Prof Sherwood Burge is the medical lead for the Oasys project. He runs the Occupational Lung Disease Unit at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
He was the last to be trained by Prof Jack Pepys at the Brompton Hospital (then not Royal) and set out to investigate how workers with positive (or negative) specific inhalation tests reacted in the work situation. This lead to serial measurements of PEF, which after 30 years still forms the basis of much of his research. He is now trying to extend the analyses to serial measurements of FEV1, for those of you who do not believe in the validity of PEF measurements, and is keen to collaborate with anybody who has good quality 2-hourly measurements of FEV1 in workers with diagnoses confirmed by specific inhalation testing.
He also had a formative year with Prof Corbett McDonald, who was then a relative non-believer in occupational asthma as a significant occupational respiratory hazard. Both have changed since.
Sherwood is involved with the following papers on occupational asthma.
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Cullinan P, McGavin CR, Kreiss K, Nicholson AG, Maher TM, Howell T, Banks J, Newman Taylor AJ, Chen C-H, Tsai P-J, Shih T-S, Burge PS
, Obliterative bronchiolitis in fibreglass workers: a new occupational disease?
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Occup Environ Med
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2013
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70
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357-359
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Baur X, Sigsgaard T, Aasen TB, Burge PS, Heederik D, Henneberger P, Maestrelli P, Rooyackers J, Schlunssen V, Vandenplas O, Wilken D on behalf of the ERS Task Force on the Management of Work-related Asthma
, Guidelines for the management of work-related asthma
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Eur Respir J
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2012
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39
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529-545
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Fishwick D, Barber CM, Bradshaw LM, Ayres JG, Barraclough R, Burge S, Corne JM, Cullinan P, Frank TL, Hendrick D, Hoyle J, Curran AD, Niven R, Pickering T, Reid P, Robertson A, Stenton C, Warburton CJ, Nicholson PJ
, Standards of care for occupational asthma: an update
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Thorax
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2012
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67
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278-280
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Baur X, Aasen TB, Burge PS, Heederik D, Henneberger PK, Maestrelli P, Schlunssen V, Vandenplas O, Wilken D on behalf of the ERS Task Force on the Management of Work-related Asthma
, The management of work-related asthma guidelines: a broader perspective
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Eur Respir Rev
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2012
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21
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125-139
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Sigsgaard T, Nowak D, Annesi-Maesano I, Nemery B, Torén K, Viegi G, Radon K, Burge S, Heederik D
, ERS position paper: work-related respiratory diseases in the EU
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Eur Respir J
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2010
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35
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234-238
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Fishwick D, Barber CM, Bradshaw LM, Harris-Roberts J, Francis M, Naylor S, Ayres J, Burge PS, Corne JM, Cullinan P, Frank TL, Hendrick D, Hoyle J, Jaakkola M, Newman Taylor AJ, Nicholson P, Niven R
, Standards of care for occupational asthma
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Thorax
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2008
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63
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240-250
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Robertson W, Robertson A, Burge CB, Moore V, Jaakkola MS, Dawkins PA, Burd M, Rawbone R, Gardner I, Kinoulty M, Crook B, Evans GS, Harris-Roberts J, Rice SB, Burge PS
, Clinical investigation of an outbreak of alveolitis and asthma in a car engine manufacturing plant
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Thorax
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2007
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62
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981-990
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Francis HC, Prys-Picard CO, Fishwick D, Stenton C, Burge PS, Bradshaw LM, Ayres JG, Campbell SM, Niven RM
, Defining and investigating occupational asthma: a consensus approach
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Occup Environ Med
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2007
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64
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361-365
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Fishwick D, Bradshaw L, Henson M, Stenton C, Hendrick D, Burge PS, Niven R, Warburton C, Rogers T, Rawbone R, Cullinan P, Barber C, Pickering CAC, Williams N, Ayres JA, Curran AD
, Occupational asthma: an assessment of diagnostic agreement between physicians
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Occup Environ Med
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2007
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64
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185-190
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Fishwick D, Bradshaw L, Davies J, Henson M, Stenton C, Burge PS, Niven R, Warburton C, Hendrick D, Rogers T, Rawbone R, Curran AD
, Are we failing workers with symptoms suggestive of occupational asthma?
