Publications
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| q fever in canada. | a canada-wide survey of q fever was begun in 1958 in co-operation with public health and veterinary laboratories to determine the presence and prevalence of the disease so that medical practitioners might be alerted to the potential dangers existing. serologic evidence obtained indicated that the q fever rickettsia now exists in cattle in all provinces of canada except new brunswick, nova scotia, and prince edward island. isolations of the rickettsia were obtained from bovine milk samples from o ... | 1964 | 14175873 |
| [thalassemia in quebec]. | 1964 | 14183889 | |
| blood groups of the naskapi and montagnais indians of schefferville, quebec. | 1964 | 14210757 | |
| the human side of osler. | 1966 | 5342227 | |
| [expo 67. health services on the "world of man"]. | 1967 | 5182042 | |
| an epidemic of influenza b in the province of quebec in the spring of 1966: laboratory studies. | laboratory studies of an influenza b epidemic in the province of quebec carried out during the spring of 1966 are described. during that period six influenza b strains were isolated. the isolated strains did not differ markedly from previous influenza b strains. the serological studies showed that this epidemic had spread over different parts of the province of quebec.the serological studies also showed that an isolated community, such as an armed forces camp, can exhibit an epidemiological patt ... | 1967 | 6019961 |
| [antigenic characteristics of an influenza a2 virus isolated in montreal during the outbreak of 1967-1968]. | 1969 | 4978411 | |
| a study of a hong kong influenza outbreak at a canadian forces base in quebec in 1968-69. | 1970 | 5437944 | |
| strontium-90 and infant mortality in canada. | 1970 | 5474939 | |
| [man in his environment--a testimonial]. | 1972 | 4482600 | |
| a human satellited y chromosome with a probably illegitimate paternal origin. | 1972 | 4638423 | |
| human visual ecology and orientation anisotropies in acuity. | the visual environment of cree indians from the east coast of james bay, quebec, is different from that of city-raised euro-canadians. so also are their corresponding orientation anisotropies in visual acuity. a euro-canadian sample exhibited the usual higher resolution for vertically and horizontally oriented gratings as compared with oblique orientations, while a cree indian sample did not. the most parsimonious explanation of these acuity differences is that orientation-specific detectors in ... | 1973 | 4752214 |
| regina v. morgentaler (no. 1). 3 oct 1973. | 1973 | 12038304 | |
| [human salmonellosis in the province of quebec (1967-1972)]. | 1974 | 4826019 | |
| two cases of human sarcophaga (diptera: sarcophagidae) myiasis in quebec, with descriptions of the larvae. | 1974 | 4840657 | |
| [surveillance of influenza in quebec 1968-71]. | 1974 | 4849837 | |
| human botulism in canada (1919-1973). | since 1919, in canada, 62 authenticated outbreaks of human botulism have affected 181 persons, with 83 deaths, a fatality rate of 46%. among these, 41 outbreaks were bacteriologically determined (31 in one laboratory) as six type a, four type b, one both a and b, and 30 type e. about two thirds of the total outbreaks, cases and deaths involved eskimos and pacific coast indians consuming raw marine mammal products and salmon eggs, respectively. other parts of canada recorded seven occurrences due ... | 1974 | 4855671 |
| survey on the incidence of yersinia enterocolitica infection in canada. | data pertaining to 278 cultures of yersinia enterocolitica isolated in canada are summarized in this paper. of this amount, 256 were isolated from humans, whereas 22 were of nonhuman sources. the typing of these cultures is presented together with their geographical location. y. enterocolitica serotype o:3 biotype 4, phage type 9b, was practically the only serotype present in the province of quebec. this serotype o:3 was also predominant in ontario, followed by serotypes o:5,27 and o:6,30; other ... | 1974 | 4472776 |
| laboratory and clinical features of influenza a2 1971-72 in montreal. | 1974 | 4473323 | |
| dogs and intestinal parasites: a public health problem. | the stools of 239 stray dogs were examined for intestinal parasites. of the helminths found, toxocara canis (43.5%), tapeworms (25.5%), ascaris species (21.3%) and hookworms (12.5%) were the commonest. of the protozoans found, isospora species and entamoeba coli were the most prevalent. an unusual feature of the present study was the finding of ascaris species. the importance of the high prevalence of intestinal parasites in dogs, the close contact of humans with dogs' excreta and the possible r ... | 1975 | 1125888 |
| [isolation of the influenza virus variant a/england/42/72 (h3n2) in quebec in 1973]. | 1975 | 1131778 | |
| doctor wilder penfield--the man the m.n.h. nurses remember. | 1976 | 794448 | |
| [chromosomal translocation t(2;18)(q21;q23) in a schizophrenic individual and his daughter]. | 1976 | 982688 | |
