Clinical Articles /
BY: Leila Srour, MD
January/February 2000
... Methods Active influenza surveillance has been in place in British Columbia since 1976 and is routinely conducted from ... Active surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI) in British Columbia has been routinely conducted from October to ... Clinical Articles The 1997–98 influenza A epidemic in British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC
March 2000
... workers has been made yearly by NACI since 1986, and in British Columbia, influenza vaccine has been provided free to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Iain G.M. Cleator, MB, CHB, FRCSC, FRCSE, FRCS, FACS
April 2000
... Clinical Articles Screening for colorectal cancer in British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Greg Hislop, MD
April 2000
... 9% of new invasive cancer diagnosed worldwide.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, incidence rates for CRC are among the ... summarizes the trends in CRC incidence and mortality in British Columbia, reviews lifestyle and other environmental ...
Editorials /
BY: G.I. McGregor, MD, FRCSC, FACS
April 2000
The British Columbia Cancer Agency subdivides responsibility for ... our meetings the concept of a group of articles for the British Columbia Medical Journal on colorectal cancer ... lead author of ‘‘ Screening for colorectal cancer in British Columbia ,’’ has long championed the cause of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David J. Klaassen, MD, FRCPC
May 2000
... cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in British Columbia and the world.[ 1 ] Approximately two-thirds ... for CEA monitored patients. A large (n = 1447) randomized British trial[ 12 ] comparing CEA monitoring with no CEA has ...
Editorials /
BY: G.I. McGregor, MD, FRCSC, FACS
May 2000
Last month, the British Columbia Medical Journal published the first three ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Colin Hansen, MLA
June 2000
An episode of the popular British sit-com Yes Minister showed the minister of health ... Nightingale Award for most hygienic hospital in the British Isles. Unfortunately, that’s not far from what’s ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC
June 2000
... to health-care delivery will become pervasive. Medicine in British Columbia will change enormously in the next 25 years. ... of new knowledge from research are made available to British Columbians in an equitable, up-to-date, and ... will continue to fulfill this responsibility, and that British Columbians will benefit from a health-care system ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC
June 2000
... hour. Twenty species inhabit Canada and 16 species live in British Columbia.[ 4 ] In protecting humans from the risk of ... Ms Laura Friis, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, British Columbia; Dr Don Olson, program officer, Animal ...