Improving Public Health Policy through Infection Transmission Modelling: Guidelines for Creating a Community of Practice by Seyed M Moghadas, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Harpa Isfeld-Kiely, Joel Kettner

“…BACKGROUND: Despite significant research efforts in Canada, real application of modelling in public health decision making and practice has not yet met its full potential. …”
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The Identification of Lynch Syndrome in British Columbia by Carol M Cremin, Linlea Armstrong, Sharlene Gill, David Huntsman, Chris Bajdik

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Ethnic Variation in the Annual Rates of Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Patients in Vancouver, British Columbia by Birinder K Mangat, Chad Evaschesen, Tim Lee, Eric M Yoshida, Baljinder Salh

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Quality Indicators for the Assessment and Management of Pain in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review by Antonia S Stang, Lisa Hartling, Cassandra Fera, David Johnson, Samina Ali

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Pediatric Sand Aspiration Managed Using Bronchoscopy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Khaled Baqais, Meagan Mahoney, Kathleen Tobler, Anita Hui, Mary Noseworthy

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An Estimate of Wolverine Density for the Canadian Province of Alberta by Jason T. Fisher, Mehnaz Jahid, Robin Gutsell, Anne Hubbs, Laura L. E. Cowen, Mirjam Barrueto, Nicole Heim, John Paczkowski

“…ABSTRACT Wolverines (Gulo gulo) are a circumboreal species that has experienced substantial range reduction worldwide. In Canada, the wolverine has been extirpated entirely from the east, and from prairie regions in the west. …”
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Examining the effect of salbutamol use in ozone air pollution by people with exercise‐induced bronchoconstriction by Bennett T. Stothers, Andy Hung, Patric E. O. Gonçalves, Lulu X. Pei, Tessa van deKerkhof, Jem I. Arnold, Owen D. Harris, Nadine Borduas‐Dedekind, Andrew W. Sheel, Michael S. Koehle

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Prevalence, and Intellectual Outcome of Unilateral Focal Cortical Brain Damage as a Function of Age, Sex and Aetiology by C. M. J. Braun, I. Montour-Proulx, S. Daigneault, I. Rouleau, S. Kuehn, M. Piskopos, G. Desmarais, F. Lussier, C. Rainville

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Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study by Tony Reiman, Robin Urquhart, Lindsay McLaren, Cameron MacLellan, Paul Kershaw, Ronald D Kneebone, Daniel J Dutton

“…Introduction Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada, and cases are expected to rise by 83% between 2012 and 2042. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society: Presenting a New Process for Clinical Practice Guideline Production by Samir Gupta, Onil K Bhattacharyya, Melissa C Brouwers, Elizabeth A Estey, Margaret B Harrison, Paul Hernandez, Valerie A Palda, Louis-Philippe Boulet

“…Ultimately, it is anticipated that these changes will have a significant impact on the quality of care and clinical outcomes of individuals suffering from respiratory diseases across Canada.…”
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Care partner experience with telepresence robots in long-term care during COVID-19 pandemic by Grace Hu, Joey Wong, Lily Haopu Ren, Sarah Kleiss, Annette Berndt, Lily Wong, Ali Hussein, Nazia Ahmed, Jim Mann, Lillian Hung

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Evaluation and Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life for Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus by Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) System by Frank Mo, Howard Morrison, Bernard C.K. Choi, Lianne Vardy

“…In particular, results from this study suggest the need to address ways of reducing the burden of diabetes associated with health behaviours, and increasing the quality of life for the individuals with diabetes in Canada.…”
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Colonic Stents for Colorectal Cancer Are Seldom Used and Mainly for Palliation of Obstruction: A Population-Based Study by Anna M. Borowiec, Charlie S. K. Wang, Elaine Yong, Calvin Law, Natalie Coburn, Rinku Sutradhar, Nancy Baxter, Lawrence Paszat, Jill Tinmouth

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Desiccation as a suitable alternative to cold-storage of phyllosphere samples for DNA-based microbial community analyses by Emily Smenderovac, Karelle Rheault, Marie-Ange Moisan, Caroline Emilson, Élodie Brazeau, Marie-Josée Morency, Patrick Gagné, Vincent Maire, Erik Emilson, Lisa Venier, Christine Martineau

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Muscarinic acetylcholine type 1 receptor antagonism activates TRPM3 to augment mitochondrial function and drive axonal repair in adult sensory neurons by Sanjana Chauhan, Darrell R. Smith, Shiva Shariati-Ievari, Abhay Srivastava, Sanjiv Dhingra, Michel Aliani, Paul Fernyhough

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Acanthamoeba Species Keratitis in a Soft Contact Lens Wearer Molecularly Linked to Well Water by Samira Mubareka, Michelle Alfa, Godfrey K Harding, Gregory Booton, Marilyn Ekins, Paul Van Caeseele

“…To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case in Canada where such a link has been established. Primary care practitioners and specialists, including ophthalmologists and infectious diseases specialists, must maintain a high degree of clinical suspicion in soft contact lens wearers with keratitis unresponsive to conventional topical and systemic treatment.…”
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Constrictive Bronchiolitis and Ulcerative Colitis by Heather Ward, Kendra L Fisher, Ranjit Waghray, Jody L Wright, Sharon E Card, Donald W Cockcroft

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Utility of Bronchoscopy with Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Diagnosing Pulmonary Infection in Hospitalized Patients with Underlying Malignancy by CW Chow, A McGeer, G Kasupski, N Senathiragah, P Gallant, CK Chan

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Detection of Clostridium difficile in Retail Ground Meat Products in Manitoba by Monique Visser, Shadi Sepehrim, Nancy Olson, Tim Du, Michael R Mulvey, Michelle J Alfa

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Immune Response to Verotoxin 1 and 2 in Children with Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic Colitis and Classic Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome by François Proulx, Jean P Turgeon, Gilles Delage, Hermy Lior, Lucette Lafleur, Luc Chicoine

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