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MARGARET R. BECKLAKE, MD
Address:
Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit
Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Occupational Health
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Montréal Chest Institute, Room K1.33
3650 St Urbain Street,
Montréal, Québec Canada H2X 2P4
Tel:
(514) 934-1934 ext 32159
Fax: (514) 843-2803
Email: margaret.becklake@mcgill.ca
Citizenship:
Canadian
Degrees, Professional Qualifications
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MB, BCh., University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
MD, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
M.R.C.P., London, England
F.R.C.P., London, England
Registered Physician Specialist, South African Medical and Dental Council
Certified Specialist, Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Québec
Certified Specialist, Community Health, Québec
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Post Graduate Training
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Internship in Medicine and Surgery, Johannesburg General Hospital
1945
Student and Intern in Medicine, Post-graduate Medical School of London, England
1946
Research Assistant, then Junior Medical Registrar (research) at the Post-graduate
1948-1949
Medical School of London, England
Medical Registrar (tutorial), University of the Witwatersrand at Johannesburg
1950-1954
General Hospital (this post carried the University status of Junior Lecturer in Medicine)
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer in Clinical Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand
1947
Junior Lecturer in Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand
1950-1957
Assistant Professor, Experimental Medicine, McGill University
1961-1965
Associate Professor, Experimental Medicine, McGill University
1965-1971
Professor, Experimental Medicine and Medicine, McGill University
1972- date
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Health, McGill University
1967-1972
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University
1973- date
Associate member, School of Occupational Health, McGill University
1983- date
Professor (honorary), Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand,
1984-1985
Johannesburg (while on sabbatical leave from McGill University)
Director, Respiratory Epidemiology Unit
1992-1998
Member, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit
1998 to date
Director, Annual Summer Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 1986-1993
McGill University
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Hospital and Other Appointments
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Physiologist to the Pneumoconiosis Bureau, Johannesburg, South Africa
1954-1957
Research Bursar, Cardiopulmonary Unit of the Council for Scientific & Industrial 1954-1957
Research, Johannesburg General Hospital
Clinical Fellow, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal
1958
Clinical Assistant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal
1959-1963
Assistant Physician, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal
1964-1966
Associate Physician, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal
1967-1973
Senior Physician, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal
1974-1989
Head, Epidemiology Unit and Principal Medical Officer, National Centre for
1984-1985
Occupational Health, Johannesburg (while on sabbatical leave from McGill University)
Honorary Physician, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal
1989-to date
Honours and Awards
Medical Research Council of Canada: Career Investigator
1968-1993
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa: MD(Honorary)
1974
Royal Society of Canada: Fellow
1991
Royal Victoria Hospital: Physician-in-Chief’s Award
1992
South African Pulmonology Society: Honorary Life Membership
1993
College of Medicine of South Africa: Honorary Fellow
1994
McGill University: Professor Emeritus
1996
Canadian Lung Association: Connaught Award for Outstanding Service in Prevention
and Control of Lung Disease
1996
American Thoracic Society: Distinguished Achievement Award
1997
American Thoracic Society: World Lung Health Award
2001
Les ambassadrices: Portraits de femmes accomplies au Québec, Nima Mazhari (photographe).
Stanké 2001, page 73
2001
University of Massachusetts-Lowell : Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa)
2003
Professional activities
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Membership in professional societies:
Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (member)
Canadian Thoracic Society (member)
Research Awards Committee (member)
Executive (member)
President
American Physiological Society (member)
American Thoracic Society (member)
Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) Assembly (member)
ditto Long Range Planning Committee
1960- date
1964- date
1968-1973
1977-1978
1978-1979
1968-2002
1964 -date
1977 -date
1979-81, 1991-94
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International Respiratory Epidemiology Courses
Sponsored or co-sponsored by: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD)
and/or The American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Faculty and Co-Curriculum Director with Professor J. Samet,
Mexico City (IUATLD/ATS)
March 21-28, 1994
Research Methods for the Promotion of Lung Health
Faculty and Curriculum Director, Nairobi, Kenya (IUATLD/ATS)
Dec 4-9, 1995
Faculty and Curriculum Director, Nairobi, Kenya (IUATLD/ATS)
Dec 2-7, 1996
Faculty and Co-Curriculum Director, Aberdare, Kenya (IUATLD)
Mar 8-16, 1998
Faculty and Co-Curriculum Director, Valley of a Thousand Hills,
South Africa (IUATLD/ South African Pulmonology Society)
Sept 5-10, 1999
Faculty and Co-Curriculum Director, Aberdare, Kenya (IUATLD)
Apr 6-12, 2002
Basic techniques in lung health, Paris, Faculty (IUATLD)
October 2, 1996
Basic techniques in lung health, Madrid, Faculty (IUATLD)
Sept 15, 1999
International Respiratory Epidemiology Course (Basic)
Faculty (ATS /Sociedad Chilena de Enfermadades Respiratorias)
Quinamivada, Chili
Nov 27-Dec 2, 2000
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Professional service:
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Quebec
Board of Examiners in the specialty of Respiratory Disease
Vice-president
1971-1974
President
1975-1977
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
Pulmonary Training Committee (member)
1972-1974
Site visit teams (member)
1981,1986
Parent Committee, SCOR grant (member)
1986
Lung Health Study: Member, Data Safety and Monitoring Board
1990-1994
Medical Research Council of Canada (member)
1975-1980
Executive Committee (member)
1975-1977
Conseil de Recherche en Santé du Québec
Membre, Comité de la recherche thématique sur la santé et la sécurité au travail 1978-1981
Institut de Recherche en Santé et Sécurité au Travail
Membre, Conseil scientifique
1981-1983
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Membre du jury d'examens en médecine du travail
1988-1998
Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec
Membre, Conseil d'administration
1991-1998
World Health Organization/International Labour Office
Sept. 21-23, 1993
Temporary Advisor and Chair of meeting to develop "Guidelines on
Medical Screening and Surveillance of Workers Exposed to Mineral Dust”
New Zealand Asbestos Register (Wellington, NZ), Consultant
Nov 16-24, 1994
University of Campinas, Brazil (Dept. Preventive and Social Medicine), Consultant 1999-date
Morbidity and Mortality among Workers and Ex-Workers exposed to Asbestos
In Mining-Milling Activity 1940-1996. Project Coordinator: Prof E. Bagatin
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Reviewer on request for grant applications
1980-date
Medical Research Council of Canada; National Health Research Development Program;
Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec; Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia Medical Research
Councils; BC Occupational Health Council: New Zealand Child Development Program, Canadian
Institutes for Health Research
Editorial activities
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Associate Editor
1970-1973
American Review of Respiratory Disease
Member, Editorial Board
1970-78 and 1982-88
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Member, Editorial Board
1975- 1998
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Associate Editor
1997-date
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Member, Editorial Board
1996- date
Journal of Environmental Medicine, Member, Editorial Board
1999-2000
Reviewer on request for the following journals:
1975-date
American Journal of Epidemiology; American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
(formerly the American Review of Respiratory Disease); Chest; Clinical and Investigative Medicine;
European Respiratory Journal; International Journal of Epidemiology; Journal of Applied Physiology;
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (formerly Journal of Chronic Diseases); Lung; New England Journal
of Medicine; Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health; Revue des Maladies Respiratoires
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Trainees supervised,*co-supervised,**or on their thesis committee*** within the last 10 years
Trainee
Period
Degree
Zwi,*
Anthony+
84-94
PhD
94
University of
Witwatersrand
Community
Health
Respiratory health of
foundry workers
Assoc Prof, London
School of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene
UK
Mokeotle,
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Khathatso
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85-90
MSc
90
University of
Witwatersrand
Community
Health
Respiratory health survey
of an urban Black
Workforce in
Johannesburg
Director, Progressive
Primary Health Care
Network, Johannesburg,
South Africa
Lalloo,**
* Umesh
+
85-92
MD
92
Univ.of Natal,
Durban, S Africa
Respiratory health survey
of a South African Indian
community
Professor/Chair,
Dept.of Medicine
University of Natal,
Durban, S Africa
Delfino,*
Ralph
88-93
PhD
Epidemi
ology
93
McGill; Respir
Epidemiol Unit
Urgent hospital admission
and air pollution levels
Associate Clinical
Professor, University
California, Irvine
DeGrosbo
is*, Sylvie
90-98
PhD
Epidemi
ology
98
McGill; Respir
Epidemiol Unit
Occupational exposures
and airway disease
Zejda,*
Jan
89
90
McGill; Respir
Epidemiol Unit
Jaakkola,
*
Maritta
87
Diploma
Epidemi
ology
Diploma
Epidemi
ology
90
McGill; Respir
Epidemiol Unit
Sallie,**
Beverly
93
Diploma
Epidemi
ology
94
McGill
Occupational exp-osure to
asbestos & chronic
airways disease
Cigarette smoking &
change in ventilatory lung
function over time in
young adults.
