Published in Can J Public Health on July 11, 2008
Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting oxycodone. CMAJ (2009) 9.83
Prescription opioid abuse: what is the real problem and how do we fix it? Can Fam Physician (2011) 0.94
Assessing the prevalence of non-medical prescription opioid use in the Canadian general adult population: evidence of large variation depending on survey questions used. BMC Psychiatry (2013) 0.90
Self-reported practices in opioid management of chronic noncancer pain: a survey of Canadian family physicians. Pain Res Manag (2013) 0.89
Deaths related to the use of prescription opioids. CMAJ (2009) 0.86
Genetics of Opioid Dependence: A Review of the Genetic Contribution to Opioid Dependence. Curr Psychiatry Rev (2014) 0.85
Sensitivity and specificity of administrative mortality data for identifying prescription opioid-related deaths. CMAJ (2015) 0.79
Abuse of family physicians by patients seeking controlled substances. Can Fam Physician (2014) 0.79
A cross-sectional examination of medicinal substance abuse and use of nonmedicinal substances among Canadian youth: findings from the 2012-2013 Youth Smoking Survey. CMAJ Open (2015) 0.78
Sex differences in outcomes of methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ Open (2015) 0.78
Prescription of opioids for opioid-naive medical inpatients. Can J Hosp Pharm (2014) 0.75
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 16.76
Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders. Lancet (2009) 16.12
The preventable causes of death in the United States: comparative risk assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors. PLoS Med (2009) 12.13
Alcohol and public health. Lancet (2005) 10.82
The relation between different dimensions of alcohol consumption and burden of disease: an overview. Addiction (2010) 5.14
Risky single-occasion drinking: bingeing is not bingeing. Addiction (2010) 4.63
The cardioprotective association of average alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction (2012) 3.74
Selected pregnancy and delivery outcomes after exposure to antidepressant medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry (2013) 3.71
Developing the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0. Bull World Health Organ (2010) 3.31
The association of pattern of lifetime alcohol use and cause of death in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study. Int J Epidemiol (2013) 3.23
Alcohol as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Care (2009) 3.03
Irregular heavy drinking occasions and risk of ischemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 2.49
Are the 1976-1985 birth cohorts heavier drinkers? Age-period-cohort analyses of the National Alcohol Surveys 1979-2010. Addiction (2012) 2.42
Alcohol consumption and the risk of morbidity and mortality for different stroke types--a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health (2010) 2.42
The association between alcohol use, alcohol use disorders and tuberculosis (TB). A systematic review. BMC Public Health (2009) 2.39
Reducing the global burden of hazardous alcohol use: a comparative cost-effectiveness analysis. J Stud Alcohol (2004) 2.38
HIV vaccine trial participation among ethnic minority communities: barriers, motivators, and implications for recruitment. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2006) 2.35
Alcohol as a correlate of unprotected sexual behavior among people living with HIV/AIDS: review and meta-analysis. AIDS Behav (2009) 2.33
Alcohol consumption and risk of incident human immunodeficiency virus infection: a meta-analysis. Int J Public Health (2009) 2.23
Causal considerations on alcohol and HIV/AIDS--a systematic review. Alcohol Alcohol (2010) 2.22
Changes in illicit opioid use across Canada. CMAJ (2006) 2.20
Illicit opioid use and its key characteristics: a select overview and evidence from a Canadian multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN). Can J Psychiatry (2006) 2.16
Carcinogenicity of acetaldehyde in alcoholic beverages: risk assessment outside ethanol metabolism. Addiction (2009) 2.06
Alcohol accounts for a high proportion of premature mortality in central and eastern Europe. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 2.02
Alcohol-attributable mortality and potential years of life lost in Canada 2001: implications for prevention and policy. Addiction (2006) 2.01
Age, period and cohort influences on beer, wine and spirits consumption trends in the US National Alcohol Surveys. Addiction (2004) 2.01
The burden of cancer attributable to alcohol drinking. Int J Cancer (2006) 2.01
Age-period-cohort modelling of alcohol volume and heavy drinking days in the US National Alcohol Surveys: divergence in younger and older adult trends. Addiction (2009) 1.98
Alcohol attributable burden of incidence of cancer in eight European countries based on results from prospective cohort study. BMJ (2011) 1.94
Alcohol consumption and non-communicable diseases: epidemiology and policy implications. Addiction (2011) 1.93
Multicentre study of acute alcohol use and non-fatal injuries: data from the WHO collaborative study on alcohol and injuries. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 1.90
Heroin-assisted treatment as a response to the public health problem of opiate dependence. Eur J Public Health (2002) 1.89
Comparing alcohol consumption in central and eastern Europe to other European countries. Alcohol Alcohol (2007) 1.89
How stable is the risk curve between alcohol and all-cause mortality and what factors influence the shape? A precision-weighted hierarchical meta-analysis. Eur J Epidemiol (2003) 1.85
Lower Risk Cannabis use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG): a narrative review of evidence and recommendations. Can J Public Health (2011) 1.81
Effects of depression and social integration on the relationship between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality. Addiction (2002) 1.78
Harmful alcohol use. Alcohol Res Health (2003) 1.74
Alcohol consumption, unprovoked seizures, and epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsia (2010) 1.73
Illicit opioid use in Canada: comparing social, health, and drug use characteristics of untreated users in five cities (OPICAN study). J Urban Health (2005) 1.73
Use of other opioids during methadone therapy: a population-based study. Addiction (2012) 1.72
Cannabis use and cannabis use disorders and their relationship to mental disorders: a 10-year prospective-longitudinal community study in adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend (2007) 1.71
Differences and over-time changes in levels of prescription opioid analgesic dispensing from retail pharmacies in Canada, 2005-2010. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2011) 1.69
