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M J Ashley

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1 Survey of the clinical use of pressurized aerosol inhalers. Can Med Assoc J 1979 3.18
2 Institutional addiction to tobacco. Tob Control 1999 3.14
3 Tuberculosis in immigrants to Canada. A study of present-day patterns in relation to immigration trends and birthplace. Am Rev Respir Dis 1979 2.90
4 Smoking and the health professional: recognition and performance of roles. Can J Public Health 1979 2.02
5 Isolation of C-reactive protein by affinity chromatography. Clin Exp Immunol 1977 1.97
6 Tobacco industry litigation and the role of government: a public health perspective. Can J Public Health 2001 1.94
7 A longitudinal study of falls in an elderly population: I. Incidence and morbidity. Age Ageing 1977 1.86
8 On the emerging paradigm of drinking patterns and their social and health consequences. Addiction 1996 1.60
9 A longitudinal study of falls in an elderly population II. Some circumstances of falling. Age Ageing 1977 1.58
10 Tuberculin sensitivity following the intradermal and multiple puncture methods of BCG vaccination. Can Med Assoc J 1967 1.57
11 The influence of immigration on tuberculosis in Ontario. Am Rev Respir Dis 1974 1.56
12 The epidemiology of active tuberculosis in hospital employees in Ontario, 1966-1969. Am Rev Respir Dis 1971 1.50
13 Tobacco commerce on the internet: a threat to comprehensive tobacco control. Tob Control 2001 1.46
14 Low-risk drinking guidelines: the scientific evidence. Can J Public Health 1999 1.43
15 Heterogeneity among smokers and non-smokers in attitudes and behaviour regarding smoking and smoking restrictions. Tob Control 2000 1.39
16 Political ideology and tobacco control. Tob Control 2000 1.38
17 Non-respiratory tuberculosis in Canada. Epidemiologic and bacteriologic features. Am J Epidemiol 1980 1.33
18 Morbidity in alcoholics. Evidence for accelerated development of physical disease in women. Arch Intern Med 1977 1.26
19 The physical disease characteristics of inpatient alcoholics. J Stud Alcohol 1981 1.20
20 Restrictions on smoking: changes in knowledge, attitudes and predicted behaviour in metropolitan Toronto from 1983 to 1988. Can J Public Health 1993 1.18
21 Alcohol consumption and hypertension--the evidence from hazardous drinking and alcoholic populations. Aust N Z J Med 1979 1.16
22 The value of amoebic serology in an area of low endemicity. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1976 1.13
23 Tuberculosis in the foreign born. Am Rev Respir Dis 1977 1.08
24 Chemoprophylaxis in inactive tuberculosis: long-term evaluation of a Canadian trial. Can Med Assoc J 1976 1.07
25 Bovine tuberculosis in humans in Ontario. The epidemiologic features of 31 active cases occurring between 1964 and 1970. Am Rev Respir Dis 1972 1.07
26 An evaluation of the workplace smoking bylaw in the city of Toronto. Am J Public Health 1993 1.06
27 Tuberculin skin sensitivity following BCG vaccination with vaccines of high and low viable counts. Can Med Assoc J 1967 1.06
28 Preventing alcohol problems: survey of Canadian medical schools. CMAJ 1990 1.05
29 Interactions between smokers and non-smokers in public places: a qualitative study. Can J Public Health 1999 1.04
30 Alcohol consumption and blood pressure: analysis of data from the Canada Health Survey. Prev Med 1985 1.02
31 A population survey on legislative measures to restrict smoking in Ontario: 2. Knowledge, attitudes, and predicted behavior. Am J Prev Med 1988 1.01
32 Preventing alcohol problems: preparing physicians for their roles and responsibilities. CMAJ 1990 0.98
33 Hib vaccine coverage in children attending day care/nursery school in East York. Can J Public Health 1990 0.97
34 The health risks of passive smoking. The growing case for control measures in enclosed environments. Chest 1983 0.97
