Alan R Abelsohn

Summary

Affiliation: University of Toronto
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 2. Outdoor air pollution
    Alan Abelsohn
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 166:1161-7. 2002
  2. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 5. Persistent organic pollutants
    Alan Abelsohn
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 166:1549-54. 2002
  3. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 6. Carbon monoxide poisoning
    Alan Abelsohn
    Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 166:1685-90. 2002
  4. ncbi Lead and children: clinical management for family physicians
    Alan 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
  5. ncbi Healthy fish consumption and reduced mercury exposure: counseling women in their reproductive years
    Alan 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
  6. ncbi Health effects of outdoor air pollution: approach to counseling patients using the Air Quality Health Index
    Alan 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
  7. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 3. Lead exposure
    Margaret D Sanborn
    Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
    CMAJ 166:1287-92. 2002
  8. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 4. Pesticides
    Margaret D Sanborn
    Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
    CMAJ 166:1431-6. 2002

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 2. Outdoor air pollution
    Alan 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...
  2. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 5. Persistent organic pollutants
    Alan 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...
  3. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 6. Carbon monoxide poisoning
    Alan 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...
  4. ncbi Lead and children: clinical management for family physicians
    Alan 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...
  5. ncbi Healthy fish consumption and reduced mercury exposure: counseling women in their reproductive years
    Alan 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...
  6. ncbi Health effects of outdoor air pollution: approach to counseling patients using the Air Quality Health Index
    Alan 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...
  7. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 3. Lead exposure
    Margaret 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...
  8. ncbi Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 4. Pesticides
    Margaret 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...