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Acute blood pressure responses in healthy adults during controlled air pollution exposures.

Urch B, Silverman F, Corey P, Brook JR, Lukic KZ, Rajagopalan S, Brook RD. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Aug;113(8):1052-5. ABSTRACT: Exposure to air pollution has been shown to cause arterial vasoconstriction and alter autonomic balance. Because these biologic responses may influence systemic hemod


Comparison of crystalline silica (alpha-quartz) calibration standards NIST-SRM 1878 and NIST-SRM 1878a by fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry.

Verma DK, Shaw DS. Ann Occup Hyg. 2005 Jun;49(4):359-61. Epub 2005 Feb 2. PubMed link to article


Evidence based guidelines for the prevention, identification, and management of occupational asthma.

Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Occup Environ Med. 2005 May;62(5):288-9. PubMed link to article


Barriers to diagnosis of occupational asthma in Ontario.

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


Communiols E-H: new polyketide metabolites from the coprophilous fungus Podospora communis.

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


Correlation between nasal symptoms and asthma severity in patients with atopic and nonatopic asthma.

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


Quality of life in patients with latex allergy.

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


Mortality among Ontario members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers.

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


Perceptions about hearing protection and noise-induced hearing loss of attendees of rock concerts.

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


Health effects of air pollution.

Bernstein JA, Alexis N, Barnes C, Bernstein IL, Bernstein JA, Nel A, Peden D, Diaz-Sanchez D, Tarlo SM, Williams PB. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2004 Nov;114(5):1116-23. ABSTRACT: The general public, especially patients with upper or lower respiratory symptoms, is aware from media reports th