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Alberta - Research News and Information
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Definition of 'Alberta'A province of western Canada, lying between the provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Its capital is Edmonton. It was named in honor of Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p26 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p12) Common names: Alberta |
Access to health care among status Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease.
2 Nov 2008 
BACKGROUND: Ethnic disparities in access to health care and health outcomes are well documented. It is unclear whether similar differences exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease in Canada. We determined ... Read more...
'We're it', 'we're a team', 'we're family' means a sense of belonging.
2 Sep 2008 INTRODUCTION: 'Belonging' is a universal characteristic of human beings and is a basic human need. Rural nurses describe the nature of their practice as being embedded in working as a team where belonging is central to the success of the team and ... Read more...
Calcification and endothelialization of thrombi in acute stroke.
30 Aug 2008 
We report chronic histopathological features in thrombi mechanically retrieved from five acute ischemic stroke patients with a median age of 68 years and a median pretreatment National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 13. Early ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Alberta'
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- Access to health care among status Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease. 2 Nov 2008
- 'We're it', 'we're a team', 'we're family' means a sense of belonging. 2 Sep 2008
- Calcification and endothelialization of thrombi in acute stroke. 30 Aug 2008
- Comparing memory-forming capabilities between laboratory-reared and wild Lymnaea: learning in the wild, a heritable component of snail memory. 30 Aug 2008
- Accessing maternity care in rural Canada: there's more to the story than distance to a doctor. 30 Aug 2008
- Engaging the public in priority-setting for health technology assessment: findings from a citizens' jury. 30 Aug 2008
- Statement on the recommended use of pneumococcal 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine in homeless persons and injection drug users. An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS).
30 Aug 2008 - The role of nursing unit culture in shaping research utilization behaviors. 30 Jul 2008
- Myiasis by Lucilia silvarum (Calliphoridae) in amphibian species in boreal Alberta, Canada. 30 Jul 2008
- Ambulance destination determination system for ambulance distribution as an alternative to ambulance diversion. 30 Jul 2008
- Dramatic insights: a report of the effects of a dramatic production on the learning of student nurses during their mental health course component. 30 Jul 2008
- Safety and tolerability of North American ginseng extract in the treatment of pediatric upper respiratory tract infection: a phase II randomized, controlled trial of 2 dosing schedules. 30 Jul 2008
- The impact of integrating mental and general health services on mental health's share of total health care spending in Alberta. 30 Jul 2008
- Aging baby boomers--a blessing or challenge for driver licensing authorities. 30 Jul 2008
- Assessing validity of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data in recording clinical conditions in a unique dually coded database. 30 Jul 2008
- Medication effects on symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 30 Jul 2008
- Stroke: the Elixhauser Index for comorbidity adjustment of in-hospital case fatality. 20 Jul 2008
- Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and leaf reflectance characteristics of male and female cottonwoods in a riparian woodland. 29 Jun 2008
- Cancer patients' satisfaction with care in traditional and innovative ambulatory oncology clinics. 29 Jun 2008
- Characteristics of primary and late latent syphilis cases which were initially non-reactive with the rapid plasma reagin as the screening test. 29 Jun 2008
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Technical information about 'Alberta'
Definition: A province of western Canada, lying between the provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Its capital is Edmonton. It was named in honor of Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p26 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p12)
Descriptor UI: D000416
Alternative terms: Alberta;
Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;
Tree Number: Z01.107.567.176.064;
Technical Notes: a province of Canada