D M Stieb

Summary

Affiliation: Health Canada
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: effects of gases and particles and the influence of cause of death, age, and season
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 52:470-84. 2002
  2. ncbi A scripted activity study of the impact of protective advice on personal exposure to ultra-fine and fine particulate matter and volatile organic compounds
    David M Stieb
    ealthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 18:495-502. 2008
  3. ncbi A new multipollutant, no-threshold air quality health index based on short-term associations observed in daily time-series analyses
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 58:435-50. 2008
  4. ncbi Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: update in relation to the use of generalized additive models
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 53:258-61. 2003
  5. ncbi Economic evaluation of the benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity associated with air pollution
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Environ Health 1:7. 2002
  6. ncbi Air pollution and emergency department visits for cardiac and respiratory conditions: a multi-city time-series analysis
    David M Stieb
    Population Studies Division, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Postal locator 4903C, 269 Laurier Ave West Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0K9, Canada
    Environ Health 8:25. 2009
  7. ncbi Air pollution, aeroallergens and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in Saint John, Canada
    D M Stieb
    Environmental Health Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10:461-77. 2000
  8. ncbi Estimating the public health burden attributable to air pollution: an illustration using the development of an alternative air quality index
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Toxicol Environ Health A 68:1275-88. 2005
  9. ncbi Coarse particulate matter and hospitalization for respiratory infections in children younger than 15 years in Toronto: a case-crossover analysis
    Mei Lin
    Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 116:e235-40. 2005
  10. ncbi Air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome
    Robert Dales
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 113:e628-31. 2004

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: effects of gases and particles and the influence of cause of death, age, and season
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 52:470-84. 2002
    ..This synthesis leaves little doubt that acute air pollution exposure is a significant contributor to mortality...
  2. ncbi A scripted activity study of the impact of protective advice on personal exposure to ultra-fine and fine particulate matter and volatile organic compounds
    David M Stieb
    ealthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 18:495-502. 2008
    ..Following smog advisory advice results in reduced exposures to some pollutants, while at the same time increasing exposure to others. Advice needs to be refined giving consideration to overall personal exposure...
  3. ncbi A new multipollutant, no-threshold air quality health index based on short-term associations observed in daily time-series analyses
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 58:435-50. 2008
    ..Together with health messages and a graphic display, the AQHI scale appears promising as an air quality risk communication tool...
  4. ncbi Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: update in relation to the use of generalized additive models
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 53:258-61. 2003
  5. ncbi Economic evaluation of the benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity associated with air pollution
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Environ Health 1:7. 2002
    ..Few assessments of the costs and benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity related to air pollution have employed a comprehensive, explicit approach to capturing the full societal value of reduced morbidity...
  6. ncbi Air pollution and emergency department visits for cardiac and respiratory conditions: a multi-city time-series analysis
    David M Stieb
    Population Studies Division, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Postal locator 4903C, 269 Laurier Ave West Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0K9, Canada
    Environ Health 8:25. 2009
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  7. ncbi Air pollution, aeroallergens and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in Saint John, Canada
    D M Stieb
    Environmental Health Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 10:461-77. 2000
    ..Aeroallergens were also significantly associated with warm season asthma ED visits...
  8. ncbi Estimating the public health burden attributable to air pollution: an illustration using the development of an alternative air quality index
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Toxicol Environ Health A 68:1275-88. 2005
    ....
  9. ncbi Coarse particulate matter and hospitalization for respiratory infections in children younger than 15 years in Toronto: a case-crossover analysis
    Mei Lin
    Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 116:e235-40. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION:Our study suggested a detrimental effect of relatively low levels of ambient particulate matter and gaseous pollutants, especially coarse particulate matter and NO2, on hospitalization for respiratory infections in children...
  10. ncbi Air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome
    Robert Dales
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 113:e628-31. 2004
    ..RESULTS: Increases in both SO2 and NO2, equivalent to their interquartile ranges, were associated with a 17.72% increase in SIDS incidence. CONCLUSION: Ambient SO2 and NO2 may be important risk factors for SIDS...
  11. ncbi Beyond administrative data: characterizing cardiorespiratory disease episodes among patients visiting the emergency department
    D M Stieb
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation
    Can J Public Health 91:107-12. 2000
    ..9-5.4) for asthma to 6.6 (95% CI 5.9-7.4) for respiratory infections. Our data assist in interpreting epidemiological studies based on administrative data, and illustrate the broad impacts of cardiorespiratory disease episodes...
  12. ncbi A temporal, multicity model to estimate the effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on health
    Hwashin Hyun Shin
    Air Health Science Division, Safe Environments Programme, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 116:1147-53. 2008
    ..Countries worldwide are expending significant resources to improve air quality partly to improve the health of their citizens. Are these societal expenditures improving public health?..
  13. ncbi Air pollution and daily ED visits for migraine and headache in Edmonton, Canada
    Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz
    Air Health Effects Research Section, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A OK9
    Am J Emerg Med 27:391-6. 2009
    ..A variety of environmental factors have been identified as possible triggers for migraine and other headache syndromes...
  14. ncbi Air pollution and disability days in Toronto: results from the national population health survey
    David M Stieb
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada
    Environ Res 89:210-9. 2002
    ..While these results are suggestive of significant effects of the urban air pollution mix at relatively low ambient concentrations, the precise contribution of individual pollutants could not be determined...
  15. ncbi Design, delivery and evaluation of an email-based continuing professional development course on outdoor air pollution and health
    Erica Weir
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Med Teach 26:166-73. 2004
    ..Controlled delivery of small portions of information tied to specific self-directed tasks is also recommended...
  16. ncbi [Padney, M D and Nathwani J S (2003). Canada wide standard for particulate matter and ozone: cost benefit analysis using a life quality index. Risk Analysis, 23(1), 55-67]
    David M Stieb
    Risk Anal 24:305-6; author reply 307-9. 2004