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PhD Epidemiology University of British Columbia
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According to Wikipedia, Walter O. Spitzer was a Canadian epidemiologist and professor of epidemiology and health at McGill University, a position he held from 1975 until his retirement in 1995. Early life and education Spitzer was born in Asuncion, Paraguay on February 19, 1937. He was the eldest son of Paul Rosenberg and Elsa Spitzer, both of whom were Baptist missionaries. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Toronto in 1962 and his Master of Public Health degree from Yale University in 1970.

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Scientific monograph of the Quebec Task Force on Whiplash-Associated Disorders: redefining "whiplash" and its management. (1995) (2014)
Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients: a concise QL-index for use by physicians. (1981) (1551)
The Use of β-Agonists and the Risk of Death and near Death from Asthma (1992) (1045)
Methodologic guidelines for systematic reviews of randomized control trials in health care from the Potsdam Consultation on Meta-Analysis. (1995) (577)
Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolic disorders: an international case-control study (1996) (549)
The Burlington randomized trial of the nurse practitioner. (1974) (434)
Assessment of global function: The Reintegration to Normal Living Index. (1988) (425)
A cohort analysis of excess mortality in asthma and the use of inhaled beta-agonists. (1994) (387)
State of science 1986: quality of life and functional status as target variables for research. (1987) (341)
Risk of fatal and near-fatal asthma in relation to inhaled corticosteroid use. (1992) (252)
The Burlington randomized trial of the nurse practitioner: health outcomes of patients. (1974) (200)
First-time use of newer oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thromboembolism. (1997) (197)
The increased risk of venous thromboembolism and the use of third generation progestagens: role of bias in observational research. The Transnational Research Group on Oral Contraceptives and the Health of Young Women. (1996) (195)
The Use of β‐Agonists and the Risk of Death and Near Death from Asthma (1992) (179)
The use of oral contraceptives and the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in young women. Results from the Transnational Study on Oral Contraceptives and the Health of Young Women. (1997) (168)
Links between passive smoking and disease: a best-evidence synthesis. A report of the Working Group on Passive Smoking. (1990) (148)
Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of myocardial infarction: an international case-control study (1996) (142)
Clinical interpretation of airway response to a bronchodilator. Epidemiologic considerations. (1988) (133)
Effect of negative pressure ventilation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1992) (122)
The use of beta-agonists and the risk of death and near death from asthma. (1992) (120)
Is the association between inhaled beta-agonist use and life-threatening asthma because of confounding by severity? (1993) (117)
An empirical demonstration of Berkson's bias. (1978) (110)
Case-control study of oral contraceptives and risk of thromboembolic stroke: results from international study on oral contraceptives and health of young women (1997) (104)
The influence of psychological status on respiratory symptom reporting. (1989) (97)
The differential risk of oral contraceptives: the impact of full exposure history. (1999) (96)
Thromboembolic stroke in young women. A European case-control study on oral contraceptives. Transnational Research Group on Oral Contraceptives and the Health of Young Women. (1998) (89)
Recurrent use of newer oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thromboembolism. (2000) (83)
The occupation of fishing as a risk factor in cancer of the lip. (1975) (74)
The nurse practitioner revisited. Slow death of a good idea. (1984) (70)
Quality-of-care appraisal in primary care: a quantitative method. (1975) (66)
Meta-meta-analysis: unanswered questions about aggregating data. (1991) (65)
The case control study: the problem and the prospect. (1979) (64)
Neuro-ophthalmological study of late yaws and pinta. II. The Caracas project. (1971) (64)
Oral contraceptives and liver cancer. Results of the Multicentre International Liver Tumor Study (MILTS). (1997) (63)
Coffee and pancreatic cancer. The problems of etiologic science and epidemiologic case-control research. (1981) (62)
Commentary: Blaxill, Baskin, and Spitzer on Croen et al. (2002), The Changing Prevalence of Autism in California (2003) (56)
Myocardial infarction and third generation oral contraceptives: aggregation of recent studies. (2002) (52)
The 1995 pill scare revisited: anatomy of a non-epidemic. (1997) (52)
Respiratory health of a population living downwind from natural gas refineries. (1989) (51)
