Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications
Research in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications examines age, environment, chronic disease, social health determinants, maternal and child health, and mental health all in an effort to understand and improve the health of populations as a whole. These publications contain risk assessment and examinations of various health determinants to understand the health and circumstances of certain populations.
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Submissions from 2008
Dosimetric Evaluation of Helical Tomotherapy Treatment Planning for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Karen Chu, George Rodrigues, Slav Yartsev, A. Rashid Dar, Edward Yu, Robert Ash, Brian Yaremko, Marc MacKenzie, Harvey Quon, Glenn Bauman, and Wilson Roa
Community-based Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating Falls and Osteoporosis Risk Management Strategies, P. M. Ciaschini, S. E. Straus, L. R. Dolovich, R. A. Goeree, K. M. Leung, C. R. Woods, G. M. Zimmerman, S. R. Majumdar, S. Spadafora, L. A. Fera, and H. N. Lee
Do Physician Remuneration Schemes Matter? The Case of Canadian Family Physicians, Rose Anne Devlin and Sisira Sarma
Mapping as a Knowledge Translation Tool for Ontario Early Years Centres: Views from Data Analysts and Managers, Anita Kothari, S. Michelle Driedger, Julia Bickford, Jason Morrison, Michael Sawada, Ian D. Graham, and Eric Crighton
U.S. Federal Regulations for Emergency Research: A Practical Guide and Commentary, Andrew McRae and Charles Weijer
Change in Patient Concerns Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Described with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: A Repeated Measures Design, Ravi Rastogi, Bert M. Chesworth, and Aileen M. Davis
Is Reporting on Interventions a Weak Link in Understanding How and Why They Work? A Preliminary Exploration Using Community Heart Health Exemplars, Barbara L. Riley, JoAnne MacDonald, Omaima Mansi, Anita Kothari, Donna Kurtz, Linda I. vonTettenborn, and Nancy C. Edwards
Ethical Issues Associated With the Introduction of New Surgical Devices, or Just Because We Can, Doesn’t Mean We Should, Sue Ross, Magali Robert, Marie-Andrée Harvey, Scott Farrell, Jane Schulz, David Wilkie, Danny Lovatsis, Annette Epp, Bill Easton, Barry McMillan, Joyce Schachter, Chander Gupta, and Charles Weijer
Ethics and Schizophrenia, A. Rudnick and Charles Weijer
How Important Are Individual, Household and Commune Characteristics in Explaining Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Vietnam?, Ardeshir Sepehri, Sisira Sarma, Wayne Simpson, and Saeed Moshiri
Comparison of Two Dependent within Subject Coefficients of Variation to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Measurement Devices, Mohamed M. Shoukri, Dilek Colak, Namik Kaya, and Allan Donner
Where to Deliver? Analysis of Choice of Delivery Location from a National Survey in India, Amardeep Thind, Amir Mohani, Kaberi Banerjee, and Fred Hagigi
MIRA V: An Integrated System for Minimally Invasive Robot-assisted Lung Brachytherapy, A. L. Trejos, A. W. Lin, S. Mohan, H. Bassan, C. Edirisinghe, R. V. Patel, C. Lewis, E. Yu, A. Fenster, and R. A. Malthaner
Comparing Two Strategies of Dynamic Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (dIMRT) with 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT) in the Hypofractionated Treatment of High-risk Prostate Cancer, Jasper Yuen, George Rodrigues, Kristina Trenka, Terry Coad, Slav Yartsev, David D'Souza, Michael Lock, and Glenn Bauman
Submissions from 2007
Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data, Ulrike Boehmer, Deborah J. Bowen, and Greta R. Bauer
Politics, Risk, and Community in the Maya ICBG Case, F. Brunger and Charles Weijer
De”myth”ifying Mental Health – Findings from a Community University Research Alliance (CURA), Rick Csiernik, Cheryl Forchuk, Mark Speechley, and Catherine Ward-Griffin
Correction: Using Participatory Design to Develop (Public) Health Decision Support Systems through GIS, S. Michelle Driedger, Anita Kothari, Jason Morrison, Michael Sawada, Eric J. Crighton, and Ian D. Graham
The Return of Research Results to Participants: Pilot Questionnaire of Adolescents and Parents of Children with Cancer, Conrad V. Fernandez, Darcy Santor, Charles Weijer, Caron Strahlendorf, Albert Moghrabi, Rebecca Pentz, Jun Gao, and Eric Kodish
Factors Influencing Identification of and Response to Intimate Partner Violence: A Survey of Physicians and Nurses, Iris Gutmanis, Charlene Beynon, Leslie Tutty, C. Nadine Wathen, and Harriet L. MacMillan
3D Thoracoscopic Ultrasound Volume Measurement Validation in an Ex Vivo and In Vivo Porcine Model of Lung Tumours, V. D. M. Hornblower, E. Yu, A. Fenster, J. J. Battista, and R. A. Malthaner
Copula Based Prediction Models: An Application to an Aortic Regurgitation Study, Pranesh Kumar and Mohamed M. Shoukri
Can We Afford Consumers Choice in Home Care?, Carol L. McWilliam, Jeffrey S. Hoch, Peter C. Coyte, Moira Stewart, Evelyn Vingilis, Catherine Ward-Griffin, Allan Donner, Gina Browne, and Karen Anderson
Equipoise and the Duty of Care in Clinical Research: A Philosophical Response to Our Critics, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Evaluating Benefits and Harms in Clinical Research, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer