Journal articles

This database lists peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters that include an Institute for Work & Health (IWH) scientist or researcher (past or present) as an author. Clicking any title will allow you to view a detailed citation and, if available, an abstract. For journal articles by IWH and non-IWH researchers in the areas of occupational health and safety, return to work, workers' compensation, public health and others within the IWH mandate, see our Research Alerts.

2013

Lenssinck ML, Burdorf A, Boonen A, Gignac MA, Hazes JM, Luime J. Consequences of inflammatory arthritis for workplace productivity loss and sick leave: a systematic review. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2013;72(4):493-505. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201998.
Roy JS, MacDermid JC, Tang K, Beaton DE. Construct and predictive validity of the chronic pain grade in workers with chronic work-related upper-extremity disorders. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2013;29(10):891-897. doi:10.1097/AJP.0b013e318278d455.
Gross D, Zhang J, Steenstra I, Barnsley S, Haws C, Amell T, McIntosh G, Cooper J, Zaiane O. Development of a computer-based clinical decision support tool for selecting appropriate rehabilitation interventions for injured workers. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2013;23(4):597-609. doi:10.1007/s10926-013-9430-4.
Tompa E, Dolinschi R, Natale J. Economic evaluation of a participatory ergonomics intervention in a textile plant. Applied Ergonomics. 2013;44(3):480-487. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2012.10.019.
Miller PSJ, Biddle EA, van Dongen JM, van Tulder MW, Tompa E, Shemilt I. Economic incentives to enhance safety behaviour in workers for preventing occupational injuries (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013;CD010474-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010474.
Premji S, Smith PM. Education-to-job mismatch and the risk of work injury. Injury Prevention. 2013;19(2):106-111. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040314.
Smith PM, Smith BT, Mustard C, Lu H, Glazier RH. Estimating the direct and indirect pathways between education and diabetes incidence among Canadian men and women: a mediation analysis. Annals of Epidemiology. 2013;23(3):143-149. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.12.012.
Chambers A, Mustard C, Breslin FC, Holness DL, Nichol K. Evaluating the implementation of health and safety innovations under a regulatory context: a collective case study of Ontario's safer needle regulation. Implementation Science. 2013;8:9-. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-8-9.
Morassaei S, Breslin FC, Shen M, Smith PM. Examining job tenure and lost-time claim rates in Ontario, Canada, over a 10-year period, 1999-2008. Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2013;70:171-178. doi:10.1136/oemed-2012-100743.
Marin TJ, Furlan AD, Bombardier C, van Tulder MW. Fifteen years of the Cochrane back review group. Spine. 2013;38(24):2057-2063. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000000006.
Tompa E, Hogg-Johnson S, Amick B, Wang Y, Shen E, Mustard C, Robson LS, Saunders R. Financial incentives of experience rating in workers' compensation: new evidence from a program change in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2013;55(3):292-304. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827827fa.
Shea B, Swinden MV, Tanjong Ghogomu E., Ortiz Z, Katchamart W, Rader T, Bombardier C, Wells GA, Tugwell P. Folic acid and folinic acid for reducing side effects in patients receiving methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013;5:CD000951-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000951.pub2.
Smith PM, Ibrahim-Dost J, Keegel T, MacFarlane EM. Gender differences in the relationship between shiftwork and work injury: examining the influence of dependent children. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2013;55(8):932-936. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829178e1.
Morassaei S, Breslin FC, Ibrahim S, Smith PM, Mustard C, Amick B, Shankardass K, Petch J. Geographic variation in work injuries: a multilevel analysis of individual-level data and area-level factors within Canada. Annals of Epidemiology. 2013;23(5):260-266. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.03.008.
Guyatt GH, Oxman AD, Santesso N, Helfand M, Vist G, Kunz R, Brozek J, Norris S, Meerpohl J, Djulbegovic B, Alonso-Coello P, Post PN, Busse JW, Glasziou P, Christensen R, Schunemann HJ. GRADE guidelines: 12. Preparing Summary of Findings tables-binary outcomes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(2):158-172. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.01.012.
Holness DL, Beaton DE, Harniman E, Dekoven J, Skotnicki S, Nixon R, Switzer-McIntyre S. Hand and upper extremity function in workers with hand dermatitis. Dermatitis. 2013;24(3):131-136. doi:10.1097/DER.0b013e3182910416.
Smith PM, Bielecky A, Ibrahim S, Mustard C, Scott-Marshall H, Saunders R, Beaton DE. How much do preexisting chronic conditions contribute to age differences in health care expenditures after a work-related musculoskeletal injury?. Medical Care. 2013;52(1):71-77. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000017.
Cullen KL, Dickey JP, Bent LR, Thomason JJ, Moens NM. Internet-based survey of the nature and perceived causes of injury to dogs participating in agility training and competition events. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 2013;243(7):1010-1018.
Smith PM, Mustard C. Job strain, health behaviours and heart disease. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 2013;185(14):1251-. doi:10.1503/cmaj.113-2135.
Scott-Marshall H, Tompa E, Liao Q, Fang M. Marital formation in individuals with work-related permanent impairment. Disability and Health Journal. 2013;6(1):43-51. doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.10.001.
Kennedy CA, Beaton DE, Smith PM, Van Eerd D, Tang K, Inrig T, Hogg-Johnson S, Linton D, Couban R. Measurement properties of the QuickDASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) outcome measure and cross-cultural adaptations of the QuickDASH: a systematic review. Quality of Life Research. 2013;22(9):2509-2547. doi:10.1007/s11136-013-0362-4.
Mustard C, Bielecky A, Etches J, Wilkins R, Tjepkema M, Amick B, Smith PM, Aronson KJ. Mortality following unemployment in Canada, 1991--2001. BMC Public Health. 2013;13(1):441-. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-441.
Guzman J, Ibrahimova A, Tompa E, Koehoorn M, Alamgir H. Nonwage losses associated with occupational injury among health care workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2013;55(8):910-916. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31828dc9ea.
Chaparro LE, Furlan AD, Deshpande A, Mailis-Gagnon A, Atlas S, Turk D. Opioids compared to placebo or other treatments for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013;8:CD004959-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004959.pub4.
Murray E, Franche RL, Ibrahim S, Smith PM, Carnide N, Cote P, Gibson J, Guzman J, Koehoorn M, Mustard C. Pain-related work interference is a key factor in a worker/workplace model of work absence duration due to musculoskeletal conditions in Canadian nurses. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2013;23(4):585-596. doi:10.1007/s10926-012-9408-7.