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 2007
Revisiting Equipoise: A Response to Gifford, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Association Between the -455T>C Promoter Polymorphism of the APOC3 Gene and the Metabolic Syndrome in a Multi-ethnic Sample, Rebecca L. Pollex, Matthew R. Ban, T. Kue Young, Peter Bjerregaard, Sonia S. Anand, Salim Yusuf, Bernard Zinman, Stewart B. Harris, Anthony J. G. Hanley, Philip W. Connelly, Murray W. Huff, and Robert A. Hegele
Ethics of Surgical Training in Developing Countries, Kevin M. Ramsey and Charles Weijer
A Cross-sectional Look at Patient Concerns in the First Six Weeks Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty, Ravi Rastogi, Aileen M. Davis, and Bert M. Chesworth
Psychometric Properties of a Prostate Cancer Radiation Late Toxicity Questionnaire, George Rodrigues, Glenn Bauman, Michael Lock, David D'Souza, and Jeff Mahon
Food Insecurity and Dietary Intake of Immigrant Food Bank Users, Timothy J. Rush, Victor Ng, Jennifer D. Irwin, Larry W. Stitt, and Meizi He
Predictors of Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Canadians, Evelyn Vingilis and Piotr Wilk
Evaluating Benefits and Harms in Intensive Care Research, Charles Weijer and Paul B. Miller
Refuting the Net Risks Test: A Response to Wendler and Miller's "Assessing Research Risks Systematically", Charles Weijer and Paul B. Miller
Time Trends for HIV-1 Antiretroviral Resistance Among Antiretroviral-Experienced and Naive Pregnant Women in New York City During 1991 to Early 2001, Seth L. Welles, Greta R. Bauer, Philip S. LaRussa, Robert C. Colgrove, and Jane Pitt
Definitive Radiation Therapy Management for Medically Non-resectable Clinically Localised Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Results & Prognostic Factors, Edward Yu, Patricia Tai, Robert Ash, Michael Lee, Larry Stitt, George Rodrigues, Rashid Dar, Mark Vincent, Richard Inculet, and Richard Malthaner
Submissions from 2006
Advancing Rehabilitation Research: An Interactionist Perspective to Guide Question and Design, Doreen J. Bartlett, Jennifer Macnab, Colin Macarthur, Angie Mandich, Joyce Magill-Evans, Nancy L. Young, Deryk Beal, Angela Conti-Becker, and Helene J. Polatajko
Antiretroviral Resistance in Viral Isolates from HIV-1-transmitting Mothers and Their Infants, Greta R. Bauer, Robert C. Colgrove, Philip S. Larussa, Jane Pitt, and Seth L. Welles
Obligations in Offering to Disclose Genetic Research Results, Conrad V. Fernandez and Charles Weijer
Cyclosporin versus Tacrolimus for Liver Transplanted Patients, Elizabeth Haddad, Vivian McAlister, Elizabeth Renouf, Richard Malthaner, Mette S. Kjaer, and Lise Lotte Gluud
Prevention of Catheter Lumen Occlusion with rT-PA versus Heparin (Pre-CLOT): Study Protocol of a Randomized Trial [ISRCTN35253449], Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Louise Moist, Rachel M. Pilkey, Charmaine Lok, Marc Dorval, Paul Y. W. Tam, Murray J. Berall, Martine LeBlanc, Edwin B. Toffelmire, Braden J. Manns, and Nairne Scott-Douglas
Lessons and Implications from a Mass Immunization Campaign in Squatter Settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: An Experience from a Cluster-randomized Double-blinded Vaccine Trial [NCT00125047], Mohammad Imran Khan, Rion Leon Ochiai, Hasan Bin Hamza, Shah Muhammad Sahito, Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Naveed Sarwar Bhutto, Shahid Rasool, Mahesh K. Puri, Mohammad Ali, Shafi Mohammad Wasan, Mohammad Jawed Khan, Remon Abu-Elyazeed, Bernard Ivanoff, Claudia M. Galindo, Tikki Pang, Allan Donner, Lorenz von Seidlein, Camilo J. Acosta, John D. Clemens, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Fiduciary Obligation in Clinical Research, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Trust-based Obligations of the State and Physician-researchers to Patient-subjects, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Relationship of the Metabolic Syndrome to Carotid Ultrasound Traits, Rebecca L. Pollex, Khalid Z. Al-Shali, Andrew A. House, J. David Spence, Aaron Fenster, Mary Mamakeesick, Bernard Zinman, Stewart B. Harris, Anthony J. G. Hanley, and Robert A. Hegele
The Prevalence of Stillbirths: A Systematic Review, Lale Say, Allan Donner, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Monica Taljaard, and Gilda Piaggio
Interval Estimation and Optimal Design for the Within-subject Coefficient of Variation for Continuous and Binary Variables, Mohamed M. Shoukri, Nasser Elkum, and Stephen D. Walter
The Effect of Timing of Radiotherapy after Breast-conserving Surgery in Patients with Positive or Close Resection Margins, Young Age, and Node-negative Disease, with Long Term Follow-up, Olga Vujovic, Anil Cherian, Edward Yu, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, and Francisco Perera
Eleven-year Follow-up Results in the Delay of Breast Irradiation after Conservative Breast Surgery in Node-negative Breast Cancer Patients, Olga Vujovic, Edward Yu, Anil Cherian, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, and Francisco Perera
Terri Schiavo: Rest in Peace, Charles Weijer