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.

2006

Alamgir H, Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Tompa E, Demers P. How many work-related injuries requiring hospitalization in British Columbia are claimed for workers' compensation?. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2006;49(6):443-451. doi:10.1002/ajim.20308.
Franche RL, Pole JD, Hogg-Johnson S, Vidmar M, Breslin FC. Impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders on workers' caregiving activities. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2006;49(9):780-790. doi:10.1002/ajim.20352.
Gagnier J, Boon H, Rochon P, Barnes J, Moher D, Bombardier C. Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials evaluating herbal interventions: implementing the CONSORT statement [corrected]. Explore (NY). 2006;2(2):143-149. doi:10.1016/j.explore.2005.12.003.
Szende A, Culyer AJ. Inequity of informal payments for health care: the case of Hungary. Health Policy. 2006;75(3):262-271. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.04.001.
Cole DC, Van Eerd D, Bigelow P, Rivilis I. Integrative interventions for MSDs: nature, evidence, challenges & directions. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2006;16(3):359-374. doi:10.1007/s10926-006-9032-5.
Frank JW, Lomax G, Baird P, Lock M. Interactive role of genes and the environment. In: Heymann SJ, Hertzman C, Barer M, Evans R, editors. Healthier societies: from analysis to action.
Breslin FC, Smith PM, Koehoorn M, Lee H. Is the workplace becoming safer?. Perspectives on Labour and Income. 2006;7(7):18-23.
Furlan AD, Irvin E, Bombardier C. Limited search strategies were effective in finding relevant nonrandomized studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2006;59(12):1303-1311. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.03.004.
Etches V, Frank JW, Di Ruggiero E, Manuel DG. Measuring population health: a review of indicators. Annual Review of Public Health. 2006;27:29-55. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.27.021405.102141.
Culyer AJ. Merit goods and the welfare economics of coercion. In: Ver Eecke W, editors. Merit goods: the birth of a new concept. The unfinished ethical revolution in economic theory.
Breen AC, van Tulder MW, Koes BW, Jensen I, Reardon R, Bronfort G. Mono-disciplinary or multidisciplinary back pain guidelines? How can we achieve a common message in primary care?. European Spine Journal. 2006;15(5):641-647. doi:10.1007/s00586-005-0883-9.
Theberge N, Granzow K, Cole DC, Laing AC. Negotiating participation: understanding the 'how' in an ergonomic change team. Applied Ergonomics. 2006;37(2):239-248. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2005.01.020.
Culyer AJ. NICE's use of cost-effectiveness as an exemplar of a deliberative process. In: , editors. Health economics, policy and law.
Furlan AD, Sandoval JA, Mailis-Gagnon A, Tunks E. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a meta-analysis of effectiveness and side effects. Canadian Medical Association journal. 2006;174(11):1589-1594. doi:10.1503/cmaj.051528.
Franche RL, Williams A, Ibrahim S, Grace SL, Mustard C, Minore B, Stewart DE. Path analysis of work conditions and work-family spillover as modifiable workplace factors associated with depressive symptomatology. Stress and Health. 2006;22(2):91-103.
Culyer AJ. Paying for performance: neither the end of the beginning nor the beginning of the end. Healthcare Papers. 2006;6(4):34-38.
DeCicco J, Laschinger HK, Kerr MS. Perceptions of empowerment and respect: effect on nurses' organizational commitment in nursing homes. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2006;32(5):49-56. doi:10.3928/00989134-20060501-09.
, editors. Performance measures provide assessments of pain and function in patients with advanced osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: Invited commentary. Physical Therapy. 2006;86(11):1496-1498.
Tompa E, Dolinschi R, de Oliveira C. Practice and potential of economic evaluation of workplace-based interventions for occupational health and safety. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2006;16(3):375-400. doi:10.1007/s10926-006-9035-2.
Tompa E, Scott H, Trevithick S, Bhattacharyya S. Precarious employment and people with disabilities. In: Vosko LF, editors. Precarious employment: understanding labour market insecurity in Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press; 2006.
Frank JW, Cullen KL. Preventing injury, illness and disability at work. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2006;32(2):160-167.
Li LC, Maetzel A, Davis AM, Lineker SC, Bombardier C, Coyte PC. Primary therapist model for patients referred for rheumatoid arthritis rehabilitation: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2006;55(3):402-410. doi:10.1002/art.21989.
Kennedy CA, Manno M, Hogg-Johnson S, Haines T, Hurley L, McKenzie D, Beaton DE. Prognosis in soft tissue disorders of the shoulder: predicting both change in disability and level of disability after treatment. Physical Therapy. 2006;86(7):1013-1032.
Irrgang JJ, Beaton DE, Kennedy CA. Prognosis in soft tissue disorders of the shoulder: Predicting both change in disability and level of disability after treatment - Invited commentary. Physical Therapy. 2006;86(7):1033-1037.
Lotters F, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Burdorf A, Pole JD. Prognostic value of depressive symptoms, fear-avoidance, and self-efficacy for duration of lost-time benefits in workers with musculoskeletal disorders. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2006;63(12):794-801. doi:10.1136/oem.2005.020420.