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Coronary heart disease mortality and radon exposure in the Newfoundland fluorspar miners' cohort, 1950-2001Paul J Villeneuve
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Radiat Environ Biophys 46:291-6. 2007..These findings are consistent with those recently reported by Kreuzer and colleagues. We share their view that uncontrolled confounding for other coronary heart disease risk factors hinders the interpretation of the risk estimates...
Associations between cigarette smoking, obesity, sociodemographic characteristics and remote-sensing-derived estimates of ambient PM2.5: results from a Canadian population-based surveyPaul J Villeneuve
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, 50 Columbine Driveway, Room 165, PL0801A, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada
Occup Environ Med 68:920-7. 2011..5 and individual-level measures of smoking, obesity and sociodemographic status. The authors present an approach to evaluate the impact that uncontrolled confounding from smoking may have on associations between PM2.5 and mortality...- Associations between outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for stroke in Edmonton, CanadaPaul J Villeneuve
Air Health Effects Division, Environmental Contaminants Bureau, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Ave W 3rd Floor, 3 022 PL4903C, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0K9
Eur J Epidemiol 21:689-700. 2006..20 (95% CI = 1.00-1.43). Our results suggest it is possible that vehicular traffic, which produces increased levels of NO(2) and CO, contributes to an increased incidence of emergency department visits for stroke... - Frequency of emergency room visits for childhood asthma in Ottawa, Canada: the role of weatherPaul J Villeneuve
Air Health Effects Division, Health Canada, 2nd Floor, Room 2042, 400 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0K9
Int J Biometeorol 50:48-56. 2005..77) relative to summer periods with no activity. Models that incorporate calendar and meteorological data may help emergency departments to more efficiently allocate resources needed to treat children presenting with respiratory distress... - Occupational exposure to diesel and gasoline emissions and lung cancer in Canadian menPaul J Villeneuve
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Environ Res 111:727-35. 2011..Our findings suggest that exposure to diesel engine emissions increases the risk of lung cancer particularly for squamous and large cell carcinoma subtypes... 
Outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma among children and adults: a case-crossover study in northern Alberta, CanadaPaul J Villeneuve
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Environ Health 6:40. 2007..However, few have examined the possible confounding influence of aeroallergens, or reported findings among very young children...- Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on stroke: who is most vulnerable?Paul J Villeneuve
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sci Total Environ 430:193-201. 2012..Air pollution was not associated with hemorrhagic stroke or transient ischemic attacks. The findings suggest that specific patient characteristics modify associations between air pollution and ischemic stroke... - The influence of cosmetic breast augmentation on the stage distribution and prognosis of women subsequently diagnosed with breast cancerLin Xie
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J Cancer 126:2182-90. 2010..65-1.74). In conclusion, this study suggests that breast implants delay the detection of breast cancer, but there was no statistically significant difference in survival between the breast implant and other plastic surgery groups... - Canadian breast implant cohort: extended follow-up of cancer incidenceSai Yi Pan
Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Int J Cancer 131:E1148-57. 2012..Possible increase of breast cancer incidence shortly after breast augmentation with polyurethane implants needs to be verified... - Risk of nonaccidental and cardiovascular mortality in relation to long-term exposure to low concentrations of fine particulate matter: a Canadian national-level cohort studyDan L Crouse
Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Environ Health Perspect 120:708-14. 2012..5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM(2.5))]. This is the first national-level cohort study to investigate these risks in Canada... - A cohort study relating urban green space with mortality in Ontario, CanadaPaul J Villeneuve
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Environ Res 115:51-8. 2012.... - Air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma in Windsor, CanadaEric Lavigne
Environmental Issues Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 103:4-8. 2012..In this study, we examined associations between short-term changes in ambient air pollution and emergency department (ED) visits for asthma in Windsor... - A retrospective cohort study of stroke onset: implications for characterizing short term effects from ambient air pollutionJulie Y M Johnson
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Environ Health 10:87. 2011..The objective of this study was to improve our understanding on how these sources of errors influence risk estimates derived using a case-crossover study design... - Radon and lung cancer risk: an extension of the mortality follow-up of the Newfoundland fluorspar cohortPaul J Villeneuve
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health Phys 92:157-69. 2007.... - Gaseous air pollutants and asthma hospitalization of children with low household income in Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaMei Lin
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 159:294-303. 2004..No significantly positive associations were found between carbon monoxide and ozone and asthma hospitalization in either low or high socioeconomic groups... - Ecological analysis of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and the incidence of stroke in Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaJulie Y M Johnson
