New South Wales
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Prognosis for patients with chronic low back pain: inception cohort study.

4 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To describe the course of chronic low back pain in an inception cohort and to identify prognostic markers at the onset of chronicity. DESIGN: Inception cohort study with one year follow-up. SETTING: Primary care clinics in Sydney, ... Read more...

Conflict and costs when reforming nursing: the introduction of Nightingale nursing in Australia and Canada.

29 Sep 2009 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To examine the financial impact of Nightingale nursing in the mid-19th century; to identify any long-term implications of this financial impact on nursing. BACKGROUND: Previous research into the transformation of mid-19th ... Read more...

Direct and indirect effects of visual impairment on mortality risk in older persons.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate pathways from visual impairment to increased all-cause mortality in older persons. METHODS: The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 persons 49 years and older (82.4% response) during 1992-1994 and after 5 and 10 years. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'New South Wales'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prognosis for patients with chronic low back pain: inception cohort study. 4 Oct 2009
• Conflict and costs when reforming nursing: the introduction of Nightingale nursing in Australia and Canada. 29 Sep 2009
• Direct and indirect effects of visual impairment on mortality risk in older persons. 29 Sep 2009
• Telephone recruitment into a randomized controlled trial of quitline support. 29 Sep 2009
• Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus: incidence and survival rates in New South Wales, 1972-2005. 19 Sep 2009
• Poor outcomes among gastrostomy-fed patients in the community. 5 Sep 2009
• A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials. 5 Sep 2009
• The community's attitude towards swine flu and pandemic influenza. 5 Sep 2009
• Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic review. 5 Sep 2009
• Addressing the challenges faced by early adolescents: a mixed-method evaluation of the benefits of peer support. 30 Aug 2009
• Needle-stick injury: a novel intervention to reduce the occupational health and safety risk in the haemodialysis setting. 30 Aug 2009
• Rhizidium phycophilum, a new species in Chytridiales. 30 Aug 2009
• Presence of pre-existing psychological comorbidity in a group of facially injured patients: a preliminary investigation. 30 Aug 2009
• Health-state utilities in a prisoner population: a cross-sectional survey. 26 Aug 2009
• Use of sediment risk and ecological/conservation value for strategic management of estuarine environments: Sydney estuary, Australia. 23 Aug 2009
• What can public health surveillance of emergency department presentations for acute alcohol problems tell us about social trends in drinking behaviour? 15 Aug 2009
• Challenging respiratory infections in cystic fibrosis. 15 Aug 2009
• Second opinions in oncology: the experiences of patients attending the Sydney Cancer Centre. 15 Aug 2009
• Biomagnification of anthropogenic and naturally-produced organobrominated compounds in a marine food web from Sydney Harbour, Australia. 6 Aug 2009
• The needs of patients with advanced, incurable cancer. 2 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'New South Wales'

Definition: A state in southeastern Australia. Its capital is Sydney. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 and first settled at Botany Bay by marines and convicts in 1788. It was named by Captain Cook who thought its coastline resembled that of South Wales. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p840 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p377)

Descriptor UI: D009517

Alternative terms: New South Wales;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.338.480;

History Note: 88

Technical Notes: a state of Australia