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August 8, 2000 / le 8 août 2000
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CMAJ 2000; 163(3)
Highlights of this issue
Cover:
In this issue, Susan Kirkland and colleagues report on the smoking patterns of Nova Scotian women during pregnancy (page 281). Shahul Ebrahim and colleagues comment that clinicians have an important role to play in reducing the burden of smoking among women (page 288).
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Editorial Éditorial |
253 |
A central theme of the Beijing +5 conference
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255 |
Thème central de la conférence Beijing +5
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Research Recherche |
265 |
Canadian normative data for the SF-36 health survey
W.M. Hopman, T. Towheed, T. Anastassiades,
A. Tenenhouse, S. Poliquin, C. Berger,
L. Joseph, J.P. Brown, T.M. Murray,
J.D. Adachi, D.A. Hanley, E. Papadimitropoulos, and the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Research Group
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273 |
Why are antibiotics prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people? A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' perceptions
S. Walker, A. McGeer, A.E. Simor,
M. Armstrong-Evans, M. Loeb
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Research Letter Exposé de recherche |
281 |
The natural history of smoking during pregnancy among women in Nova Scotia
S.A. Kirkland, L.A. Dodds, G. Brosky
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Commentary Commentaire |
283 |
The Canadian SF-36 health survey: Normative data add to its value
S. Wood-Dauphinee
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285 |
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people:
evidence and practice
L.E. Nicolle
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287 |
One solution to providing clinical coverage for pediatric inpatients
R.B. Goldbloom
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288 |
Smoking and women's health: opportunities to reduce the burden
of smoking during pregnancy
S.H. Ebrahim, R.K. Merritt, R.L. Floyd
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Review Synthèse |
293 |
Choosing a first-line drug in the management of elevated blood pressure: What is the evidence? 3: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors
J.M. Wright
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298 |
Providing after-hours on-call clinical coverage in academic health sciences centres: the Hospital for Sick Children experience
J. Friedman, R.M. Laxer
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301 |
The role of DNA amplification technology in the diagnosis of infectious diseases
M. Louie, L. Louie, A.E. Simor
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319 |
News and analysis Nouvelles et analyses [PDF] |
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Heart & Soul Gens de cur |
376 |
Retirement's a four-letter word for Manitoba MD
D. Square
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