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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.
2011
Smith PM, Chen C, Hogg-Johnson S, Mustard C, Tompa E. Trends in the health care use and expenditures associated with no-lost-time claims in Ontario: 1991 to 2006. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2011;53(2):211-217. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820a416f.
Moore I, Tompa E. Understanding changes over time in workers' compensation claim rates using time series analytical techniques. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2011;68(11):837-841. doi:10.1136/oem.2010.055913.
Ayeni OR, Busse JW, Bhandari M. Using extracorporeal shock-wave therapy for healing long-bone nonunions. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2011;21(1):74-75. doi:10.1097/01.jsm.0000393479.96218.d7.
Roy JS, MacDermid JC, Amick B, Shannon HS, McMurtry R, Roth JH, Grewal R, Tang K, Beaton DE. Validity and responsiveness of presenteeism scales in chronic work-related upper-extremity disorders. Physical Therapy. 2011;91(2):254-266. doi:10.2522/ptj.20090274.
Kosny A. Work in nonprofit organizations - the effects on worker health. In: Langan-Fox J, Cooper CL, editors. Handbook of stress in the occupations. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing; 2011.
2010
Breslin FC, Smith PM. A commentary on the unique developmental considerations of youth: integrating the teenage cortex into the occupational health and safety context [commentaries]. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 2010;16(2):225-229.
Swift M. A simulation study comparing methods for calculating confidence intervals for directly standardized rates. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 2010;54(4):1103-1108.
Tompa E, Dolinschi R, de Oliveira C, Amick B, Irvin E. A systematic review of workplace ergonomic interventions with economic analyses. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(2):220-234. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9210-3.
Wijeysundera HC, Machado M, Farahati F, Wang X, Witteman W, van der Velde G, Tu JV, Lee DS, Goodman SG, Petrella R, O'Flaherty M, Krahn M, Capewell S. Association of temporal trends in risk factors and treatment uptake with coronary heart disease mortality, 1994-2005. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. 2010;303(18):1841-1847. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.580.
Mustard C, Bielecky A, Etches J, Wilkins R, Tjepkema M, Amick B, Smith PM, Aronson KJ. Avoidable mortality for causes amenable to medical care, by occupation in Canada, 1991-2001. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2010;101(6):500-506.
Waseem Z, Boulias C, Gordon A, Ismail F, Furlan AD. Botulinum toxin for low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010;Art-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008257.
Katchamart W, Bourre-Tessier J, Donka T, Drouin J, Rohekar G, Bykerk VP, Haraoui B, Leclerq S, Mosher DP, Pope JE, Shojania K, Thomson J, Thorne JC, Bombardier C. Canadian recommendations for use of methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2010;37(7):1422-1430. doi:10.3899/jrheum.090978.
Fregni F, Imamura M, Chien HF, Lew HL, Boggio P, Kaptchuk TJ, Riberto M, Hsing WT, Battistella LR, Furlan AD. Challenges and recommendations for placebo controls in randomized trials in physical and rehabilitation medicine: a report of the international placebo symposium working group. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2010;89(2):160-172. doi:10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181bc0bbd.
Perruccio AV, Badley EM, Hogg-Johnson S, Davis AM. Characterizing self-rated health during a period of changing health status. Social Science & Medicine. 2010;71(9):1636-1643. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.042.
Thorlund K, Puhan M, Busse JW, Guyatt GH. Commentary. [Comment on 'Methodological problems in the use of indirect comparisons for evaluating healthcare interventions: survey of published systematic reviews' by Song F, Loke YK, Walsh T, Glenny AM, Eastwood AJ, Altman DG. BMJ. 2009 Apr 3;338:b1147]. Cochrane Methods Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010;43051.
Kramer D, Wells R, Bigelow P, Carlan N, Cole DC, Hepburn CG. Dancing the two-step: Collaborating with intermediary organizations as research partners to help implement workplace health and safety interventions. Work. 2010;36(3):321-332. doi:10.3233/WOR-2010-1033.
Tompa E, Verbeek J, van Tulder MW, de Boer A. Developing guidelines for good practice in the economic evaluation of occupational safety and health interventions. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2010;36(4):313-318.
Bernhard D, MacEachen E, Lippel K. Disability management experts and the impact of jurisdiction on practice: an Ontario example. International Journal of Social Security and Workers Compensation. 2010;2(1):42751.
Mustard C, Kalcevich C, Steenstra I, Smith PM, Amick B. Disability management outcomes in the Ontario long-term care sector. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(4):481-488. doi:10.1007/s10926-010-9248-2.
Hepburn CG, Kelloway EK, Franche RL. Early employer response to workplace injury: What injured workers perceive as fair and why these perceptions matter. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 2010;15(4):409-420. doi:10.1037/a0021001.
Breslin FC, Kyle N, Bigelow P, Irvin E, Morassaei S, MacEachen E, Mahood Q, Couban R, Shannon HS, Amick B. Effectiveness of health and safety in small enterprises: a systematic review of quantitative evaluations of interventions. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(2):163-179. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9212-1.
Tjulin A, MacEachen E, Ekberg K. Exploring workplace actors experiences of the social organization of return-to-work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(3):311-321. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9209-9.
Kosny A, MacEachen E. Gendered, invisible work in non-profit social service organizations: implications for worker health and safety. Gender, Work and Organization. 2010;17(4):359-380. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00460.x.
Eakin J, Champoux D, MacEachen E. Health and safety in small workplaces: refocusing upstream [commentary]. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2010;101(0):S29-S33.
Russo K. How does modified work affect disability outcomes in long-term care?. Journal of the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association. 2010;29(3):23-25.