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Outdoor Air Pollution and Children´s Asthma in the Census Metropolitan Area of Edmonton, Alberta: the Influence of Place of Residence and Socioeconomic Position
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Background: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in children and air pollution has been implicated in its development and exacerbations worldwide. The Census Metropolitan Area of Edmonton (CMAE), Alberta, has unique air pollution sources (traffic and industrial related air...
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Inequalities by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Position in the Incidence and Survival of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the United States
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Background: Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer in the United States. The incidence and survival of childhood ALL have been reported to be closely associated with race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position (SEP). However, the relationship between SEP...
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Fall 2019
The development of efficacious anticancer therapies has significantly improved the prognosis of childhood cancer patients at the price of predisposing survivors to extensive chronic health problems. Although not fatal, reducing treatment-related hearing loss (ototoxicity) among childhood cancer...
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Climbing the Mountain Together: Describing the Spiritual Experience of Couples who Have a Child with Cancer
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The purpose of this study is to provide initial evidence to describe how spirituality is involved in the experience of couples who have a child with cancer. This study used an Interpretive Description (I.D.) method which was designed to study health and illness. The outcome is a description of...