The challenge of meta-analysis. (1995) (50)
Unanswered questions about the periodic health examination. (1975) (47)
Adult cancer prevention in primary care: contrasts among primary care practice settings in Québec. (1983) (47)
Body size and breast cancer prognosis: a statistical explanation of the discrepancies. (1989) (47)
Principles and Practice of Research (1991) (46)
Bias versus causality: interpreting recent evidence of oral contraceptive studies. (1998) (44)
The arthritic complaint in primary care: prevalence, related disability, and costs. (1976) (43)
Patterns of preventive practice in New Brunswick. (1985) (36)
Perceived discrimination against cured cancer patients in the work force. (1987) (35)
Patterns of medical drug use - a community focus. (1976) (34)
Nurse practitioners in primary care. 3. The southern Ontario randomized trial. (1973) (33)
The use of biomarkers in the prediction of survival in patients with pulmonary carcinoma (1990) (31)
Advances in health assessment conference discussion panel (1987) (30)
Approach of the Canadian Task Force to the Periodic Health Examination. (1980) (30)
What is a health care trial? (1975) (27)
Trinational case–control study of oral contraceptives and health (1993) (26)
Nurse practitioners in primary care. II. Prior attitudes of a rural population. (1973) (26)
Physician Sensitivity to the Price of Diagnostic Tests: A U.S.—Canadian Analysis (1982) (25)
Nurse practitioners in primary care. I. The McMaster University educational program. (1973) (25)
Third generation oral contraceptives (1996) (24)
Lowered risk of dying of heart attack with third generation pill may offset risk of dying of thromboembolism (1997) (24)
Acute low back pain and economics of therapy: the iterative loop approach. (1992) (24)
Low back pain in the workplace: attainable benefits not attained. (1993) (23)
Nurse practitioners in primary care. VI. Assessment of their deployment with the Utilization and Financial Index. (1976) (22)
Nurse practitioners in primary care iv. Impact of an interdisciplinary team on attitudes of a rural population. (1975) (22)
Clinical complexity and epidemiologic uncertainty in case-control research. Fenoterol and asthma management. (1991) (21)
Underreporting of cancer in medical surveys: a source of systematic error in cancer research. (1976) (21)
Quality of care assessment: how to set up and use an indicator condition. (1981) (21)
Drugs as determinants of health and disease in the population. An orientation to the bridge science of pharmacoepidemiology. (1991) (20)
Evidence that justifies the introduction of new health professionals (1978) (20)
Nurse practitioners in primary care. V. Development of the utilization and financial index to measure effects of their deployment. (1976) (20)
Inter-observer error among surgeons and nurses in presymptomatic detection of breast disease. (1981) (19)
The aftermath of a pill scare: regression to reassurance. (1999) (19)
The periodic health examination: 1. Introduction. (1984) (19)
Acute Renal Failure Complicating Abortion (1946) (19)
Chronic exposure to sour gas emissions: meeting a community concern with epidemiologic evidence. (1989) (18)
FENOTEROL AND FATAL ASTHMA (1989) (17)
Pediatric nurse practitioners. (1978) (16)
Interim review of the transnational case‐control study of oral contraceptives and health: Approved protocol revisions through September 1995 (1996) (16)
Methylmercury and the health of autochthons in northwest Quebec. (1988) (15)
Data from transnational study of oral contraceptives have been misused (1995) (15)
Obstetric Analgesia with Pethidine (1944) (14)
Doctors and Doctrines (1971) (14)
PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATION, 1991 UPDATE. V: SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM : CANADIAN TASK FORCE ON THE PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATION (1991) (13)
A randomized clinical trial of negative pressure ventilation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: design and methods. (1991) (13)
Cancer downwind from sour gas refineries: the perception and the reality of an epidemic. (1989) (13)
Variance and dissent (1983) (12)
Nurse practitioners in primary care: the southern Ontario randomized trial. (1975) (12)
A Classic Manuscript Reprinted in Celebration of 25 Years of Progress (1990) (12)
Case-control study of prescribed fenoterol and death from asthma in New Zealand, 1977-81. (1990) (12)
Family medicine: the dilemma of defining the discipline. (1971) (11)
Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and autism. (2003) (11)
Ideas and words: two dimensions for debates on case controlling. (1985) (10)
Evaluating New Methods for Provision of Primary Care: An Ontario Strategy (1978) (9)
The natural history of autistic syndrome in British children exposed to MMR. (2001) (9)
The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology: same wine, new label for the Journal of Chronic Diseases. (1988) (9)
