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James A Dickinson

Profesor of Family Medicine, University of Calgary
Verified email at ucalgary.ca
Cited by 10255

Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm

…, CA Spencer, RJ Tuohy, RW Parsons, JA Dickinson - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
… with a Toshiba Capasee ultrasound machine with a 3.75 MHz … given a letter containing the
results of his scan, with a copy … follow up investigations or referral to a surgeon. We made no …

Low 2012–13 influenza vaccine effectiveness associated with mutation in the egg-adapted H3N2 vaccine strain not antigenic drift in circulating viruses

…, G De Serres, S Sabaiduc, A Eshaghi, JA Dickinson… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is generally interpreted in the context of
vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the latter invoked to …

Association between the 2008–09 seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 illness during spring–summer 2009: four observational studies from Canada

…, TS Hottes, LC Rosella, JA Dickinson… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
… On 17 April 2009 a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus was identified as the cause
… , of a phase 6 pandemic of the novel influenza A (H1N1) (now called pandemic influenza A (…

Reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Canada: national data from 1932 to 2006

JA Dickinson, A Stankiewicz, C Popadiuk, L Pogany… - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background High levels of participation in cervical screening are reported in Canada from
the 1970’s as a result of early uptake of the Pap smear and universal Medicare. Despite …

Update on the adverse effects of antimicrobial therapies in community practice

S Mohsen, JA Dickinson, R Somayaji - Canadian Family Physician, 2020 - cfp.ca
… of a possible hazard (a signal) that is then evaluated and investigated further. To identify a
… , we also performed a literature search to provide a comprehensive view of adverse effects …

Shared decision making in preventive health care: what it is; what it is not

R Grad, F Légaré, NR Bell, JA Dickinson, H Singh… - Canadian Family …, 2017 - cfp.ca
Prevention in Practice testing that they do not have cancer (false positives), and 1 person
will die from invasive follow-up testing. An additional 7 will be diagnosed with a type of lung …

A perfect storm: impact of genomic variation and serial vaccination on low influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2014–2015 season

…, G De Serres, AL Winter, JA Dickinson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. The 2014–2015 influenza season was distinguished by an epidemic of
antigenically-drifted A(H3N2) viruses and vaccine components identical to 2013–2014. We report …

Alpha‐foetoprotein and/or liver ultrasonography for screening of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B

R Aghoram, P Cai, JA Dickinson… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
A multi‐centred approach may offset the difficulty of recruiting a very large sample size. One
difficulty of monitoring a large control group over a long period in screening is how to avoid …

Beyond antigenic match: possible agent-host and immuno-epidemiological influences on influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2015–2016 season in Canada

…, G De Serres, AL Winter, JA Dickinson… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… This season was characterized by a delayed 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus (A[H1N1]pdm09)
epidemic and concurrent influenza B(Victoria) virus activity. Potential influences …

Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: lessons from a population‐based study

…, M MLawrence‐Brown, JA Dickinson - Medical Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… In April 1996, we began a trial of screening for AAA in a populationbased random sample
of men in Western Australia. We also conducted a crosssectional case-control comparison of …