Canadian Medical Association Journal: 179 (11)

November 18, 2008; Volume 179,Issue 11

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The error of not measuring asthma
Matthew B. Stanbrook and Alan Kaplan

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1099-1100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081665

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Ne pas évaluer l'asthme : une erreur
Matthew B. Stanbrook and Alan Kaplan

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1101-1102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081722

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Evaluating Vancouver's supervised injection facility: data and dollars, symbols and ethics
Don C. Des Jarlais, Kamyar Arasteh and Holly Hagan

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1105-1106; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081678
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Progress and promise in the management of chronic kidney disease
Garabed Eknoyan

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1107-1108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081643

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British Columbia experiments with checkups by the dozen
Christie McLaren

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1111-1112; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081667
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Canada Health Act breaches are being ignored, pro-medicare groups charge
Ann Silversides

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1112-1113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081690
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American entrepreneur files free trade challenge on medicare
Roger Collier

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1113-1114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081703
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Federal election wrap: medical profession to be sparsely represented in House of Commons
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1114-1115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081688
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For the record
CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1115-1116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081677
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National health human resources plan “a hard sell”
Ann Silversides

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081710
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Private facilities must make educational contribution
Erin Driscoll

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1117; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081673
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Pharma giants to create databases on gifts to physicians
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1118; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081669
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Briefly
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1118-1118-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081668
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Ugandan effort to constrain HIV spread hampered by systemic and cultural obstacles to male circumcision
Rosebell Kagumire

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1119-1120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081761
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Dispatch from the medical front: Somali symbiosis, part 1: what I saw
John Barnhill

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081666

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Overdiagnosis of asthma in obese and nonobese adults
Shawn D. Aaron, Katherine L. Vandemheen, Louis-Philippe Boulet, R. Andrew McIvor, J. Mark FitzGerald, Paul Hernandez, Catherine Lemiere, Sat Sharma, Stephen K. Field, Gonzalo G. Alvarez, Robert E. Dales, Steve Doucette, Dean Fergusson and ; for the Canadian Respiratory Clinical Research Consortium

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1121-1131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081332
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Prevalence of asthma among Chinese adolescents living in Canada and in China
Hong-Yu Wang, Gary W.K. Wong, Yu-Zhi Chen, Alexander C. Ferguson, Justina M. Greene, Yu Ma, Nan-Shan Zhong, Christopher K.W. Lai and Malcolm R. Sears

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1133-1142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071797
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The cost-effectiveness of Vancouver's supervised injection facility
Ahmed M. Bayoumi and Gregory S. Zaric

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1143-1151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080808

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Clinical guidelines: Guidelines for the management of chronic kidney disease
Adeera Levin, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Bruce Culleton, Sheldon Tobe, Philip McFarlane, Marcel Ruzicka, Kevin Burns, Braden Manns, Colin White, Francoise Madore, Louise Moist, Scott Klarenbach, Brendan Barrett, Robert Foley, Kailash Jindal, Peter Senior, Neesh Pannu, Sabin Shurraw, Ayub Akbari, Adam Cohn, Martina Reslerova, Vinay Deved, David Mendelssohn, Gihad Nesrallah, Joanne Kappel, Marcello Tonelli and ; for the Canadian Society of Nephrology

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1154-1162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080351

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Cancer in Canada in 2008
Loraine D. Marrett, Prithwish De, Parisa Airia, Dagny Dryer and ; for the steering committee of Canadian Cancer Statistics 2008

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1163-1170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080760

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What is your call?: Painless pink papules with central porcelain-white scars
P. Régine Mydlarski, Duane F. Barber and Lynne H. Robertson

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1171-1173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080373

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Number needed to treat and baseline risks
James P. McCormack

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080110
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Fostering public engagement
Graham Sher

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1174-1175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080112
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Testimonials for vaccine-preventable illnesses
Cornelius Woelk

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080114
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Not the view of Canadian Medical Association
Robert Ouellet

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1175-1175-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080111

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Room for a view: On becoming
Shane Neilsen

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081122
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Book review: The impetus to cure
Mark Frutkin

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081705
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Book review: Rethinking randomized controlled trials
Jeremy Howick

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081675
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Book review: Chronicles of a cardiologist in Canada's North
Amy Hendricks

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081740

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Pain in both knees
Wei-Jing Lee, Antonio Leo T TE and Yung-Ze Cheng

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1227; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080104

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The high cost of being an (aspiring) medical student
Alexander N.J. White

CMAJ November 18, 2008 179 (11) 1228; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081284

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