35 Lifestyle modifications to prevent and control hypertension. 3. Recommendations on alcohol consumption. Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. CMAJ 1999 0.94
36 Smoking in the workplace: do smoking patterns and attitudes reflect the legislative environment? Tob Control 1996 0.93
37 Restrictions on smoking: growth in population support between 1983 and 1991 in Ontario, Canada. J Public Health Policy 1994 0.92
38 Hazardous alcohol consumption and diseases of the circulatory system. J Stud Alcohol 1980 0.92
39 Grain dust and the lungs. Can Med Assoc J 1978 0.91
40 Pi phenotypes and the prevalence of chest symptoms and lung function abnormalities in workers employed in dusty industris. Am Rev Respir Dis 1978 0.90
41 A respiratory survey of cedar mill workers. I. Prevalence of symptoms and pulmonary function abnormalities. J Occup Med 1978 0.90
42 Smoking, dust exposure, and serum alpha 1-antitrypsin. Am Rev Respir Dis 1980 0.89
43 Prognosis in reconstructive surgery for urinary tuberculoss. Br J Urol 1970 0.89
44 Alcohol and breast cancer mortality in a cohort study. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2000 0.88
45 Evaluation of a latex agglutination test for amoebiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1973 0.88
46 Letter: Not so double-blind? Br Med J 1976 0.87
47 Alcohol use during pregnancy: a challenge for the '80s. Can Med Assoc J 1981 0.85
48 A population survey on legislative measures to restrict smoking in Ontario: 3. Variables related to attitudes of smokers and nonsmokers. Am J Prev Med 1990 0.85
49 Intensity of follow-up. Effects on estimates in a population telephone survey with an extension of Kish's (1965) approach. Am J Epidemiol 1988 0.84
50 The carcinogenic and toxic effects of tobacco smoke: are women particularly susceptible? J Gend Specif Med 2001 0.83
51 Dimensions underlying legislator support for tobacco control policies. Tob Control 2003 0.83
52 Predictors of Canadian legislators' support for public health policy interventions. Can J Public Health 2001 0.83
53 A respiratory survey of cedar mill workers. II. Influence of work-related and host factors on the prevalence of symptoms and pulmonary function abnormalities. J Occup Med 1978 0.83
54 Is nicotine dependence related to smokers' support for restrictions on smoking? Nicotine Tob Res 2001 0.83
55 Do Ontarians drink in moderation? a baseline assessment against Canadian low risk drinking guidelines. Can J Public Health 1999 0.82
56 Morbidity patterns in hazardous drinkers: relevance of demographic, sociologic, drinking, and drug use characteristics. Int J Addict 1981 0.82
57 A population survey in Ontario regarding restrictive measures on smoking: relationship of smoking status to knowledge, attitudes and predicted behaviour. Int J Epidemiol 1987 0.82
58 Short report. How provincial and territorial legislators view tobacco and tobacco control: findings from a Canadian study. Chronic Dis Can 1998 0.81
59 The use of noncontingent reinforcement and contingent restraint to reduce physical aggression and self-injurious behaviour in a traumatically brain injured adult. Brain Inj 1997 0.80
60 Factors associated with the adoption of a smoking ban in Quebec households. Chronic Dis Can 2009 0.80
61 Racial differences in lung function: search for proportional relationships. J Occup Med 1979 0.80
62 Quitting smoking: why, how, and what might help. Tob Control 1996 0.79
63 In Canada: a trial of chemoprophylaxis in inactive tuberculosis. Can Med Assoc J 1969 0.79
64 Tetanus in Ontario: a review of the epidemiological and clinical features of 102 cases occurring in the 10-year period 1958-1967. Can Med Assoc J 1969 0.79
65 Smoking habits, knowledge, and attitudes of final year university students in the health professions. Prev Med 1981 0.79
66 Comparison of mail questionnaire and telephone interview as data gathering strategies in a survey of attitudes toward restrictions on cigarette smoking. Can J Public Health 1985 0.78
