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

Barrientos-Gutierrez T, Gimeno D, Mangione TW, Harrist RB, Amick B. Drinking social norms and drinking behaviours: a multilevel analysis of 137 workgroups in 16 worksites. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007;64(9):602-608. doi:10.1136/oem.2006.031765.
Cote P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Frank JW, Bombardier C. Early aggressive care and delayed recovery from whiplash: isolated finding or reproducible result. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2007;57(5):861-868. doi:10.1002/art.22775.
Breslin FC, Smith PM, Dunn JR. Ecological study of regional variation in work injuries among young workers. BMC Public Health. 2007;7(91):. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-91.
Keller A, Hayden JA, Bombardier C, van Tulder MW. Effect sizes of non-surgical treatments of non-specific low-back pain. European Spine Journal. 2007;16(11):1776-1788. doi:10.1007/s00586-007-0379-x.
Laing AC, Cole DC, Theberge N, Wells R, Kerr MS, Frazer MB. Effectiveness of a participatory ergonomics intervention in improving communication and psychosocial exposures. Ergonomics. 2007;50(7):1092-1109. doi:10.1080/00140130701308708.
Robson LS, Clarke J, Cullen KL, Bielecky A, Severin C, Bigelow P, Irvin E, Culyer AJ, Mahood Q. Effectiveness of occupational health and safety management system interventions: A systematic review. Safety Science. 2007;45(3):329-353.
Alamgir H, Demers P, Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Tompa E. Epidemiology of work-related injuries requiring hospitalization among sawmill workers in British Columbia, 1989-1997. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2007;22(4):273-280. doi:10.1007/s10654-007-9122-5.
Bultmann U, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Lee H, Severin C, Vidmar M, Carnide N. Health status, work limitations, and return-to-work trajectories in injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders. Quality of Life Research. 2007;16(7):1167-1178. doi:10.1007/s11136-007-9229-x.
Brown JA, Shannon HS, McDonough P, Mustard C. Healthcare use of families of injured workers before and after a workplace injury, in British Columbia, Canada. Healthcare Policy. 2007;2:42754.
Gagnier J, van Tulder MW, Berman B, Bombardier C. Herbal medicine for low back pain: a Cochrane review. Spine. 2007;32(1):82-92. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000249525.70011.fe.
Alamgir H, Tompa E, Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Demers P. Hospital costs of treating work-related sawmill injuries in British Columbia. Injury. 2007;38(5):631-639. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2006.10.004.
Smith PM, Mustard C. How many employees receive safety training during their first year of a new job. Injury Prevention. 2007;13(1):37-41. doi:10.1136/ip.2006.013839.
Furlan AD, Sjolund BH. Igniting the spark. Pain. 2007;130(2):42738.
Franche RL, Severin C, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Vidmar M, Lee H. Impact of early workplace-based return-to-work strategies on work absence duration: a 6-month longitudinal study following an occupational musculoskeletal injury. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007;49(9):960-974. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31814b2e9f.
Pennick V, Young G. Interventions for preventing and treating pelvic and back pain in pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007;CD001139-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001139.pub2.
Butler RJ, Johnson WG, Cote P. It pays to be nice: employer-worker relationships and the management of back pain claims. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007;49(2):214-225. doi:10.1097/jom.0b013e318032211d.
Guzman J, Hayden JA, Furlan AD, Cassidy JD, Loisel P, Flannery J, Gibson J, Frank JW. Key factors in back disability prevention: a consensus panel on their impact and modifiability. Spine. 2007;32(7):807-815. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000259080.51541.17.
Guzman J, Jones D, Cassidy JD, Furlan AD, Loisel P, Frank JW. Key factors in back disability prevention: what influences the choice of priorities. Spine. 2007;32(9):E281-E289. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000261035.62523.37.
Gilkey DP, Keefe TJ, Bigelow P, Herron RE, Duvall K, Hautaluoma JE, Rosecrance JS, Sesek R. Low back pain among residential carpenters: ergonomic evaluation using OWAS and 2D compression estimation. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 2007;13(3):305-321.
Griffith LE, Hogg-Johnson S, Cole DC, Krause N, Hayden JA, Burdorf A, Leclerc A, Coggon D, Bongers PM, Walter SD, Shannon HS. Low-back pain definitions in occupational studies were categorized for a meta-analysis using Delphi consensus methods. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2007;60(6):625-633. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.09.005.
Martimo KP, Verbeek J, Karppinen J, Furlan AD, Kuijer PP, Viikari-Juntura E, Takala EP, Jauhiainen M. Manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing and treating back pain in workers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007;CD005958-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005958.pub2.
Boyle M, Georgiades K, Racine Y, Mustard C. Neighborhood and family influences on educational attainment: results from the Ontario child health study follow-up 2001. Child Development. 2007;78(1):168-189. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00991.x.
Breslin FC, Day D, Tompa E, Irvin E, Bhattacharyya S, Clarke J, Wang A. Non-agricultural work injuries among youth: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;32(2):151-162. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2006.10.007.
Deshpande A, Furlan AD, Mailis-Gagnon A, Atlas S, Turk D. Opioids for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007;CD004959-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004959.pub3.
Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Cole DC, Hogg-Johnson S, Van Eerd D. Pattern recognition approach to the development of a classification system for upper-limb musculoskeletal disorders of workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2007;33(2):131-139.