Margaret Becklake

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According to Wikipedia, Margaret Rigsby Becklake, was a Canadian academic and epidemiologist. Margaret focused her career on the study of environmental and occupational determinants of childhood and adult airway disease, specifically the lung health of asbestos miners and millers.

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Effects of Smoking Intervention and the Use of an Inhaled Anticholinergic Bronchodilator on the Rate of Decline of FEV1 (1994) (1495)
American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease. (2003) (875)
Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span (1999) (659)
Asbestos-related diseases of the lung and other organs: their epidemiology and implications for clinical practice. (2015) (376)
Respiratory function tests; normal values at median altitudes and the prediction of normal results. (1959) (318)
Occupational exposures: evidence for a causal association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (1989) (286)
Relationship between chronic dyspnea and expiratory flow limitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (1996) (275)
Environmental factors (1997) (253)
Regional distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion in obesity. (1967) (252)
[Respiratory function tests]. (1970) (229)
"Closing volume" and its relationship to gas exchange in seated and supine positions. (1971) (224)
Respiratory pressures and function in young adults. (2015) (211)
Chronic airflow limitation: its relationship to work in dusty occupations. (1985) (194)
Epidemiology and surveillance. (1990) (187)
The relationship of oxygen cost of breathing to respiratory mechanical work and respiratory force. (1961) (179)
Effects of air pollution on emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses in Montreal, Quebec. (1997) (173)
The 'healthy smoker': a phenomenon of health selection? (1990) (160)
EFFECT OF ALTERATIONS IN END-TIDAL CO2 TENSION ON FLOW RESISTANCE. (1964) (125)
Air pollution and health. (1988) (124)
A New Index of the Intrapulmonary Mixture of Inspired Air (1952) (122)
Prevalence of exercise induced bronchospasm in Kenyan school children: an urban-rural comparison (1998) (119)
Socioeconomic status and indicators of asthma in children. (1995) (117)
State of the Art Compendium: Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (2004) (110)
Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44 years in Canada. (2001) (105)
Heart and lung functions in swimmers and nonathletes during growth. (1972) (100)
Oxygen dissociation curves in sickle cell anemia and in subjects with the sickle cell trait. (1955) (94)
Concepts of normality applied to the measurement of lung function. (1986) (93)
Influence of age and sex on exercise cardiac output. (1965) (92)
Emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses among the elderly in Montreal: association with low level ozone exposure. (1998) (89)
Proceedings of the first Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium. (2003) (89)
Occupational asthma in adults in six Canadian communities. (2000) (87)
Asbestos-related diseases of the lungs and pleura: uses, trends and management over the last century. (2007) (87)
Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke and lung function in young adults. (1988) (87)
The health of chrysotile asbestos mine and mill workers of Quebec. (1974) (86)
The relationship of urgent hospital admissions for respiratory illnesses to photochemical air pollution levels in Montreal. (1994) (85)
Childhood predictors of smoking in adolescence: a follow-up study of Montréal schoolchildren (2005) (85)
Early effects of asbestos exposure on lung function. (1971) (78)
The predictors of emphysema in South African gold miners. (2015) (76)
Lung function in chrysotile asbestos mine and mill workers of Quebec. (1972) (70)
Geographic and gender variability in the prevalence of bronchial responsiveness in Canada. (2004) (69)
Healthy worker effect in cohort studies on chronic bronchitis. (2002) (67)
Effect of athletic training on exercise cardiac output. (1966) (66)
Effect of passive smoking on the development of respiratory symptoms in young adults: an 8-year longitudinal study. (1996) (64)
Urban-rural differences in questionnaire-derived markers of asthma in Kenyan school children. (1998) (64)
Risk factors for bronchial hyperresponsiveness in late childhood and early adolescence (2002) (63)
Spirometric lung function. Distribution and determinants of test failure in a young adult population. (1992) (63)
Socioeconomic status and lung function among primary school children in Canada. (1996) (63)
Effect of cigarette smoking on evolution of ventilatory lung function in young adults: an eight year longitudinal study. (1991) (60)
The relationship between respiratory impairment and asbestos-related pleural abnormality in an active work force. (1991) (57)
Reliability of hospital data for population-based studies of air pollution. (1993) (56)
Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6-9 years in Wukro, northern Ethiopia. (2001) (56)
Asbestos-related diseases of the lungs and pleura: current clinical issues. (1982) (56)
Fiber burden and asbestos-related lung disease: determinants of dose-response relationships. (1994) (55)
Prediction of airway reactivity from responses to a standardized respiratory symptom questionnaire. (2015) (54)
The cardio-respiratory effects of thoracic epidural anaesthesia (1972) (48)
The long-term effects of exposure to nitrous fumes. (1957) (48)
Heart and lung function at rest and during exercise in adolescence. (1974) (45)
Lung function in relation to chest radiographic changes in Quebec asbestos workers. I. Methods, results and conclusions. (1970) (45)
Passive smoking and evolution of lung function in young adults. An 8-year longitudinal study. (1995) (43)
Circulatory and ventilatory response to exercise in thyrotoxicosis. (1967) (41)
Measurement of pulmonary blood flow during exercise using nitrous oxide. (1962) (40)
Questionnaire assessments of recent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to salivary cotinine. (1993) (40)
Effect of standing versus sitting position on spirometric indices in healthy subjects. (1991) (40)
Geographical variations in the prevalence of atopic sensitization in six study sites across Canada (2010) (40)
Sources of variation in spirometric measurements. Identifying the signal and dealing with noise. (1993) (39)
Pulmonary function profiles in Quebec asbestos workers. (1975) (39)
Radiological changes after withdrawal from asbestos exposure (1979) (39)
Respiratory symptoms in chrysotile asbestos mine and mill workers of Quebec. (1972) (38)
Temporal patterns of exposure and nonmalignant pulmonary abnormality in Quebec chrysotile workers. (1985) (38)
Mesothelioma in South Africa, 1976-84: incidence and case characteristics. (1989) (37)
Exposure to asbestos and human disease. (1982) (37)
Estimation of unmeasured particulate air pollution data for an epidemiological study of daily respiratory morbidity. (1994) (36)
A study of the effects of physiotherapy in chronic hypertrophic emphysema using lung function tests. (1954) (35)
Lung structure as a risk factor in adverse pulmonary responses to asbestos exposure. A case-referent study in Quebec chrysotile miners and millers. (1983) (33)
To sigh or not to sigh. (2015) (33)
Differential respirable dust related lung function effects between current and former South African coal miners (2005) (32)
Epidemiology of spirometric test failure. (1990) (32)
Circulatory factors limiting maximal aerobic exercise capacity. (1969) (32)
Relationship of acute obstructive airway change to chronic (fixed) obstruction. (1995) (31)
THE CARDIORESPIRATORY EFFECTS OF THORACIC EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA (1973) (31)
Respiratory symptoms in young adults should not be overlooked. (1993) (31)
Magnetic lung measurements of relation to occupational exposure in asbestos miners and millers of Quebec. (1981) (29)
Respiratory health status of children in the eastern Transvaal highveld. (1990) (28)
Relation of airway responsiveness to duration of work in a dusty environment. (1989) (28)
Cardiorespiratory status in relation to mild deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. (1985) (28)
Lung function in young adults: evidence for differences in the chronological age at which various functions start to decline. (1980) (27)
The mineral dust diseases. (1992) (26)
Association between vitamin A status and lung function level in children aged 6--9 years in Wukro wereda, Northern Ethiopia. (2001) (26)
Air pollution and health in three urban communities. (1979) (26)
Non-malignant consequences of decreasing asbestos exposure in the Brazil chrysotile mines and mills (2005) (26)
Review and Analysis of Variation between Spirometric Values Reported in 29 Studies of Healthy African Adults (1994) (25)
NHLBI workshop summary. Scientific issues in the assessment of respiratory impairment. (1988) (25)
Asbestos and other fiber-related diseases of the lungs and pleura. Distribution and determinants in exposed populations. (1991) (25)
Pulmonary tuberculosis in South African gold miners. (1989) (25)
Relationship of respiratory health status to grain dust in a Witwatersrand grain mill: comparison of workers' exposure assessments with industrial hygiene survey findings. (1993) (25)
Socio-environmental factors and lung function. (1986) (23)
Lung function in silicosis of the Witwatersrand gold miner. (1958) (23)
Effect of training on total and regional blood flow and metabolism in paddlers. (1970) (22)
Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide. The effects of different derivations of breathhold time and alveolar volume and of carbon monoxide back pressure on calculated results. (1985) (22)
A respiratory survey in a black Johannesburg workforce. (1994) (22)
Effect of seasonal training on maximal cardiac output. (1968) (22)
Human lung homotransplantation. (1966) (21)