Circumstances, severity
and after effects of
inhalation accidents
Agente de recherche
Centre Etudes InterActions Biologiques
UQAM
Dean, Faculty of Public
Health, University of
Silesia, Sosnowic, Poland
Associate Physician,
Institute of Occupational
Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Odhiambo
*, Joseph
92-94
Diploma
Epidemi
ology
94
McGill; Respir
Epidemiol Unit
Urban-rural respiratory
health surveys in Kenya
Director, KEMRI#,
Consulltant, USAIDS
Kenya
Ng’ang’a,
Lucy
92-96
PhD
Epidemi
ology
96
McGill; Respir
Epidemiol Unit
Epidemiology of
childhood asthma in
Kenya
KEMRI: IUATLD
Collab Centre;
Consultant, USAIDS
Kenya
Eltayara,
Loubna
93-96
Diploma
Epidemi
ology
96
McGill; Meakins
Christie Labs
Relationship between
dyspnea &expiratory flow
limitation
Chest disease, Beirut
+
#
##
Yr
Institution;
Dept or Unit
Thesis Title
Former or current
position
Research Assistant
Imperial College,
London, UK
Supervision started, when I was on sabbatical leave at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1984-85
Kenya Medical Research Institute
IUATLD: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Trainees supervised*, co-supervised** or member of their thesis committee*** within the last 10
years:(continued)
Trainee
Period
Degree
Yr
Institution;
Dept or unit
Chen,*
Bowen
95-96
Diploma
Epidemi
ology
96
McGill; Respir
Epi Unit
Risk factors for
pneumonia death in
children under 5
Child health, Univ. Beijing,
China
Mungai,***
Mary
95-97
MSc
Epidemi
ology
97
McGill; Respir
Epi Unit
Epidemiology of atopy
in Kenyan children
USPHS:CDC: Field service
trainee
Kassaye,**
Tarik
95-00
PhD
01
McGill; Dietetics
Vit A supplementation
& lung function in
Ethiopian children
Relationship of the
home environment to
indicators of asthma in
Montréal and Port
Alberni
Exposure to occupational agents as a risk
factor for adult asthma
Post Doctoral Fellow,
Harvard School of Public
Health
University of Northern
British
Columbia
McGill
Incidence of ccupational asthma in UK
surveillance system
Research Asst;
Imperial College, Univ.
London, UK
McGill
Exposure to allergens
in early life
Research Assistant
Imperial College Univ
London, UK
Discordance between
cross sectional &
longitudinal estimates
for the effect of ageing
on lung function
Respiratory health
among South African
coal miners
Validation of an online questionnaire in a
population of
adolescents
Professor of Occupational
Respiratory Medicine
Univ Newcastle-on-Tyne,
UK
& Human
Nutrition
Mitri,***
Angeli
95-98
99-00
MSc
00
Demir,*
Ahmet
96-98
MSc
98
McGill, Respir
Epi Unit
McGill, Respir
Epi Unit
Keynes**,
Helen
97
Diploma
Harris,*
Jessica
98
Diploma
Hendrick,**
David
98
MSc
01
McGill; Joint
Depts of Epi,
Biostatistics, &
Occ Hlth
Naidoo,***
Rajan
98
PhD
02
University of
Michigan, USA
Radon ***
Katja
98
MSc
02
McGill; Joint
Depts of Epi,
Biostatistics, &
Occ Hlth
99
Thesis Title
Former or current
position
Chest Physician, Dept
Medicine, Haceteppe
Univ.Ankara, Turkey
Dept of Community
Health, University of Natal,
Durban
Institute of Occupational
and Environmental
Medicine, Munich
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PUBLICATIONS
A) Articles in peer-reviewed journals
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Van Lingen B, Becklake, MR. Venous catheterization of the heart; results on normal subjects. S Afr
Med J 1948; 12:575-584.
Briscoe WA, Becklake MR, Rose TF. Intrapulmonary mixing of helium in normal and emphysematous
subjects. Clin Sci 1951; 10:37-51.
Becklake MR. A study of an open circuit method: the intrapulmonary mixing of inspired air. Thorax
1951; 6:433-441.
Becklake MR. A new index of the intrapulmonary mixture of inspired air. Thorax 1952; 7:111-116
Becklake MR, Goldman HI. The clinical uses of pulmonary function tests. S Afr Med J 1953; 27:16-19.
Becklake MR, McGregor M, Goldman HI, Braudo JL. A study of the effects of physiotherapy in
chronic hypertrophic emphysema. Dis Chest 1954; 26:2-12.
Becklake MR, Goldman HI, McGregor M. The effect of pneumoperitoneum on lung function tests in
chronic hypertrophic emphysema. Thorax 1954; 9:222-225.
Becklake MR, Goldman HI. The influence of pulmonary dead space on lung mixing indices. S Afr J
Med Sci 1954; 19:21-27.
Becklake MR, Goldman HI. The prediction of pulmonary dead space. Acta Med Scand 1955; 306:1519.
Becklake MR, Griffiths SB, McGregor M, Goldman HI, Schreve JP. Oxygen dissociation curves in
sickle cell anaemia and in patients with the sickle cell trait. J Clin Invest 1955; 34:751-755.
Becklake MR. A functional approach to the diagnosis of chest disease. The Leech 1956; 26:27-30.
Becklake MR, Goldman HI, Freed OG, Bosman AR. The long-term effects of exposure to nitrous
fumes. Am Rev Tubercul Pulm Dis 1957; 76:398-409.
Becklake MR, DuPreez L, Lutz W. Lung function in silicosis of the Witwatersrand goldminer. Am Rev
Tubercul Pulm Dis 1958; 77:400-412.
Zwi S, Becklake MR. Respiratory function of Witwatersrand goldminers: a comparison between
radiologically normal miners and control non-mining subjects. Br J Ind Med 1959; 16:290-296.
Kamener R, Becklake MR, Goldman HI, McGregor M. Respiratory function following segmental
resection of the lung for bronchiectasis. Am Rev Tubercul Pulm Dis 1958; 77:209-221.
Goldman HI, Becklake MR. Respiratory function tests: normal values at median, and the prediction of
normal results. Am Rev Tubercul Pulm Dis 1959; 79:457-467.
Zwi S, Theron JC, McGregor M, Becklake MR. The influence of instrumental resistance on the
maximum breathing capacity. Dis Chest 1959; 36:361-368.
Becklake MR, Zwi S, Lutz WH. Studies on the nature and aetiology of the respiratory disability in
Witwatersrand gold miners free of radiological silicosis. Br J Ind Med 1959; 16:290-296.
McGregor M, Becklake M. The relationship of O2 cost of breathing to respiratory mechanical work and
respiratory force. J Clin Invest 1961; 40:971-980.
Beaudry PH, Becklake MR. A trial of SA-97 in the treatment of asthma in children. J Allergy 1962;
33:210-214.
Macklem PT, Becklake MR, The relationship between the mechanical and diffusing properties of the
lung. Am Rev Respir Dis 1963; 87:47-56.
Becklake MR, Varvis CJ, Pengelly LD, Kenning S, McGregor M, Bates DV. The measurement of
pulmonary blood flow during exercise using nitrous oxide. J Appl Physiol 1962; 17:5279-5286
Newhouse MT, Becklake MR, Macklem PT, McGregor M. Effect of alterations in CO2 tension on flow
resistance. J Appl Physiol 1964; 19:745-749.
Parsons LD, de Villiers AJ, Bartlett LS, Becklake MR. Lung cancer in a fluorspar mining community.
II. The prevalence of symptoms and disability. Br J Ind Med 1964; 21:110-116.
Becklake MR, Frank H, Dagenais GR, Ostiguy GL, Guzman CA. The influence of age and sex on
exercise cardiac output. J Appl Physiol 1965; 20:938-947.
Andrew GM, Guzman CA, Becklake MR. Effect of athletic training on exercise cardiac output. J Appl
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Physiol 1966; 21:603-608.
Ostiguy GL, Becklake MR. Solubility of nitrous oxide in human blood. J Appl Physiol 1966; 21:13971399.
White JJ, Tanser PH, Anthonisen NR, Wyands JC, Pare JAP, Becklake MR, Munro DD, Maclean LD.
Human lung homotransplantation. Can Med Assoc J 1966; 94:1199-12-19.
Holley S, Milic-Emili J, Becklake MR, Bates DV. Regional distribution on ventilation and perfusion in
obesity. J Clin Invest 1967; 46:475-481.Massey DG, Becklake MR, McKenzie JM, Bates DV.
Circulatory and ventilatory response to exercise in thyrotoxicosis. N Engl J Med 1967; 276:1104-1112.
Douglas FGV, Becklake MR. Effect of seasonal training on maximal cardiac output. J Appl Physiol
1968; 25:600-605.
