This website contains information on Occupational Asthma in general and also on a computer program called OASYS, which is used to help diagnose Occupational Asthma from serial peak flow records. The "Oasys" link will take you to further information about the Oasys program. Otherwise use the "Medics", "Specialists", "Employers" or "Workers" links depending on what type of information you want.
The website is run by the Oasys research group, part of the Midland Thoracic Society, UK. We are an independent group of clinicians and researchers, and run a clinical service for workers with occupational lung disease as part of the British National Health Service. We have developed the Oasys program to help ourselves and others in the diagnosis of occupational asthma. We have no specific funding, relying on research grants and the enthusiasm of our group. The website is written by Cedd Burge, who receives some funding from the group. The group meets about every 6 weeks on a Wednesday evening, as shown below.
As a casual user of this site (without logging in or registering) you can view all the information here, request a copy of the Oasys 2 Beta and use all the contact pages. Registered and logged in users (registering is free and we won't abuse your email) can ask and reply to questions in the forums, can add new references, can add abstracts and full text links to existing references, can answer questions in the case histories and can provide evidence and suggest questions for future evidence based guidelines.
If you would like to be added to the list of known authors or collaborators then please register with the website (if you have not already done so) and then get in touch from the contact page. Once we have set the page up you will be able to edit it yourself and indicate which references you have written. Your picture will then be displayed along with each of these references. If you are already in these lists and would like to edit your page then please register with the website and then get in touch from the contact page.
Recent research grants / contracts have been received from the following.
Aasen, Tor
(Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)
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Adewole, Femi
(Nigeria)
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Antó, Josep
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
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Ayres, Jon
(University of Aberdeen)
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Bakerly, Nawar
(Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
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Baldwin, David
(Nottingham, UK)
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Barber, Chris
(Health and Safety Laboratories, Buxton)
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Baur, Xaver
(Institute of occupational medicine, Hamburg)
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Beach, Jeremy
(University of Alberta)
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Beckett, Bill
(University of Rochester, NY)
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Bio, Fred
(University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)
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Blainey, David
(Essex, UK)
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Boyle, Catherine
(Health and Safety Executive, UK)
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Bryant, David
(Sydney)
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Carder, Melanie
(COEH Manchester)
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Cartier, André
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Chaiear, Naesinee
(Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
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Cowie, Robert
(University of Calgary)
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Cullinan, Paul
(Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK)
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Curran, Andrew
(HSL, Sheffield, UK)
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Davison, Tony
(Southend Hospital, UK)
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Dawkins, Paul
(University Hospital Birmingham)
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de Vuyst, Paul
(Erasme Hospital, Brussels)
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Di Stefano, Fabio
(Ospedale G.Bernabeo, Ortona)
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Enright, Paul
(NIOSH, Morgantown, USA)
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Evans, Gareth
(HSL, Buxton)
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Fishwick, David
(Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK)
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Fletcher, Angela
(North West Lung Centre, Manchester)
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Francis, Mandy
(Health and Safety Laboratories)
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Frankland, Bill
(London; St Mays and Guys Hospitals (mainly))
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Gupta, Neeraj
(Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi)
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Hargreave, Freddy
(McMaster University, Hamilton)
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Harju, Tettu
(Oulu University, Finland)
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Harrington, Malcomb
(Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Birmingham)
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Harris-Roberts (nee Elms), Joanne
(HSL, Buxton, UK)
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Heinink, Rich
(West Midlands Respiratory Trainee)
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Hendrick, David
(Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
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Henneberger, Paul
(NIOSH, Morgantown, USA)
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Henson, Mandy
(HSL, Buxton)
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Hnizdo, Eva
(NIOSH)
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Jaakkola, Maritta
(Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Birmingham University)
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Jones, Meinir
(Royal Brompton Hospital, London)
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Jones, Sean
(Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
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Kay, Barry
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Kongerud, Johny
(Rikshospitalet, Oslo University, Norway)
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Kreiss, Kay
(NIOSH, Morgantown USA)
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Langman, Gerald
(Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
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Latza, Ute
(University of Apllied Sciences, Berlin)
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Levy, Mark
(London GP)
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Madathil, Shyam
(West Midlands Deanery)
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Maestrelli, Piero
(Padova University, Italy)
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Malo, Jean-Luc
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Miedinger, David
(Basel and Montreal)
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Miles, John
(North Manchester)
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Miller, Martin
(Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham)
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Milton, Don