Megaloblastic Anaemia of Pregnancy and Puerperium (1942) (9)
Continuing occurrence of eosinophilia myalgia syndrome in Canada. (1995) (9)
Subjective fears and objective data: an epidemiologic study of environmental health concerns. (1987) (9)
Issues for team delivery and interdisciplinary education: a Canadian perspective. (1975) (8)
The Saskatchewan oral contraceptive cohort study of oral contraceptive use and cardiovascular risks (1993) (8)
Oral contraceptives and cardiovascular outcomes: cause or bias? (2000) (8)
The structured sonnet (1991) (8)
Cyproterone acetate with ethinylestradiol as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism: an epidemiological evaluation. (2003) (8)
Comparison of a private family practice and a university teaching practice. (1976) (7)
Balanced view of risks of oral contraceptives (1997) (7)
Career choices of physicians 15 years after entering medical school. (1975) (7)
A scientific assessment of the problem. (1977) (7)
Nurse practitioners in primary care. VII. A cohort study of 99 nurses and 79 associated physicians. (1977) (7)
The peer-review process--and an acknowledgement of our peerless reviewers. (1989) (7)
Fenoterol and death from asthma (1992) (7)
Cyproterone acetate with ethinylestradiol as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism: an epidemiological evaluation. (2004) (6)
Editorial Research priorities on prevention of chronic diseases (1980) (6)
Cancer in a Montreal suburb: the investigation of a nonepidemic. (1982) (6)
Asthma deaths in New Zealand. (1992) (5)
Analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome in a geographically defined population. (1996) (5)
Thromboembolism and the pill: the saga must end. (1998) (5)
Are Wireless Phones Safe? A Review of the Issue (1999) (5)
The unknown reviewer: an expression of policy and gratitude. (1987) (5)
Who checks what in the divided responsibilities of editors and authors? (1988) (5)
The teacher's teacher: a personal tribute to Alvan R Feinstein (2002) (5)
Risk of death from human insulin (1992) (5)
Selected Nonexperimental Methods: An Orientation (1998) (4)
Happy anniversary and an impending change of name (1987) (4)
Optimal frequency of examinations aimed at detecting pre-symptomatic disease. (1984) (4)
Health-services research can make a difference! (1977) (4)
A method of estimating risk for occupational factors using multiple data sources: the Newfoundland lip cancer study. (1977) (4)
Twelve questions about teams in health services (1980) (4)
Rebuilding confidence in oral contraceptives: a new imperative in family planning. (1996) (4)
The Scientific Admissibility of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Preventive Interventions (1990) (4)
The role of the NH2-terminal portion of pro-opiomelanocortin as a biomarker for human lung cancer. (1987) (4)
The future of epidemiology. (1996) (3)
The future of oral contraceptives: research priorities. (1996) (3)
β-Agonist Use and Death from Asthma (1994) (3)
Beta-agonist use and death from asthma. (1994) (3)
A sixty day war of words: is MMR linked to autism? (2001) (3)
Application of an Euclidian distance measure to the selection of reference areas in epidemiologic research concerning environmental issues. (1988) (3)
Changing nursing practice through education. (1973) (3)
Report of the New Brunswick Task Force on the Environment and Reye's syndrome. (1982) (2)
Pharmacoepidemiology: a basic science for drug administration and drug safety (1996) (2)
Importance of valid measurements of benefit and risk. (1986) (2)
Breast self-examination: a call for scientific answers. (1984) (2)
Acute Inversion of Uterus (1945) (2)
The small general hospital. Problems and solutions. (1970) (2)
An expression of gratitude to the journal's reviewers (1991) (2)
1965-1990: 25th anniversary of nurse practitioners. A classic manuscript reprinted in celebration of 25 years of progress. The Burlington randomized trial of the nurse practitioner. 1971-2. (1990) (2)
A study of mortality near sour gas refineries in southwest Alberta: an epidemic unrevealed. (1990) (2)
Is peer-reviewing fair? (1994) (2)
Evidence and Opinion (1993) (2)
Pharmacoepidemiology: barriers and bridges. Tribute to Irene Guggenmoos-Holzmann. (1999) (2)
Ten tips on preparing research proposals. (1973) (2)
Chairing Panels, Seminars and Consensus Conferences (1986) (2)
Oxytocic Action of Ascorbic Acid (1947) (2)
Commentary: Predictors of good function: The Framingham heart study and health assessment in the Framingham offspring/spouse study* (1987) (2)
Guidelines for improving meta-analysis (1994) (2)
Pharmaceutical medicine a textbook of current practice. R. D. Mann, M. D. Rawlins and R. M. Auty (eds), Parthenon Publishing Group, Carnforth, UK and New York, 1993, 461 pp. (1994) (2)
A new advanced studies program for faculty development in primary care. (1978) (2)
Questions on breast-implants study (1998) (2)
Organizing Meetings, Panels, Seminars, Symposia, and Consensus Conferences (1991) (1)