Douglas FGV, Cocco J, Brindle F, Gilbert RGB, Becklake MR. Pulmonary mechanics and gas
exchange during neurosurgical anesthesia. Can Anaesth Soc J 1969; 16:7-17.
Ouellet Y, Poh SC, Becklake MR. Circulatory factors limiting maximal aerobic exercise capacity. J
Appl Physiol 1969: 27:874-880.
Housley E, Louzada N, Becklake MR To sigh or not to sigh. Am Rev Respir Dis 1970; 101:611-614.
Klassen GA, Andrew GM, Becklake MR. Effect of training on total and regional blood flow and
metabolism in paddlers. J Appl Physiol 1970; 28:397-406.
Becklake MR (Guest Editor). Respiratory function tests in epidemiological surveys. Bull Physiopathol
Respir1970; 6:533-535.
Becklake MR, Fournier-Massey G, McDonald JC, Siemiatycki J, Rossiter CE. Lung function in relation
to radiographic changes in Quebec asbestos workers. Bull Physiopathol Respir 1970; 6:637-660.
Fournier-Massey G, Becklake MR. II. Appendice: Epreuves de fonction respiratoire. Bull Physiopathol
Respir 1970; 6:661-670.
Jodoin G, Gibbs GW, Macklem PT, McDonald JC, Becklake MR. Early effects of asbestos exposure on
lung function. Am Rev Respir Dis 1971; 104:525-535.
Craig DB, Wahba WH, Don HF, Couture JC, Becklake MR. "Closing Volume" and its relationship to
gas exchange in the seated and supine positions. J Appl Physiol 1971; 31:717-721.
Wahba WM, Craig DB, Don HF, Becklake MR. The cardio-respiratory effects of thoracic epidural
anesthesia. Can Anaesth Soc J 1972; 19: Jan. No.I.
Andrew GM, Becklake MR, Guleria JS, Bates DV. Heart and lung functions in swimmers and nonathletes during growth. J Appl Physiol 1972; 32:245-251.
McDonald JC, Becklake MR, Fournier-Massey G, Rossiter CE. Respiratory symptoms in chrysotile
asbestos mine & mill workers of Quebec. Arch Environ Health 1972; 24: 357-363.
Becklake MR, Fournier-Massey G, Rossiter CE, McDonald JC. Lung function in chrysotile asbestos
mine and mill workers in Quebec. Arch Environ Health 1972; 24:401-409.
Demedts M, Sniderman A, Utz G, Palmer WH, Becklake MR. Lung volume including closing volume
and arterial blood gas measurements. Bull Physiopathol Respir 1974; 10:11-25.
Seely JE, Guzman CA, Becklake MR. Heart and lung function at rest and during exercise in
adolescence. J Appl Physiol 1974; 36:34-40.
McDonald JC, Becklake MR, Gibbs GW, McDonald AD, Rossiter CE. The health of chrysotile mine
and mill workers of Quebec. Arch Environ Health 1974; 28:61-68.
Jeffrey JR, Guttman RD, Becklake MR, Beaudoin JG, Morehouse DD. Recovery from severe
cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a renal transplant patient. Am Rev Respir Dis 1974; 109:129-133.
McGregor M, Becklake MR. Basic research in acupuncture analgesia. Can Med Assoc J 1974; 110:328329.
White FMM, Swift J, Becklake MR, Rheumatic complaints and pulmonary response to chrysotile dust
inhalation in the mines and mills of Quebec. Can Med Assoc J 1974; 111:533-535.
Fournier-Massey G, Becklake MR. Pulmonary function profiles in Quebec asbestos workers. Bull
Physiopathol Respir 1975; 11:429-445.
Becklake MR, Leclerc M, Strobach H, Swift J. The N2 closing volume test in population studies:
sources of variation and reproducibility. Am Rev Respir Dis 1975; 111:141-147.
Becklake MR. Respiratory impairment including assessment of disability. Bull Physiopathol Respir
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Becklake MR, Fournier-Massey G, Black R, Lung function profiles in the chrysotile asbestos mines
and mills of Quebec. Chest 1976; 69 (2 suppl): 303.
Becklake MR. State of the Art: Asbestos-related diseases of the lung and other organs: their
epidemiology and implications for clinical practice. Am Rev Respir Dis 1976; 114:187-227.
Becklake MR, Soucie J, Gibbs GW, Ghezzo H. Respiratory health status of children in three Quebec
urban communities: an epidemiologic study. Bull Physiopathol Respir 1978; 14:205-218.
Macklem PT, Becklake MR. Is screening for chronic airflow limitation desirable? Chest 1978; 74:607608.
Becklake MR, Clinical measurements in Quebec chrysotile miners: use for future protection of workers.
Ann NY Acad Sci 1979; 330:23-30.
Becklake MR, Liddell FDK, Manfreda J, McDonald JC. Radiological changes after withdrawal from
asbestos exposure. Br J Ind Med 1979; 36:23-28.
Aubry F, Gibbs GW, Becklake MR. Air pollution and health in three urban communities. Arch Environ
Health 1979; 34:360-68.
Becklake MR. Environmental exposure to asbestos: a factor in the rising rate of cancer in the
industrialized world? Chest 1979; 76:285-92.
Becklake MR. Asbestos and lung cancer: the clinicians' questions. Chest 1980; 78:372-373.
Hurwitz S, Ross J, Liben A, Becklake MR. Lung function in young adults: evidence for differences in
chronological age at which various functions start to decline. Thorax 1980; 35:615-619.
Becklake MR. Summary, 23rd Aspen Lung Conference on the Environment and the Lung. Chest 1981;
80:90S-95S.
Becklake MR, Occupational respiratory diseases in technically advanced countries. Bull Int Union
Tuberc 1981; 56:12-15.
Cohen D, Crowther TS, Gibbs GW, Becklake MR. Magnetic lung measurements in relation to
occupational exposure in asbestos miners and millers of Quebec. Environ Res 1981; 26:535-550.
Rea H, Becklake MR, Ghezzo H. Lung function changes as a reflection of tissue aging in young adults.
Bull Physio-pathol Resp 1982; 18:5-19.
Becklake MR, Thomas DT, Liddell FDK, McDonald JC. Follow-up respiratory measurements in
Quebec chrysotile asbestos miners and millers. Scand J Work Environ Health 1982; 9(Supp 1):105-110.
Becklake MR. Exposure to asbestos & human disease. N Engl J Med 1982; 306:1480-1482.
Becklake MR, Asbestos-related diseases of the lungs and pleura: current clinical issues. Am Rev Respir
Dis 1982; 126:187-194.
Leech JA, Ghezzo H, Stevens D, Becklake MR. Respiratory pressures and function in young adults. Am
Rev Respir Dis 1983; 128:17-23.
Becklake MR, Toyota B, Stewart M, Hanson R, Hanley J. Lung structure as a risk factor in adverse
pulmonary responses to asbestos exposure: a case-referent study in Quebec chrysotile miners and
millers. Am Rev Respir Dis 1983; 128:385-388.
Becklake MR. Occupational lung disease - past record and future trends using the asbestos case as an
example. Clin Invest Med 1983; 6:305-317.
Becklake MR. Organic and functional impairment: overall perspective. Am Rev Respir Dis 1984;
129:2(Part2) 96S-100S.
Davies JCA, Becklake MR. Reference values for lung function - more to be done. S Afr Med J 1984;
66:830.
Becklake MR, Use of information: environmental standards, assessment of risk, prevention and clinical
implications. In. Proc Occ Lung Dis Seminar. Med J Australia 1985; 143:63-64.
Becklake MR, Occupational and environmental lung disease. Chronic airflow limitation: its relationship
to work in dusty occupations. Chest 1985; 88:608-617.
Leech JA, Ernst P, Rogala EJ, Gurr RN, Gordon I, Becklake MR. Cardiorespiratory status in relation to
mild deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. J Pediatr 1985; 106:143-149.
Copes R, Thomas D, Becklake MR. Temporal patterns of exposure to asbestos and non-malignant
pulmonary abnormality in Quebec chrysotile workers. Arch Environ Health 1985; 40:80-87.
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Becklake MR, Davies JCA. Action on mesothelioma. S Afr Med J 1985; 67:118.
Leech JA, Martz L, Liben A, Becklake MR. 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. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985; 132:1127-1129.
Picado C, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Lack of an association between social drinking and respiratory health
in young Canadians. Can J Public Health 1985; 76:134-135.
Becklake MR. Occupational lung disease in the 1980's: an approach to its identification. S Afr J
Continuing Med Education 1986; 4:29-36.
Ernst P, Thomas D, Becklake MR. Respiratory survey of North American Indian children living in
proximity to an aluminium smelter. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986; 133:307-312.
Becklake MR. Concepts of normality applied to the measurement of lung function. Am J Med 1986;
80:1158-1164
Steinberg M, Becklake MR. Socio-environmental factors and lung function; a review of the literature. S
Afr Med J 1986; 70:270-274.
