Estimating the population at risk for Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board-covered injuries or diseases [0.03%]
估计安大略省职业健康和安全保险局覆盖的工伤或疾病的易感人群数量
Dianne Zakaria,James Robertson,Joy C MacDermid et al.
Dianne Zakaria et al.
Difficulty in quantifying the population at risk for a work-related injury or disease limits the usefulness of workers' compensation data for surveillance. This article presents a method of obtaining estimates of the Ontario Workplace Safet...
Environmental tobacco smoke and deaths from coronary heart disease in Canada [0.03%]
环境烟草烟雾与加拿大冠心病死亡率之间的关系
Margaret de Groh,Howard I Morrison
Margaret de Groh
A series of recent meta-analyses have concluded that non-smokers who live with smokers face an elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). In this study, we estimated the number of CHD deaths among non-smokers attributable to environment...
Beth Theis,Jennifer Frood,Diane Nishri et al.
Beth Theis et al.
This paper describes the evaluation of questions on a cancer risk factor survey using three different methods: dataset response patterns, qualitative feedback, and questionnaire appraisal. These methods addressed the survey data, procedures...
Comparative Study
Chronic diseases in Canada. 2002;23(1):1-12. DOI: 2002
Canadian Cancer Society Information Services: lessons learned about complementary medicine information needs [0.03%]
加拿大癌症协会信息服务：关于补充医学信息需求的教训
J L Eng,D A Monkman,M J Verhoef et al.
J L Eng et al.
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer patients is very common. However, currently valid and reliable information on CAM treatments for cancer is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify the information ...
Validity of the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's health related quality of life survey tool in a group of older Canadians [0.03%]
健康相关生命质量调查在美国行为危险因素监视系统中的一组加拿大老年人中的有效性研究
S Ounpuu,L W Chambers,D Chan et al.
S Ounpuu et al.
Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US have developed a brief survey tool to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL-4). In order to support use of such tools in surveillance, it is important to asse...
Comparative Study
Chronic diseases in Canada. 2001;22(3-4):93-101. DOI: 2001
Assessment of hand-arm vibration syndrome in a northern Ontario base metal mine [0.03%]
北方安大略省基地金属矿山手传振动症的评估
C Hill,W J Langis,J E Petherick et al.
C Hill et al.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) in 617 workers at a base metal mine in northern Ontario. Workers who were employed at the mine between the years 1989 and 1994 and who continu...
J A Shoveller,C Y Lovato
J A Shoveller
Sunburn is a major preventable risk associated with the development of malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma. Thus, it is considered a key epidemiological concept to assess in prevention research and a core component of routine behavi...
The development of the National Diabetes Surveillance System (NDSS) in Canada [0.03%]
加拿大国家糖尿病监测系统（NDSS）的发展
C Clottey,F Mo,B LeBrun et al.
C Clottey et al.
Completeness and accuracy of the birth registry data on congenital anomalies in Alberta, Canada [0.03%]
加拿大艾伯塔省先天畸形出生登记数据的完整性和准确性
F L Wang,S Gabos,B Sibbald et al.
F L Wang et al.
Vital statistics and other administrative data are becoming an increasingly important source for epidemiologic research and surveillance. This study, the first in Canada, evaluated the usefulness of birth registry data on congenital anomali...
G J Umphrey,O Kendall,I B MacNeill
G J Umphrey
We assessed Canada's national health surveys as surveillance instruments, with emphasis on comparing the temporal structure of data sets with those generated by the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Only the Canadian To...