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Letters June 2004
... exemption certificates and elderly drivers. Section 220(5) of the Motor Vehicle Act permits a practitioner to sign a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... can result in significant intracranial injury or death. [3-5] Shaken baby syndrome occurs primarily in children younger ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC October 2004
... recent data indicate a mean blood mercury of 0.3 ppb (1.5 nmol/L) in children aged 1 to 5 and a mean of 1.2 ppb (6 nmol/L) in women aged 16 to 49. ... contained mercury at twice the Canadian guideline of 0.5 ppm. Investigation of exposure in the second case is still ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH May 2004
... have sex with men (MSM). Here, prior to 2003, fewer than 5% of individuals with infectious syphilis identified ... Eastside to improve access to both testing and treatment. [5]  Community-based programs to enhance condom use in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... sites in the cardiovascular system ( Table 3 ). [4-5] Ventricular dysfunction includes both diastolic and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC September 2004
... suggest that if the onset of AD could be delayed by 5 years, the prevalence would be reduced by 50% within that ... of dementia cases ( Table ), doubling in prevalence every 5 years after age 65. [8]  The key clinical phenotypic ... Mixed  Unclassifiable  Other Percentage (%) 47.2 8.7 5.4 2.5 33.8 1.8 0.6 Source: Adapted from Feldman H, Levy AR, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... found in sexual abuse victims, with a prevalence of 2% to 5% [1]  and concurrent chlamydia infection is common. [4] ... with primary or secondary disease beyond early infancy. [4,5,8]  The incubation period for primary syphilis is 10 to 90 ... the infection through sexual abuse is unknown. [1,5]  Genital herpes is characterized by painful, vesicular or ...
Letters November 2004
... for Health Technology Assessment published in 1999 [5]  differs from other guideline groups in that they are the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB July/August 2004
... in promoting personal privacy, such as the NGO TRUST.e. [5] A loss of privacy can arise in unexpected ways. For ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... needs are not met, resulting in harm or potential harm. [5]  It occurs in the following situations: • When a parent ... health problems inadequately identified or treated? Yes No 5. Are the child’s educational needs being neglected? Yes ...