Murphy RL, Becklake MR, Brooks SM, Gaensler EA, Gee Bl, Goldman AM, Kleinerman JI,
Lewinsohn HC, Mitchell RS, Utell MJ, Weill H, The diagnosis of nonmalignant diseases related to
Asbestos. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986; 134:363-368.
Ernst P, Shapiro S, Dales RE, Becklake MR. The determinants of respiratory symptoms in insulators
exposed to asbestos and synthetic mineral fibers. Br J Ind Med 1987; 44:90-95.
Picado C, Laporta P, Grassino A, Cosio M, Thibodeau M, Becklake MR, Mechanisms affecting
exercise performance testing in subjects with asbestos-related pleural disease. Lung 1987; 165:45-57.
Dales RE, Hanley JA, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Computer modelling of measurement error in
longitudinal lung function data. J Chron Dis 1987; 40:769-774.
Becklake MR, Irwig LM, Kielkowski D, Webster I, de Beer M, Freeman S, Landau SP. The predictors
of emphysema in South African gold miners. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 135:1234-1241.
Becklake MR, Freeman S, Goldsmith C, Hessel PA, Mkhwelo R, Mokoetle K, Reid G, Sitas F.
Respiratory questionnaires in occupational studies: their use in multilingual workforces on the
Witwatersrand. Int J Epidemiol 1987; 16:606-611.
Dales RE, Ernst P, Hanley JA, Battista R, Becklake MR. Prediction of airway reactivity from responses
to a standardized respiratory symptom questionnaire. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 135:817-821.
Becklake MR, Control of asbestos-related disease in the RSA. S Afr Med J 1987; 71:208-210.
Masi MA, Hanley JA, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke and lung
function in young adults. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988; 138:296-299.
Sitas F, Davies JCA, Kielkowsi D, Becklake MR. Occupational health services in South African
manufacturing industries: a pilot survey. Am J Ind Med 1988; 14:545-557.
Martin JR, Muir CF, Moore E, Edwards AC, Becklake MR, Morgan KW, Anderson H, Edstrom H,
Rusted IE, Segovia J. Pneumoconiosis in iron ore surface mining in Labrador. J Occup Med 1988;
30:780-784.
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Utell MJ, Samet JM, Bates DV, Becklake MR, Dockery DW, Leaderer BP, Mauderly JL, Speizer FE,
Air pollution and health. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988; 138:1065-1068.
Cowie RL, Langton ME, Becklake MR. Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South African gold miners. Am Rev
Respir Dis 1989; 139:1086-1089.
Becklake MR. Occupational exposures: evidence for a causal association with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989; 140:S85-S91.
Becklake MR, Occupational Pollution. Chest 1989; 96(suppl):372S-378S.
Zwi AB, Reid G, Landau SP, Kielkowski D, Sitas F, Becklake MR. Mesothelioma in South Africa,
1976-84: Incidence and case characteristics. Int J Epidemiol 1989; 18:320-329.
Ernst P, Dales R, Nunes F, Becklake MR. Relation of airway responsiveness to duration of work in a
dusty environment. Thorax 1989; 44:116-120.
Becklake MR. Epidemiology of spirometric test failure. Brit J Ind Med 1990; 47:73-74.
Bourbeau J, Ernst P, Chrome J, Armstrong B, Becklake MR. The relationship between respiratory
impairment and asbestos-related pleural abnormality in an active work force. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990;
142:837-842.
Becklake MR. Epidemiology and surveillance. Chest 1990; 98:5(suppl):165S-172S.
Becklake MR, Lalloo UG, The "healthy smoker": a phenomenon of health selection? Respiration 1990;
57:137-144.
Zwi S, Davies JCA, Becklake MR, Goldman HI, Reinach SG, Kallenbach JM. Respiratory health status
of children in eastern Transvaal highveld. S Afr Med J 1990; 78:647-653.
Becklake MR. Asbestos and other fiber related diseases of the lungs and pleura: distribution and
determinants in exposed populations. Chest 1991; 100:248-254.
Lalloo UG, Becklake MR, Goldsmith CM. Effect of standing versus sitting position on spirometric
indices in healthy subjects. Respiration 1991; 58:122-125.
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Ventilatory lung function in young cigarette
smokers: a study of susceptibility. Eur Respir J 1991; 4:643-650.
Jaakkola MS, Ernst P, Jaakkola JJK, Ng'ang'a LW, Becklake MR. Effect of cigarette smoking on
evolution of ventilatory lung function in young adults: an eight year longitudinal study. Thorax 1991;
46:907-913.
Ernst P, Bourbeau J, Becklake MR. Pleural abnormality as a cause of impairment and disability. Ann N
Y Acad Sci 1991; 643:157-162.
Ng'ang'a LW, Ernst P, Jaakkola MS, Gerardi G, Hanley JH, Becklake MR. Spirometric lung function:
distribution and determinants of test failure in a young adult population. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;
145:48-52.
Becklake, MR. The mineral dust diseases. Tuber Lung Dis 1992; 73:13-20.
Ernst P, Becklake MR. La "bronchite chronique industrielle" et les programmes de surveillance
médicale. Union Médicale du Canada 1992;121:15-16, 18-20.
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Respiratory symptoms in young adults should not
be overlooked. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 147:359-366.
Delfino RJ, Becklake MR, Hanley JA. Reliability of hospital data for population-based studies of air
pollution. Arch Environ Health 1993; 48(3):140-146.
Becklake MR, White N. Sources of variation in spirometric measurements: identifying the signal and
dealing with noise. Occup Med 1993; 8:241-264.
Delfino R, Ernst P, Jaakkola MS, Solomon S, Becklake MR. Questionnaire assessments of recent
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to salivary cotinine. Eur Respir J 1993; 6:11041108.
Fonn S, Groenveld H, de Beer M, Becklake MR. An environmental and respiratory health survey of
workers in a grain mill in the Johannesburg area. Am J Ind Med 1993; 24:387-400.
Fonn S, Groenveld H, de Beer M, Becklake MR. Relationship of respiratory health status to grain dust
in a Witwatersrand grain mill: comparison of workers' exposure assessments with industrial hygiene
survey findings. Am J Ind Med 1993; 24:401-411.
Fonn S, Becklake MR. Documentation of ill health effects of occupational exposure to grain dust
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through sequential, coherent epidemiologic investigation. Scand J Work Environ Health 1994; 20:13-21.
Mokoetle K, de Beer M, Becklake MR. A respiratory survey in a black Johannesburg workforce.
Thorax 1994; 49:340-346.
White NW, Hanley JH, Lalloo UG, Becklake MR. Review and analysis of variation between
spirometric values reported in 29 studies of healthy African adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;
150:348-355.
Delfino RJ, Becklake MR, Hanley JA. The relationship of urgent hospital admissions for respiratory
illnesses to photochemical air pollution levels in Montréal. Environ Res 1994; 67:1-19.
Delfino RJ, Becklake MR, Hanley JA, Singh B. Estimation of unmeasured particulate air pollution data
for an epidemiological study of daily respiratory morbidity. Environ Res 1994; 67:20-38.
Becklake MR, Case BW. Fiber burden and asbestos-related lung disease: determinants of dose-response
relationships. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 150:1488-1492.
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Becklake MR, Ernst P. Passive smoking and evolution of lung function in
young adults. An 8-year longitudinal study. J Clin Epidemiol 1995; 48(3):317-27
Ernst P, Demissie K, Joseph L, Locher U, Becklake MR. Socioeconomic status and indicators of
asthma in children; Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;152:570-575
Becklake MR, Relationship of acute obstructive airway change to chronic (fixed) obstruction. Thorax
1995; 50(Suppl 1):S16-S21
Becklake MR. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD): initiatives in
non-tuberculous lung disease. Tuber Lung Dis 1995; 76:493-504
Demissie K, Ernst P, Hanley J, Locher U, Menzies R, Becklake MR.. Socioeconomic status and lung
function among primary school children in Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153:719-723
Demissie K, Ernst P, Becklake MR.. Socioeconomic status and childhood atopy. Can Respir J 1996;
3(1):53-57
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Becklake MR, Ernst P. Effect of passive smoking on the development of
respiratory symptoms in young adults. An 8-year longitudinal study. J Clin Epidemiol 1996; 49(5):58186
Eltayara L, Becklake MR, Volta CA, Milic-Emili J. Relationship between chronic dyspnea and
expiratory flow limitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Am J Respir Crit Care
Med 1996; 154: 1726-1734.
Becklake MR, Broder I, Chan-Yeung M, Dosman JA, Ernst P, Herbert FA, Kennedy SM, Warren PW,
Recommendations for reducing the effect of grain dust on the lungs. Can Med Assoc J 1996; 155:13991403.
