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Paramedic-Reported Infection Prevention and Control Practices in Canadian Paramedic Services Before and During COVID-19
MacDonald C, Demers PA, Grunau B, Goldfarb DM, O’Neill D, Srigley JA, Wall N, Do MT, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Kirkham TL...
Incidence of severe COVID-19 among 1.2 million workers in Ontario, Canada
Video: Global asbestos awareness week 
Impact of Interventions to Prevent Asbestos-Related Respiratory Disease in an Exposed Worker Registry Using a Simplified G-computation
DeBono NL, Everest L, Richardson DB, Berriault C, Yeo R, Meeds M, Arrandale V, Demers PA. Impact of Interventions to...
Health utility and symptom scores in patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma treated in a real-world setting
Mittal A, Everest L, Patel D, Zhan LJ, Brown MC, Zaeimi F, Schmid S, Khan K, Dietrich K, Balaratnam K...
Immunogenicity of bivalent versus monovalent mRNA booster vaccination among adult paramedics in Canada who had received three prior mRNA wild-type doses
Asamoah-Boaheng M, Goldfarb DM, Kayda I, Yap J, Kirkham T, Karim ME, Demers PA, Copp JM, Grunau B. Immunogenicity of...
Public perspectives on ethical issues in lung cancer screening policy design and implementation in Ontario, Canada
Pahwa M, Abelson J, Schwartz L, Demers PA, Shen K, Shaikh H, Vanstone M. Public perspectives on ethical issues in...
Socioeconomic status, smoking, and lung cancer: mediation and bias analysis in the SYNERGY study
Hovanec J, Kendzia B, Olsson A, Schüz J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Gustavsson P, Migliore E, Radoi L...
Surveillance of asbestos related disease among workers enrolled in an exposure registry
Public perspectives on the benefits and harms of lung cancer screening: A systematic review and mixed-method integrative synthesis
Pahwa M, Cernat A, Abelson J, Demers PA, Schwartz L, Shen K, Chowdhury M, Higgins C, Vanstone M. Public perspectives...
Ethical Dimensions of Population-Based Lung Cancer Screening in Canada: Key Informant Qualitative Description Study
Pahwa M, Abelson J, Demers PA, Schwartz L, Shen K, Vanstone M. Ethical Dimensions of Population-Based Lung Cancer Screening in...
COVID-19 related hospitalization and emergency department visits among Ontario workers
This fact sheet summarizes the risk of COVID-19 among workers in the ODSS based on emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
The Association of Post-COVID-19-Related Symptoms and Preceding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Fully Vaccinated Paramedics in Canada
Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Karim ME, Kirkham TL, Demers PA, MacDonald C, Goldfarb DM. The Association of Post-COVID-19-Related Symptoms and...
COVID-19 infection among Ontario workers based on hospital records
This fact sheet summarizes the risk of COVID-19 among workers in the ODSS based on hospital records, compared to all other workers in the ODSS.
COVID-19 infection among Ontario workers based on PCR test results
This fact sheet summarizes the risk of COVID-19 among workers in the ODSS based on PCR test results, compared to all other workers in the ODSS.
Respirable crystalline silica and lung cancer in community-based studies: impact of job-exposure matrix specifications on exposure-response relationships
Ohlander J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Portengen L, Kendzia B, Savary B, Cavallo D, Cattaneo A, Migliori E, Richiardi L...
Flames and Risks: Firefighting Causes Cancer
This fact sheet summarizes cancer risks among Ontario firefighters, based on results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS).
Exploring sex differences in lung cancer risk among workers in Ontario, Canada’s Occupational Disease Surveillance System
Sritharan J, Christopher G, Eros FR, Demers PA. Exploring sex differences in lung cancer risk among workers in Ontario, Canada’s...
OCRC Report: Chronic respiratory disease
Are Boilermakers a High-Risk Trade?
This fact sheets summarizes the risks of exposures to a variety of occupational hazards among Ontario boilermakers in the ODSS.
Est-ce que le métier de chaudronnier du bâtiment est un métier à haut risque?
Version française - This fact sheets summarizes the risks of exposures to a variety of occupational hazards among Ontario boilermakers in the ODSS.
Asbestos in Schools: Occupational Risks Among Education Workers
This fact sheet summarizes the risk of occupational asbestos exposure among Ontario education workers in the ODSS.
L’amiante dans les écoles : Risques professionnels chez les travailleurs de l’éducation
Version française - This fact sheet summarizes the risk of occupational asbestos exposure among Ontario education workers in the ODSS.
Application of two job indices for general occupational demands in a pooled analysis of case-control studies on lung cancer
Occupational Risks for Asbestos-related Disease
This fact sheet summarizes occupational risks for asbestos-related disease among Ontario workers.
Risques professionnels pour les maladies liées à l’amiante
Version française - This fact sheet summarizes occupational risks for asbestos-related disease among Ontario workers.
Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by occupation in a diverse workforce
DeBono NL, Warden H, Logar-Henderson C, Shakik S, Dakouo M, MacLeod J, Demers PA. Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by...
Mesothelioma Surveillance & Prognosis in Ontario
Mortality among uranium miners in North America and Europe: the Pooled Uranium Miners Analysis (PUMA)
Diesel Engine Exhaust Exposure, Smoking, and Lung Cancer Subtype Risks. A Pooled Exposure–Response Analysis of 14 Case–Control Studies
Innovations in applied decision theory for health and safety
Richardson DB, DeBono NL, Berriault C, Demers PA. Innovations in applied decision theory for health and safety. Occup Environ Med...
Estimating the burden of lung cancer in Canada attributed to occupational radon exposure using a novel exposure assessment method
OCRC Report: Future Burden of Cancer in Construction Workshop
A probabilistic approach for economic evaluation of occupational health and safety interventions: a case study of silica exposure reduction interventions in the construction sector
OCRC Report: Burden of occupational cancer in Canada – Major workplace carcinogens and prevention of exposure
Histopathologic Analysis of Lung Cancer Incidence Associated with Radon Exposure among Ontario Uranium Miners
Ramkissoon A, Navaranjan G, Berriault C, Villeneuve PJ, Demers PA, Do MT. Histopathologic Analysis of Lung Cancer Incidence Associated with...
Examining lung cancer risks across different industries and occupations in Ontario, Canada: the establishment of the Occupational Disease Surveillance System
Jung JKH, Feinstein SG, Lazgare LP, Macleod JS, Arrandale VH, McLeod CB, Peter A, Demers PA. Examining lung cancer risks...
Burden of Occupational Cancer: Fact Sheets
Burden of lung cancer attributable to occupational diesel engine exhaust exposure in Canada
Lung Cancer Among Firefighters: Smoking-Adjusted Risk Estimates in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies
Behrens T, Groß I, Siemiatycki J, et al. Lung Cancer Among Firefighters: Smoking-Adjusted Risk Estimates in a Pooled Analysis of...
Lung cancer and socioeconomic status in a pooled analysis of case-control studies
Is previous respiratory disease a risk factor for lung cancer?
Denholm R, Schüz J, Straif K, Stücker I, Jöckel KH, Brenner DR, De Matteis S, Boffetta P, Guida F, Brüske...
Lung cancer risk among cooks when accounting for tobacco smoking: a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and China
Bigert C, Gustavsson P, Straif K, Pesch B, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Schüz J, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I...
Lung cancer risk among bricklayers in a pooled analysis of case-control studies
Consonni D, De Matteis S, Pesatori AC, Bertazzi PA, Olsson AC, Kromhout H, Peters S, Vermeulen RCH, Pesch B, Brüning...
Effect modification of the association of cumulative exposure and cancer risk by intensity of exposure and time since exposure cessation: a flexible method applied to cigarette smoking and lung cancer in the SYNERGY Study
Vlaanderen J, Portengen L, Schüz J, Olsson A, Pesch B, Kendzia B, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I, Wichmann HE...
Lung cancer risk among bakers, pastry cooks and confectionary makers: the SYNERGY study
Behrens T, Kendzia B, Treppmann T, Olsson A, Jöckel KH, Gustavsson P, Pohlabeln H, Ahrens W, Brüske I, Wichmann HE...
Lung cancer risk among hairdressers: a pooled analysis of case-control studies conducted between 1985 and 2010
Olsson A, Xu Y, Schüz J, Vlaanderen J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I...
Cancer Risks among Welders and Occasional Welders in a National Population-Based Cohort Study: Canadian Census Health and Environmental Cohort
Exposure–Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies
Cancer incidence and mortality from exposure to radon progeny among Ontario uranium miners
Lung Cancer among Coal Miners, Ore Miners and Quarrymen – Smoking-Adjusted Risk Estimates from the Synergy Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies
Taeger D, Pesch B, Kendzia B, Behrens T, Jöckel KH, Dahmann D, Siemiatycki J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S...
A comparison of exposure assessment approaches: lung cancer and occupational asbestos exposure in a population-based case-control study
Hardt JS, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Kromhout H, McLaughlin JR, Demers PA. A comparison of exposure assessment approaches: lung cancer...
OCRC Report: Examination of accepted workplace fatality claims within Ontario and Canada
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Surveillance of mesothelioma and workers’ compensation in British Columbia, Canada
Kirkham TL, Koehoorn MW, McLeod CB, Demers PA. Surveillance of mesothelioma and workers’ compensation in British Columbia, Canada. Occup Environ...
Asbestos and Cancer in Ontario and the Occupational Cancer Research Centre
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