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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Paul Hasselback, MD, FRCPC, May 2007
... The Air Quality Health Index is the result of more than 5 years of research and development by a pan-Canadian team of ... of the indicator pollutants—ozone, (fine particles), PM2.5, and nitrogen dioxide. Presented as an open-ended scale of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... tested. Results IMG physicians were found to make up 29.5% (n=80) of the 271 psychiatrists with a UBC Department of ... was consistent with previously published research.[ 5 ],[ 6 ] In general, female faculty members were ... (n=82) of Canadian-educated female psychiatrists ( table 5 ). Both Canadian-educated and IMG female psychiatrists were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dafna Rippel, MD, MAH, January/February 2007
... in 1995 by Boushey and colleagues suggested that for each 5 µmol/L increase in homocysteine there was a 70% higher ... that “is independent of other known risk factors.” [5]  While these and other studies revealed a strong ... within 7 days of beginning therapy were followed for 5 years on average. The primary endpoints were recurrent ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC June 2007
... may reduce overall incidence of respiratory illnesses. [5]  But school closures during past pandemics of influenza ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Williams, MD, November 2007
I couldn’t agree more with Dr Salvian ( BCMJ  2007;5:227 ) that medical journals and physicians should be ...
Back Page / BY: Jay Draper April 2007
... with the other 3300 passengers on the cruise. The 12.5 hours of accredited CME was provided by the Journal’s ... Canada and the United States, were asked to evaluate, on a 5-point scale (with 5 being excellent), all sessions. The lowest-rated session ...
Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD September 2007
... years ago (gasp!), the C-section rate threatened to exceed 5%. Accordingly, a portion of every monthly hospital meeting ...
Premise / BY: Shalinder Arneja, MD, MHSc, December 2007
... immunizations. The Canadian Chiro­practic Association[ 5 ] should be commended as they recognize the health benefit ...
News / BY: Kwadwo Ohene Asante, BChB, January/February 2007
... Canadian guidelines for diagnosis. CMAJ;2005:172 [5 suppl]) an adequate assessment should not be difficult. ... profession. The Arthritis Society is currently raising $3.5 million to establish an endowed Chair in Pediatric ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... per patient. The current funding for prevention is only 5% of the new funds allocated to GP Services in the 2006 ...