Respiratory response to formaldehyde and off-gas of urea formaldehyde foam insulation.

JH Day, RE Lees, RH Clark… - Canadian Medical …, 1984 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 18 subjects, 9 of whom had previously complained of various nonrespiratory adverse
effects from the urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) in their homes, pulmonary …

Arsenic, syphilis, and cancer of the prostate.

RE Lees, R Steele, D Wardle - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …, 1985 - jech.bmj.com
A study was conducted to investigate the association of cancer of the prostate with historical
records of previous venereal disease and treatment with arsenical drugs. Eighty-three …

Noise-induced hearing loss and blood pressure.

RE Lees, JH Roberts - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
From a group of industrial workers who had a noise-induced hearing loss of at least 30 dB at
4000 Hz 62 were randomly selected after stratification. Controls matched for age and …

Primary care for nontraumatic illness at the emergency department and the family physician's office.

RE Lees, R Steele, RA Spasoff - Canadian Medical Association …, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A total of 1117 visits by patients to two hospital emergency departments and 15 family
physicians' offices for nontraumatic complaints over two 2-week periods were studied …

Patient attitudes to the expanded role of the nurse in family practice.

RE Lees, RM Anderson - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1971 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
family practice Page 1 Patient attitudes to the expandedrole ofthe nurse in family practice R. E.
M. Lees, md, dph and RM A. Anderson, md, Kingston, Ont. New and more effective ways ofdeliv …

Cost of primary health care services in the emergency department and the family physician's office.

R Steele, RE Lees, B Latchman… - Canadian Medical …, 1975 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An attempt has been made to determine the true cost of providing primary health care for
nontraumatic conditions in the emergency departments of two hospitals in Ontario and in the …

Screening for intestinal parasites. Is a single specimen valid?

D Kawatu, RE Lees, RA Maclachlan - Canadian family physician, 1993 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To assess the validity of a single stool or perianal swab specimen when screening for
potentially pathogenic parasites, 88 residents of a centre for developmentally handicapped …

Increasing the understanding of industrial accidents: An analysis of potential major injury records.

RE Lees, BR Laundry - Canadian Journal of Public Health= Revue …, 1989 - europepmc.org
Understanding the causes of industrial accidents will be limited if only incidents which
produce injury are studied. We examined the records of 514 Potential Major Injury events …

Subacute lead poisoning from retained lead shot.

RE Lees, GD Scott, CG Miles - CMAJ: Canadian Medical …, 1988 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A few clinical studies have shown that inorganic lead can be absorbed through synovial
membranes, although poisoning from retained lead is rare.'Psychometric examination can …

Occupational and environmental health. Preparing residents to treat related illnesses.

RE Lees - Canadian Family Physician, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 1991 Rosenstock et all called for action to increase the number of physicians trained in
occupational and environmental medicine in the United States. While a similar need exists …