The N2 closing volume test in population studies: sources of variation and reproducibility. (2015) (21)
Respirable Coal Dust Exposure and Respiratory Symptoms in South-African Coal Miners: A Comparison of Current and Ex-Miners (2006) (20)
Ventilatory lung function in young cigarette smokers: a study of susceptibility. (1991) (20)
Review and analysis of variation between spirometric values reported in 29 studies of healthy African adults. (1994) (20)
Recommendations for reducing the effect of grain dust on the lungs. Canadian Thoracic Society Standards Committee. (1996) (19)
Grain dust and lung health: not just a nuisance dust. (2007) (19)
Lung volumes including closing volume, and arterial blood gas measurements in acute ischaemic left heart failure. (1974) (19)
Occupational health services in South African manufacturing industries: a pilot survey. (1988) (17)
Relationship of lung function loss to level of initial function: correcting for measurement error using the reliability coefficient. (1988) (17)
Symptoms and pulmonary functions as measures of morbidity. (1994) (17)
Respiratory survey of North American Indian children living in proximity to an aluminum smelter. (1986) (16)
Respiratory function following segmental resection of the lung for bronchiectasis. (1958) (15)
Exercise-induced bronchospasm: a pilot survey in Nairobi school children. (1997) (15)
Respiratory questionnaires in occupational studies: their use in multilingual workforces on the Witwatersrand. (1987) (14)
Airflow obstruction in young adults in Canada. (2007) (13)
The role of domestic factors and day-care attendance on lung function of primary school children. (1998) (13)
An environmental and respiratory health survey of workers in a grain mill in the Johannesburg area, South Africa. (1993) (12)
Determinants of respiratory symptoms in insulation workers exposed to asbestos and synthetic mineral fibres. (1987) (12)
Gender differences in airway behaviour (physiology) over the human lifespan (2003) (12)
Birthweight and preterm birth in relation to indicators of childhood asthma (1997) (11)
Follow-up respiratory measurements in Quebec chrysotile asbestos miners and millers. (1982) (11)
International union against tuberculosis and lung disease (IUATLD): initiatives in non-tuberculous lung disease. (1995) (11)
Single breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity. (1988) (11)
Low acceptance of an internet-based online questionnaire by young adults. (2002) (10)
Pneumoconioses and Other Mineral Dust–Related Diseases (2010) (10)
Documentation of ill-health effects of occupational exposure to grain dust through sequential, coherent epidemiologic investigation. (1994) (10)
Recovery from severe cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a renal transplant patient. (2015) (9)
Computer modelling of measurement error in longitudinal lung function data. (1987) (9)
The influence of instrumental resistance on the maximum breathing capacity. (1959) (8)
When the chest X-ray does not tell the whole story: a tale of miners, selection bias, and the healthy worker effect. (2001) (8)
Lung function changes as a reflection of tissue aging in young adults. (1982) (8)
Lung Cancer in a Fluorspar Mining Community. II. Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms and Disability (1964) (8)
Discordance Between Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies for the Effect of Dust on COPD: Why? (2005) (8)
Occupational lung disease--past record and future trend using the asbestos case as an example. (1983) (8)
Solubility of nitrous oxide in human blood. (1966) (8)
Studies on the Nature and Aetiology of Respiratory Disability in Witwatersrand Gold-Miners Free of Radiological Silicosis (1959) (8)
Mechanisms affecting exercise performance in subjects with asbestos-related pleural fibrosis (2007) (8)
Work-related asthma in Montreal, Quebec: population attributable risk in a community-based study. (2008) (7)
Exposure to asbestos and respiratory abnormality: the influence of fibre type and nature of exposure. (1980) (7)
Respiratory Function of Witwatersrand Gold-miners (1958) (7)
Environmental exposure to asbestos: A factor in the rising rate of cancer in the industrialized world? (1979) (7)
A Study by an Open Circuit Method of the Intrapulmonary Mixture of Inspired Air (1951) (7)
Respiratory health status of children in three Quebec urban communities: an epidemiologic study. (1978) (6)
Pulmonary mechanics and gas exchange during neurosurgical anaesthesia (1970) (6)
Diffusing Capacity for Carbon Monoxide (2015) (6)
On Dr. Dunnigan's commentary linking chrysotile asbestos with mesothelioma. (1988) (6)
Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Atopy (1996) (6)
Asbestosis criteria. (1984) (5)
Population Studies in Risk Assessment: Strengths and Weaknesses (1988) (5)
Rheumatic complaints and pulmonary response to chrysotile dust inhalation in the mines and mills of Quebec. (1974) (5)
Airways Disease and Occupational Exposure to Nonfibrogenic Dust (1998) (5)
Epidemiologic Studies in Human Populations (1985) (4)