| health law and civil rights. | 1976 | 992238 | |
| knowledge about and attitudes toward genetic screening among high-school students: the tay-sachs experience. | high school students (ages 15 to 18 years; no. = 930) taking biology in their curriculum were surveyed (the first survey), in the classroom, for their knowledge and attitudes about tay-sachs disease and other "public" issues in genetics. high-school students now constitute 38.9% of those screened for the tay-sachs gene in the montreal program and the participation rate is 75% among eligible jewish students. knowledge and attitudes about the screening experience were also surveyed (the second sur ... | 1977 | 840547 |
| paragordius varius (leidy) (nematomorpha) infection in man: a case report from quebec (canada). | 1977 | 403269 | |
| [where human warmth and nonverbal relations have their place]. | 1977 | 242973 | |
| wilder penfield (1891-1976): the man and his work. | 1977 | 355918 | |
| [isolation of type b/hong kong/5/72 and type a/port chalmers/1/73 (h3n2) influenza viruses in quebec in 1974]. | 1977 | 603860 | |
| genetics and medicine: an evolving relationship. | the rapid expansion of knowledge in human and medical genetics has revealed at least 6 percent average heterozygosity per structural gene locus, in excess of 2300 mendelian (single gene) variants and several hundred chromosomal variants in man. this means that with the exception of monozygous twins, no two individuals are alike in their phenotype. therefore, each person has a relative state of health, and genetic factors contribute significantly to disease. the ubiquity of genetic diversity requ ... | 1978 | 644337 |
| yersinia enterocolitica: serotypes and biotypes isolated from humans and the environment in quebec, canada. | thirty-one strains of yersinia enterocolitica were isolated from food and surface water. during the period of january 1975 to june 1977, 157 strains from 143 human cases were also isolated. among the different serotypes from nonhuman sources, serotypes 6,30 and 4,32 were the most common. serotype 4,32 was present only in food and not in water. serotype 3 was isolated only from humans. among the different serotypes from human cases, 73.9% belonged to serotype 3. only serotype 3 was isolated from ... | 1978 | 670388 |
| the teaching of human sexuality in a family medicine training program. | sexual health is an important component of the individual's total health picture. the primary physician, however, is often ill-prepared to deal with issues around sexuality and sexual dysfunction, and family medicine units need to structure programs for teaching in this area. this article describes a teaching program on human sexuality in a family medicine setting. its major goals were the transmission of information, the teaching of skills, and the desensitization of the health care professiona ... | 1978 | 722272 |
| nature and effects of consent with respect to the right to life and the right to physical and mental integrity in the medical field: criminal and private law aspects. | 1978 | 11663064 | |
| the william allan memorial award: presented to charles r. scriver, m.d. at the annual meeting of the american society of human genetics, vancouver, british columbia, october 6, 1978. | 1979 | 380327 | |
| [fluorides and the human environment]. | 1979 | 396007 | |
| clinical measurement in quebec chrysotile miners: use for future protection of workers. | there is a relationship between dust exposure, on the one hand, and serious disease and death, on the other, in chrysotile asbestos mine and mill workers of quebec. studies in current working populations indicate that prevalence of abnormality increases with increasing exposure. however, the relationship is weak and offers only a partial explanation of between-subject variability. in addition, there is no certain way to detect or predict change. because of the relative nonspecificity of the heal ... | 1979 | 294176 |
| air pollution and health in three urban communities. | a health study was conducted in three communities in the greater montreal region; the first two were characterized by relatively high particulate and sulfur dioxide levels, respectively, and a third community without major industrial pollution. in each community, 300 men and women 45 to 64 yr of age were studied. residents of the two more polluted communities exhibited a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms and mean lung function evaluated by various tests was lower than in residents of the ... | 1979 | 496434 |
| canadian experience with yersinia enterocolitica (1966--1977). | data pertaining to 1,219 cultures of yersinia enterocolitica isolated in canada are summarized. of the 977 cultures isolated from humans, y. enterocolitica serotype 0:3, biotype 4, phage type ixb was the most predominant type in ontario, quebec and the four eastern provinces. in the western provinces the predominant strains were indol-positive, serotypes 0:8; 5,27 and 4,32. most of the 242 cultures of nonhuman origin, except those isolated from swine and a few isolated from wild animals, were in ... | 1979 | 535372 |
