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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
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.
Shannon HS, Ibrahim S, Robson LS, Zarinpoush F. Changes in job stressors in the Canadian working population. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2006;97(3):225-229.
Vliet Vlieland TP, Li LC, MacKay C, Bombardier C, Badley EM. Current topics on models of care in the management of inflammatory arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2006;33(9):1900-1903.
Culyer AJ, Lomas J. Deliberative processes and evidence-informed decision-making in health care - do they work and how might we know. Evidence and Policy. 2006;2(3):357-371.
Breslin FC, Gnam W, Franche RL, Mustard C, Lin E. Depression and activity limitations: examining gender differences in the general population. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2006;41(8):648-655. doi:10.1007/s00127-006-0079-6.
Claxton K, Sculpher M, Culyer AJ, McCabe C, Briggs A, Akehurst R, Buxton M, Brazier J. Discounting and cost-effectiveness in NICE - stepping back to sort out a confusion. Health Economics. 2006;15(1):42739. doi:10.1002/hec.1081.
Pole JD, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Vidmar M, Krause N. Duration of work disability: a comparison of self-report and administrative data. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2006;49(5):394-401. doi:10.1002/ajim.20300.
Kosny A, Franche RL, Pole JD, Krause N, Cote P, Mustard C. Early healthcare provider communication with patients and their workplace following a lost-time claim for an occupational musculoskeletal injury. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2006;16(1):27-39. doi:10.1007/s10926-005-9009-9.