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.

2007

Chen C, Hogg-Johnson S, Smith PM. Recovery patterns of back pain among workers with compensated occupational back injuries. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007;64(8):534-540. doi:10.1136/oem.2006.029215.
Lemieux J, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Bordeleau LJ, Hunter J, Goodwin PJ. Responsiveness to change [corrected] due to supportive-expressive group therapy, improvement in mood and disease progression in women with metastatic breast cancer. Quality of Life Research. 2007;16(6):1007-1017. doi:10.1007/s11136-007-9208-2.
Culyer AJ, McCabe C, Briggs A, Claxton K, Buxton M, Akehurst R, Sculpher M, Brazier J. Searching for a threshold, not setting one: the role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2007;12(1):56-58. doi:10.1258/135581907779497567.
Baldwin ML, Butler RJ, Johnson WG, Cote P. Self-reported severity measures as predictors of return-to-work outcomes in occupational back pain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2007;17(4):683-700. doi:10.1007/s10926-007-9102-3.
van der Velde G, van Tulder MW, Cote P, Hogg-Johnson S, Aker P, Cassidy JD, Carragee EJ, Carroll LJ, Guzman J, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Hurwitz EL, Nordin M, Peloso P. Sensitivity of review results to methods used to appraise and incorporate trial quality into data synthesis. Spine. 2007;32(7):796-806. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000258903.67718.d5.
Shrier I, Boivin JF, Steele RJ, Platt RW, Furlan AD, Kakuma R, Brophy J, Rossignol M. Should meta-analyses of interventions include observational studies in addition to randomized controlled trials? A critical examination of underlying principles. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2007;166(10):1203-1209. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm189.
Brown JA, Shannon HS, Mustard C, McDonough P. Social and economic consequences of workplace injury: a population-based study of workers in British Columbia, Canada. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2007;50(9):633-645. doi:10.1002/ajim.20503.
Scott-Marshall H, Tompa E, Trevithick S. Social patterning of underemployment and its health consequences. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. 2007;44:12966.
van Tulder MW, Malmivaara A, Hayden JA, Koes BW. Statistical significance versus clinical importance: trials on exercise therapy for chronic low back pain as example. Spine. 2007;32(16):1785-1790. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180b9ef49.
Tompa E, Trevithick S, McLeod CB. Systematic review of the prevention incentives of insurance and regulatory mechanisms for occupational health and safety. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2007;33(2):85-95.
Mustard C, Tompa E, Etches J. The effects of deficits in health status in childhood and adolescence on human capital development in early adulthood. In: Picot WG, Saunders R, Sweetman A, editors. Fulfilling potential, creating success: perspectives on human capital development. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press; 2007.
Lemieux J, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Bordeleau LJ, Goodwin PJ. Three methods for minimally important difference: no relationship was found with the net proportion of patients improving. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2007;60(5):448-455. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.08.006.
Breslin FC, Karmakar SD, Smith PM, Etches J, Mustard C. Time allocation between work and recreation and the associated injury risks among young people. Journal of Safety Research. 2007;38(3):373-379. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.009.
Smith PM. Transdisciplinary approach to research on work and health: What is it, what could it contribute, and what are the challenges. Critical Public Health. 2007;17(2):159-169. doi:10.1080/09581590701244954.
Jenkins M, Menendez CC, Amick B, Tullar J, Hupert N, Robertson M, Katz JN. Undergraduate college students' upper extremity symptoms and functional limitations related to computer use: a replication study. Work. 2007;28(3):231-238.
MacEachen E, Kosny A, Ferrier S. Unexpected barriers in return to work: lessons learned from injured worker peer support groups. Work. 2007;29(2):155-164.
Breslin FC, Tompa E, Zhao R, Amick B, Pole JD, Smith PM, Hogg-Johnson S. Work disability absence among young workers with respect to earnings losses in the following year. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2007;33(3):192-197.
Scott-Marshall H. Work-related insecurity in the new economy: evaluating the consequences for health. Research in Political Sociology. 2007;21-60.
Breslin FC, Polzer J, MacEachen E, Morrongiello B, Shannon HS. Workplace injury or 'part of the job'?: towards a gendered understanding of injuries and complaints among young workers. Social Science & Medicine. 2007;64(4):782-793. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.024.

2006

Ritter L, Goushleff NC, Arbuckle T, Cole DC, Raizenne M. Addressing the linkage between exposure to pesticides and human health effects--research trends and priorities for research. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B, Critical Reviews. 2006;9(6):441-456. doi:10.1080/10937400600755895.
Frank JW, Mustard C, Dunn JR, Ross N, Alter DA, Di Ruggiero E. Assessing and addressing health inequalities: the Canadian experience. In: Killoran A, Swann C, Kelly MP, editors. Public health evidence: tackling health inequalities.
Hertzman C, Frank JW. Biological pathways linking the socioeconomic, psychosocial and developmental environments with health. In: Heymann SJ, Hertzman C, Barer M, Evans R, editors. Healthier societies: from analysis to action.
Culyer AJ. Bogus conflict between efficiency and vertical equity. Health Economics. 2006;15(11):1155-1158. doi:10.1002/hec.1158.
Cole DC, Crissman CC, Orozco FA. Canada's International Development Research Centre's eco-health projects with Latin Americans: origins, development and challenges. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2006;97(6):I8-14.
Van Eerd D, Cote P, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Vidmar M, Kristman VL. Capturing cases in workers' compensation databases: the example of neck pain. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2006;49(7):557-568. doi:10.1002/ajim.20329.