Demissie K, Ernst P, Joseph L, Becklake MR. Birthweight and preterm birth in relation to indicators of
childhood asthma. Can Respir J 1997; 4:91-97
Delfino RJ, Murphy-Moulton AM, Burnett RT, Brook JR, Becklake MR. Effects of air pollution on
emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses in Montréal, Québec. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
1997;155:568-576
Becklake MR, Ernst P, Environmental factors. Lancet 1997;350(suppl II):10-13
Ng'ang'a LW, Odhiambo JA, Omwega MJ, Gicheha CM, Becklake MR, Menzies R, Mohammed N,
Macklem PT. Exercise-induced bronchospasm: a pilot survey in Nairobi school children. East Afr Med J
1997; 74:694-698.
Delfino RJ, Murphy-Moulton AM, Becklake MR. Emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses
among the elderly in Montréal: Association with low level ozone exposure. Environ Res 1998;76:67-77
Ng’ang’a LW, Odhiambo JA, Mungai MW, Gicheha CM, Nderitu P, Maingri B, Macklem PT,
Becklake MR. Prevalence of exercise induced bronchospasm in Kenyan school children: an urban-rural
comparison. Thorax 1998:53:0-7
Becklake MR. Airways disease and occupational exposure to particulates not otherwise
classified/regulated. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1998; 13: 586-592
Odhiambo JA, Ng’ang’a LW, Mungai MW, Gicheha CM, Nyamwaya JK, Karimi F, Macklem PT,
Becklake MR. Urban-rural differences in questionnaire-derived markers of asthma in Kenyan school
children. Eur Respir J 1998; 12:1105-1112
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Becklake MR. Narazenia zawodowe jako przyczyna chorob drog oddechowych w swietle anych
pochodzacych oraz grup zawodowych (in Polish). Medycyna Pracy 1998;6 (suppl II):7-17
Demissie K, Ernst P, Joseph L, Becklake MR. The role of domestic factors and day-care attendance on
lung function of primary school children. Respir Med 1998;92:928-935
Ng’ang’a L, Odhiambo JA, Mungai MW, Gicheha CM, Becklake MR. Urban-rural differences in
questionnaire-derived markers of asthma in Kenyan school children. Eur Respir J 1998;12:1105-1112.
Becklake, MR, Kauffmann, F. Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span.
Thorax 1999:54; 1119-1138
Johnson AR, Dimich-Ward HD, Manfreda J, Becklake MR, Ernst P, Sears MR, Bowie DM, Sweet L,
Chan-Yeung M. Occupational asthma in adults in six Canadian communities, Am J Resp Crit Care Med
2000; 162:2058-2062
Manfreda J, Becklake MR, Sears MR, Chan-Yeung M, Dimich-Ward H, Sierstad H, Ernst P, Sweet LE,
Van Til L, Bowie DM, Anthonisen NRl. Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44
years in Canada CMAJ 2001; 164:995-1001
Kassaye T, Receveur O, Johns T, Becklake MR. Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 69 years in Wukro, northern Ethiopia. Bull World Health Organ 2001; 79:415-422
Kassaye T, Becklake MR, Receveur O, Hanley JA, Johns T. Association between vitamin A status and
lung function level in children aged 6-9 years in Wukro wereda, Northern Ethiopia Int J Epidemiol
2001; 30: 457-464
Becklake MR. When the chest x-ray does not tell the whole story Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;
164: 1761-1762
Ernst P, Becklake MR, Ghezzo H. Risk factors for bronchial hyperresponsiveness in late childhood and
early adolescence. Eur Respir J 2002; 20:635-639.
Radon K, Goldberg M, Becklake MR, Pindur U, Hege I. Low acceptance of an internet-based online
questionnaire by young adults. Epidemiology 2002; 13; 748-749.
Radon K, Goldberg M, Becklake MR. Healthy worker effect in cohort studies on chronic bronchitis.
Scand J Work Environ Health 2002; 28:328-332
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Bates DV, Christie RV (With the assistance of Becklake, MR, R.E. Donevan, R.G. Fraser, J.A.P. Pare
and W. Thurlbeck). Pneumoconioses. In: Respiratory function in health and disease. Handbook of
Physiology: Respiration Section. Vol. II. Amer Physiological Society, Washington, DC, 1965;16011614. 1965..
Becklake, MR. Chemical and physical diseases of the lung. In. P.B. Beason, W. McDermott,. editors.
Cecil-Loeb Textbook of Medicine, 13th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders 1971; 911-922.
Becklake, MR. Chemical and physical irritants in diseases of the lung. In. P.B. Beason, W. McDermott,
eds. Cecil-Loeb Textbook of Medicine, 14th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders 1974;854-867
Becklake, MR. Permutt S. Evaluation of tests of lung function for "screening" for the early detection of
chronic obstructive lung disease. In. Macklem PT, Permutt S, eds. The lung in the transition between
health and disease. New York: Marcel Dekker 1979; 345-387.
Becklake, MR. Physical and chemical irritants. In. Beason PB, McDermott W, Wyngaarden JB, eds,
Cecil-Loeb Textbook of Medicine, 15th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders 1979; 983-1002
Becklake, MR. Asbestos-related fibrosis of the lungs (asbestosis) and pleura. In. Fishman AP, ed.
Pulmonary diseases and disorders: Update. New York: McGraw Hill 1982; 167-192.
Becklake, MR. Epidemiologic studies in human populations. In. Witichi HP, Brain JD, editors. The
toxicology of inhaled materials. Vol. I, Section C, General assessment of toxic effects. Berlin: SpringerVerlag 1985; 115-147.
Becklake, MR. The Pneumoconioses. In. Murray JF, Nadel J, eds. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine.
Philadelphia: WB Saunders1988; 1556-1592.
Irwig LM, Groeneveld HT, Becklake, MR. Assessing the effect of exposure on lung function loss
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between two occasions: Issues of confounding and measurement error. In. Hemsley MJ, Saunders NA,
eds. Clinical epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. New York: Marcel Dekker 1989;
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Bates DV, ed (with the assistance of Becklake, MR. Chan-Yeung M, Fleetham JA, Hogg JC, King M,
Ledsome JR, Road JD). Respiratory function in disease. 3rd ed. Philadelphia:WB Saunders1989.
Becklake, MR. The epidemiology of asbestosis. In. Liddell D, Miller K, eds. Mineral Fibers and Health.
Boca Raton:CRC Press, 1991; 103-119.
Becklake, MR. Occupational exposures and chronic airways disease. In. Rom WN, ed. Environmental
and Occupational Medicine. 2nd ed. Toronto:Little Brown,1992; 453-63.
Becklake, MR. Epidemiology: Prevalence and Determinants. In: Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeung M, Malo
JL, Bernstein DI, eds. Asthma in the Workplace. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1993; 29-59.
Becklake, MR. Respiratory diseases and tobacco: epidemiologic methodology. In: Hirsch A, Goldberg
M, Martin J-P, MassJ R, eds. Prevention of respiratory diseases. New York: Marcel Dekker 1993; 397416.
Kauffman F, Becklake, MR. Maladies respiratoires obstructives: un paradigme de la complexité des
différences de santé entre hommes et femmes. In. Saurel-Cubizolles MJ, Blondel B, eds. La santé des
femmes. Paris: Flammarion Médecine / Sciences, 1996; 209-233.
Becklake, MR. Asbestos related disease. In. Stellman JM ed. ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health
and Safety 4th ed. Part II Health & Work Respiratory System. Geneva: ILO 1997;10:50-10:62.
Becklake, MR. Workplace pollution and airway disease: Evidence from community and work force
based studies. In. Mohr U, ed. Relationships between respiratory disease and exposure to air pollution.
Washington, D.C.: ILSI Press, 1998;133-145
Becklake, M.R. Occupational exposures as a cause of chronic airways disease. In: Rom, W.N.ed
Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Philadelphia:Lippincott-Raven, 1998;573-586.
Becklake, MR. Malo, J-L. Chan-Yeung M. Epidemiologic Approaches in occupational Asthma. In.
Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeung M, Malo JL, Bernstein DI, eds. Asthma in the Workplace. 2nd ed. New
York: Marcel Dekker 1999; 27-66
Becklake, MR., Cowie, RL, Pneumoconiosis. In. Murray, JF, Nadel, JA,. Eds Mason, RJ, Boushay, HA
Associate Editors. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Third Edition. Philidelphia, WB Saunders, 2000,
Volume 2; 1811-1851.
Kauffman F, Becklake MR. Sex and Gender. Eur Respir Mon 2000:15; 288-304
Becklake MR. Gender differences in airway (physiology) across the human life span. Eur Respir Mon
2003; 25:8:8-25
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Kamener R, Becklake MR, Goldman HI, McGregor M. Hyperinflation and lung function following
surgery. S Afr Med Sci 1957;22:156
Becklake MR, Varvis CJ, Pengelly LD, Bates DV. Measurement of pulmonary blood flow during
exercise, Third International Conference on Medical Electronics “The Respiratory System”, London, July
26, 1960
Becklake MR, Varvis CJ, McGregor M, Bates DV. Measurement of pulmonary blood flow by a foreign
gas technique (Can Soc Clin Invest). Can Med Assoc J 1961; 84:562.
