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Assessing health care in Canada’s North: what can we learn from national and regional surveys?
Download2015-07-24
Young, T. Kue, Ng, Carmina, Chatwood, Susan
"Background: Health surveys are a rich source of information on a variety of health issues, including health care. Objectives: This article compares various national and regional surveys in terms of their geographical coverage with respect to the Canadian North, especially their Aboriginal...
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2011-11-10
Background: A decade after the civil war, Sierra Leone still struggles to provide health services to its rural and remote communities. Primary healthcare delivery is challenged not only by dilapidated infrastructure and resource constraints, but by weak governance. Strengthening participation,...
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Assigning Causality to Anti-Cancer Agents: Decision Making in Early Phase Oncology Clinical Trials
Assigning Causality to Anti-Cancer Agents: Decision Making in Early Phase Oncology Clinical Trials
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Arnold, A., Torti, J., Cosby, J.
This presentation was given at Applied Research in Cancer Control Conference (2013), Sheraton Vancouver All Centre, Vancouver, BC.
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Association between the -455T>C promoter polymorphism of the APOC3 gene and the metabolic syndrome in a multi-ethnic sample
Download2007-12-20
Pollex, Rebecca L., Ban, Matthew R., Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Anand, Sonia S., Yusuf, Salim, Zinman, Bernard, Harris, Stewart B., Hanley, Anthony J. G., Connelly, Philip W., Huff, Murray W., Hegele, Robert A.
"Background: Common polymorphisms in the promoter of the APOC3 gene have been associated with hypertriglyceridemia and may impact on phenotypic expression of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The rs7566605 marker, located near the INSIG2 gene, has been found to be associated with obesity, making it...
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Association between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and the metabolic syndrome in a non-Caucasian multi-ethnic sample
Download2008-03-13
Al-Attar, Salam A., Pollex, Rebecca L., Ban, Matthew R., Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Anand, Sonia S., Yusuf, Salim, Zinman, Bernard, Harris, Stewart B., Hanley, Anthony J. G., Connelly, Philip W., Huff, Murray W., Hegele, Robert A.
"Background: The rs9939609 T>A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the FTO gene has previously been found to be associated with obesity in European Caucasian samples. The objective of this study is to examine whether this association extends to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and applies in...
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Backcountry Travel Emergencies in Arctic Canada: A Pilot Study in Public Health Surveillance
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Young, Stephanie K., Tabish, Taha B., Pollock, Nathaniel J., Young, T. Kue
"Residents in the Canadian Arctic regularly travel in remote, backcountry areas. This can pose risks for injuries and death, and create challenges for emergency responders and health systems. We aimed to describe the extent and characteristics of media-reported backcountry travel emergencies in...
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Biomonitoring and elimination of Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) through perspiration: Blood, Urine, and Sweat (BUS) Study.
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Genuis, S.J., Birkholz, D., Beesoon, S.
Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are man-made organofluorine chemicals manufactured and marketed for their stain-resistant properties. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are anthropogenic organochlorine compounds previously used in various industrial and chemical applications prior to being banned...