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COSMOS: A methodologically-flawed cohort study of the health effects from exposure to radiofrequency radiation from mobile phone use by Moskowitz, Joel M., Frank, John W., Melnick, Ronald L., Hardell, Lennart, Belyaev, Igor, Héroux, Paul, Kelley, Elizabeth, Lai, Henry, Maisch, Don, Mallery-Blythe, Erica, Philips, Alasdair

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Prevention and Control Strategies for Non-Communicable Disease: Goldberger, Pellagra and Rose Revisited by Frank, John W

“…This paper argues that the public health conceptual framework of epidemiologist Geoffrey Rose, first published as "Sick Individuals and Sick Populations" in…”
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Controlling the obesity pandemic: Geoffrey Rose revisited by Frank, John W.

“…The ongoing obesity pandemic threatens the health of hundreds of millions globally. However, to date, no country has had much success in limiting its growth,…”
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A Mixture Model to Correct Misclassification of Gestational Age by Urquia, Marcelo L., MSc, PhD, Moineddin, Rahim, PhD, Frank, John W., MD, MSc

“…Purpose Misclassification of gestational age based on the last menstrual period (LMP) in routinely collected data creates bias in newborn birthweight and…”
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National monitoring systems for health inequalities by socioeconomic status – an OECD snapshot by Frank, John W, Matsunaga, Etsuko

“…We assess the extent and quality of High-Income Countries’ (HIC) practices in monitoring Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health (SIH) through routine data…”
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Failures in reproductive health policy: overcoming the consequences and causes of inaction by Sher, Jonathan, Frank, John W, Doi, Lawrence, de Caestecker, Linda

“…It is assumed that long-established research findings and internationally accepted evidence should, and will, be translated into policy and practice. Knowledge…”
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An overview of prevention of multiple risk behaviour in adolescence and young adulthood by Jackson, Caroline A, Henderson, Marion, Frank, John W, Haw, Sally J

“…The observed clustering, and shared underlying determinants, of risk behaviours in young people has led to the proposition that interventions should take a…”
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Narrowing mortality gap between men and women over two decades: a registry-based study in Ontario, Canada by Rosella, Laura C, Calzavara, Andrew, Frank, John W, Fitzpatrick, Tiffany, Donnelly, Peter D, Henry, David

“…BackgroundHistorically, women have lower all-cause mortality than men. It is less understood that sex differences have been converging, particularly among…”
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Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of physician education and activation versus two rehabilitation programs for the treatment of Whiplash-associated Disorders: The University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial by Côté, Pierre, Cassidy, J David, Carette, Simon, Boyle, Eleanor, Shearer, Heather M, Stupar, Maja, Ammendolia, Carlo, van der Velde, Gabrielle, Hayden, Jill A, Yang, Xiaoqing, van Tulder, Maurits, Frank, John W

“…Whiplash injuries are an important public health problem that is associated with significant disability and high health care utilization. Recent cohort studies…”
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Commentary: Persistent Social Inequalities in Health-Insensitive Outcomes, Inadequate Policies, or Both? by FRANK, JOHN W., HAW, SALLY

“…A response to an article in the same journal issue by Gerry McCartney, Alastair H. Leyland, Colin M. Fischbacher, Bruce Whyte, David Walsh and Diane L…”
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Is a government-regulated rehabilitation guideline more effective than general practitioner education or preferred-provider rehabilitation in promoting recovery from acute whiplash-associated disorders? A pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Côté, Pierre, Boyle, Eleanor, Shearer, Heather M, Stupar, Maja, Jacobs, Craig, Cassidy, John David, Carette, Simon, van der Velde, Gabrielle, Wong, Jessica J, Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah, Ammendolia, Carlo, Hayden, Jill Alison, van Tulder, Maurits, Frank, John W

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a government-regulated rehabilitation guideline compared with education and activation by general practitioners, and…”
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From places to flows. International secondary migration and birth outcomes by Urquia, Marcelo L., Frank, John W., Glazier, Richard H.

“…Research on the health status of international migrants to industrialised countries in general, and on perinatal outcomes in particular, has assumed an…”
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Does how you do depend on how you think you'll do? A systematic review of the evidence for a relation between patients' recovery expectations and health outcomes by Mondloch, M V, Cole, D C, Frank, J W

“…Most clinicians would probably agree that what patients think will happen can influence what does happen over the clinical course. Yet despite useful narrative…”
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New forms of data for understanding low- and middle-income countries’ health inequalities: the case of Tanzania by Frank, John W, Pagliari, Claudia, Geubbels, Eveline, Mtenga, Sally

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Determinants of duration of disability and return-to-work after work-related injury and illness: Challenges for future research by Krause, Niklas, Frank, John W., Dasinger, Lisa K., Sullivan, Terry J., Sinclair, Sandra J.

“…Background The purpose of this review was to identify critical data and research needs in addressing the following question: What are the primary factors that…”
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Neighborhood Context and Infant Birthweight Among Recent Immigrant Mothers: A Multilevel Analysis by Urquia, Marcelo L, Frank, John W, Glazier, Richard H, Moineddin, Rahim, Matheson, Flora I, Gagnon, Anita J

“…We compared the influence of the residential environment and maternal country of origin on birthweight and low birthweight of infants born to recent immigrants…”
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Back pain claim rates and the business cycle by Brooker, Ann-Sylvia, Frank, John W., Tarasuk, Valerie S.

“…The causes of reported occupational back pain are controversial. Many observers appear to believe that job insecurity increases back pain compensation claims…”
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Patterns of sick-leave and health outcomes in injured workers with back pain by Côté, Pierre, Baldwin, Marjorie L., Johnson, William G., Frank, John W., Butler, Richard J.

“…Little is known about the sick-leave experiences of workers who make a workers’ compensation claim for back pain. Our objective is to describe the 1-year…”
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Key factors in back disability prevention : A consensus panel on their impact and modifiability by GUZMAN, Jaime, HAYDEN, Jill, FURLAN, Andrea D, CASSIDY, J. David, LOISEL, Patrick, FLANNERY, John, GIBSON, Jane, FRANK, John W

“…Modified Delphi panel using Q-methodology. To reach consensus on the relative impact and modifiability of factors that might prevent participation restrictions…”
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Birth outcomes by neighbourhood income and recent immigration in Toronto by Urquia, Marcelo L, Frank, John W, Glazier, Richard H, Moineddin, Rahim

“…This article examines differences in birth outcomes by neighbourhood income and recent immigration for singleton live births in Toronto, Ontario. The birth…”
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