Published in Open Med on September 15, 2009
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Complete nucleotide sequence of a 92-kilobase plasmid harboring the CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase involved in an outbreak in long-term-care facilities in Toronto, Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 4.46
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The potential impact of antiretroviral therapy on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep (2006) 1.77
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Coordinated response to SARS, Vancouver, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.04
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Barriers to HIV counseling and testing uptake by health workers in three public hospitals in Free State Province, South Africa. AIDS Care (2014) 0.97
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Promoting the health of marginalized populations in Ecuador through international collaboration and educational innovations. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 0.95
Establishing a community of practice of researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and communities to sustainably manage environmental health risks in Ecuador. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2011) 0.94
Community participation in a multisectoral intervention to address health determinants in an inner-city community in central Havana. J Urban Health (2003) 0.94
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian aboriginal people. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2006) 0.93
An integrated ecosystem approach for sustainable prevention and control of dengue in Central Havana. Int J Occup Environ Health (2007) 0.92
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Reducing mercury and responding to the global gold rush. Lancet (2005) 0.90
Risk factors for and outcomes associated with clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins among patients admitted to Canadian hospitals. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2009) 0.89
Choosing a model of care for patients in alternate level care: caregiver perspectives with respect to staff injury. Can J Nurs Res (2004) 0.89
Facial protective equipment, personnel, and pandemics: impact of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus on personnel and use of facial protective equipment. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 0.89
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Evaluation of a workplace disability prevention intervention in Canada: examining differing perceptions of stakeholders. J Occup Rehabil (2011) 0.88
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention to improve health in an inner-city Havana community. Int J Occup Environ Health (2003) 0.87
Efficiency of overhead ceiling lifts in reducing musculoskeletal injury among carers working in long-term care institutions. Injury (2008) 0.87
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Impact of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on Canadian health care workers: a survey on vaccination, illness, absenteeism, and personal protective equipment. Am J Infect Control (2012) 0.86
Characterizing violence in health care in British Columbia. J Adv Nurs (2009) 0.86
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Dengue in Cuba: mobilisation against Aedes aegypti. Lancet Infect Dis (2002) 0.85
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of health care-associated and community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospitalized patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 0.83
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Evaluation of a violence risk assessment system (the Alert System) for reducing violence in an acute hospital: a before and after study. Int J Nurs Stud (2010) 0.81
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International collaboration to protect health workers from infectious diseases in Ecuador. Rev Panam Salud Publica (2010) 0.80
Statement in response to asbestos industry efforts to prevent a ban on asbestos in Pakistan: chrysotile asbestos use is not safe and must be banned. Arch Environ Occup Health (2013) 0.79
Decreasing occupational injury and disability: the convergence of systems theory, knowledge transfer and action research. Work (2008) 0.79
Assessing the health implications for healthcare workers of regulatory changes eliminating locally developed occupational exposure limits in favor of TLVs: an evidence-based bipartite approach. Int J Occup Environ Health (2005) 0.79
Critical reflection on a summer global health research internship: the need for education on global development paradigms in medical schools. Med Teach (2014) 0.78
Physician expelled from Indian Association of Occupational Health after critique. Int J Occup Environ Health (2009) 0.78
Preventing disability from occupational musculoskeletal injuries in an urban, acute and tertiary care hospital: results from a prevention and early active return-to-work safely program. J Occup Environ Med (2004) 0.78
Severe acute respiratory syndrome: guidelines were drawn up collaboratively to protect healthcare workers in British Columbia. BMJ (2003) 0.78
Evaluation of the fear-avoidance model with health care workers experiencing acute/subacute pain. Pain (2011) 0.78
Ecosystem approach to promoting appropriate antibiotic use for children in indigenous communities in Ecuador. Rev Panam Salud Publica (2011) 0.77
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Reducing the risks to health care workers from blood and body fluid exposure in a small rural hospital in Thabo-Mofutsanyana, South Africa. Workplace Health Saf (2014) 0.77