| polioviruses and other enteroviruses in urban sewage from laval (canada): presence of non-vaccinal strains of poliovirus. | during a 13-month period (august 1, 1977-august 31, 1978) 55 samples of 2-4 l of raw sewage from an urban residential area were collected and studied for the presence of human enteroviruses. viruses were recovered from 47 (90.5%) of the samples. of the 201 viral isolates propagated, 180 (89.5%) were identified by the serum neutralization test as poliovirus types 1,2, or 3; 16 (8%) were identified as coxsackie b viruses; and 5 (2.5%) could not be identified by the methods used. while all poliovir ... | 1979 | 232002 |
| serological survey for human arbovirus infections in the province of quebec. | 1980 | 6256047 | |
| asbestos: scientific basis for environmental control of fibres. | any review of the scientific evidence on which public policy is based must commence with a cautionary statement about the quality of the available data both about dust and about asbestos-related disease. attention is drawn to some of the main problems. it is concluded that, in spite of their shortcomings, the data are sufficiently consistent to be useful in relation to some aspects of the problem of environmental control of the asbestos hazard. the question whether or not there is a threshold do ... | 1980 | 7228330 |
| dust exposure and mortality in chrysotile mining, 1910-75. | we report a further follow-up of a birth cohort of 11 379 workers exposed to chrysotile. the cohort consisted of 10 939 men and 440 women, born 1891-1920, who had worked for at least a month in the mines and mills of asbestos and thetford mines in quebec. for all subjects, length of service and estimates of accumulated dust exposure were obtained, with a smoking history for the vast majority. three methods of analysis, two based on the "man-years" methods, the other a "case-and-multiple-controls ... | 1980 | 7370189 |
| the use and abuse of deception. | 1980 | 7416327 | |
| malignant mesothelioma in north america. | ascertainment, through 7,400 pathologists, of all fatal malignant mesothelial tumors in canada (1960-75) and the u.s.a. (1972) gave a total of 668 cases (272 in 1972). in canada, the annual number of male cases rose from about 17 in 1966 to 25 in 1972 but the number of female cases remained fairly steady at a much lower level. the annual incidence in north america in 1972 was estimated at 2.8 per million males and 0.7 per million females aged 15 years and over. occupational histories were obtain ... | 1980 | 7417959 |
| [antigenic characterization of influenza a virus isolated from birds captured in ontario, quebec, and the maritime provinces during the 1977 season]. | a total of 145 influenza a viruses were isolated from ducks, geese and passerine birds in ontario, québec and the maritimes in july-august 1977. antigenic characterization of these isolates included five hemagglutinin (hsw1, hav4, hav5, hav6, hav7) and five neuraminidase subtypes (n1, n2, neq1, neq2, nav1) in nine different combinations; one combination hav7 neq1 had not been previously reported. the majority of these viruses were hsw1 n1, antigenically related to influenza viruses in pigs and h ... | 1980 | 7433721 |
| [the rehabilitation institute of montréal]. | 1981 | 6457598 | |
| [the availability of university graduates in the quebec labor force]. | a decline in the number of university graduates in the quebec labor force in comparison with the labor force in the rest of canada is noted. reasons for this trend are sought both in the decline in the number of those graduating and in the migration of graduates out of quebec. the implications of the further reductions in support for university budgets under consideration by the quebec government are discussed. | 1981 | 12312217 |
| [can one reconcile a pro-natalist policy with feminism?]. | a review of the current debate in quebec concerning the need for a pro-natalist policy is first presented. the author then summarizes the experiences of eastern european countries and france with regard to the effectiveness of pro-natalist policies. the impact of alternative pro-natalist measures in quebec is considered, with particular reference to the role women play in the labor force. finally, the author examines the role of maternity from a feminist perspective and sketches the elements ... | 1981 | 12312379 |
| [montreal children taking the test of animal affinities]. | research on the role of the animal in the development of the child does not seem to amount to a comprehensive study of the problem, although animals have a place in our lives from the early origins of the human species. an exploratory inquest in montreal in 1980 indicates that most children desire to possess animals on a personal basis, these pets covering needs not otherwise satisfied. after that, the test of animal affinities of p. bour was used. the results of this testing with one hundred an ... | 1982 | 6180667 |