Organizing Meetings, Panels,Seminars, and Consensus Conferences (1998) (1)
Hail and farewell (1982) (1)
Time-related factors in cancer epidemiology (1987) (1)
Oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromembolism: Impact of duration of use [1] (multiple letters) (1998) (1)
An acknowledgement and appreciation of help (1985) (1)
Pethidine as an. Obstetric Analgesica Report on 150 Cases (1944) (1)
Acute renal failure complicating abortion. (1946) (1)
A Canadian educational programme in family practice nursing. (1975) (1)
Three epidemiological studies in the low‐dose oral contraceptive research programme: A coherent strategy (1993) (1)
How to Review Manuscripts (1991) (1)
Beta-agonists and asthma research: an international consultation. (1993) (1)
Scientific problems with a noncausal artifact. (1998) (1)
The Toronto Junction Triangle Health Study: a response to a community health emergency. (1986) (1)
Adult respiratory diseases and environmental tobacco smoke (1993) (1)
Vitamin B1 and Toxaemias of Pregnancy (1942) (0)
Medical manpower: Criteria for surveillance (2005) (0)
Trinational case‐control study of oral contraceptives and health (0)
[Epidemiology of coronary disease: a review of the literature]. (1985) (0)
Nurse practitioners in primary care: the McMaster University educational program. (1975) (0)
Immunologic findings in healthy Haitians in Montreal. (1985) (0)
Body Size and Breast Cancer Prognosis : A Statistical Explanation of the Discrepancies 1 (2006) (0)
Quality of Life Index: Clinician Rating Version (QL) 1980 (1996) (0)
[Clinical epidemiology]. (1990) (0)
The relevance to family physicians of core content review: evaluation of a program of continuing education. (1980) (0)
Postmarketing management of drug use: toward rational public policy. (1987) (0)
Third Generation OC's: Safety and Indications for Use (2011) (0)
Public discussion of research in progress: the proper place and the proper time. (1981) (0)
Review of the first year. (1983) (0)
Scientific imperatives in primary care policy. (1988) (0)
Quality of Life Index (QL) 1981 (1992) (0)
Pharmacoepidemiology: a formal welcome (1991) (0)
Beta-agonists May Increase Asthma Morbidity and Mortality (1992) (0)
Authors' reply (1996) (0)
The investigation of a cancer epidemic: which numerator data? Tumour registry files vs. hospital records. (1984) (0)
Selected papers from the second annual meeting of the American college of epidemiology (1984) (0)
Pentathlete: The Many Roles of an Academic Surgeon (1998) (0)
Common Characteristics and Distinctive Diversity in Surgical Research: Some International Comparisons (1991) (0)
Valvular heart disease associated with fenfluramine-phentermine. (1997) (0)
Quality of Life and Health Status: Innovative Outcome Variables for Research in Population Health (1991) (0)
The apprenticeship of an editor and the secret role of a mentor. (2002) (0)
The Family practice nurse. (1977) (0)
Principles and Practice of Research (1986) (0)
[In search of research support? Follow this advice]. (1973) (0)
Response to Dr. Bernstein (1979) (0)
Clinical epidemiologists--who are they and why do we need them? (1987) (0)
Response from the Editors (1989) (0)
Prescription of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs for children: A survey of Quebec physicians (1992) (0)
Multiple choice questions for continuing education in family medicine. (1981) (0)
[Palliative treatment units: a new approach to patients in the terminal phase]. (1982) (0)
[Heart failure and diuretics. Pharmacokinetics with furosemide]. (1983) (0)
Happy birthday, Robert Maxwell and Pergamon Press! (1988) (0)
The J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine: a salute to excellence. (1989) (0)
A special section on breast implants and the health of women (1995) (0)
Clinical epidemiology. (1986) (0)
Outmigrant ascertainment for bias assessment in environmental epidemiology. (1994) (0)
SUPERFICIAL ATRESIA OF THE VULVA (1943) (0)
[The periodic health examination: update. 1. Introduction]. (1984) (0)
The Academic Surgeon (1991) (0)
Obstetric Analgesia With Pethidine. (1945) (0)
Educational Programs for Team Delivery: The Johns Hopkins Experience and A Canadian Perspective. (1975) (0)
An expanded editorial board (1993) (0)
Quality of Life Index: Self-Assessment (QL) 1980 (1996) (0)
Body Size and Breast Cancer Prognosis: A Statistical Explanation of the Discrepancies1 (2006) (0)
Common Characteristics and Distinctive Diversity in Surgical Research: An International Analysis (1986) (0)
Aglycosuric Diabetes. (1963) (0)
Research priorities on prevention of chronic diseases. (1980) (0)
Nurse practitioners. (1973) (0)
Contrasting Approaches to Unanswered Questions in Epidemiology and the Clinical Sciences - An Orientation (1993) (0)
[Anticoagulants and thrombocyte aggregation inhibitors in the treatment of heart infarct. A survey]. (1983) (0)

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