2 results match your criteria: "The Population Health Research Institute (PHRI)[Affiliation]"
J Hypertens
September 2019
The Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Objectives: The objective is to describe hypertension (HTN) prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in urban and rural communities in Latin America to inform public and policy-makers.
Methods: Cross-sectional analysis from urban (n = 111) and rural (n = 93) communities including 33 276 participants from six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay) were included. HTN was defined as self-reported HTN on blood pressure (BP) medication or average BP over 140/90 mmHg, awareness as self-reported HTN, and controlled as those with BP under 140/90 mmHg.
Circ Cardiovasc Interv
August 2015
From the Department of Medicine and the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (A.A., C.L.G., J.S., M.K.N., M.R., J.-D.S., S.R.M., T.S., N.V., J.V., S.P., D.A.K., M.T., B.M., K.C., S.F.L., T.M., S.S.J.); and Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, Institute of Technology, University of Ontario, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (E.W.).
Background: Interventional cardiologists receive one of the highest levels of annual occupational radiation exposure. Further measures to protect healthcare workers are needed.
Methods And Results: We evaluated the efficacy of a pelvic lead shield and a novel surgical cap in reducing operators' radiation exposure.