borne hepatitis C virus (HCV) (WHO, 2014). Approximately 240,000 individuals are infected with HCV in Canada...
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Chapter 5 Supplement A: Included and Excluded Studies
2012-08-17
Chapter 5, Supplement A of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains certain methodological details, as well as...
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Chapter 5 Supplement B: Meta-Analyses of Quality Improvement Interventions – Influenza Vaccinations
Chapter 5 Supplement B: Meta-Analyses of Quality Improvement Interventions – Influenza Vaccinations
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Chapter 5, Supplement B of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains forest plots from meta-analyses of...
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Chapter 5 Supplement C: Meta-Analyses of Quality Improvement Interventions – Pneumococcal Vaccinations
Chapter 5 Supplement C: Meta-Analyses of Quality Improvement Interventions – Pneumococcal Vaccinations
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Chapter 5, Supplement C of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains forest plots from meta-analyses of...
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Chapter 5 Supplement D: Sub-Stratified Quality Improvement Interventions and Numbers Needed to Treat
Chapter 5 Supplement D: Sub-Stratified Quality Improvement Interventions and Numbers Needed to Treat
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Chapter 5, Supplement D of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains additional figures and tables from data...
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Characterizing physical activity documentation patterns and curriculum of Canadian family physicians
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Family physicians (FP) can be meaningful advocates to support patients to attain the benefits of physical activity (PA); however, the PA-related documentation FPs make in electronic medical records (EMR) is largely unknown. The purpose of this dissertation was to conduct three studies: to examine...