Search Results - "Hendrick, D. J."
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"Popcorn worker's lung" in Britain in a man making potato crisp flavouring
Published in Thorax (01-03-2008)“…The case history is presented of a patient who developed "popcorn worker's lung" following exposure to 2,3-butanedione (diacetyl). Other similar cases are…”
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Apparent but not real increase in asthma prevalence during the 1990s
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-10-2002)“…The authors investigated changes in asthma prevalence and perception of bronchoconstriction over 6 yrs in adults of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Postal questionnaires…”
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Smoking, cadmium, and emphysema
Published in Thorax (01-03-2004)“…[...]threshold estimates may be conservative, and in a study of 90 workers exposed to cadmium dusts for up to 20 years (average 7.5 years) of whom 75 were…”
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Occupation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Relation of expired carbon monoxide to smoking history, lapsed time, TLCO measurement and passive smoking
Published in Respiratory medicine (2005)“…We quantified the influence of lapsed time, measurement of gas-transfer factor (TLCO), and passive smoking on expired carbon monoxide (CO) levels, and then…”
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Measurement of airway responsiveness to methacholine: relative importance of the precision of drug delivery and the method of assessing response
Published in Thorax (01-03-1993)“…BACKGROUND: The value of measuring airway responsiveness in asthma research is currently limited by the number of different methods used by different…”
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Asthma, airways responsiveness and air pollution in two contrasting districts of northern England
Published in Thorax (01-02-1996)“…BACKGROUND: To assess the possible magnitude of differences between normal populations an epidemiological investigation of asthma was conducted in two strongly…”
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Age-dependent inaccuracy of asthma death certification in Northern England, 1991-1992
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-11-1998)“…Asthma mortality appeared to increase two-fold in the UK from the mid- 1970s to the early 1990s, but there is evidence of inaccuracy in asthma death…”
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Management of occupational asthma
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-05-1994)“…The importance of occupational asthma and its management is usefully set in perspective by considering recent trends of increasing asthma incidence, morbidity…”
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Effect of inhaled fluticasone propionate on airway responsiveness in treatment-naive individuals--a lesser benefit in females
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-01-2000)“…A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled parallel group study with inhaled fluticasone propionate over 6 weeks, designed to quantify the beneficial effect…”
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A confidential enquiry into certified asthma deaths in the North of England, 1994-96 : influence of co-morbidity and diagnostic inaccuracy
Published in Respiratory medicine (01-12-1999)“…To understand more fully the nature of events leading to asthmatic death, we conducted a confidential enquiry prospectively throughout 1994-96 among the…”
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Perception of respiratory symptoms after methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in a general population
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-11-1998)“…In an epidemiological study, methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction was used as a physical illustration of the sensations associated with asthma. The…”
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Number and activity of inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in asthma and their relation to airway responsiveness
Published in Thorax (01-09-1988)“…Bronchial responsiveness to inhaled methacholine was measured four to six days before fibreoptic bronchoscopy in 22 asthmatic patients (10 smokers) and 20…”
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Changes in bronchoalveolar lavage inflammatory cells in asthmatic patients treated with high dose inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-04-1993)“…Using serial bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), we have studied changes in the airway inflammatory cell populations in 20 asthmatic patients, before and after…”
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The interaction of Ca2+ with sarcomeric proteins: role in function and dysfunction of the heart
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-01-2012)“…The hallmarks of the normal heartbeat are both rapid onset of contraction and rapid relaxation as well as an inotropic response to both increased end-diastolic…”
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Occupational asthma in an isothiazolinone manufacturing plant
Published in Thorax (01-08-1997)“…A chemical plant operator developed asthma five months after starting work in an isothiazolinone manufacturing plant. He described symptoms of late asthmatic…”
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Occupational and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Effect of dietary sodium on airways responsiveness and its importance in the epidemiology of asthma: an evaluation in three areas of northern England
Published in Thorax (01-09-1995)“…BACKGROUND--Although several investigations have shown a relationship between asthma (or its surrogate, airways responsiveness) and dietary or urinary sodium,…”
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Occupational asthma due to porcine pancreatic amylase
Published in Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) (01-10-1997)“…A case of occupational asthma in a 41 year old histopathology laboratory technician attributable to a powder preparation of the porcine pancreatic enzyme…”
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Occupational asthma due to ceftazidime
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-08-1995)“…A worker employed in the manufacture of the new third generation cephalosporin antibiotic, ceftazidime, developed asthmatic symptoms, and a series of…”
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