Macklem PT, Becklake MR. The correlation of mechanical properties of the lung with diffusion, lung
mixing and ventilatory tests in chronic lung disease (Can Soc Clin Invest). Can Med Assoc J 1962;
86:225.
Massey DG, Becklake MR, Bates DV. Exercise cardiac and lung function in thyrotoxicosis (Can Soc
Clin Invest). Can Med Assoc J 1965; 92:360.
Becklake MR, Frank H, Dagenais GD, Ostiguy GL, Guzman CA. Effect of age and sex on exercise
cardiac output. Fed Proc 1965; 24:466.
Andrew GM, Guzman CA, Becklake MR. Exercise cardiac output following physical training. Fed Proc
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Milic Emili J, Holley HS, Becklake MR. Regional ventilation and perfusion of the lung in obesity
(CanSoc Clin Invest). Can Med Assoc J 1966; 94:670.
Guzman CA, Becklake MR. The effect of acute hypoxia on exercise cardiac output. (Can Soc Clin
Invest). Can Med Assoc J 1966; 94:665.
Becklake MR. Commentary, Session III: The influence of active conditioning upon subjects with
coronary artery disease (Proc of International Symposium on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular
Health). Can Med Assoc J 1967; 96:760.
Andrew GM, Becklake MR. The effect of training on the lung function of growing children. The
Proceedings of the Canadian federation of Biological Society 1967;10:152
Becklake MR, Ouellet U, Poh SC, Douglas FGV, Andrew GMS. Circulatory factors limiting maximum
exercise capacity. Fed Proc 1967; 26:721.
Ouellet Y, Poh SC, Becklake MR. Cardiac output at maximum O2 uptake. Proceedings of Canadian
Society for Clinical Investigation 1967:76-77
Douglas FGV, Andrew GM, Becklake MR. The effect of training on maximal cardiac output. The
Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Society 1967;10:153
Klassen GA, Andrew GM, Zborowska-Sluis DT, Becklake MR. Total and regional blood flow adaptation
to training in paddlers. Fed Proc 1968; 27:231.
Becklake MR, Douglas FGV, Andrew GM. Effect of different types of athletic training on maximal
cardiorespiratory functions. XXIV International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Washington
1968;7:35
Becklake MR, McDonald JC, Fournier-Massey GG, Rossiter CE. Pleural and parenchymal lung changes
in asbestos workers and their relative effects on pulmonary function. Am Rev Respir Dis 1969; 99:997.
Guzman CA, Caplan R, Becklake MR. Cardiorespiratory response to exercise during pregnancy. Fed
Proc 1969; 28:786.
Milic Emili J, Ruff F, Couture J, Housley E, Don H, Gardiner A, Becklake MR. Airway closure in
relation to pulmonary gas exchange after upper abdominal surgery. Clin Res 1969; 17:670.
Craig DB, Wahba WM, Don HF, Couture JG, Becklake MR. The effect of posture on airway closure and
gas exchange. Clin Res 1970; 12:742.
Becklake MR, Dobell ARC, Fraser G, Graham A, Lemire G, Johnson AL, Palmer WH. Measurement of
cardiac function following heart transplantations. Ann Roy Coll Phys Surg Can 1970;52
Seely JE, Guzman CA, Becklake MR. Sex differences in the cardiac and lung function of teenagers. Fed
Proc 1971; 30:659.
Jodoin G, Gibbs GW, Macklem PT, McDonald JC, Becklake MR. The early effects of asbestos on lung
function. Clin Res 1971; 19:512.
Wahba WM, Don HF, Craig DB, Becklake MR. Cardio-pulmonary effects of thoracic epidural
anaesthesia. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Regional Meeting, Sherbrooke,
Québec, September 24-25, 1971
Seely JE, Guzman CA, Becklake MR. Sex differences in adolescent cardiac function. Clin Res 1971;
19:762.
McDonald JC, Becklake MR, Gibbs GW, McDonald AD, Rossiter CE. Epidemiological and clinical
studies of asbestos workers in Québec. American Conference of Government and Industrial Hygienists,
34th Annual Conference, San Francisco, May 1972
Becklake MR. Les effets de la pollution atmosphérique chez l’homme dans la région de Montréal.
Collège Royal des Médecins et Chirurgiens du Canada, Congrès Régional, Québec, 27-28 octobre 1972
Strobach H, Vaillancourt P, Becklake MR. Evaluation of an on-line computer calculation of N2 closing
volume. The Physiologist 1973; 16:3.
Sniderman AD, Demedts M, Palmer WH, Utz G, Becklake MR. Lung volumes, including closing
volume in acute ischemic left heart failure. Clin Res 1973; 21:1073.
Aubry F, Gibbs GW, Swift J, Becklake MR. Respiratory symptoms and lung function in 3 Quebec
communities with differing air pollution. Am Rev Respir Dis 1975; 111: 4(pt2):A942.
Becklake MR, Fournier-Massey G, Black R. Lung function profiles in Quebec chrysotile asbestos
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workers. Chest 1975; 69:303.
Peress L, Hoag H, White F, Becklake MR. The relationship between closing volume, smoking and
asbestos dust exposure. Clin Res 1975; 23:647A.
Becklake MR, Jodoin G. A health study of grain handlers in St. Lawrence River Ports. Am Rev Respir
Dis 1977; 115: 4pt2):A200.
Becklake MR, Hurwitz S, Ross J, Liben A. Lung functions in young adults: evidence for differential
onset of aging. Clin Res 1978; 26:876A.
Rea H, Becklake MR, Ghezzo H, Allan J, Liben A. The influence of race and sex on the age-related
changes of lung function in young adults. Am Rev Respir Dis 1979; 119:4(pt2):A350.
Durand P, Rea HH, Fraser W, Becklake MR. Partial flow-volume curves in population studies: a study of
four test procedures. Canadian Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Toronto 1979
Becklake MR, Gibbs, Arhirii M, Hurwitz S. Respiratory changes in relation to asbestos exposure in
manufacturing processes. Am Rev Respir Dis 1980; 121:4(pt2):A223.
Leech JA, Ghezzo H, Becklake MR. Lung function from adolescence to early adulthood. Am Rev Respir
Dis 1982; 125:4(pt2)A157.
Durand P, Ghezzo H, Becklake MR, Martin RR. Prevalence of acute airway response in aluminium
potroom workers. Fed Proc 1982;
Becklake MR, Toyoto B, Stewart M, Hanson R, Hanley J. Lung geometry as a risk factor in the response
to asbestos exposure: a case-referent study in Quebec chrysotile workers. Scan J Work Environ Health
1983; 9:70.
Durand P, Martin RR, Becklake MR, Acute respiratory changes in aluminium workers. Scan J Work
Environ Health 1983; 9:71.
Leech JA, Ernst P, Rogala E, Becklake MR. Cardiorespiratory status in the mild degrees of deformity in
idiopathic scoliosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1983; 127:4(pt2):A225.
Rea H, Becklake MR, Ghezzo H. Lung function changes as reflection of tissue aging in young adults.
Respiratory Disease Digest 1983 (August):8-9
Ernst P, Thomas D, Becklake MR. Lung function in North American Indian adolescents exposed to
particulate fluoride atmospheric pollution. Am Rev Respir Dis 1984; 129:4(pt2):A142.
Ernst P, Ghezzo H, Stevens D, Amar D, Berridge L, Becklake MR. Factors influencing short-term
prospective measurements of spirometric lung functions in young adults. Am Rev Respir Dis
1984;129:4(pt2): A176
Dales R, Ernst P, Hanley J, Becklake MR. Dealing with measurement error in longitudinal lung function
data. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985; 131:4(pt2):A178.
Ernst P, Shapiro S, Becklake MR, Determinants of respiratory symptoms in insulators exposed to
asbestos and synthetic mineral fibers. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985; 131:4(pt2):A178.
Becklake MR, Irwig LM, Kielkowski D, Webster I, de Beer M, Freeman S. Predictors of emphysema in
S African goldminers. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986; 133:4(pt2):A264.
Zwi A, Becklake MR, Smit AE, Becker PJ, Rendall REG. Relationship between dust exposure and x-ray
appearance of pneumoconiosis in two South African foundries. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;
133:4(pt2):A264.
Dales R, Ernst P, Hanley J, Battista R, Becklake MR. The ability of a standardized respiratory symptom
questionnaire to predict airway reactivity (AR) as measured objectively. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;
133:4(pt2):A359.