67 A population survey on legislative measures to restrict smoking in Ontario: 1. Design, methodology, and sample representativeness. Am J Prev Med 1988 0.78
68 Tobacco industry campaign contributions in Ontario, 1990-95. Can J Public Health 1997 0.77
69 Protecting children from passive smoking. BMJ 2000 0.77
70 Skid row alcoholism. A distinct sociomedical entity. Arch Intern Med 1976 0.77
71 Attitudes of health science students towards teaching practices, examinations, and other related issues. Med Educ 1979 0.77
72 Body mass index and mortality in women: follow-up of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study cohort. Int J Obes (Lond) 2005 0.77
73 Feasibility of the neuropsychological spectrum in prediction of outcome following head injury. J Clin Psychol 1996 0.77
74 The Ontario ban on smoking on school property: perceived impact on smoking. Can J Public Health 1998 0.76
75 The significance of a dual skin test with PPD and PPD-B in humans after BCG vaccination. Dev Biol Stand 1986 0.76
76 'Mixed' (drug abusing) and 'pure' alcoholics: a socio-medical comparison. Br J Addict Alcohol Other Drugs 1978 0.76
77 "Continuous" and "intermittent" alcoholics: a comparison of demographic, sociological, and physical disease characteristics in relation to the pattern of drinking. Addict Dis 1976 0.75
78 Does a family history of allergy predict immediate skin test reactivity? Can Med Assoc J 1985 0.75
79 Tobacco industry litigation and the role of government: a public health perspective. Can J Public Health 2001 0.75
80 Letter: The retrospective study. Can Med Assoc J 1976 0.75
81 Social class and morbidity in clinically treated alcoholics. Drug Alcohol Depend 1976 0.75
82 Long-term corticosteroid treatment. Can Med Assoc J 1970 0.75
83 Alcohol consumption, ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. An epidemiological perspective. J Stud Alcohol 1982 0.75
84 A population survey on legislative measures to restrict smoking in Ontario: 4. Variables related to knowledge of active and passive smoking health effects and to predicted behavior of smokers and nonsmokers. Am J Prev Med 1990 0.75
85 Relationship of smoking status to changes in knowledge and attitudes concerning restrictions on smoking. Can J Public Health 1994 0.75
86 Computerized register of voice research. S Afr Med J 1978 0.75
87 A descriptive study of the relationship of intraoral air pressure to EMG activity of the levator palatini during CV syllables. Folia Phoniatr (Basel) 1985 0.75
88 Regulation of alcohol consumption. Individual appetite and social policy. Am J Med 1983 0.75
89 Smoking and health: a survey of research in Ontario. Can J Public Health 1984 0.75
90 Alcohol and health: individual and population perspectives. Addiction 1997 0.75
91 Factors influencing implementation of the legislated smoking ban on school property in Ontario. Prev Med 1999 0.75
92 Smoking, alpha 1-antitrypsin and decreased fertility in women. Med Hypotheses 1987 0.75
93 Post-acute rehabilitation outcome: relationship to case-management techniques and strategy. J Insur Med 1994 0.75
94 Scrofula today. Lancet 1983 0.75
95 A conceptual framework for the roles of legislation and education in reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Am J Health Promot 1993 0.75
96 Sporting approach. Nursing 1988 0.75
97 Report of a crash tuberculosis program in a high incidence area. Can J Public Health 1965 0.75
98 Smoking or health in the '80s? Can Med Assoc J 1981 0.75
99 Pi phenotypes in North American workers: racial differences and comparisons with reported frequencies. Hum Hered 1980 0.75
100 Letter: Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Canada. N Engl J Med 1975 0.75
101 Smoking--the health professional's responsibility. Can J Public Health 1972 0.75
102 Concerns of sleep apnea patients with tracheostomies. West J Nurs Res 1989 0.75
103 Season of birth: stability of the pattern in Canada. Can J Public Health 1988 0.75