Poonai N, van Diepen S, Bharatha A, Manduch M, Deklaj T, Tarlo SM. Can J Public Health. 2005 May-Jun;96(3):230-3. BACKGROUND: Occupational asthma (OA) refers to asthma caused by workplace-specific substances. A longer duration of symptoms while continuing to be exposed has been associated with a wor
Che Y, Araujo AR, Gloer JB, Scott JA, Malloch D. J Nat Prod. 2005 Mar;68(3):435-8. ABSTRACT: Communiols E-H (1-4), four new polyketide-derived natural products containing furanocyclopentane, furanocyclopentene, cyclopentene, or gamma-lactone moieties, have been isolated from two geographically
Kanani AS, Broder I, Greene JM, Tarlo SM. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005 Mar;94(3):341-7. ABSTRACT: Background: The association between allergic rhinitis and asthma has been well recognized, and it has been postulated that rhinitis may worsenasthma. Objective: To investigate the severityÂ
Al-Otaibi S, Tarlo SM, House R. Occup Med (Lond). 2005 Mar;55(2):88-92. Epub 2005 Feb 8. BACKGROUND: Exposure to natural rubber latex (NRL) may lead to a variety of allergic clinical manifestations that may affect the quality of life (QOL). AIM: To assess QOL of patients with different clinical effe
Finkelstein MM, Verma DK. Am J Ind Med. 2005 Jan;47(1):4-9. BACKGROUND: Dust exposed workers may be at increased risk of pneumoconiosis, stomach cancer, lung cancer, and obstructive lung disease.Bricklayers may experience high exposures to silica and inorganic dusts. The aim of this study was to e
Bogoch II, House RA, Kudla I. Can J Public Health. 2005 Jan-Feb;96(1):69-72. BACKGROUND: This study examines perceptions of rock concert attendees about risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and use of hearing protection at a busy Toronto rock concert venue. METHODS: Two hundred and fou