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| Alan R AbelsohnSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 2. Outdoor air pollutionAlan Abelsohn
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 166:1161-7. 2002..In this article we review the origins of air pollutants, the pathophysiology of health effects, the burden of illness and the clinical implications of smog exposure using the illustrative case of an adolescent patient with asthma...
Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 5. Persistent organic pollutantsAlan Abelsohn
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 166:1549-54. 2002..We provide advice to limit a patient's exposure to these contaminants and discuss the relevance of these exposures to the learning difficulties of the 7-year-old child and to the planning of future pregnancies...
Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 6. Carbon monoxide poisoningAlan Abelsohn
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 166:1685-90. 2002..We outline the clinical management of carbon monoxide poisoning and provide strategies and resources to prevent exposure...
Lead and children: clinical management for family physiciansAlan R Abelsohn
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Can Fam Physician 56:531-5. 2010..To provide family physicians with a practical, evidence-based approach to screening for and preventing children's exposure to lead...
Healthy fish consumption and reduced mercury exposure: counseling women in their reproductive yearsAlan Abelsohn
Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario
Can Fam Physician 57:26-30. 2011..To provide family physicians with a practical, evidence-based approach to counseling women about healthy fish eating...
Health effects of outdoor air pollution: approach to counseling patients using the Air Quality Health IndexAlan Abelsohn
Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at University of Toronto in Ontario
Can Fam Physician 57:881-7, e280-7. 2011..To inform family physicians about the health effects of air pollution and to provide an approach to counseling vulnerable patients in order to reduce exposure...
Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 3. Lead exposureMargaret D Sanborn
Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
CMAJ 166:1287-92. 2002..By applying effective primary prevention, case-finding and treatment interventions for lead exposure, both the individual patient and the larger community reap the benefits of better health...
Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 4. PesticidesMargaret D Sanborn
Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
CMAJ 166:1431-6. 2002..We also provide clinical information on the epidemiology, clinical presentations, treatment and prevention of pesticide exposures...
