Health surveillance

Health surveillance

Dementia/Alzheimer's disease

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Author: 
Joan Lindsay
Lori Anderson
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BMC Women's Health
Publication Date: 
2004
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London, UK

Offers a summary of the magnitude of dementia in Canada, research on risk factors and preventive factors, caregiving issues, and health policy implications. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726847
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Includes bibliographical references.

Cancer of the uterine cervix

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English
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Eliane Duarte-Franco
Eduardo L. Franco
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BMC Women's Health
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2004
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London, UK

Reviews the incidence rates and rates of mortality from cervical cancer in Canada. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Other gynecologic cancers: endometrial, ovarian, vulvar and vaginal cancers

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English
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Eliane Duarte-Franco
Eduardo L. Franco
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BMC Women's Health
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2004
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London, UK

Reviews the incidence rates and rates of mortality from gynecologic cancers in Canada. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Cardiovasular disease

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English
Translated Title: 
Maladies cardiovasculaires
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Online
Author: 
Sherry L. Grace
Rick Fry
Angela Cheung
Donna E. Stewart
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BMC Women's Health
Publication Date: 
2004
Publication Place: 
London, UK

Finds that half of Canadians who die from cardiovascular disease are women. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Diabetes in Canadian women

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English
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Diabète sucré chez les Canadiennes
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Online
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Catherine Kelly
Gillian L. Booth
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BMC Women's Health
Publication Date: 
2004
Publication Place: 
London, UK

Reviews the incidence and prevalence of diabetes and its complications among women in Canada. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Chronic pain: the extra burden on Canadian women

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Marta Meana
Robert Cho
Marie DesMeules
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BMC Women's Health
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2004
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London, UK

Reviews and compares the prevalence and intensity of chronic pain between men and women and among subgroups of women. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Body weight and body image

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English
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Marion P. Olmsted
Traci McFarlane
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BMC Women's Health
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2004
Publication Place: 
London, UK

Examines body weight and image issues for Canadian women, including the impacts of weight prejudice. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Physical activity and obesity in Canadian women

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English
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L'exercice physique et l'obésité
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Online
Author: 
Shirley Bryan
Peter Walsh
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BMC Women's Health
Publication Date: 
2004
Publication Place: 
London, UK

Reviews the current state of physical activity and overweight/obesity among Canadian women, including health implications. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Gender differences in smoking and self reported indicators of health

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English
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Susan Kirkland
Lorraine Greaves
Pratima Devichand
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BMC Women's Health
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2004
Publication Place: 
London, UK

Examines factors contributing to differences in prevalence of smoking among subgroups of women and men. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.

Women and substance abuse problems

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English
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Author: 
Renée A. Cormier
Colleen Anne Dell
Nancy Poole
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BMC Women's Health
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2004
Publication Place: 
London, UK

Examines the gender differences in the prevalence and physical health impacts of problem substance use. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

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ISSN 14726874
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Includes bibliographical references.
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