 Nova Scotia
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A province of eastern Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces with NEW BRUNSWICK; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; and sometimes NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Its capital is Halifax. The territory was granted in 1621 by James I to the Scotsman Sir William Alexander and was called Nova Scotia, the Latin for New Scotland. The territory had earlier belonged to the French, under the name of Acadia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p871 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p384)
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D009674
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567.176.589
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nova Scotia" by people in Profiles.
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Ye S, Shaffer JA, Kang MS, Harlapur M, Muntner P, Epel E, Guernsey D, Schwartz JE, Davidson KW, Kirkland S, Honig LS, Shimbo D. Relation between leukocyte telomere length and incident coronary heart disease events (from the 1995 Canadian Nova Scotia Health Survey). Am J Cardiol. 2013 Apr 01; 111(7):962-7.
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Shaffer JA, Epel E, Kang MS, Ye S, Schwartz JE, Davidson KW, Kirkland S, Honig LS, Shimbo D. Depressive symptoms are not associated with leukocyte telomere length: findings from the Nova Scotia Health Survey (NSHS95), a population-based study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e48318.
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Rom Korin M, Chaplin WF, Shaffer JA, Butler MJ, Ojie MJ, Davidson KW. Men's and women's health beliefs differentially predict coronary heart disease incidence in a population-based sample. Health Educ Behav. 2013 Apr; 40(2):231-9.
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Newman JD, Davidson KW, Shaffer JA, Schwartz JE, Chaplin W, Kirkland S, Shimbo D. Observed hostility and the risk of incident ischemic heart disease: a prospective population study from the 1995 Canadian Nova Scotia Health Survey. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Sep 13; 58(12):1222-8.
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Wasson LT, Shimbo D, Rubin MR, Shaffer JA, Schwartz JE, Davidson KW. Is vitamin D deficiency a risk factor for ischemic heart disease in patients with established cardiovascular disease? 10-year follow-up of the Nova Scotia Health Survey. Int J Cardiol. 2011 May 05; 148(3):387-9.
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Hansen JD, Shimbo D, Shaffer JA, Hong S, Borda T, Ventura A, Schwartz JE, Harlapur M, Davidson KW. Finding the glass half full? Optimism is protective of 10-year incident CHD in a population-based study: the Canadian Nova Scotia Health Survey. Int J Cardiol. 2010 Dec 03; 145(3):603-4.
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Laidlaw TS, Kaufman DM, MacLeod H, van Zanten S, Simpson D, Wrixon W. Relationship of resident characteristics, attitudes, prior training and clinical knowledge to communication skills performance. Med Educ. 2006 Jan; 40(1):18-25.
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