| [infections of the central nervous system caused by enterovirus: 223 cases seen at a pediatric hospital between 1973 and 1981]. | between 1973 and 1981, 223 patients were seen at hôpital sainte-justine in montreal for enteroviral infection of the nervous system. in 161 the cause was documented by isolation of an enterovirus from the cerebrospinal fluid (csf). the viruses most frequently isolated were echovirus 11 (36 isolates), echovirus 30 (24), coxsackievirus b2 (23), coxsackievirus b3 (19), echovirus 6 (18), coxsackievirus b5 (16), coxsackievirus a9 (15), echovirus 9 (13), echovirus 7 (12) and coxsackievirus b1 (11). as ... | 1982 | 6291736 |
| abnormal alanine aminotransferase level in blood units from donors in montreal does not indicate high risk of transmitting hepatitis. | we undertook a prospective study to estimate the risk in montreal of developing hepatitis following transfusion of blood with an elevated alanine aminotransferase (alt) level. two thousand consecutive donor units were screened for alt activity; 133 (6.7%) had values greater than or equal to 51 iu 1(-1). twenty-four patients received one or more units with elevated alt levels and completed follow-up; two (8%) developed hepatitis (one of these was type b hepatitis). one of the 10 'control' patient ... | 1983 | 6671363 |
| [role of passerine birds in the ecology of influenza viruses]. | a total of 267 passerine birds distributed among 37 species were netted during spring 1980 and summer 1981 in the laurentian and montreal areas. all the cloacal swabs collected at that time wer free of influenza viruses. three and five days after oral administration of avian or human influenza a virus strains, 108 isolates were obtained from 42 of 134 passerine birds. positive samples were recovered mainly from the respiratory and the digestive tract and also from liver. spleen and kidneys. vira ... | 1983 | 6683860 |
| [group action: a solution to social injustice]. | 1984 | 6569391 | |
| prevalence of antibodies to bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine herpesvirus-1, and bovine parainfluenza-3 virus in sheep and goats in quebec. | serum samples were collected from 1,075 clinically normal sheep and goats from 77 flocks in 7 agricultural regions of quebec from june to august 1982. sheep and goats were tested for antibodies to bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and bovine herpes-virus-1 by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique and for parainfluenza-3 virus by the hemagglutination inhibition test. the prevalence of antibodies in animals to respiratory syncytial virus was 31%; to bovine vira ... | 1984 | 6089626 |
| [places and agents: the ethnic and sexual division of labor in quebec from 1931 to 1981]. | the socio-professional distribution of quebec's total labor force has changed during the 20th century, as one can observe from the 1931-81 canadian censuses that provide comparative occupation codes. as well, the sexual and ethnic composition of the labor force has changed substantially during this period. the authors analyze the manner in which these sexual and ethnic cleavages are, at various moments, called upon to assign agents to different places in the division of labor; in particular, i ... | 1984 | 12266579 |
| epizootiological survey of parainfluenza-3, reovirus-3, respiratory syncytial and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis viral antibodies in sheep and goat flocks in quebec. | a serological survey was conducted in an attempt to detect antibodies against bovine respiratory viruses in sheep and goats from seven geographical areas of quebec. sera from 10% of the animals in 182 sheep flocks and 40 goat flocks were collected and specific antibodies against parainfluenza-3, reovirus type 3, respiratory syncytial and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis viruses were detected by hemagglutination-inhibition tests for the former viruses and complement fixation and seroneutralizati ... | 1985 | 3000551 |
| the influence of the length of the human y chromosome on spontaneous abortions. a prospective study in family lines with inherited polymorphic y chromosomes. | following reports indicating a close association between the presence of a long y chromosome in males and the risk of spontaneous abortion in their female partners, the incidence of spontaneous fetal loss was investigated in four family lines whose patrilineary ancestors emigrated from france to canada during the second half of the seventeenth century. in two of the lines the males were carriers of a yq+, in the other two the males had a yq- or a normal y chromosome. results showed that in one o ... | 1985 | 3879146 |
| the man behind the eponym. pierre masson. master and friend. | 1985 | 3940076 | |
| [epidemiologic study of refugees from southeast asia admitted to the maisonneuve-rosemont hospital center between 1980 and 1983]. | 1985 | 4090101 | |
