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Social inequalities in protective behaviour uptake at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a national survey by Blair, Alexandra, Parnia, Abtin, Shahidi, Faraz V., Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Objectives We aimed to assess social patterns of handwashing, social distancing, and working from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, and…”
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Identifying gaps in COVID-19 health equity data reporting in Canada using a scorecard approach by Blair, Alexandra, Warsame, Kahiye, Naik, Harsh, Byrne, Walter, Parnia, Abtin, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Objective To assess health equity-oriented COVID-19 reporting across Canadian provinces and territories, using a scorecard approach. Methods A scan was…”
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Did the UN convention on the rights of the child reduce child mortality around the world? An interrupted time series analysis by Tait, Christopher A, Parnia, Abtin, Zewge-Abubaker, Nishan, Wong, Wendy H, Smith-Cannoy, Heather, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Child mortality has been reduced by more than 50 % over the past 30 years. A range of secular economic and social developments have been considered to explain…”
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A time-series analysis of testing and COVID-19 outbreaks in Canadian federal prisons to inform prevention and surveillance efforts by Blair, Alexandra, Parnia, Abtin, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Approximately 14,000 adults are currently incarcerated in federal prisons in Canada. These facilities are vulnerable to disease outbreaks and an assessment of…”
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Socioeconomic disparities in smoking are partially explained by chronic financial stress: marginal structural model of older US adults by Parnia, Abtin, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…BackgroundA persistent socioeconomic gradient in smoking has been observed in a variety of populations. While stress is hypothesised to play a mediating role,…”
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in premature and avoidable mortality in Canada, 1991-2016 by Shahidi, Faraz Vahid, Parnia, Abtin, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Recent epidemiologic findings suggest that socioeconomic inequalities in health may be widening over time. We examined trends in socioeconomic inequalities in…”
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Unemployment Insurance and Mortality Among the Long-Term Unemployed: A Population-Based Matched-Cohort Study by Shahidi, Faraz Vahid, Parnia, Abtin

“…Abstract Unemployment insurance is hypothesized to play an important role in mitigating the adverse health consequences of job loss. In this prospective cohort…”
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Une analyse en séries chronologiques du niveau de dépistage et des éclosions de COVID-19 dans les prisons fédérales canadiennes, dans le but d’éclairer la prévention et la surveillance by Alexandra Blair, Abtin Parnia, Arjumand Siddiqi

“…Contexte : Environ 14 000 adultes sont actuellement incarcérés dans des prisons fédérales au Canada. Ces établissements étant vulnérables aux éclosions de…”
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Environmental factors associated with blood lead among newcomer women from South and East Asia in the Greater Toronto Area by Parnia, Abtin, Chakravartty, Dolon, Wiseman, Clare L.S., Archbold, Josephine, Copes, Ray, Zawar, Noureen, Chen, Shirley X., Cole, Donald C.

“…Newcomers bring with them histories of environmental exposure in their home countries and may have different sources of lead (Pb) exposure compared to other…”
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When everyone agrees: human rights norms on women and children and their effects on health by Smith-Cannoy, Heather, Wong, Wendy H., Siddiqi, Arjumand, Tait, Christopher, Parnia, Abtin

“…What are the effects of international human rights norms? This paper links the creation of two human rights treaties, the Convention on the Elimination of All…”
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Une analyse en séries chronologiques du niveau de dépistage et des éclosions de COVID-19 dans les prisons fédérales canadiennes, dans le but d’éclairer la prévention et la surveillance by Blair, Alexandra, Parnia, Abtin, Siddiqi, Arjumand

“…Contexte : Environ 14 000 adultes sont actuellement incarcérés dans des prisons fédérales au Canada. Ces établissements étant vulnérables aux éclosions de…”
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