Assessing the effect of exposure on lung function loss between two occasions: issues of confounding and measurement error (1989) (4)
The prediction of pulmonary dead space. (2009) (4)
Occupational pollution. (1989) (4)
Intrapulmonary mixing of helium in normal and emphysematous subjects. (1951) (4)
Is screening for chronic limitation of airflow desirable. (1978) (3)
Cross-shift peak expiratory flow changes are unassociated with respirable coal dust exposure among South African coal miners. (2007) (3)
Recommnendations for reducing the effect of grain dust on the lungs (2005) (3)
Longitudinal Analysis in Pulmonary Disease Epidemiology (1988) (3)
Organic or functional impairment. Overall perspective. (1984) (3)
The Effects of Pneumoperitoneum on Lung Function in Pulmonary Emphysema (1954) (3)
The Relationship between Respiratory Impairment and Asbestos-related Pleural Abnormality in (1990) (2)
The influence of pulmonary dead space on lung mixing indices. (1954) (2)
Use of information: environmental standards, assessments of risk, prevention and clinical implications (1985) (2)
Occupational lung disease: under-recognised, underestimated and poorly managed, even today. (2007) (2)
Wheeze, asthma diagnosis and medication use in developing countries (2005) (2)
A trial of SA-97 in the treatment of asthma in children. (1962) (2)
Organic or Functional Impairment1,2 (2015) (2)
RESPIRATORY FUNCTION OF WITWATERSRAND GOLD-MINERS A COMPARISON BETWEEN RADIOLOGICALLY NORMAL MINERS AND CONTROL NON-MINING SUBJECTS (1)
[Occupational respiratory diseases in industrially advanced countries]. (1981) (1)
Lung function profiles in the chrysotile asbestos mines and mills of Quebec. (1976) (1)
CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS IN QUEBEC CHRYSOTILE MINERS: USE FOR FUTURE PROTECTION OF WORKERS (1979) (1)
The Pathogenicity of Fibers and Their Morphology (1981) (1)
Respiratory function tests in epidemiologic surveys: introduction. (1970) (1)
NHLBI workshop summary. Longitudinal analysis in pulmonary disease epidemiology. (1988) (1)
Asbestos and lung cancer: the clinicians' questions. (1980) (1)
Basic research in acupuncture analgesia. (1974) (1)
A conversation with Margaret Becklake. (2004) (1)
Asbestos-related disease in Canada. (1975) (1)
The 23d Aspen Lung Conference: The Environment and the Lung. Conference summary. (1981) (1)
Respiratory Function Tests1,2 (2019) (1)
The clinical uses of pulmonary function tests. (1953) (1)
CHAPTER 53 SEX AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN AIRWAY BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE HUMAN LIFE SPAN (1)
Epidemiological evidence of varying susceptibility to inhaled substances. (1991) (1)
Pulmonary Function Testing and the Prevention of Pulmonary Disease (2006) (0)
A respiratory survey inablack Johannesburg workforce (1994) (0)
synthetic mineral fibres . exposed to asbestos and symptoms in insulation workers Determinants of respiratory (0)
INR KAPULMONARY MIXTURE OF INSPIRED AIR 435 CLAMPll OXYGEN CYLINDER , DOUGLAS BAG MERCURY MANOMETER SYRINGE (0)
The Relationship between the Mechanical and Diffusing Properties of the Lung in Health and Disease1, 2 (2015) (0)
Sociodemographic , environmental , and medical predictors in a national adult survey conducted in South Africa (2005) (0)
Respiratory diseases and tobacco epidemiology methodology (1993) (0)
Control of asbestos-related disease in the RSA. (1987) (0)
Specific diffusing capacity (DL/VA) as a measure of the lung’s diffusing characteristics: Prediction formulas for young adults (2007) (0)
DISCUSSION (1965) (0)
1986 Referees (2007) (0)
Screening for Adult Respiratory Disease (2015) (0)
Respiratory impairment including assessment of disability. Budapest, Hungary, June 22-26, 1975. 1. Summary of the conference. (1975) (0)
Festschrift for Jacques Chrétien. (1990) (0)
Book reviews (1979) (0)
475-PA11 Risk factors for asthma in Kenya school children (1995) (0)
1983 referees (2007) (0)
Relation ofairway responsiveness toduration ofwork inadusty environment (1989) (0)
Healthy worker and survival bias in coal miners seeking compensation for COPD (2011) (0)
THE EFFECTSOF PNEUMOPERITONEUM ON LUNG FUNCTIONINPULMONARY EMPHYSEMA (1954) (0)
Occupational Lung Diseases (2015) (0)
[Chronic occupational bronchitis and programs of medical surveillance]. (1992) (0)
Prevalence and risk factors for the occurrence of bronchial asthma in Kenyan school children with a focus on the impact of urbanization (1994) (0)
IV. Occupational Asthma With Latency (Sensitizer-Induced Occupational Asthma): Factors Predisposing To Sensitization, X. Prevention Of Occupational Asthma Development and Persistence Of Symptoms (2003) (0)
Wheeze and asthma in developing countries (2005) (0)
Determinants ofrespiratory symptomsininsulation workers exposed toasbestos andsynthetic mineral fibres (1987) (0)
OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVESIN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AND IN SUBJECTS WITH THE SICKLE CELL TRAIT (0)

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