| primates as a source of entamoeba histolytica, their zymodeme status and zoonotic potential. | a survey of 17 species of non-human captive primates in quebec, canada, revealed that 40% of the animals were infected with the protozoan entamoeba histolytica. isoenzyme analysis of lysates prepared from cultured amebic isolates showed them to belong to either a zymodeme iii or viii, and therefore, characteristic of non-pathogenic strains of e. histolytica from humans. these isolates were also of low virulence in gerbil ceca. serum samples from infected and uninfected primates had negative titr ... | 1985 | 2869116 |
| [specificity of female unemployment]. | the author develops the argument that "female unemployment should not be tackled in the same way as male unemployment because women's situation within the family and in the labor market is different. the author proposes a new vision of female unemployment, taking into account the dialectical situation experienced by women because of their double role, in the sphere of reproduction as well as in the sphere of economic production." the primary geographic focus is on the situation in quebec. (summ ... | 1985 | 12314319 |
| [the evolution of female single parent families in various regions of quebec, 1971-1981]. | developments concerning single-parent, female-headed households in quebec are analyzed. the authors note that in contrast to past experience, "the new single parent family is in most cases the result of a voluntary disruption of the household, or of a birth outside marriage; its head is mostly--and increasingly--the mother; and it concerns an increasingly younger population, among parents as well as children." differences among metropolitan regions are analyzed with regard to labor force partic ... | 1985 | 12314320 |
| [class, sex, and socio-professional trajectory: the case of haitian immigration to quebec]. | "various studies have shown the role of haitian immigration in satisfying the need for manpower in quebec. very few, however, analyse the process which leads immigrants to this role. this paper shows that sex and class in the country of origin strongly determine the socio-professional trajectory of haitian immigrants in quebec. these two factors define indeed a specific process of skill acquisition, and, therefore, a more or less strong bargaining power on the labor market." (summary in eng a ... | 1985 | 12314324 |
| observations on the prevalence of ear disease in the inuit and cree indian school population of kuujjuaraapik. | in the last twenty years it has been recognized that hearing loss as the result of middle ear infection and/or noise exposure is a major problem among canadian inuit. in the past ten years in the eastern canadian arctic attempts have been made to alleviate the problem and physicians, audiologists and educators have been involved in treatment, training programs and research with varying degrees of success. in the last few years the quebec inuit have become more aware of these problems and have as ... | 1986 | 3514931 |
| reproductive technology and the law in canada. | even leaving aside the question of the impact of reproductive technology on property law, successions, commercial law and the legal qualification to be given to some of the relationships it entails (e.g. 'deposit' of genetic material, 'lease and hire' of wombs, 'gifts' of embryos), there is no doubt that, like the discovery of the atom, no other scientific advance portends such an enormous potential for human benefits or harm. no other scientific advance will so affect the personal, intimate lif ... | 1986 | 3558768 |
| force-feeding: the physician's dilemma. | the right to treatment and the right to refuse treatment are parallel legal rights which, when in opposition, pose a dilemma. in this paper the issues surrounding the possible force-feeding of a hunger striker are examined together with the pertinent legal precedents and possible courses of action. although the discussion is particularly relevant to hunger strikers, the principles may be applicable to other circumstances. | 1986 | 3708524 |
| esterase d polymorphism in a french-canadian population. | red blood cell esterase d (esd) polymorphism was studied in a french-canadian population from quebec city, canada, by means of high voltage electrophoresis on agarose gel followed, in heterozygotes for esd 1, by ief to reveal the possible allele esd*5. frequencies of the esd alleles in 904 unrelated individuals were esd*1: 0.888, eds*2: 0.095 and esd*5: 0.017. the segregation pattern observed in 275 families confirmed a mendelian inheritance of three autosomal alleles. | 1986 | 3733080 |
| genetic information and the law: constraints, liability and rights. | 1986 | 3779557 | |
| [teaching of epidemiology applied to occupational health hazards]. | courses offered students in occupational medicine, ergonomics, occupational hygiene are generally brief, sometimes more substantial but too theoretical and not sufficiently specific. graduate courses are more specific, more pertinent and probably more efficient. | 1986 | 3823519 |