Lalloo UG, Goldsmith CM, Becklake MR. Effect of posture on spirometric indices in healthy subjects.
Am Rev Respir Dis 1986; 133:4(pt2):A388.
Ernst P, Dales R, Nunes F, Becklake MR, Health selection may be determined by airway reactivity in a
dusty environment. Chest 1987; 91:307.
Fonn S, Rendall REG, Growneveld H, de Beer M, Poh L, Becklake MR. A respiratory health survey of a
Johannesburg grain mill workforce. Chest 1987; 91:299.
Masi M, Hanley J, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke and lung function
in young adults. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 135:A341.
Bourbeau J, Ernst P, Durand P, Giguere D, Nunes F, Blanchet Y, Nguyen D, Becklake MR,
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Determinants of respiratory impairment in men at work. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 135:A21.
Bourbeau J, Ernst P, Chrome J, Nunes F, Armstrong B, Blanchet Y, Becklake MR, Relationship
between respiratory impairment and asbestos-related pleural disease in active workers. Am Rev Respir
Dis 1988; 137:A92.
Bourbeau J, Delfino R, Becklake MR, Ernst P. Tracheal size is a determinant of the bronchoconstrictive
response to inhaled methacholine. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988; 137:A231.
Fonn S, Groeneveld H, DeBeer M, Becklake MR, Subjective and objective assessment of exposure to
grain dust in relation to lung function change over a working week. Progress in occupational
epidemiology, Hogstedt C, Reuterwall C, eds., Biomedical Division, Elsevier Science 1988: 271-275.
Zwi AB, Reid G, Landau SP, Kielkowski D, Sitas F, Becklake MR, Mesothelioma in South Africa 19761984: estimates of incidence and case characteristics. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;139:A25
Zwi S, Davies JCA, Becklake MR, Goldman H, Reinach G, Kallenbach J. Respiratory health status of
children exposed to environmental air pollution in the Eastern Transvaal highweld. Am Rev Respir Dis
1989; 139:4A28.
Becklake MR, Accelerated loss of function due to occupational causes: asbestos and manmade mineral
fibers. Joint Meeting SEP-SEPCR, Barbican Centre, London, September 9-14, 1990.
Desjardins A, Ernst P, Suissa S, Becklake MR, Turnover rates in a population at risk for laboratory
animal allergy. Eur Resp J 1990; 3:112S.
N'gan'ga LW, Ernst P, Jaakkola MJ, Gerardi G, Becklake MR, Spirometry test failure: distribution and
determinants in an adult working population. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990; 141:A226.
Jaakkola MJ, Jaakkola JJK, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Ventilatory lung function in young cigarette smokers;
a study of susceptibility. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990; 141:A775.
Mokoetle K, De Beer M, Zwi A, Steinberg M, Becklake MR, Determinants of respiratory status in a
Johannesburg workforce. Int Epidemiol Assoc, 12th Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, 1990, 119.
White NW, Rooda M, Gerardi G, Nunes F, Menzies R, Becklake MR, Ernst P. Bronchial hyperreactivity
assessed by exercise and by methacholine challenge in a study of school children. Am Rev Respir Dis
1991; 143:A273.
Jaakkola MS, Ernst P, Jaakkola JJK, Ng'ang'a LW, Becklake MR, Adverse effect of cigarette smoking on
evolution of ventilatory lung function in young adults: an eight year longitudinal study. Am Rev Respir
Dis 1991; 143:A276.
Desjardins A, Suissa S, Becklake MR, Ernst, P. Health selection in cross-sectional studies of
occupational asthma due to laboratory animals. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991; 143::A436.
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Development of chronic respiratory symptoms
associated with ventilatory impairment in young adulthood. An eight year longitudinal study. Am Rev
Respir Dis 1992; 145:A198.
Ernst P, Nunes F, Gerardi G, Becklake MR, Distribution and determinants of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to exercise among primary school children. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 145:A537.
Ng'ang'a LW, Odhiambo JA, Gichega CG, Mohamed N, Menzies R, Macklem PT, Becklake MR, The
prevalence of bronchial asthma in primary school children in Nairobi, Kenya. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;
145:A537.
Odhiambo J, Ng'ang'a LW, Gichega CG, Becklake MR, Menzies R, Macklem PT, Omwega MJ.
Bronchial hyper-responsiveness to methacholine in Nairobi school children. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;
145:A537.
White NW, Quince JE, Becklake MR, An international comparison of current practices for predicting
spirometry in patients of sub-Saharan African ancestry. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 145:A538.
White NW, Hanley JH, Becklake MR, Spirometric measurements in subjects of sub-Saharan African
ancestry. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 145:A538.
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Passive smoking and evolution of lung function in
young adults. An eight-year longitudinal study. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 47:A215.
Delfino RJ, Hanley JA, Abenhaim L, Becklake MR, The relationship of urgent hospital admissions for
respiratory illness to air pollution levels in Montréal. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 147:A638.
Demissie K, Ernst P, Hanley J, Nunes F, Becklake MR, Socio-environmental factors and lung function
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levels among primary school children - a multi level analysis. Third National Conference of the Canadian
Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Quebec, June 2-4, 1993.
Demissie K, Ernst P, Hanley J, Nunes F, Becklake MR, Adjustment of lung function for height and age
among primary school children of different ethnic origins in a Montréal study of environmental
exposures. Third National Conference of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Quebec, June 2-4, 1993.
Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Passive smoking and evolution of lung function in
young adults. An eight-year longitudinal study. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 147:A215.
Demissie K, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Joseph L. Relationship of prenatal and early postnatal events to lung
function and airways responsiveness in school children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149::A910.
Escamilla B, Mwawasi G, Comtois P, Becklake MR, Ernst P. The determinants of airborne mold levels
in Canadian homes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149:A247.
Odhiambo J, Ng'ang'a L, Mungai M, Gichega C, Nyamwaya J, Becklake MR, Macklem PT. Rural and
urban respiratory health surveys in Kenya school children: participation rates and prevalence of markers
of asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 148:A385.
White NW, Hanley J, Lalloo U, Becklake MR, A review and analysis of variation between spirometric
values reported in 29 studies of healthy African adults. Tuberc Lung Dis 1994; 75:128
Demissie K, Ernst P, Joseph L, Locher U, Becklake MR, Socio-economic status and indicators of asthma
in children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151:A29.
Siersted HC, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Manfreda J, Sears MR. A comparison between two skin prick test
methods used within an international asthma prevalence study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;
151:A565.
Odhiambo J, Ng’ang’a L, Mungai M, Gicheha C, Nyamwaya J, Mwawasi G, Becklake MR, Menzies R,
Macklem PT. Risk factors for asthma in Kenya school children. Tuberc Lung Dis 1995;76 (suppl 2):6869
Manfreda J, Yeung M, Dimich-Ward H, Sears MR, Siersted HC, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Tate RB,
Anthonisen NR. Prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in four Canadian cities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
1995; 151:A29.
Murphy AM, Delfino RJ, Becklake MR, Air pollution and emergency room visits for respiratory
illnesses in Montréal: A daily time series. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151:A359.
Ng’ang’a L, Odhiambo J, Mongai M, Gicheha C, Nyamwaya J, Mwawasi G, Becklake MR, Menzies R,
Macklem P. Breast feeding and allergic disease in Kenyan school children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
1995; 151:A468.
Eltayara L, Ploysongsang Y, Volta CA, Becklake MR, Milic-Emili J. Relationship between expiratory
flow limitation at rest and degree of dyspnea in COPD patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;
151:A548
Poirier C, Chang-Yeung M, Manfreda J, Dimich-Ward H, Sears MR, Siersted H, Becklake MR, Ernst P.
