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James A Dickinson

Profesor of Family Medicine, University of Calgary
Verified email at ucalgary.ca
Cited by 10252

Obstacles to the development of a capitalist agriculture

SA Mann, JM Dickinson - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1978 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines some of the reasons for the maintenance and persistence of family
labour farms within agricultural sectors of advanced capitalist countries: some obstacles to the …

Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm

…, CA Spencer, RJ Tuohy, RW Parsons, JA Dickinson - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Objective To assess whether screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in men reduces
mortality. Design Population based randomised controlled trial of ultrasound screening, with …

Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic review of autopsy studies

…, C Del Mar, G Wright, J Dickinson… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer screening may detect nonprogressive cancers, leading to overdiagnosis
and overtreatment. The potential for overdiagnosis can be assessed from the reservoir of …

[HTML][HTML] Low 2012–13 influenza vaccine effectiveness associated with mutation in the egg-adapted H3N2 vaccine strain not antigenic drift in circulating viruses

…, G De Serres, S Sabaiduc, A Eshaghi, JA Dickinson… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is generally interpreted in the context of
vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the latter invoked to …

[HTML][HTML] Association between the 2008–09 seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 illness during spring–summer 2009: four observational studies from …

…, TS Hottes, LC Rosella, JA Dickinson… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background In late spring 2009, concern was raised in Canada that prior vaccination with the
2008–09 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) was associated with increased risk of …

A perfect storm: impact of genomic variation and serial vaccination on low influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2014–2015 season

…, G De Serres, AL Winter, JA Dickinson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. The 2014–2015 influenza season was distinguished by an epidemic of
antigenically-drifted A(H3N2) viruses and vaccine components identical to 2013–2014. We report …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test

…, SC Gorber, A Shane, M Joffres, H Singh, J Dickinson… - Cmaj, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Methods The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is an independent panel of
volunteer clinicians and methodologists that makes recommendations about clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations on screening for depression in adults

M Joffres, A Jaramillo, J Dickinson, G Lewin, K Pottie… - Cmaj, 2013 - Can Med Assoc
Methods The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is an independent panel of
clinicians and methodologists that makes recommendations about clinical manoeuvres aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Canada: national data from 1932 to 2006

JA Dickinson, A Stankiewicz, C Popadiuk, L Pogany… - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background High levels of participation in cervical screening are reported in Canada from
the 1970’s as a result of early uptake of the Pap smear and universal Medicare. Despite …

Correlates and consequences of morale versus depression under stressful conditions.

TW Britt, JM Dickinson, DW Moore… - Journal of …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
The role of morale as a positive psychological construct distinct from the construct of
depression was examined using data from a longitudinal study of 1,685 US soldiers on a …