Nichol K, Kudla I, Manno M, McCaskell L, Sikorski J, Holness DL. Healthc Q. 2009;12(2):86-93. Even though joint health and safety committees (JHSCs) have been in existence in Ontario workplaces for almost 30 years and healthcare workers are at high risk for workplace injury, there has been little re
Bhinder S, Cicutto L, Abdel-Qadir HM, Tarlo SM. Can Respir J. 2009 Nov-Dec;16(6):e69-75. ABSTRACT: Background: Asthma is a common chronic condition that can be aggravated by workplace exposures. Young adults with asthma should know how their future occupation might affect their asthma, and
Tarlo SM, Cartier A; Canadian Thoracic Society Asthma Committee. Can Respir J. 2009 Nov-Dec;16(6):e57-61. ABSTRACT: Work-related asthma is common yet underdiagnosed. It is a significant cause of morbidity and socioeconomic loss. Diagnosis is often difficult, and requires a strong index of sus
Seth R, Romaschin AD, Ribeiro M, Tarlo SM. Biomarkers. 2009 Nov;14(7):473-9. ABSTRACT: Inhaled endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) initiates an inflammatory response and leads to the expression of CR3 (CD11b/CD18) receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). We determined if PMN activatio
House R, Krajnak K, Manno M, Lander L. Occup Med (Lond). 2009 Oct;59(7):476-82. Epub 2009 May 21. BACKGROUND: It is important to determine which tests of sensorineural dysfunction identify the neurological damage from hand-arm vibration exposure. AIMS: To examine the association between the hand-arm
Lynde CB, Pierscianowski TA, Pratt MD. CMAJ. 2009 Dec 8;181(12):925-6. Epub 2009 Oct 26. PubMed link to article
Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Blanc PD. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2009 Oct;119(10):660-6. ABSTRACT: Work-related asthma is common among adult asthmatics, either asthma initially caused by work (occupational asthma) or pre-existing asthma worsened by work factors (work-exacerbated asthma). Appropriate manage
Kwok T, Arrandale V, Skotnicki-Grant S. Dermatitis. 2009 Oct;20(5):278-83. BACKGROUND: Repeated mechanical trauma to the hands can result in frictional hand dermatitis (FHD) and (in some cases) hyperkeratotic hand dermatitis (HHD), forms of irritant contact dermatitis. These conditions ca
Our goal was to assess the relationships between wood dust exposure and respiratory and skin problems in softwood sawmill workers. 53 workers’ exposures and effects were measured over a work-week. The controls were male workers in other industries, not exposed to significant respiratory hazards.
Four workplace based studies conducted previously were combined and reanalyzed to determine the occurrence of skin and lung symptoms in several populations of workers and determine how common it is to have co-existing lung and skin symptoms. The studies were of embalmer, soda ash workers (ammonia),