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Lawrence W. Svenson
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 180
Citations - 8722
Lawrence W. Svenson is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 170 publications receiving 7712 citations. Previous affiliations of Lawrence W. Svenson include Alberta Health Services & Foothills Medical Centre.
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COVID-19 infection among international travellers: a prospective analysis.
Meaghan Lunney,Paul E. Ronksley,Robert G. Weaver,Lianne Barnieh,Norman Blue,Marc T. Avey,Elizabeth Rolland-Harris,Faisal Khan,Jack X Q Pang,Ellen Rafferty,Tayler Scory,Lawrence W. Svenson,Rachel Rodin,Marcello Tonelli +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the risk of COVID-19 importation and secondary transmission associated with a modified quarantine program in Canada was estimated, based on a prospective analysis of international asymptomatic travellers entering Alberta, Canada.
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The use of randomization tests to assess the degree of similarity in PFGE patterns of E. coli O157 isolates from known outbreaks and statistical space-time clusters.
David L. Pearl,Marie Louie,Linda Chui,K. Doré,K. M. Grimsrud,S. W. Martin,Pascal Michel,Lawrence W. Svenson,Scott A. McEwen +8 more
TL;DR: It is determined that randomization tests are an appropriate tool for evaluating the similarity among isolates from cases that have been linked epidemiologically or statistically and little difference between using all cases or only sporadic cases is found.
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Medical Information Commons to Support Learning Healthcare Systems: Examples From Canada.
Tania Bubela,Shelagh K. Genuis,Naveed Z. Janjua,Mel Krajden,Nicole Mittmann,Katerina Podolak,Lawrence W. Svenson +6 more
TL;DR: This work explores how principles predicting the success of a medical information commons (MIC) advantaged or disadvantaged three MIC initiatives in three Canadian provinces.
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A survey of drinking behaviors of Canadian correctional officers.
Roger W. Holden,Lawrence W. Svenson,George K. Jarvis,Robert L. Campbell,David R. Lagace,Barbara J. Backs +5 more
TL;DR: More similarities with the general population than differences were found in the present drinking patterns of correctional officers from two Canadian medium security penitentiaries.
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Geographic distribution of deaths due to Parkinson's disease in Canada: 1979-1986.
TL;DR: The uneven geographic distribution of Parkinson's disease offers support for the possible involvement of environmental factors in the etiology of some forms of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease.