Marie DesMeules

Individual, social, environmental, and physical environmental correlates with physical activity among Canadians: a cross-sectional study (2009)

Pan, Sai, Cameron, Christine, DesMeules, Marie, Morrison, Howard, Craig, Cora, Jiang, XiaoHong

Abstract Background The identification of various individual, social and physical environmental factors affecting physical activity (PA) behavior in Canada can help in the development of more...

Morbidity Experiences and Disability Among Canadian Women (2004)

DesMeules, Marie, Turner, Linda, Cho, Robert

Abstract Health Issue Women are more frequently affected by chronic conditions and disability than men. Although some of these sex differences have been in part attributed to biological...

Chronic Pain: The Extra Burden on Canadian Women (2004)

Meana, Marta, Cho, Robert, DesMeules, Marie

Abstract Health Issue Chronic pain is a major health problem associated with significant costs to both afflicted individuals and society as a whole. These costs seem to be disproportionately borne by...

Factors Associated with Women's Medication Use (2004)

Payne, Jennifer, Neutel, Ineke, Cho, Robert, DesMeules, Marie

Abstract Health Issue Research has consistently shown that while women generally live longer than men, they report more illness and use of health care services (including medication). In the...

Integrating Ethnicity and Migration As Determinants of Canadian Women's Health (2004)

Vissandjee, Bilkis, Desmeules, Marie, Cao, Zheynuan, Abdool, Shelly, Kazanjian, Arminée

Abstract Health Issue This chapter investigates (1) the association between ethnicity and migration, as measured by length of residence in Canada, and two specific self-reported outcomes: (a)...

Integrating Socio-Economic Determinants of Canadian Women's Health (2004)

Vissandjee, Bilkis, Desmeules, Marie, Cao, Zheynuan, Abdool, Shelly

Abstract Health Issue The association between a number of socio-economic determinants and health has been amply demonstrated in Canada and elsewhere. Over the past decades, women's increased labour...

Mortality: life and health expectancy of Canadian women (2004)

DesMeules, Marie, Manuel, Douglas, Cho, Robert

Abstract Health Issue The sex differences in mortality, life expectancy, and, to a lesser extent, health expectancy, are well recognized in Canada and internationally. However, the factors explaining...

End-stage renal disease projections for Canada to 2005 using Poisson and Markov models (1998)

Schaubel, Douglas E, Morrison, Howard I, Desmeules, Marie, Parsons, Daria, Fenton, Stanley SA

Background End-stage renal disease (ESRD) incidence and prevalence are increasing in many countries worldwide. Due to the high cost of therapy, predicting future numbers of patients requiring...

Increasing Incidence of Primary Malignant Brain Tumors: Influence of Diagnostic Methods (1992)

Desmeules, Marie, Mikkelsen, Tom, Mao, Yang

Background The incidence of brain cancer has increased dramatically over the last decades in most developed countries. Whether these trends can be attributed to improved diagnosis is not clear....