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.

2009

Carnide N, Kreiger N, Cotterchio M. Association between frequency and intensity of recreational physical activity and epithelial ovarian cancer risk by age period. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2009;18(4):322-330. doi:10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32832bf3fa.
Pruitt SL, Shim MJ, Mullen PD, Vernon SW, Amick B. Association of area socioeconomic status and breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2009;18(10):2579-2599. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0135.
Busse JW, Jacobs C, Ngo T, Rodine R, Torrance D, Jim J, Kulkarni AV, Petrisor B, Drew B, Bhandari M. Attitudes toward chiropractic: a survey of North American orthopedic surgeons. Spine. 2009;34(25):2818-2825. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c1512f.
Wells R, Laing AC, Cole DC. Characterizing the intensity of changes made to reduce mechanical exposure. Work. 2009;34(2):179-193. doi:10.3233/WOR-2009-0915.
Smith PM, Mustard C. Comparing the risk of work-related injuries between immigrants to Canada, and Canadian-born labour market participants. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2009;66(6):361-367. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.038646.
Swift M. Comparison of confidence intervals for a Poisson mean - further considerations. Communications in Statistics - Theory & Methods. 2009;38(5):748-759. doi:10.1080/03610920802255856.
Tang K, Pitts S, Solway S, Beaton DE. Comparison of the psychometric properties of four at-work disability measures in workers with shoulder or elbow disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2009;19(2):142-154. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9171-6.
Kulkarni AV, Aziz B, Shams I, Busse JW. Comparisons of citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for articles published in general medical journals. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. 2009;302(10):1092-1096. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1307.
Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Permanyer-Miralda G, Busse JW, Devereaux PJ, Guyatt GH, Alonso-Coello P, Montori VM. Composite outcomes can distort the nature and magnitude of treatment benefits in clinical trials [letter to the editor]. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009;150(8):566-567.
Ahmad F, Hogg-Johnson S, Stewart DE, Skinner HA, Glazier RH, Levinson W. Computer-assisted screening for intimate partner violence and control: a randomized trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009;151(2):93-102.
Escorpizo R, Cieza A, Beaton DE, Boonen A. Content comparison of worker productivity questionnaires in arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2009;19(4):382-397. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9193-0.
Franche RL, Carnide N, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Breslin FC, Bultmann U, Severin C, Krause N. Course, diagnosis, and treatment of depressive symptomatology in workers following a workplace injury: a prospective cohort study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2009;54(8):534-546.
Mansyur C, Amick B, Franzini L, Roberts R. Culture and the social context of health inequalities. International Journal of Health Services. 2009;39(1):85-106.
Shannon HS, Norman GR. Deriving the factor structure of safety climate scales. Safety Science. 2009;47(3):327-329.
Ammendolia C, Cassidy JD, Steenstra I, Soklaridis S, Boyle E, Eng S, Hamer H, Bains B, Cote P. Designing a workplace return-to-work program for occupational low back pain: an intervention mapping approach. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2009;10(65):. doi:10.1186/1471-2474-10-65.
Smith PM, Kosny A, Mustard C. Differences in access to wage replacement benefits for absences due to work-related injury or illness in Canada. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2009;52(4):341-349. doi:10.1002/ajim.20683.
Hogg-Johnson S. Differences in reported psychometric properties of the Neck Disability Index: patient population or choice of methods? [commentary]. Spine Journal. 2009;9(10):854-856. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2009.07.001.
Smith PM, Chen C, Mustard C. Differential risk of employment in more physically demanding jobs among a recent cohort of immigrants to Canada. Injury Prevention. 2009;15(4):252-258. doi:10.1136/ip.2008.021451.
Katchamart W, Trudeau J, Phumethum V, Bombardier C. Efficacy and toxicity of methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy versus MTX combination therapy with non-biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2009;68(7):1105-1112. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099861.
Sears JM, Hogg-Johnson S. Enhancing the policy impact of evaluation research: a case study of nurse practitioner role expansion in a state workers' compensation system. Nursing Outlook. 2009;57(2):99-106. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2008.05.001.
Novak CB, Anastakis DJ, Beaton DE, Katz J. Evaluation of pain measurement practices and opinions of peripheral nerve surgeons. Hand (NY). 2009;4(4):344-349. doi:10.1007/s11552-009-9177-8.
Johnson CD, Begley CE, Munseok S, Amick B. Evaluation of the Harris County Hospital district ask your nurse advice line. Texas Public Health Journal. 2009;61(3):43084.
Gimeno D, Amick B. Health and the organization of work. In: American College of Sports Medicine, Pronk NP, editors. ACSM's worksite health handbook: a guide to building healthy and productive companies. Campaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2009.
Daraz L, MacDermid JC, Wilkins S, Gibson J, Shaw L. Health information from the web - assessing its quality: a KET intervention. Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference. 2009;244-251. doi:10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444495.
Simon LS, Strand V, Boers M, Brooks PM, Tugwell P, Bombardier C, Fries JF, Henry D, Goldkind L, Guyatt GH, Laupacis A, Lynd L, Macdonald T, Mamdani M, Moore A, Saag KS, Silman AJ, Stevens R, Tyndall A. How to ascertain drug safety in the context of benefit. Controversies and concerns. Journal of Rheumatology. 2009;36(9):2114-2121. doi:10.3899/jrheum.090591.