| genomic variations and antigenic relationships among cytopathic rotavirus strains isolated in quebec dairy herds. | twelve isolates of bovine rotavirus, originating from eight dairy herds in quebec known to have frequent epizootics of diarrhea in young calves in the last five years, were successfully propagated in cell cultures. the 12 isolates produced clear-cut plaques in bsc-1 cells and, except for one isolate, agglutinated human group "o" erythrocytes to an higher titer than bovine erythrocytes. antisera to each isolate were produced in rabbits and used to study their antigenic relationships. all the isol ... | 1986 | 3017524 |
| distinct serotypes of porcine rotavirus associated with diarrhea in suckling piglets in southern quebec. | cytopathic rotavirus strains were isolated in cell cultures from the intestinal contents of diarrheic piglets on quebec pig farms where repeated outbreaks of enteritis occurred. all the isolates shared the common group antigens of rotaviruses as revealed by immunofluorescence and counterimmunoelectrophoresis. a hemagglutinating activity was demonstrated with human group o, porcine and guinea pig erythrocytes. at least one of the isolates was clearly distinguished from the american prototype of p ... | 1986 | 3017525 |
| [three projections of population decline for quebec: characteristics and implications for the working population]. | "after a brief review of various projections of population decline for quebec, the author analyses some previous examples of depopulation, and emphasizes that public opinion will have to change much if immigration is to be used as a tool for avoiding population decline. he then investigates four implications of the projected decline: the size of the working population, its age and sex structure, the labor force participation ratio, and the economic dependency ratio." (summary in eng and spa) | 1986 | 12268306 |
| [who are the members of the association of demographers of quebec?]. | demographic characteristics of members of the association of demographers of quebec (adq) are outlined. attention is given to age and sex distribution, type and place of employment, income by sex, areas of interest and specialties, and professional memberships. the information provided is from 168 adq membership forms. | 1987 | 12269002 |
| pattern of cadmium contamination in the liver and kidneys of moose and white-tailed deer in québec. | samples of moose (n = 431) and white-tailed deer (n = 225) liver and kidneys were collected during the 1985 hunting season from 14 zones south of the 50 degree latitude in québec. regional differences in cadmium level in the liver were detected and three homogeneous areas were delineated for each species. uptake was greater for moose than for deer: in the liver, mean concentrations were 2.9-15.9 mg kg-1 (dry weight) for moose and 0.8-2.6 for deer, depending on the area and sex; in kidneys, means ... | 1987 | 3685957 |
| [the capitalist development of regions and labor force mobility in quebec, from 1966 to 1976]. | "in this paper the author presents a study of the spatial mobility of the quebec population between 1966 and 1976, in the light of regional capitalist development. based on an empirical operationalization of the concepts of mobility and development, the author demonstrates that quebec presents a very irregular distribution of its poles of development over its territory, and that the mobility of the work force is in the image of this distribution. a few regions within the montreal metropolitan ... | 1987 | 12315208 |
| [nuptiality and professional groups in quebec during the french regime]. | "the demographic regime that historically characterizes any given society constitutes a complex whole in which several elements interact. in relation to marriages, we have been able to demonstrate that, for the city of quebec during the french regime, the age of first marriages reflects a specific division of tasks according to sex within the family. at the same time, it is a reflection of the differences that exist in the possibilities for getting established and the requirements of rank amon ... | 1987 | 12315210 |
| the design and management of operating systems in a human service organization. | 1987 | 10285807 | |
| citizen advocacy: strategies for addressing human service needs in the community. | this article deals with strategies that have been successfully used and/or developed by west island citizen advocacy for addressing community human service needs and human service delivery quality. being independent of other human service agencies, and not being a service provider, helps the effectiveness of these strategies. discussed are case examples of these strategies, i.e. sitting on other boards, organizing community committees or coalitions around service issues, writing briefs on servic ... | 1987 | 10317873 |
