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.

2004

Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Greene J, Purdham J, McCaskell L, Kipen H, Kerr MS. Work-attributed symptom clusters (darkroom disease) among radiographers versus physiotherapists: associations between self-reported exposures and psychosocial stressors. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2004;45(6):513-521. doi:10.1002/ajim.20015.
O'Brien-Pallas L, Shamian J, Thomson D, Alksnis C, Koehoorn M, Kerr MS, Bruce S. Work-related disability in Canadian nurses. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2004;36(4):352-357.
Mustard C. Work-related stress in the UK: A new, 'Management Standards' approach. Work and Stress. 2004;18(2):140-141.

2003

Van Eerd D, Beaton DE, Cole DC, Lucas J, Hogg-Johnson S, Bombardier C. Classification systems for upper-limb musculoskeletal disorders in workers: a review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2003;56(10):925-936.
Van Eerd D, Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Cole DC, Hogg-Johnson S. Classifying the forest or the trees. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2003;56(10):940-942. doi:10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00157-4.
Bouter LM, Pennick V, Bombardier C. Cochrane back review group. Spine. 2003;28(12):1215-1218. doi:10.1097/01.BRS.0000065493.26069.1C.
Ostry A, Kelly S, Demers P, Mustard C, Hertzman C. Comparison between the effort-reward imbalance and demand control models. BMC Public Health. 2003;3:42745. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-10.
Lowe GS, Schellenberg G, Shannon HS. Correlates of employees' perceptions of a healthy work environment. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2003;17(6):390-399.
Franche RL, Krause N. Critical factors in recovery and return-to-work. In: Frank JW, Sullivan TJ, editors. Preventing and managing disabling injury at work. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis; 2003.
Mustard C, Cole DC, Shannon HS, Pole JD, Sullivan TJ, Allingham R. Declining trends in work-related morbidity and disability, 1993-1998: a comparison of survey estimates and compensation insurance claims. American Journal of Public Health. 2003;93(8):1283-1286.
Lavis JN, Ross SE, Stoddart GL, Hohenadel JM, McLeod CB, Evans R. Do Canadian civil servants care about the health of populations. American Journal of Public Health. 2003;93(4):658-663. doi:10.2105/ajph.93.4.658.
Amick B, Robertson M, DeRango K, Bazzani L, Moore A, Rooney T, Harrist RB. Effect of office ergonomics intervention on reducing musculoskeletal symptoms. Spine. 2003;28(24):2706-2711. doi:10.1097/01.BRS.0000099740.87791.F7.
Cote P, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ. Epidemiology of neck pain: what have we learned from our population-based studies. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2003;47(4):284-290.
Hayden JA, Mior S, Verhoef MJ. Evaluation of chiropractic management of pediatric patients with low back pain: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2003;26(1):42743.
Pennick V. Evidence-practice gap. Journal of the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association. 2003;22(1):24-25.
Kennedy SM, Koehoorn M. Exposure assessment in epidemiology: does gender matter. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2003;44(6):576-583. doi:10.1002/ajim.10297.
Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Cote P. Factors associated with the onset of an episode of depressive symptoms in the general population. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2003;56(7):651-658.
Breslin FC, Mustard C. Factors influencing the impact of unemployment on mental health among young and older adults in a longitudinal, population-based survey. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2003;29(1):42869.
Koehoorn M, Ratner PA, Shamian J. Feasibility of using existing Statistics Canada surveys to describe the health and work of nurses. Nursing Leadership (Toronto, Ontario). 2003;16(2):94-106.
Mustard C, Etches J. Gender differences in socioeconomic inequality in mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2003;57(12):974-980. doi:10.1136/jech.57.12.974.
Lavis JN, Robertson D, Woodside JM, McLeod CB, Abelson J. How can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers. Milbank Quarterly. 2003;81(2):221-222.
Smith CA, Shannon HS. How much science is there in injury prevention and control. Injury Prevention. 2003;9(1):89-90. doi:10.1136/ip.9.1.89.
Zakaria D, Mustard C, Robertson J, MacDermid JC, Hartford K, Clarke J, Koval J. Identifying cumulative trauma disorders of the upper extremity in workers' compensation databases. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2003;43(5):507-518. doi:10.1002/ajim.10217.