Antidepressant exposure during pregnancy and congenital malformations: is there an association? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the best evidence. J Clin Psychiatry (2013) 1.65
The burden of death, disease, and disability due to alcohol in New Zealand. N Z Med J (2005) 1.61
What can the Swiss and Dutch trials tell us about the potential risks associated with heroin prescribing? Drug Alcohol Rev (2003) 1.57
Alcohol as a risk factor for pancreatitis. A systematic review and meta-analysis. JOP (2009) 1.57
Hepatitis C virus transmission among oral crack users: viral detection on crack paraphernalia. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2008) 1.56
Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury among emergency department patients: a cross-national study. Addiction (2005) 1.53
Age-period-cohort influences on trends in past year marijuana use in the US from the 1984, 1990, 1995 and 2000 National Alcohol Surveys. Drug Alcohol Depend (2006) 1.52
Using latent class analysis (LCA) to analyze patterns of drug use in a population of illegal opioid users. Drug Alcohol Depend (2006) 1.51
International regulation of alcohol. BMJ (2008) 1.48
Alcohol use disorders and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction (2013) 1.48
Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths and years of potential life lost in the United States. Am J Public Health (2013) 1.46
Crack across Canada: Comparing crack users and crack non-users in a Canadian multi-city cohort of illicit opioid users. Addiction (2006) 1.45
Use of opioid analgesics for the treatment of chronic noncancer pain--a consensus statement and guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society, 2002. Pain Res Manag (2003) 1.45
Determinants of overdose incidents among illicit opioid users in 5 Canadian cities. CMAJ (2004) 1.44
Average volume of alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality in African Americans: the NHEFS cohort. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2003) 1.42
Understanding the parameters of non-medical use of prescription drugs: moving beyond mere numbers. Addiction (2007) 1.42
The effectiveness of psychosocial modalities in the treatment of alcohol problems in adults: a review of the evidence. Can J Psychiatry (2012) 1.40
Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) a decade later: a brief update on science and politics. J Urban Health (2007) 1.40
Alcohol consumption as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2010) 1.38
Does the association between alcohol consumption and depression depend on how they are measured? Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2007) 1.38
Difficulties with telephone-based surveys on alcohol consumption in high-income countries: the Canadian example. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res (2012) 1.34
Global alcohol exposure estimates by country, territory and region for 2005--a contribution to the Comparative Risk Assessment for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study. Addiction (2013) 1.32
Does price matter? The effect of decreased price on spirits consumption in Switzerland. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2003) 1.30
Surrogate alcohol: what do we know and where do we go? Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2007) 1.30
The costs of alcohol, illegal drugs, and tobacco in Canada, 2002. J Stud Alcohol Drugs (2007) 1.30
Gender differences in prevalence of substance use disorders among individuals with lifetime exposure to substances: results from a large representative sample. Am J Addict (2013) 1.29
The impact of tobacco tax cuts on smoking initiation among Canadian young adults. Am J Prev Med (2006) 1.28
Changes in and characteristics of admissions to treatment related to problematic prescription opioid use in Ontario, 2004-2009. Drug Alcohol Depend (2010) 1.26
Clear criteria based on absolute risk: reforming the basis of guidelines on low-risk drinking. Drug Alcohol Rev (2011) 1.26
Chronic diseases and conditions related to alcohol use. Alcohol Res (2013) 1.24
Liver cirrhosis mortality in Europe, with special attention to Central and Eastern Europe. Eur Addict Res (2010) 1.22
Alcohol consumption and mortality in Russia since 2000: are there any changes following the alcohol policy changes starting in 2006? Alcohol Alcohol (2013) 1.22
Comparative cost-effectiveness of policy instruments for reducing the global burden of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use. Drug Alcohol Rev (2006) 1.21
Alcohol and infectious diseases: an overlooked causal linkage? Addiction (2009) 1.21
What is best evidence in epidemiology? A reply to Stockwell (2012): the journal publishes both invited and unsolicited letters. Addiction (2013) 1.20
Recall bias in case-crossover designs studying the potential influence of alcohol consumption. J Stud Alcohol Drugs (2010) 1.19
Ischemic heart disease mortality and morbidity rates in former drinkers: a meta-analysis. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.18
Prescription drug abuse in Canada and the diversion of prescription drugs into the illicit drug market. Can J Public Health (2005) 1.18
Changes in alcohol consumption following a reduction in the price of spirits: a natural experiment in Switzerland. Addiction (2003) 1.16
The composition of alcohol products from markets in Lithuania and Hungary, and potential health consequences: a pilot study. Alcohol Alcohol (2008) 1.16
The relationship between self-reported drinking and BAC level in emergency room injury cases: is it a straight line? Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2010) 1.16
Externalities from alcohol consumption in the 2005 US National Alcohol Survey: implications for policy. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2009) 1.16
Mortality and potential years of life lost attributable to alcohol consumption in Canada in 2005. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.15
Social cost of heavy drinking and alcohol dependence in high-income countries. Int J Public Health (2009) 1.14
Gender differences in health-related quality of life among cannabis users: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Drug Alcohol Depend (2011) 1.12
Global alcohol-attributable deaths from cancer, liver cirrhosis, and injury in 2010. Alcohol Res (2013) 1.12
What do we know about the economic impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder? A systematic literature review. Alcohol Alcohol (2011) 1.10
Injection drug use and the hepatitis C virus: considerations for a targeted treatment approach--the case study of Canada. J Urban Health (2004) 1.10
Determining the best population-level alcohol consumption model and its impact on estimates of alcohol-attributable harms. Popul Health Metr (2012) 1.10
The quality of alcohol products in Vietnam and its implications for public health. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2009) 1.09