| lesch-nyhan syndrome: molecular investigation of three french canadian families using a hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase cdna probe. | using human hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) cdna and an anonymous probe 36b-2, we examined the segregation of restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) alleles with the lesch-nyhan phenotype in three affected families. two families were informative. five carriers of the mutation in one family and two potential carriers in the second were heterozygous for either one or both polymorphisms allowing for prenatal diagnosis. southern blot patterns in patients from these thr ... | 1988 | 2904404 |
| population polymorphism of the glo1 enzyme. identification of two new variants. | a new electrophoretic technique for the determination of the glyoxalase i (glo1) polymorphism on mixed agarose and starch gel is applied to the genetic study of "provinces françaises" and some other human populations. four rare electrophoretic variants are revealed; two of them (glo1*4, glo1*5), both new, are discussed. in the "provinces françaises" the mating glo1 2-1 x glo1 2-1 shows an irregular segregation of the glo1 alloenzymes. | 1988 | 3154776 |
| linkage studies of usher syndrome: analysis of an acadian kindred in louisiana. | 1988 | 3162715 | |
| the right to refuse in québec: five-year evolution of a new mode of expressing risk. | in this article, the authors trace the outstanding stages in the institutionalization in québec of the right to refuse, from its conception in 1978 to its application in more than 1200 cases (as of july 1985) since 1981. the major issue over the first five years of application has been the evolution of norms used as guidelines by inspectors in justifying or not justifying a refusal. the notions of danger and of normality of working conditions and personal conditions were widely debated and clari ... | 1988 | 3170060 |
| [involuntary commitment or protection of rights? (apropos of the experience in québec)]. | 1988 | 3239879 | |
| smoking and degree of occupational exposure: are internal analyses in cohort studies likely to be confounded by smoking status? | occupational cohort studies are usually carried out without the benefit of information on smoking habits of cohort members. one common approach to avoid confounding bias related to smoking habits is to carry out an internal analysis, comparing workers with different degrees of occupational exposure. the premise behind this approach is that within a cohort there is unlikely to be correlation between degree of exposure and smoking habits. if this were untrue, smoking could confound the disease-exp ... | 1988 | 3344756 |
| detection of animal and human enteric viruses in water from the assomption river and its tributaries. | animal enteroviruses, reoviruses, and human enteric viruses were detected in water samples (20 l) from a major river system, the assomption river in the province of quebec. animal enteroviruses, probably of porcine origin (this region is a major producer of pork), were isolated on porcine cell cultures and were found in 29 to 60% of water samples from the different sites on the river and in 19 to 48% of the water samples from the tributaries. the average concentration of these animal enterovirus ... | 1988 | 2850104 |
| high levels of pcbs in breast milk of inuit women from arctic quebec. | 1989 | 2508801 | |
| abortion ruling in quebec. | brahams summarizes a 1989 quebec court of appeal decision in an abortion case and places the ruling in the context of worldwide trends in abortion regulation. in tremblay v. daigle (1989 jul 26), the quebec court upheld a lower court injunction banning a woman from having an abortion. the injunction had been obtained by the woman's former boyfriend, the putative father. brahams discusses the current legal status of abortion in canada, the daigle court's reasoning, and how the british approach ... | 1989 | 2569146 |
| lead concentrations in human bones from the canadian population. | stable lead was determined in post-mortem samples of human bones from three canadian cities. all age groups and both sexes were represented. the cities selected for investigation were winnipeg, montreal and charlottetown. no significant difference was found between the locations, although levels tended to be higher for montreal. mean lead concentrations (micrograms pb/g ash) were 8.98 +/- 1.17, 11.11 +/- 1.74 and 8.47 +/- 1.06 for winnipeg, montreal and charlottetown, respectively. corresponding ... | 1989 | 2617290 |
| case-control study of iddm. | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (iddm) may be caused by a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental insults. however, there are few solid leads concerning human diabetogenic environmental agents. a case-control study was carried out to investigate the possible relationships between iddm and various biological, chemical, and psychological factors. all 161 cases of iddm among children aged 0-17 yr occurring in montreal from 1983 to 1986 were included. the parent of each newly dia ... | 1989 | 2702913 |
