The following is a list of various publications and presentation materials that we have created or been involved with over the years:
Internal Publications
- A Pollen Grain/Fungal Spore Datasheet
Poster Presentation at PAAA Symposium 1992, University of Toronto
Abstract: A precision-based re-evaluation of a Lotus 123 spreadsheet developed for economical counting of Rotorod collections introduced at the 1991 symposium in Michigan. The spreadsheet utilizes macro programmed commands which allow rapid and simultaneous counting of up to 24 species...Calculation parameters for each species are individually programmed...Sample size, a function of sample area / particle density, and particle distribution on the duplicate rods of the Rotorod collector are evaluated by precision comparisons of counts on duplicate rods. Correlations exceeded the 95% level...
External Publications
- Dales R.E., Cakmak S., Judek S., Coates F. (2008) Tree pollen and hospitalization for asthma in urban Canada. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, vol. 146, no. 3, 241-247. [ URL ]
- Villeneuve P.J., Chen L., Rowe B.H., Coates F. (2007) Outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma among children and adults: a case-crossover study in northern Alberta, Canada. Environmental Health, vol. 6, 40. [ URL ]
- Cakmak S., Dales R.E., Judek S., Coates F. (2005) Does socio-demographic status influence the effect of pollens and molds on hospitalization for asthma? Results from a time-series study in 10 Canadian cities. Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 15, no. 3, 214-218. [ URL ]
- Dales R.E., Cakmak S., Judek S., Dann T., Coates F., Brook J.R., Burnett R.T. (2004) Influence of outdoor aeroallergens on hospitalization for asthma in Canada. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol. 113, no. 2, 303-306. [ URL ]
- Dales R.E., Cakmak S., Judek S., Dann T., Coates F., Brook J.R., Burnett R.T. (2003) The Role of Fungal Spores in Thunderstorm Asthma. Chest, vol. 123, no. 3, 745-750. [ URL ]
- Cakmak S., Dales R.E., Burnett R.T., Judek S., Coates F., Brook J.R. (2002) Effect of airborne allergens on emergency visits by children for conjunctivitis and rhinitis. Lancet, vol. 359, no. 9310, 947-948. [ URL ]
- Wardman A.E.D., Stefani D., MacDonald J.C. (2002) Thunderstorm-associated asthma or shortness of breath epidemic: a Canadian case report. Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, 267-270. [ URL ]
- Coates F., Yang W., Cakmak S. (2002) A comparison of aeroallergen data to investigate representative sampling radius. Canadian Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
- Dales R.E., Cakmak S., Judek S., Burnett R.T., Coates F., Brook J.R. (2000) The influence of ambient fungal spores on emergency visits for asthma to a regional children's hospital. The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine vol. 162, no. 6, 2087-2090. [ URL ]
- Steib D.M., Beveridge R.C., Brook J.R., Smith-Dorion M., Burnett R.T., Dales R.E., Beaulieu S., Judek S., Mamedov A (2000) Air pollution, aeroallergens and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in Saint John, Canada. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, vol. 10, no. 5, 461-477. [ URL ]
