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Geochemical investigation of the lower Cambrian mineralised black shales of South China and the late Devonian Nick deposit, Canada by Pagès, A., Barnes, S., Schmid, S., Coveney, R., Schwark, Lorenz, Liu, W., Grice, Kliti, Fan, H., Wen, H.

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Canada's Aboriginal Peoples and Health: The Perpetuation of Inequalities by Hornosty, J., Gray, Dennis, Saggers, Sherry

“…Why do such health inequalities persist today? Canada has a publicly funded health-care system that many Canadians understandably are proud of. …”
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Pricing of alcohol in Canada: A comparison of provincial policies and harm-reduction opportunities by Giesbrecht, N., Wettlaufer, A., Thomas, G., Stockwell, Tim, Thompson, K., April, N., Asbridge, M., Cukier, S., Mann, R., Mcallister, J., Murie, A., Pauley, C., Plamondon, L., Vallance, K.

“…Regarding pricing on alcohol content, western and central provinces typically scored higher than provinces in Eastern Canada. Generally, minimum prices were lower than the recommended $1.50 per standard drink for off-premise outlets and $3.00 per standard drink in on-premise venues. …”
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The raising of minimum alcohol prices in Saskatchewan, Canada: Impacts on consumption and implications for public health by Stockwell, Tim, Zhao, J., Giesbrecht, N., Macdonald, S., Thomas, G., Wettlaufer, A.

“…Pricing to reflect percentage alcohol content of drinks can shift consumption toward lower alcohol content beverage types.…”
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The relationship between alcohol problems, perceived risks and attitudes toward alcohol policy in Canada by Macdonald, S., Stockwell, Tim, Luo, J.

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The impact on alcohol-related collisions of the partial decriminalization of impaired driving in British Columbia, Canada by Macdonald, S., Zhao, J., Martin, G., Brubacher, J., Stockwell, Tim, Arason, N., Steinmetz, S., Chan, H.

“…However, in order to maintain these efficiencies, sanctions under this new law largely replaced laws under the Criminal Code of Canada for Driving While Impaired (DWI) by alcohol, which had more severe penalties but lower certainty of punishment. …”
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An overview of cancer and beliefs about the disease in Indigenous people of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US by Shahid, Shaouli, Thompson, Sandra

“…Results: Cancer in Indigenous populations in these four countries is characterised by high incidence and mortality rates for specific cancers and lower survival rates as a result of late diagnosis, lower participation and poorer compliance with treatment. …”
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Isotopic characterization of nitrate, ammonium and sulfate in stack PM2.5 emissions in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada by Proemse, Bernadette, Mayer, B., Chow, J., Watson, J.

“…We determined the isotopic compositions of nitrate, ammonium and sulfate in PM2.5 emitted from two industrial stacks at a large upgrader site in the Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR), northeastern Alberta, Canada, and compared them to the nitrogen and sulfur isotopic compositions of source materials and upgrading by-products. …”
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Aboriginal Well-being in Four Countries: An Application of the UNDP's Human Development Index to Aboriginal Peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States by Cooke, M., Mitrou, F., Lawrence, David, Guimond, E., Beavon, D.

“…Overall, Aboriginal populations in Australia and New Zealand had lower scores than in Canada and the U.S. However, whereas the Maori scores improved considerably between 1991 and 2001, those of the Australian Aboriginal population did not. …”
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Update on trials examining effects of night-time blood pressure lowering drug treatment on prevention of cardiovascular disease by Ho, Chau Le Bao, Reid, Christopher

“…The results from ongoing trials in Canada will contribute evidence to the use of BP lowering drug treatment for the prevention of CVD.…”
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Suboptimal biochemical riboflavin status is associated with lower hemoglobin and higher rates of anemia in a sample of Canadian and Malaysian women of reproductive age by Aljaadi, Abeer, Ru, En How, Loh, Su Peng, Hunt, Shannon E., Karakochuk, Crystal D., Barr, Susan I., McAnena, Liadhan, Ward, Mary, McNulty, Helene, Devlin, Angela M., Geok, Lin Khor, Green, Tim J.

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Steam-treated wood pellets: environmental and financial implications relative to fossil fuels and conventional pellets for electricity generation by McKechnie, Jon, Saville, Brad, MacLean, Heather L.

“…Impacts of retrofit infrastructure become increasingly significant at lower generating station capacity factors, further favouring steam-treated pellets for both environmental and financial metrics.…”
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Heterogeneous firm-level responses to trade liberalization: a test using stock price reactions by Breinlich, Holger

“…This paper presents novel empirical evidence on key predictions of heterogeneous firm models by examining stock market reactions to the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement of 1989 (CUSFTA). …”
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Modelling U-Pb discordance in the Acasta Gneiss: Implications for fluid–rock interaction in Earth's oldest dated crust by Kirkland, Chris, Johnson, Tim, Kinny, Pete, Kapitany, T.

“…© 2019 International Association for Gondwana Research The U–Pb isotopic system in zircon is the tool of choice to interrogate high-temperature geological processes, yet this system has potential to investigate lower temperature fluid–rock interaction as well. …”
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Shear Wave Splitting Discloses Two Episodes of Collision-Related Convergence in Western North America by Wu, Lei, Gu, Y.J., Chen, Y., Liang, H.

“…In this study, we analyze the mantle seismic anisotropy of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin using a new shear wave spitting data set consisting of 1,333 teleseismic arrivals from 82 seismic stations. …”
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Assessment of heavy metals contamination in commercial cosmetic products / Nur Farhanah Zainuddin by Zainuddin, Nur Farhanah

“…However, some of the samples contained lead exceeds the permissible limit set by FAO/WHO and Health Canada which is 10 mg/kg. Overall analysis proved that the concentration of heavy metals in herbal cream, HI was lower compared to other whitening creams, WI, W2 and W3. …”
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High performance liquid chromatographic method development and validation of cimetidine in human plasma for bioequivalence study by Ahmad Khan, Tanveer, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Abbas, Syed Atif

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The Effects of Educational-Occupational Mismatch on Immigrant Earnings in Australia, with International Comparisons by Chiswick, B., Miller, Paul

“…Comparisons are offered with findings from analyses for the U.S. and Canada to enable assessment of the relative impacts of favorable selection and the limited international transferability of human capital to the lower payoff to schooling for the foreign born. …”
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Estimating under- and over-reporting of drinking in national surveys of alcohol consumption: identification of consistent biases across four English-speaking countries by Stockwell, Tim, Zhao, J., Greenfield, T., Li, J., Livingston, M., Meng, Y.

“…Drinking quantity ‘yesterday’ was not significantly different overall from self-reported typical quantities during the past year in Canada, the United States and England, but slightly lower in Australia (e.g. 2.66 versus 3.04 drinks, t = 20.4, P < 0.01 for women). …”
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Deficient intake of energy and macronutrients in female university students assessed by composite samples. by Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Khan, M. N., Khan, A.

“…When the energy contribution was compared with reference value for the macronutrients namely carbohydrates, protein and fats as suggested by the Health and Welfare Canada Nutrition Recommendations it was higher from protein and carbohydrates by 7.67 and 22.82 percent respectively whereas it is was lower from fat sources by -45.67 percent. …”
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