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C A Marra

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Raymakers A, Sin D, Sadatsafavi M, Fitzgerald J, Marra C, Lynd L
Respir Res . 2020 May; 21(1):118. PMID: 32429927
Background: Patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk of lung cancer. A common comorbidity of COPD is cardiovascular disease; as such, COPD patients often...
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McCormick N, Marra C, Sadatsafavi M, Avina-Zubieta J
Lupus . 2018 Apr; 27(8):1247-1258. PMID: 29665755
Objective We estimated the incremental (extra) direct medical costs of a population-based cohort of newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for five years before and after diagnosis, and the impact...
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Davis J, Dian L, Khan K, Bryan S, Marra C, Hsu C, et al.
Osteoporos Int . 2015 Oct; 27(3):943-951. PMID: 26449355
Summary: Falls are a costly public health problem worldwide. The literature is devoid of prospective data that identifies factors among fallers that significantly drive health care resource utilization. We found...
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Arnal N, de Alaniz M, Marra C
Hum Exp Toxicol . 2012 Aug; 32(3):299-315. PMID: 22899728
We investigated the effect of copper (Cu) overload (20-160 µM/24 h) in two cell lines of human hepatic (HepG2) and pulmonary (A-549) origin by determining lipid and protein damage and...
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Marra F, Marra C, Patrick D
Can J Infect Dis . 2012 Feb; 8(4):202-8. PMID: 22346517
Objective: To assess the cost effectiveness of azithromycin versus doxycycline therapy for cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Canada. Design: A predictive decision analytic model using previously published clinical and economic...
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Davis J, Liu-Ambrose T, Khan K, Robertson M, Marra C
Osteoporos Int . 2011 Sep; 23(7):1849-57. PMID: 21909728
Summary: Using two instruments (SF-6D and EQ-5D) to estimate quality adjusted life years (QALYs), we conducted an economic evaluation of a 12-month randomized controlled trial with a 12-month follow-up study...
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Woolcott J, Khan K, Mitrovic S, Anis A, Marra C
Osteoporos Int . 2011 Sep; 23(5):1513-9. PMID: 21892675
Unlabelled: We prospectively collected data on elderly fallers to estimate the total cost of a fall requiring an Emergency Department presentation. Using data collected on 102 falls, we found the...
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Johnson J, Bowker S, Richardson K, Marra C
Diabetologia . 2011 Jul; 54(9):2263-71. PMID: 21748485
Aims/hypothesis: Despite the vast body of epidemiological literature on the risk of cancer in people with diabetes, few studies have examined the pattern of cancer risk during different time windows...
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Wang M, Fitzgerald J, Richardson K, Marra C, Cook V, Hajek J, et al.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis . 2011 Jul; 15(8):1062-8. PMID: 21740669
Background: Delays in diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) have been associated with previous use of antibiotics, and in particular fluoroquinolones (FQ), for suspected pulmonary infections. Methods: We conducted a population-based cohort...
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Davis J, Marra C, Robertson M, Khan K, Najafzadeh M, Ashe M, et al.
Osteoporos Int . 2010 Aug; 22(5):1355-66. PMID: 20683707
Summary: We estimated the incremental cost-effectiveness of a once-weekly or twice-weekly resistance training intervention compared with balance and tone classes in terms of falls prevented and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)...