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Primary Care Respiratory Journal
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2007
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16
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304-310
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Medina-Ramón M, Zock JP, Kogevinas M, Sunyer J, Basagaña X, Schwartz J, Burge PS, Moore V, Antó JM
, Short-term respiratory effects of cleaning exposures in female domestic cleaners
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Eur Respir J
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2006
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27
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1196-1203
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Dawkins P, Robertson AS, Robertson W, Moore V, Reynolds J, Langman G, Robinson E, Harris-Roberts J, Crook B, Burge PS
, An outbreak of extrinsic alveolitis at a car engine plant
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Occup Med
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2006
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56
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559-565
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Elms J, Fishwick D, Robinson E, Burge S, Huggins V, Barber C, Williams N, Curran A
, Specific IgE to colophony?
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Occup Med
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2005
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55
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234-237
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Hendrick DJ, Burge PS
, Asthma
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2002
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33-76
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Baldwin DR, Gannon PFG, Bright P, Newton DT, Robertson AS, Venables KM, Graneek B, Barker RD, Cartier A, Malo JL, Wilsher M, Pantin CFA, Burge PS
, Interpretation Of Occupational Peak Flow Records: Level Agreement Between Expert Clinicians And OASYS-2
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Thorax
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2002
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57
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860-864
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Burge PS, Pantin CFA, Newton DT, Gannon PFG, Bright P, Belcher J, McCoach J, Baldwin DR, Burge CBSG and the Midlands Thoracic Society Research Group
, Development of an expert system for the interpretation of serial peak expiratory flow measurements in the diagnosis of occupational asthma
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Occup Environ Med
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1999
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56
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758-764
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Hawker JI, Ayres JG, Blair I, Evans MR, Smith DL, Smith EG, Burge PS, Carpenter MJ, Caul EO, Coupland B, Desselberger U, Farrell ID, Saunders PJ, Wood MJ
, A large outbreak of Q fever in the West Midlands: windborne spread into a metropolitan area?
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Commun Dis Public Health
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1998
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1
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180-187
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Moscato G, GodnicCvar J, Maestrelli P, Malo JL, Burge PS, Coifman R
, Statement on self-monitoring of peak expiratory flows in the investigation of occupational asthma. Subcommittee on Occupational Allergy of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, European Respiratory Society, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
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Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
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1995
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75
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233-238
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Smith DL, Ayres JG, Blair I, Burge PS, Carpenter MJ, Caul EO, Coupland B, Desselberger U, Evans M, Farrell ID, et al
, A large Q fever outbreak in the West Midlands: clinical aspects
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Respir Med
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1993
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87
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509-516
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Bone MF, Kubik MM, Keaney NP, Summers GD, Connolly CK, Burge PS, Dent RG, Allan GW
, Nedocromil sodium in adults with asthma dependent on inhaled corticosteroids: a double blind, placebo controlled study
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Thorax
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1989
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44
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654-659
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Cartier A, Bernstein IL, Burge PS, Cohn JR, Fabbri LM, Hargreave FE, Malo JL, McKay RT, Salvaggio JE
, Guidelines for bronchoprovocation on the investigation of occupational asthma. Report of the Subcommittee on Bronchoprovocation for Occupational Asthma
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J Allergy Clin Immunol
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1989
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84
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823-829
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Robertson AS, Burge PS, Hedge A, Sims J, Gill FS, Finnegan M, Pickering CAC, Dalton G
, Comparison of health problems related to work and environmental measurements in two office buildings with different ventilation systems
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Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)
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1985
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291
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373-376
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Lozewicz S, Davison AG, Hopkirk A, Burge PS, Boldy DA, Riordan JF, McGivern DV, Platts BW, Davies D, Newman Taylor AJ
, Occupational asthma due to methyl methacrylate and cyanoacrylates
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Thorax
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1985
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40
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836-839
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Lovett IS, Houang ET, Burge PS, TurnerWarwick M, Thompson FD, Harrison AR, Joekes AM, Parkinson MC
, An outbreak of Nocardia asteroides infection in a renal transplant unit
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Q J Med
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1981
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50
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123-135
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