Published in CMAJ on August 10, 2009
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The effect of the new 2010 World Health Organization criteria for semen analyses on male infertility. Fertil Steril (2012) 2.17
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The Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada study of predictors of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection for infants born at 33 through 35 completed weeks of gestation. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2004) 2.15
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An international trial of antioxidants in the prevention of preeclampsia (INTAPP). Am J Obstet Gynecol (2010) 1.90
Amnioinfusion for the prevention of the meconium aspiration syndrome. N Engl J Med (2005) 1.89
Screening for depression in primary care: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. CMAJ (2005) 1.89
A review of Aboriginal infant mortality rates in Canada: striking and persistent Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal inequities. Can J Public Health (2010) 1.83
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A double-masked, randomized control trial of iron supplementation in early infancy in healthy term breast-fed infants. J Pediatr (2003) 1.67
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The self-inflating resuscitation bag delivers high oxygen concentrations when used without a reservoir: implications for neonatal resuscitation. Respir Care (2009) 1.61
Validating ICD coding algorithms for diabetes mellitus from administrative data. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2010) 1.60
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Vitamin D deficiency in young children with severe acute lower respiratory infection. Pediatr Pulmonol (2009) 1.47
Kangaroo care is effective in diminishing pain response in preterm neonates. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2003) 1.45
Developing the Children's Critical Illness Impact Scale: capturing stories from children, parents, and staff. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.45
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Trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions and physician visits in Canada between 1996 and 2006. Can J Cardiol (2008) 1.43
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A randomized trial of early versus standard inhaled nitric oxide therapy in term and near-term newborn infants with hypoxic respiratory failure. Pediatrics (2004) 1.40
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Critical care procedure logging using handheld computers. Crit Care (2004) 1.38
Review of methods for space-time disease surveillance. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol (2010) 1.37
The effect of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy on small for gestational age and stillbirth: a population based study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2004) 1.31
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Proportional hazards frailty models for recurrent methadone maintenance treatment. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.26
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Widespread DNA hypomethylation at gene enhancer regions in placentas associated with early-onset pre-eclampsia. Mol Hum Reprod (2013) 1.25
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Hypothermia to treat neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: systematic review. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2007) 1.22
Antifungal activities of four fatty acids against plant pathogenic fungi. Mycopathologia (2004) 1.21
Hair cortisol as a potential biologic marker of chronic stress in hospitalized neonates. Neonatology (2007) 1.20
Randomized controlled trial of a psychoeducation program for the self-management of chronic cardiac pain. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 1.20
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