Air Health Effects Division, Health Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Stroke 41:1319-25. 2010..We investigated the associations between ambient pollution and the incidence of stroke, as well as stroke subtypes, in a northern Canadian city surrounded by energy-sector pollution sources... - Environmental tobacco smoke and the risk of pancreatic cancer: findings from a Canadian population-based case-control studyPaul J Villeneuve
Epistream Consulting Inc, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 95:32-7. 2004..We investigated the relationship between pancreatic cancer and childhood and adult exposure to ETS using a case-control study design... - Survival of patients diagnosed with either colorectal mucinous or non-mucinous adenocarcinoma: a population-based study in CanadaLin Xie
Chronic Disease Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
Int J Oncol 34:1109-15. 2009..In conclusion, no significant differences in stage distribution and overall survival were found between mucinous and non-mucinous patients for colorectal cancer... - Liver transplantation and subsequent risk of cancer: findings from a Canadian cohort studyYing Jiang
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Liver Transpl 14:1588-97. 2008..Increased surveillance in this patient population, particularly in the first year following transplantation, and screening for colorectal cancer with modalities for which benefits are already well recognized should be pursued... - Brain cancer and occupational exposure to magnetic fields among men: results from a Canadian population-based case-control studyPaul J Villeneuve
Environmental Risk Assessment and Case Surveillance Division, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0L2
Int J Epidemiol 31:210-7. 2002..Emphasis was placed on examining the variations in risk across different histological types... - Fine particulate air pollution and all-cause mortality within the Harvard Six-Cities Study: variations in risk by period of exposurePaul J Villeneuve
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ann Epidemiol 12:568-76. 2002..The RR of mortality associated with PM(2.5) did not depend on when exposure occurred in relation to death, possibly because of little variation between the time-dependent city-specific exposure indices... - Mortality among Canadian women with cosmetic breast implantsPaul J Villeneuve
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 164:334-41. 2006..Findings suggest that breast implants do not directly increase mortality in women. Further work is needed to evaluate risk factors for suicide among women who undergo elective cosmetic surgery... - A case-control study of medium-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide pollution and hospitalization for strokeJulie Ym Johnson
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
BMC Public Health 13:368. 2013..To address this research gap, we evaluated associations between highly spatially resolved estimates of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a marker of traffic pollution, and emergency department visits for stroke in Edmonton, Canada... - Occupational exposure to asbestos and lung cancer in men: evidence from a population-based case-control study in eight Canadian provincesPaul J Villeneuve
Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
BMC Cancer 12:595. 2012..abstract:.. - Screening for colorectal cancer using the fecal occult blood test: an actuarial assessment of the impact of a population-based screening program in CanadaPaul J Villeneuve
Epistream Consulting Inc, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 19:715-23. 2003..Additional information on the natural history of the disease, and Canadian pilot data are needed to better model the effectiveness of population-based FOB screening programs... - Cancer incidence in a cohort of Ontario and Quebec women having bilateral breast augmentationJacques Brisson
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Laval, QC, Canada
Int J Cancer 118:2854-62. 2006..subglandular), fill (saline vs. silicone) or envelope (polyurethane-coated or not). In conclusion, women undergoing cosmetic breast augmentation do not appear to be at an increased long-term risk of developing cancer... - The influence of ambient coarse particulate matter on asthma hospitalization in children: case-crossover and time-series analysesMei Lin
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
Environ Health Perspect 110:575-81. 2002..For the most part, relative risk estimates from the unidirectional case-crossover analysis were more pronounced compared with both bidirectional case-crossover and time-series analyses... - Determinants of health-related quality of life of opiate users at entry to low-threshold methadone programsPeggy Millson
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Eur Addict Res 12:74-82. 2006..The aim of this study was to conduct an exploratory analysis of factors associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among opiate users at entry to low-threshold methadone treatment... - Self-perceived health among Canadian opiate users: a comparison to the general population and to other chronic disease populationsPeggy E Millson
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 95:99-103. 2004.... - A time-series study of air pollution, socioeconomic status, and mortality in Vancouver, CanadaPaul J Villeneuve
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 13:427-35. 2003..However, these results should be interpreted cautiously due to the small number of deaths observed within each stratum of socioeconomic status... - Reduction in injection-related HIV risk after 6 months in a low-threshold methadone treatment programPeggy Millson
HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
AIDS Educ Prev 19:124-36. 2007..Our findings suggest that low-threshold MMT programs can reduce the risk of HIV without the enforcement of abstinence-based policies...