"Quebec" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A province of eastern Canada. Its capital is Quebec. The region belonged to France from 1627 to 1763 when it was lost to the British. The name is from the Algonquian quilibek meaning the place where waters narrow, referring to the gradually narrowing channel of the St. Lawrence or to the narrows of the river at Cape Diamond. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p993 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p440)
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D011792
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567.176.791
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quebec" by people in Profiles.
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O'Loughlin EK, Naja M, Wellman RJ, Maximova K, O'Loughlin JL. Availability and Implementation Characteristics of Nutrition Health Promotion Interventions in Quebec Elementary Schools. J Sch Health. 2025 09; 95(9):710-722.
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Kalubi J, Riglea T, Wellman RJ, O'Loughlin J, Maximova K. Availability of health-promoting interventions in high schools in Quebec, Canada, by school deprivation level. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2023 Jun; 43(6):321-329.
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Montreuil A, Wellman RJ, O'Loughlin JL. Single-parent status and smoke-free home rules among daily smokers. Can J Public Health. 2020 04; 111(2):297-304.
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Dugas EN, Sylvestre MP, Wellman RJ, Winickoff J, Montreuil A, O'Loughlin J. Measures of nicotine dependence enhance interpretation of number of cigarettes smoked in youth smoking surveillance. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 11 01; 204:107534.
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Sylvestre MP, Chagnon M, Wellman RJ, Dugas EN, O'Loughlin J. Sex Differences in Attaining Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine Dependence Milestones Among Novice Smokers. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 08 01; 187(8):1670-1677.
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Sylvestre MP, Wellman RJ, O'Loughlin EK, Dugas EN, O'Loughlin J. Gender differences in risk factors for cigarette smoking initiation in childhood. Addict Behav. 2017 09; 72:144-150.
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O'Loughlin J, O'Loughlin EK, Wellman RJ, Sylvestre MP, Dugas EN, Chagnon M, Dutczak H, Lagu? J, McGrath JJ. Predictors of Cigarette Smoking Initiation in Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2017 Sep; 61(3):363-370.
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Kotowycz MA, Filion KB, Joza J, Dube D, Reynolds MR, Pilote L, Eisenberg MJ, Essebag V. In-hospital management of atrial fibrillation: the CHADS2 score predicts increased cost. Can J Cardiol. 2011 Jul-Aug; 27(4):506-13.
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Vassiliou MC, Kaneva PA, Poulose BK, Dunkin BJ, Marks JM, Sadik R, Sroka G, Anvari M, Thaler K, Adrales GL, Hazey JW, Lightdale JR, Velanovich V, Swanstrom LL, Mellinger JD, Fried GM. How should we establish the clinical case numbers required to achieve proficiency in flexible endoscopy? Am J Surg. 2010 Jan; 199(1):121-5.
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O'Loughlin J, Karp I, Koulis T, Paradis G, Difranza J. Determinants of first puff and daily cigarette smoking in adolescents. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Sep 01; 170(5):585-97.