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Nutrigenomics for Global Health: Ethical Challenges for Underserved Populations
Nutrigenomics for Global Health
(2009-09)
Nutrigenomics covers disparate fields of nutrition science and has been defined in many different ways. In fact, this emerging field of science has multiple facets, many of which do not generate the same ethical issues. ...
Five-year predictors of physical activity decline among adults in low-income communities: a prospective study
(2007)
BACKGROUND:Obesity in North America is now endemic, and increased understanding of the determinants of physical inactivity is critical. This analysis identified predictors of declines in physical activity over 5 years among ...
Supervisor-Student Relations: Examining the Spectrum of Conflicts of Interest in Bioscience Laboratories
(2009)
Much attention has been given to financial conflicts of interest (COI) in bioscience research. Yet to date, surprisingly little attention has focused on other COIs that arise in supervisor-student relations. We examine a ...
Étude de cas de substitution de solvant pour le nettoyage de disjoncteurs haute tension
(Travail et santé, 2008)
Cet article présente une étude de substitution d’un solvant utilisé pour le nettoyage
de graisse de silicone lors de la maintenance de disjoncteurs haute tension. Une
méthodologie systématique de substitution en neuf ...
Legalistic or Inspirational? Comparing University Conflict of Interest Policies
(2009)
In response to growing public and policy concern about conflicts of interest (COI) in university research, academic institutions in North America and Europe have introduced policies to manage COI. However, depending on ...
University-Industry Relations and Some Lessons from Biotech
(Canadian Chemical Association, 2003)
Ethics and Social Responsibility in the Life Sciences
(Canadian Chemical Association, 2004-10)
Conflict of Interest Policies at Canadian Universities: Clarity and Content
(2008)
Abstract Discussions of conflict of interest (COI) in the university have tended to focus on financial interests in the context of medical research; much less attention has been given to COI in general or to the policies ...
Providing Genetic Testing Through the Private Sector: A View From Canada
(ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2001)
Genetic testing technologies are rapidly moving from the research laboratory to the market place. Very little scholarship considers the implications of private genetic testing for a public health care system such as Canada’s. ...
Effect of drug utilization reviews on the quality of in-hospital prescribing: a quasi-experimental study
(2006)
BACKGROUND:Drug utilization review (DUR) programs are being conducted in Canadian hospitals with the aim of improving the appropriateness of prescriptions. However, there is little evidence of their effectiveness. The ...