Search Results - "McDonald, C. J"

Deficits in visuospatial processing contribute to quantitative measures of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease by Nantel, J, McDonald, J.C, Tan, S, Bronte-Stewart, H

“…Highlights ► Freezers showed deficits in visuospatial perception/reasoning versus non-freezers. ► Deficits in visuospatial processing were correlated with…”
Get full text

Fire behavior characteristics of buffelgrass-fueled fires and native plant community composition in invaded patches by McDonald, C.J., McPherson, G.R.

“…Buffelgrass invasions have been documented in Australia to North America, pointing to an end result of large-scale wildfires. In heavily populated areas such…”
Get full text

Rising incidence and persistently high mortality of hospitalized pneumonia: a 10‐year population‐based study in Denmark by THOMSEN, R. W., RIIS, A., NØRGAARD, M., JACOBSEN, J., CHRISTENSEN, S., MCDONALD, C. J., SØRENSEN, H. T.

“… Background.  Little is known about temporal trends in the incidence and mortality of pneumonia in the general population. Methods.  We conducted a…”
Get full text

Lung cancer and exposure to arsenic in rural Bangladesh by Mostafa, M G, McDonald, J C, Cherry, N M

“…Background: Arsenic is a known carcinogen but the risk of lung cancer from the widespread contamination of drinking water in rural Bangladesh has not been…”
Get full text

Incidence by occupation and industry of acute work related respiratory diseases in the UK, 1992–2001 by McDonald, J C, Chen, Y, Zekveld, C, Cherry, N M

“…Aims: To summarise incidence rates and epidemiological characteristics of new cases of work related respiratory disease reported by specialist physicians in…”
Get full text

Mortality in a cohort of vermiculite miners exposed to fibrous amphibole in Libby, Montana by McDonald, J C, Harris, J, Armstrong, B

“…Background: Fibrous tremolite is a widespread amphibole asbestiform mineral, airborne fibres of which constitute an environmental hazard in Libby, Montana,…”
Get full text

Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Systems in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) by Duffy, David C, McDonald, J. Cooper, Schueller, Olivier J. A, Whitesides, George M

“…This paper describes a procedure that makes it possible to design and fabricate (including sealing) microfluidic systems in an elastomeric…”
Get full text

The epidemiology of mesothelioma in historical context by McDonald, JC, McDonald, AD

“…Primary malignant mesothelial tumours were recognized by pathologists before asbestiform minerals (chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite) were mined…”
Get full text

Heat shock protein inhibitors increase the efficacy of measles virotherapy by Liu, C, Erlichman, C, McDonald, C J, Ingle, J N, Zollman, P, Iankov, I, Russell, S J, Galanis, E

“…Oncolytic measles virus strains have activity against multiple tumor types and are currently in phase I clinical testing. Induction of the heat shock protein…”
Get full text

Asbestos, asbestosis, and lung cancer: a critical assessment of the epidemiological evidence by Hessel, P A, Gamble, J F, McDonald, J C

“…The question of whether lung cancer can be attributed to asbestos exposure in the absence of asbestosis remains controversial. Nine key epidemiological papers…”
Get full text

An Integrated Fluorescence Detection System in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) for Microfluidic Applications by Chabinyc, Michael L, Chiu, Daniel T, McDonald, J. Cooper, Stroock, Abraham D, Christian, James F, Karger, Arieh M, Whitesides, George M

“…This paper describes a prototype of an integrated fluorescence detection system that uses a microavalanche photodiode (μAPD) as the photodetector for…”
Get full text

Medical heuristics : the silent adjudicators of clinical practice by MCDONALD, C. J

“…Robust scientific conclusions are too sparse to inform fully most of the choices that physicians must make about tests and treatments. Instead, ad hoc rules of…”
Get full text

The barriers to electronic medical record systems and how to overcome them by McDonald, C J

“…Institutions all want electronic medical record (EMR) systems. They want them to solve their record movement problems, to improve the quality and coherence of…”
Get full text

Sixty years on: the price of assembling military gas masks in 1940 by McDonald, J C, Harris, J M, Berry, G

“…Background: Between 1940 and 1944 military gas masks with filter pads containing 20% crocidolite were assembled in a Nottingham factory. Methods: Records…”
Get full text

Incidence by occupation and industry of work-related skin diseases in the United Kingdom, 1996–2001 by McDonald, J. C., Beck, M. H., Chen, Y., Cherry, Nicola M.

“…Background Work-related skin disease is common but few cases are documented in statutory reports or disability systems. Voluntary reporting by specialist…”
Get full text

Reported incidence of occupational asthma in the United Kingdom, 1989–97 by McDonald, J C, Keynes, H L, Meredith, S K

“…OBJECTIVES To examine trends in estimated population based incidence of occupational asthma by age, sex, occupation, geographical region, and causal agents…”
Get full text

A randomized trial of "corollary orders" to prevent errors of omission by Overhage, J M, Tierney, W M, Zhou, X H, McDonald, C J

“…Errors of omission are a common cause of systems failures. Physicians often fail to order tests or treatments needed to monitor/ameliorate the effects of other…”
Get full text

Effects of Pulsed Electric Fields on Microorganisms in Orange Juice Using Electric field Strengths of 30 and 50 kV/cm by McDonald, C.J., Lloyd, S.W., Vitale, M.A., Petersson, K., Innings, F.

“…Inactivation of 4 microorganisms in orange juice was investigated in a 100 L/h flowing pulsed electric field (PEF) system. Electric field levels of 30 kV/cm…”
Get full text

A characterization of local LOINC mapping for laboratory tests in three large institutions by Lin, M C, Vreeman, D J, McDonald, C J, Huff, S M

“…We characterized the use of laboratory LOINC® codes in three large institutions, focused on the following questions: 1) How many local codes had been…”
Get more information

Allergen exposure, atopy and smoking as determinants of allergy to rats in a cohort of laboratory employees by Cullinan, P, Cook, A, Gordon, S, Nieuwenhuijsen, MJ, Tee, RD, Venables, KM, McDonald, JC, Taylor, AJ

“…This study aimed to examine the relationship between exposure to rat urinary allergens, atopic status, smoking and the development of allergic symptoms and…”
Get full text