(Harvard)
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Money, Annemarie
(Manchester University)
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Morell, Ferran
(Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona)
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Moscato, Giana
(Pavia)
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Mukherjee, Rahul
(Milton Keynes Hospital, UK)
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Nemery, Ben
(Leuven, Belgium)
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Newman Taylor, Tony
(Royal Brompton Hospital, London)
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Nicholson, Paul
(Procter And Gamble Occupational Health)
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Niven, Rob
(Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester)
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Nordman, Henrik
(Finish Institute of Occupational Health)
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Nowak, Dennis
(Institute fur Arbeits, Munich)
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Paggiaro, Pierluigi
(Ospedale Cisanello, Pisa, Italy)
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Palmer, Keith
(Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton University, UK)
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Pavord, Ian
(Leicester, UK)
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Pepys, Jack
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Perks, Warren
(Shrewsbury Hospital)
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Pickering, Tony
(Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK)
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Radon, Katja
(Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich)
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Rawbone, Roger
(Retired - ex Health and Safety Executive)
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Redlich, Carrie
(Yale University, Newhaven Connecticut)
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Reynolds, John
(Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
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Robertson, Wendy
(Public Health, Warwick University)
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Robinson, Ed
(Health and Safety Laboratories, Buxton, UK)
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Siriruttanapruk, Somkiat
(Ministry of Public Health, Thailand)
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Soyseth, V
(Hydro Aluminium Aardal, Norway)
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Stenton, Chris
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
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Tapp, Loren
(NIOSH Cincinatti)
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Tunnicliffe, Bill
(University Hospital Birmingham)
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Turner-Warwick, Margaret
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Vandenplas, Olivier
(Universite Mont-Goginne, Yvoir)
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Vasilyeva, Olga
(Pulmonary Research Institute, Moscow, Russia)
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Venables, Kate
(Oxford University)
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Warburton, Chris
(Liverpool)
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Weir, David
(North Manchester Hospital)
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Williams, Nerys
(Department of Work and Pensions)
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Zock, Jan-Paul
(Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain)
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Abboud, Raja
(Vancouver)
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Agius, Raymond
(Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Manchester University)
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Arif, Ahmed
(University of North Carolina)
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Aw, Tar Ching
(Kent University, England)
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Barker, Jack
(Kings College Hospital, London)
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Bateman, Eric
(Cape Town University)
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Beasley, Richard
(Wellington, New Zealand)
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Becklake, Margaret
(McGill University)
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Bernstein, David
(Cincinatti)
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Bernstein, Leonard
(Cincinatti)
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Blanc, Paul
(University of California San Francisco)
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Bourbeau, Jean
(McGill University Montreal)
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Bradshaw, Lisa
(Health and Safety Laboratories)
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Brightling, Chris
(Leicester University, Glenfield Hospital)
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Britton, Mark
(Ashford and St Peters Hospital, UK)
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Brooks, Stuart
(University of South Florida)
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Brostoff, Jonathen
(Middlesex Hospital, London)
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Brunekreef, Bert
(Utrecht University, Netherlands)
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Burge, Anne
(University Hospital Birmingham Occupational Health)
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Burney, Peter
(Kings College, London)
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Camus, Philippe
(Hôpital Le Bocage, Dijon, France)
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Carlsten, Chris
(Seattle)
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Chan-Yeung, Moira
(University of Hong Kong)
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Clark, Tim
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Coggon, David
(Southampton University)
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Cookson, Bill
(Oxford)
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Corrin, Bryan
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Costa, Roser
(Barcelona (now moved))
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Cotes, John
(Newcastle upon Tyne University)
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Cruz, Maria Jesus
(Barcelona)
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Dahl, Ronald
(Aarhus University)
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Danuser, Brigitta
(Switzerland)
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Davies, Dewi
(Nottingham)
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de Blay, Frederic
(Hopital Universitaires de Strasbourg)
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Delclos, Jordi
(Texas University, Houston)
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Douwes, Jeroen
(Massey University, Wellington, NZ)
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Dressel, Holger
(Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Munich)
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Fabbri, Leo
(University of Moderna and Reggio Emilia)
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Favreau, Helene
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Flindt, Michael
(Manchester)
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Frew, Tony
(Brighton)
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Fujimura, N
(Kyoto)
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Góra, Anna
(Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin, Poland)
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Gaddie, James
(Aberdeen)
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Gautrin, Denise
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Gibbs, Allan
(Llandoch Hospital, Wales)
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Glass, Bill
(Christchurch, New Zealand)
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Godnic-Cvar, Jasminka
(Vienna)
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Golec, Marcin
(Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin, Poland)
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Gorski, Pawel
(University of Lodz, Poland)
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Gregg, Ian
(Southampton University)
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Hannu, Timo
(Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)
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Hansell, David
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Harrison, John
(Hammersmith Hospital, London)
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Heederik, Dick
(Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht)
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Hellyer, Deborah
(Windsor University, Ontario)
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Hetzel, Martin
(Bristol Royal Infirmary)
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Holgate, Steven
(Southampton University)
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Holness, Linn
(Toronto University)
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Honeybourne, David
(Birmngham Heartlands Hospital)
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Hoyle, Jennifer
(North Manchester General Hospital)
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Jaakkola, Jouni
(Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Birmingham)
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Jeebhay, Mohammed
(Cape Town)
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Jones, Angela
(Royal Brompton Hospital)
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Joseph, Maryann
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Kauffmann, Francine
(Inserm, Paris)
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Kayumba, Akwilina
(Department of Physiology, Muhimbili University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
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Kennedy, Susan
(Vancouver)
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Kunzli, N
(Barcelona)
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Labrecque, Manon
(Hôpital de Sacre Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Lane, Ronald
(Manchester University)
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Lavoie, Kim
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Lefort, Bertrand
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Lemière, Catherine
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Lessof, Maurice
(Guys Hospital, London)
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Leuppi, J
(Basel)
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Liss, Garry
(Toronto)
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Lummus, Zana
(Cincinatti)
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Maghni, Karim
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Mapp, Christina
(Padova University)
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McCallum, Robert
(Newcastle University)
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McMillan, Grant
(Instute of Military Medicine, Birmingham)
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McNamee, Roseanne
(Manchester University COEH)
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McSharry, Charles
(Western Infirmary, Glasgow)
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Merget, Rolf
(Bochum)
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Monso, Eduard
(Badalona, Spain)
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Munoz, Xavier
(Barcelona)
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O'Hickey, Steve
(Worcester Hospital)
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Omland, Oyvind
(Aahus Denmark)
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Orie, Dick
(Groningen University)
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Pacheko, Jarim
(Denver)
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Park, Hae-Sim
(Korea)
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Pauli, Gabrielle
(University of Strasbourg)
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Postma, Dirkje
(Groningen University)
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Praml, George
(Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Munich)
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Quirce, Santiago
(Madrid)
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Rask-Andersen, Anna
(Uppsala University)
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Read, Peter
(Edinburgh Western General Hospital)
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Reichert, Joerg
(Networm)
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Rioux, Jean-Phillipe
(Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
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Rochat, T
(Geneva)
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Ruegger, Martin
(Luzern)
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Ruegger, Martin
()
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Sastre, Joaquin
(Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid)
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Seaton, Tony
(Formerley Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Aberdeen)
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Seed, Martin
(Manchester University)
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Sen, Dil
(Health and Safety Executive, UK)
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Sigsgaard, Torben
(University of Aarhus)
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Silva, Luiz Fernando F
(University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Siracusa, Andrea
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Slovak, Andy
(Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Manchester University)
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Smedley, Julia
(Southampton University Hospital)
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Smit, Lidwien
(Utrecht University)
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Smith, Trevor
(Cheshire)
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Stenius-Aaniala, Brita
(Helsinki)
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Swanson, Mark
()
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Tarlo, Susan
(Toronto)
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Toren, Kjell
(Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Goteborg)
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Urrutia, Isabel
(Hospital de Galdakao, Bizkaia)
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van Rooy, Frits
(Utrecht University)
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Vestbo, Jorgen
(Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester)
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von Mutius, Erica
(Munich)
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Wardlaw, Andrew
(Leicester University)
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Wright, BM
(Department of Bioengineering. Clinical Research Centre. Harrow, Middlesex)
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