Swarna Weerasinghe

Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University Nova Scotia Canada

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Palliative care consultation and aggressive care at end of life in unresectable pancreatic cancer

C Lees,S Weerasinghe,N Lamond,T Younis, R Ramjeesingh

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), no. 1 (2019): 28-36

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The impact of palliative care consultation on overall survival and aggressive care at the end-of-life in unresectable pancreatic cancer

Caitlin Lees,Swarna Weerasinghe, Tallal Younis,Nathan William Dana Lamond, Ravi Ramjeesingh

Journal of Clinical Oncology, (2018)

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Statistical modeling of complex health outcomes and air pollution data: Application of air quality health indexing for asthma risk assessment

Swarna Weerasinghe

Epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health, no. 1 (2017)

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Mindfulness for Addiction Recovery: A Cognitive Disciplinary Preventive Approach to Avoid Relapse into Substance Abuse

Swarna Weerasinghe, Shaun Bartone

Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, (2016): 81-91

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A Life‐Course Exploration of the Social, Emotional and Physical Health Behaviours of Widowed South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada: Implications for Health and Social Programme Planning

Swarna Weerasinghe,Matthew Numer

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, (2013)

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Inequities in visible minority Immigrant Women's Healthcare accessibility

Swarna Weerasinghe

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, (2013)

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Longitudinal associations of cannabis and illicit drug use with depression, suicidal ideation and su

Daniel Rasic,Swarna Weerasinghe,Mark Asbridge,Donald B Langille

(2012)

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The periodontal examination profile of general dentists in Nova Scotia, Canada

Edmond Ghiabi,Swarna Weerasinghe

Journal of periodontology, no. 1 (2011): 33-40

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Enhancement of survival of stored dopaminergic cells and promotion of graft survival by exposure of human fetal nigral tissue to glial cell line—derived neurotrophic factor in patients with Parkinson's disease

Ivar Mendez,Alain Dagher,Murray Hong,Adam O Hebb,Paula Gaudet,Swarna Weerasinghe,David King,Jacques Desrosiers,Sultan Darvesh,Tanya Acorn, H A Robertson

(2009)

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Simultaneous intrastriatal and intranigral fetal dopaminergic grafts in patients with Parkinson disease: a pilot study

Ivar Mendez,Alain Dagher,Murray Hong,Paula Gaudet,Swarna Weerasinghe,Vivian Charles Mcalister,David King,Jacques Desrosiers,Sultan Darvesh,Tanya Acorn,Harold A Robertson

(2009)

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Homicide in Chicago from 1890 to 1930: prohibition and its impact on alcohol- and non-alcohol-related homicides

Mark Asbridge,Swarna Weerasinghe

ADDICTION, no. 3.0 (2009): 355-364

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Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women (review)

Swarna Weerasinghe

Canadian Ethnic Studies, no. 1 (2009): 213-215

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A missing values imputation method for time series data: an efficient method to investigate the health effects of sulphur dioxide levels

Swarna Weerasinghe

Environmetrics, pp./-/, (2009)

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Connection between the meaning of health and interaction with health professionals: caring for immigrant women

Swarna Weerasinghe,Terry Mitchell

Health care for women international, no. 4 (2007): 309-328

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PD-03.03: Comparison of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) reported in voiding diary and its agreement to urologist and nurse assessment

Jan Gajewski, J J Puthenparumpil,Swarna Weerasinghe

Urology, (2006)

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Building community partnerships for diabetes primary prevention: lessons learned

Julia Wong,Shirley Wong,Swarna Weerasinghe,Lydia Makrides,Thelma Coward-Ince

Clinical Governance: An International Journal, no. 1 (2005): 6-14

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Intersection of Canadian policy parameters affecting women with precarious immigration status: a baseline for understanding barriers to health

Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez,Jill Hanley,Lucyna Lach,Nazilla Khanlou,Swarna Weerasinghe,Vijay Agnew

Journal of immigrant health, no. 4 (2005): 247-258

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A conceptual model for a culturally responsive community-based diabetes prevention programme

Shirley Wong,Julia Wong,Lydia Makrides,Swarna Weerasinghe

Leadership in Health Services, no. 3 (2002): 1-11

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Simultaneous intrastriatal and intranigral fetal dopaminergic grafts in patients with Parkinson disease: a pilot study. Report of three cases

Ivar Mendez,Alain Dagher,Murray Hong,Paula Gaudet,Swarna Weerasinghe,Vivian McAlister,David King,Jacques Desrosiers,Sultan Darvesh,Tanya Acorn,Harold Robertson

Journal of neurosurgery, no. 3 (2002): 589-596

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Enhancement of survival of stored dopaminergic cells and promotion of graft survival by exposure of human fetal nigral tissue to glial cell line--derived neurotrophic factor in patients with Parkinson's disease. Report of two cases and technical considerations

I Mendez,A Dagher,M Hong,A Hebb,P Gaudet,A Law,S Weerasinghe,D King,J Desrosiers,S Darvesh,T Acorn,H Robertson

Journal of neurosurgery, no. 5 (2000): 863-869

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