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2014-03-01

Newton, Amanda, Odenbach, Jeffrey, Curtis, Sarah J., Gokiert, Rebecca, Campbell, Sandy, Falconer, Cathy, Courchesne, Craig

Abstract Background: Pediatric injury is highly prevalent and has significant impact both physically and emotionally. The majority of pediatric injuries are treated in emergency departments (EDs), where treatment of physical injuries is the main focus. In addition to physical trauma, children...

2010

Rosychuk, Rhonda J., Torabi, Mahmoud

This paper studies generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) for the analysis of geographic and temporal variability of disease rates. This class of models adopts spatially correlated random effects and random temporal components. Spatio-temporal models that use conditional autoregressive smoothing...

2011

Kirpalani Haresh M., Kumar Manoj

Despite several national programs to reduce infant mortality, India had repeatedly failed to achieve its set targets for infant mortality. There are approximately one million neonatal deaths in India each year which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the infant deaths in India. India’s current...

1998

Wells GA, Tugwell P, Belseck E, Suarez-Almazor ME, Shea B

2012-07-01

Rosychuk, Rhonda J., Patrick J., Amanda S., Ali, Samina , Dong, Kathryn A.

OBJECTIVE: Understanding the temporality of mental health presentations to the emergency department (ED) during the 24-hour cycle, day of the week, and month of the year may facilitate strategic planning of ED-based mental health services. METHODS: Data on 30,656 ED presentations for mental...

2009

Wu T, Adams D, Vohra S, Yang X, Tai S

2011

Osornio-Vargas, A., Wine, Osnat, Hackett, Cian, Campbell, Sandy

Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) are national databases of chemical releases reported by industry to governments. The importance of pollutants to health is well documented, however the use of PRTR data to study relationships between health outcomes and pollution has not been...

2013-09-12

Wine, Osnat, Hackett, Cian, Buka, Irena, Zaiane, Osmar, Osornio-Vargas, Alvaro Roman, Devito, Stephen C., Campbell, Sandy, Cabrera-Riviera, Orlando

Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) collect and provide information on chemicals released to the environment or otherwise managed as waste. They support the public’s right–to-know and provide useful information in gauging performance of facilities, sectors and governments. The extent...

2015

Robinson Joan, Nicholson Katharine, Vandermeer Ben, Kumar Manoj, Nasir Fareeha

Background: It is not clear how physicians currently use clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Objectives: The objective was to describe how Canadian pediatric residents and pediatricians use CPGs and to identify barriers to CPG use. Methods: Pediatric emergency physicians and general...