| incidence of cancers of the brain, the lymphatic tissues, and of leukemia and the use of pesticides among quebec's rural farm population, 1982-1983. | massive use of pesticides in agriculture poses risks for the environment and for human health. pesticides are toxic substances and the suggestion that some may be carcinogenic has been the source of much controversy. in this article we focus on the relation between the use of pesticides in agriculture and the incidence of cancers of the lymphatic tissues, the brain, and of leukemia in the rural farm population in 34 major drainage basins in the province of quebec (canada) for the period 1982-198 ... | 1989 | 2767436 |
| safety in the construction industry: linking types of accidents to task, trade, context and postural constraints. | 1989 | 2789552 | |
| mesothelioma and asbestos fiber type. evidence from lung tissue analyses. | lung tissue samples from 78 cases from autopsy of mesothelioma in canada, 1980 through 1984, and from matched referents were examined by optical and analytical transmission electron microscopic study. concentrations of amosite, crocidolite, and tremolite fibers, and of typical asbestos bodies discriminated sharply between cases and referents. the distributions of chrysotile and anthophyllite/talc fibers and of all other natural and man-made inorganic fibers (greater than or equal to 8 microns) i ... | 1989 | 2924262 |
| when research turns into liability. | 1989 | 10296538 | |
| act amending the charter of human rights and freedoms with respect to the commission and establishing a human rights tribunal, 22 june 1989. | among other things, this quebec, canada act enlarges the duties of the human rights commission and establishes a human rights tribunal. the tribunal has the authority to hear cases dealing with employment, housing, public goods and services, and equal access programs referred to it by the commission when parties refuse to negotiate; when urgent measures need to be undertaken because of a threat to the life, health, or safety of a person; and when retaliatory measures are taken against a person ... | 1989 | 12344089 |
| tremblay v. daigle, 8 august 1989. | the putative father of an 18-week-old fetus sought an injunction to prevent the mother from having an abortion. the canadian supreme court reversed a lower court ruling granting the injunction (see dominion law reports, series 4, vol. 59, p. 609). it held that a fetus is not a "human being" under the quebec charter of human rights and freedoms or the quebec civil code and is not a "person" under anglo-canadian law. it also concluded that a father's interest in a fetus does not give him the rig ... | 1989 | 12344357 |
| tremblay v. daigle. | daigle and tremblay were living together when daigle became pregnant. daigle left under alleged duress and sought an abortion in the eighteenth week of her pregnancy. tremblay obtained an injunction from the trial court to prevent her from doing so. daigle appealed. the quebec court of appeal dismissed daigle's appeal and affirmed the granting of the injunction. the court ruled that a fetus, regardless of stage of pregnancy, possesses civil status. under the quebec charter of human rights ... | 1989 | 12041081 |
| tremblay v. daigle. | chantal daigle became pregnant while living with jean-guy tremblay, and decided to have an abortion after the relationship ended. tremblay was granted an injunction by the quebec superior court to prevent daigle's abortion. daigle's appeal to the province's court of appeal was dismissed on the grounds that, under quebec's charter of human rights and freedoms and the civil code of lower canada, the fetus is a human being with a right to life. on further appeal, the supreme court of canada reje ... | 1989 | 12041082 |
| a question of property rights in the human body. | 1989 | 16086463 | |
| [images of quebec's population and society: the learning of diversity]. | "recent studies in social sciences and human genetics have led to the conclusion that the traditional image of [a] highly homogeneous quebec society needs to be substantially retouched. after a brief presentation of the traditional homogeneity discourse, the author discusses some significant examples of heterogeneity, and suggests some of the revisions these imply." (summary in eng and spa) | 1990 | 12283466 |
| [reflections on the demographic future of advanced societies: a canadian perspective]. | 3 different perspectives on the below-replacement fertility in quebec and in canada are defined and discussed, and the possibility that political solutions will be sought for the demographic problem of low fertility is assessed. the 1st perspective views very low fertility as an outcome of social evolution that is common to advanced societies. in this view, the deeper reasons for low fertility can ultimately be traced to the rationalism, utilitarianism, and individualism produced by the age of ... | 1990 | 12283931 |