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Alain Belanger

Professor demography INRS
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Une analyse des déterminants de la mobilité linguistique intergénérationnelle des immigrants allophones au Québec

A Bélanger, P Sabourin, R Lachapelle - Cahiers québécois de …, 2011 - erudit.org
l’immigration prend une importance accrue dans la croissance démographique québécoise
et, selon Statistique Canada, 30 % des résidents de la région métropolitaine de …

Screening decreases prostate cancer death: first analysis of the 1988 Quebec prospective randomized controlled trial

…, RE Suburu, P Diamond, J Lévesque, A Belanger - The …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The 46,193 men aged 45 to 80 years registered in the electoral roll of Quebec
City and its Metropolitan area were randomized in November 1988 between screening …

The UDP glycosyltransferase gene superfamily: recommended nomenclature update based on evolutionary divergence

…, KW Bock, A Bairoch, A Belanger… - Pharmacogenetics …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
This review represents an update of the nomenclature system for the UDP glucuronosyltransferase
gene superfamily, which is based on divergent evolution. Since the previous review …

Endocrine and intracrine sources of androgens in women: inhibition of breast cancer and other roles of androgens and their precursor dehydroepiandrosterone

F Labrie, V Luu-The, C Labrie, A Bélanger… - Endocrine …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Serum androgens as well as their precursors and metabolites decrease from the age of 30–40
yr in women, thus suggesting that a more physiological hormone replacement therapy at …

Marked decline in serum concentrations of adrenal C19 sex steroid precursors and conjugated androgen metabolites during aging

F Labrie, A Bélanger, L Cusan… - The Journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The present data show a dramatic decline in the circulating levels of dehydroepiandrosterone
(DHEA), DHEA-sulfate (DHEA-S), androst-5-ene-3β,17β-diol (5-diol), 5-diol-sulfate, 5-diol-…

Physiological changes in dehydroepiandrosterone are not reflected by serum levels of active androgens and estrogens but of their metabolites: intracrinology

F Labrie, A Bélanger, L Cusan… - The Journal of Clinical …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
This study analyzes in detail the serum concentration of the active androgens and estrogens,
as well as a series of free and conjugated forms of their precursors and metabolites, after …

Relative enzymatic activity, protein stability, and tissue distribution of human steroid-metabolizing UGT2B subfamily members

D Turgeon, JS Carrier, E Lévesque, DW Hum… - …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Androgens and estrogens play major roles in cell differentiation, cell growth, and peptide
secretion in steroid target tissues. In addition to the binding of these hormones to their receptors…

[HTML][HTML] The dynamics of language shift in Canada

P Sabourin, A Bélanger, P Reeve - Population, 2015 - cairn-int.info
… In this article, Patrick Sabourin and Alain Bélanger examine the determinants of language
shift – ie the adoption of a new language in the home – among immigrants and native-born …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of 12-month dehydroepiandrosterone replacement therapy on bone, vagina, and endometrium in postmenopausal women

…, L Cusan, JL Gomez, A Belanger… - Journal of Clinical …, 1997 - researchgate.net
The effect of 12-month dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) replacement therapy has been
evaluated in 14 60-to 70-yr-old women who received daily applications of a 10% DHEA cream. …

Androgen glucuronides, instead of testosterone, as the new markers of androgenic activity in women

F Labrie, A Bélanger, P Bélanger, R Bérubé… - The Journal of steroid …, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite the long series of cohort studies performed during the last 20 years, the correlation
between serum testosterone and any clinical situation believed to be under androgen control …