• Prevalence and control of Clostridium difficile in patients with cystic fibrosis 

  Burke, Daniel Gerard (University College Cork, 2014)

  The aim of this thesis was to investigate the high prevalence of Clostridium difficile in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and to control its dissemination. To determine the carriage rate of C. difficile in CF patients, ...
• Smoking and dietary inadequacy among Inuvialuit women of child bearing age in the Northwest Territories, Canada 

  Kolahdooz, Fariba; Mathe, Nonsikelelo; Katunga, Lalage A; Beck, Lindsay; Sheehy, Tony; Corriveau, Andre; Sharma, Sangita (BioMed Central, 2013-02-22)

  Objective. The prevalence of smoking in Aboriginal Canadians is higher than non-Aboriginal Canadians, a behavior that also tends to alter dietary patterns. Compared with the general Canadian population, maternal smoking ...
• Management of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in UK primary care: a survey of general practitioners 

  McCarthy, Suzanne; Wilton, Lynda; Murray, Macey; Hodgkins, Paul; Asherson, Philip; Wong, Ian CK (BioMed Central, 2013-02-22)

  Background: Compared to existing literature on childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little published adult data are available, particularly outside of the United States. Using General Practitioner ...
• Placental contribution to the origins of sexual dimorphism in health and diseases: sex chromosomes and epigenetics 

  Junien, Claudine; Gabory, Anne; Rosebool, Tessa J.; Moore, Thomas F.; Moore, Lorna G.; Junien, Claudine (BioMed Central, 2013-03-21)

  Sex differences occur in most non-communicable diseases, including metabolic diseases, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric and neurological disorders and cancer. In many cases, the susceptibility to these ...
• Bacteria and tumours: causative agents or opportunistic inhabitants? 

  Cummins, Joanne; Tangney, Mark (BioMed Central, 2013-03-28)

  Associations between different bacteria and various tumours have been reported in patients for decades. Studies involving characterisation of bacteria within tumour tissues have traditionally been in the context of ...

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