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  • Quantifying the impact of COVID-19 control measures using a Bayesian model of physical distancing

    PLoS Comput Biol

    December 3, 2020

    COVID-19
    Modelling & Risk Prediction

    Anderson SC, Edwards AM, Yerlanov M, Mulberry N, Stockdale JE, Iyaniwura SA, Falcao RC, Otterstatter MC, Irvine MA, Janjua NZ, Coombs D, Colijn C

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  • Not Just for Joints: The Associations of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Brain Cortical Thickness

    Falck RS, Hsu CL, Best JR, Li LC, Egbert AR, Liu-Ambrose T

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  • High hepatitis C treatment uptake among people with recent drug dependence in New South Wales, Australia

    Valerio H, Alavi M, Law M, Tillakeratne S, Amin J, Janjua NZ, Krajden M, George J, Matthews GV, Hajarizadeh B, Degenhardt L, Grebely J, Dore GJ

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  • Do Cultural and Psychosocial Factors Contribute to Type 2 Diabetes Risk? A Look Into Vancouver’s South Asian Community

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  • CAEP Joint Position Statement – Management of devastating brain injuries in the emergency department: Enhancing neuroprognostication and maintaining the opportunity for organ and tissue donation

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  • “Mini Dial-A-Nurses” and “Good Brands”: What Are the Desirable Features of Online HIV/STI Risk Calculators?

    Gómez-Ramírez O, Thomson K, Salway T, Haag D, Falasinnu T, Grennan T, Grace D, Gilbert M

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  • Living kidney donors’ financial expenses and mental health

    Transplantation

    July 31, 2020

    Mental Health & Wellbeing
    Organ Transplant

    Barnieh L, Arnold JB, Boudville N, Cuerden MS, Dew MA, Dipchand C, Feldman LS, Gill JS, Karpinski M, Klarenbach S, Knoll G, Lok C, Miller M, Monroy M, Nguan C, Prasad GVR, Sontrop JM, Storsley L, Garg AX, for the Donor Nephrectomy Outcomes Research (DONOR) Network

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  • A Comprehensive Quality Assurance Platform in Canada for National Point-of-Care Chronic Kidney Disease Screening: The Kidney Check Program

    Curtis S, Sokoro A, Martin H, McLeod L, Chartrand C, Lavallee B, Woods C, Nella MD, Levin A, Komenda P

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  • Use of Preventive Medications in Patients With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Analysis of the PROMISE Trial

    Turgeon RD, Sedlak T

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  • White lies in pediatric care: a qualitative study from nurses’ perspective

    J Medical Ethics Hist Medicine

    October 18, 2020

    Nursing
    Paediatrics

    Shali M, Joolaee S, Navab E, Esmaeili M, Nasrabadi AN

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  • Associations between periods of COVID-19 quarantine and mental health in Canada

    Psychiat Res

    December 5, 2020

    COVID-19
    Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Daly Z, Slemon A, Richardson CG, Salway T, McAuliffe C, Gadermann AM, Thomson KC, Hirani S, Jenkins EK

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  • Use of Asynchronous Virtual Mental Health Resources for COVID-19 Pandemic–Related Stress Among the General Population in Canada: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

    J Med Internet Res

    December 30, 2020

    COVID-19
    Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Richardson CG, Slemon A, Gadermann A, McAuliffe C, Thomson K, Daly Z, Salway T, Currie LM, David A, Jenkins E

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