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Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... were taking personal responsibility for their health.”[ 4 ] Subsequently, the BC Cancer Agency made arrangements to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Strang MD, FRCPC December 2012
... has a population of 940 000; less than 25% of BC’s 4.5 million population. In 2001 the Central Nova correctional ... for policymakers and prison management and health staff.[ 4 ]  Characteristics of women in prison Many of the ... of women varies between 2% and 9%, with a median of 4.3% in 2006.[ 5 ] Prisons have usually been built and are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH December 2012
... system houses 2800 individuals, of whom 10% are women.[ 4 ] However, because of short prison stays and high ... for crimes associated with sub­stance abuse,[ 4 ] there is a greater prevalence of bloodborne infections ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... is limited. For example, a single observational study[ 4 ] supports the use of portable high-efficiency particulate ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... recent Cochrane review has highlighted these limitations,[ 4 ] pointing out that in a good year it takes 33 vaccine ... year and a 25% chance in a “good match” year.[ 4 ]  Serious adverse events from the vaccine are rare, and ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC December 2012
... example of an adverse reaction to ephedra/ephedrine. On 4 June 1997 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jannemé Frouws, MBChB, CCFP, December 2012
... 2 diabetes or at least IGT, his HDL is 0.81, his LDL is 4.8, his TGL are 3.4. He was referred to a cardiologist because he was short of ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... society promoted the rescue of drowning people, and paid 4 guineas (about $160 today) to anyone who successfully ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2012
... is 5.0 per 100 000 people.[ 1 ] In BC we currently have 4.0 general surgeons for every 100 000 people and the number ... be 232 general surgeons in BC, which has a population of 4 639 577. The number of general surgeons needed in 2022 in ... decreased from 5.6 days (95% CI, 5.2–5.9) in 1992 to 4.6 days (95% CI, 4.3–5.0) in 2012 (P = .011). The number ...
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