Distribution of asthma according to socio-economic status in adult populations. Am J Respir Crit Care
Med 1996, 153:A429
Manfreda J, Chan-Yeung M, Dimich-Ward M, Sears MR, Sierstead HC, Becklake MR, Ernst P, Sweet L,
VanTil L, Bowie D, Anthonisen NR, Tate RB. Prevalence of asthma in Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care
Med 1996 153:A432
Becklake MR, Ernst P, Chan-Yeung M, Manfreda M, Dimich-Ward H, Sears MR, Siersted H. The
burden of airway disease attributable to work exposures in Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996,
153:4:A433
Chan-Yeung M, Dimich-Ward H, Sears MS, Sierstead HC, Becklake MR, Ernst P, Sweet L, VanTil L,
Bowie D, Anthonisen NR, Tate RB, Manfreda J. The effects of smoking on asthma and chronic chest
symptoms in Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996, 153:A256
Becklake MR, Pollutants, interactions, and vulnerable populations. Tuberc Lung Dis 1996; 77(suppl
2):4S
Ng’ang’a L, Odhiambo J, Mungai M, Gicheha C, Becklake MR, Macklem P. Airway responsiveness to
methacholine in Kenyan school children. Tuberc Lung Dis 1996; 77(suppl 2):27S-28S
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Ng’ang’a L, Odhiambo J, Mungai M, Gicheha C, Becklake MR, Macklem P. Airway hyperresponsiveness to exercise in Kenyan children. Tuberc Lung Dis 1996;77(suppl 2):28S
Ng’ang’a LW, Becklake MR, Odhiambo JA, Mungai MW, Gicheha CM, Macklem PT. Lung function
level among Kenyan school children from rural and urban communities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med
1997, 155:A74
Becklake MR, Ghezzo H, Van Vliet P, Ernst P. Is salivary cotinine a biomarker of lung susceptibility to
inhaled pollutants? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997,155:A550
Dimich-Ward H, Manfreda J, Sears MR, Siersted HC, Becklake MR, Ernst P, Van Til L, Bowie D, ChanYeung M. Determinants of total IgE levels based on a Canadian prevalence study. Am J Respir Crit Care
Med 1997; 155:A80
Manfreda J, Chan-Yeung M, Dimich-Ward H, Sears MR, Siersted HC, Becklake MR, Ernst P, Van Til L,
Bowie D, Anthonisen NR, Tate RB. Risk factors for asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155:A251
Ghezzo H, Ernst P, Becklake MR, Is salivary cotinine more than a biomarker of exposure to tobacco
smoke? Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1997;155:A550
Becklake MR, Urban environmental risk factors for chronic lung disease Intl J Tuberc Lung Disease
1997;5(suppl 1):8S
Mungai M, Odhiambo J, Ng’ang’a L, Gicheha C, Becklake MR, Macklem P. Atopy in rural and urban
Kenyan children Intl J Tuberc Lung Disease 1997;5(suppl 1):116S
Bowen C, Yaohua D, Songping W, Hui H, Xiaodong Z, Zhang M, Becklake MR. The risk factors of
pneumonia death in children under 5 years old in Enshi Country of China Intl J Tuberc Lung Disease
1997; 5(suppl.1):119S
Ghezzo H, Becklake MR, Ernst P. Determinants of methacholine bronchial hyper-responsiveness among
adolescents. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998, 157:A161
Johnson A, Dimich-Ward H, Manfreda J, Sears M, Becklake MR, Ernst P, Bowie D, Sweet L, ChanYeung M. The prevalence of suspected occupational asthma (OA) in a population-based survey. Am J
Respir Crit Care Med 1998;157:A882
Ghezzo H, Becklake MR, Ernst P. Determinants of methacholine bronchial responsiveness among
adolescents Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;157:A161
Ng’ang’a L, Odhiambo JA, Mungai MW, Gicheha CM, Becklake MR, Determinants of urban rural
differences for several markers of asthma in Kenyan school children. Eur Respir J 1998;12 (suppl 29):5S
Hendrick DJ, Stenton SC, Sandhu PS, Hanley JA, Becklake MR, Statistical Modelling of Exposure to
Estimate the Effect of Coal Mine Dust on Lung Function : Risk Before and After the Age of 25 years.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:A168
Kassaye T, Becklake MR, Receveur O, Hanley JA, Johns T. Association between lung function level and
vitamin A status in children 6-9 years of age in Wukro Wereda, Northern Ethiopia. Eur Respir J
2000;16(suppl 31):177S.
Ghezzo RH, Ernst P, Becklake MR. Airway responsiveness in the transition between childhood and
adolescence. Eur Respir J 2000;16(suppl 31):471S
Hendrick DJ, Stenton SC, Sandhu PS, Hanley JA, Becklake MR. Coal mine dust and COPD: statistical
modelling to assess the risk before and after lung matures at the age of 25 years. Eur Respir J
2000;16(suppl 31):27S
Hendrick DJ, Hanley JA, Becklake MR, Why are cross sectional and longitudinal estimates of the effect
of ageing on lung function commonly discordant? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003, 167:A239
D) Published conference or workshop proceedings
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Becklake, MR. Fournier-Massey G, Mcdonald JC, Siemiatycki J, Rossiter CE. Lung function in relation
to radiographic changes in Quebec asbestos workers. In. Shapiro HA, ed. Pneumoconiosis. Proceedings of
the International Conference, Johannesburg, 1969, Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1970; 233-236.
Becklake, MR. Lung function. In. Wagner JC, ed. Biological effects of asbestos. International Agency
for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 1973; 31-39.
McDonald JC, Becklake, MR. Asbestos-related diseases in Canada. In.Hefte zur Unfallkeikunde, Heft
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Heidelberg, 1976; 521-536,
Becklake, MR. Susceptibility to asbestos-related disease. In. Glen NW, ed, Proceedings of Asbestos
Symposium, Johannesburg, Africa, National Institute for Metallurgy, Randburg, 1978; 114-116.
Becklake, MR. Factors influencing the epidemiology of airways obstruction. In. DeKock MA, Nadel JA,
Lewis CM, eds. Mechanisms of airway obstruction in human respiratory disease. Rotterdam, AA
Balkema, 1979; 285-92.
Becklake, MR. Jodoin G, Utz G, Lefort L, Rose B, Mandl M, Fraser RG. A respiratory health study of
grainhandlers in St. Lawrence River Ports. In. Dosman JA, Cotton DJ, eds, Occupational pulmonary
disease. New York: Academic Press, 1980; 239-55.
Becklake, MR. Grain dust and health: state of the art. In. Dosman JA, Cotton DJ, eds. Occupational
pulmonary disease. New York: Academic Press, 1980; 189-99.
Becklake, MR. Arhirii M, Gibbs GW, Hurwitz S. Exposure to asbestos and respiratory abnormality: the
influence of fibre type and nature of exposure. In. Wagner JC, ed, Biological effects of mineral fibers.
Lyon: IARC Scientific Publications No. 30, 1980; 763-9.
Becklake, MR. Asbestos miners and millers: morbidity studies. In. Wagner WL, Rom W, Merchant JA,
eds., Health issues related to metal and nonmetallic mining. Boston: Butterworth, 1983; 263-275
Becklake, MR. Epidemiology in the workplace: can it answer the clinicians' questions? In. Gee JBL,
Morgan WKC, Brooks SM, eds. Occupational lung disease. New York: Raven Press 1984; 109-118.
Becklake, MR. Ernst P. Asbestos exposure and airway responses. In. Gee JBL, ed, Contemporary issues
in pulmonary disease: Occupational lung disease. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston, 1984; 25-50.
Becklake, MR. Silicosis. In. Dunn CDR, Garnett HM, Jacobs P, eds. Environmental pollution and man.
In. Immunology and Hematology Research Foundation Inc. Monograph No. 3, Newburg, 1984; 85-93.
Becklake, MR. Occupational and environmental exposures: their relationship to chronic airflow
limitation and the role of acute airway dysfunction. In. Dunn CDR, Garnett HM, Jacobs P, eds.
Environmental pollution and man. Immunology and Hematology Research Foundation Inc. Monograph
No. 3, Newburg, 1984; 111-20.
Becklake, MR. Acute respiratory reactions to chemical exposures: focus on oxides of nitrogen. In. Orford
RR, Cowell JW, Jamieson GG, Love EJ, eds. Occupational health and the chemical industry, Edmonton:
Medichem Calgary, 1984; 207-214.
Becklake MR., Rodarte, JR, Kalica AR. Report of Workshop on the Scientific Issues in the Assessment
of Respiratory Impairment. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health.
NIH Publication No. 87-2924.
Becklake, MR. Churg AM, Rosenstock L, Weill H. Mesothelioma update for clinicians. Am Rev Respir
Dis 1986; 134:826-7.
Becklake MR. The relationship between acute and chronic airway responses to occupational exposures.
Metalworking fluids symposium II The industrial metalworking environment: Assessment and control of
metal removal fluids, Detroit, September 15-18, 1987 Curr Pulmonol 1988; 9:25-66
Becklake, MR. Population studies in risk assessment: strengths and weaknesses. In. Mohr U, editor-inchief Inhalational Toxicology, New York: Springer-Verlag Inc. 1988; 263-272.
Becklake, MR. Lebowitz MD, Kusek JW. NHLBI Workshop Summary. Longitudinal analysis in
pulmonary disease epidemiology. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988; 137: 1241-1243.
Becklake MR Rodarte, JR, Kalica AR. NHLBI Workshop Summary. Scientific issues in the assessment
of respiratory impairment. NHLBI Workshop Summary. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988; 137:1505-1510.
Becklake, MR. Evaluation of respiratory hazards in the working environment through environmental,
epidemiologic and medical surveys. In. Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconiosis
Conference, Pittsburg, Aug. 23-26, 1988. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health
Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. DHHS
(NIOSH) Publications No. 90-108, Part 1, 16-21.
Becklake, MR. Dust and emphysema. In. Sébastien P. Mechanisms in occupational lung diseases.
Colloque INSERM, V.203, 1991; 23-34.
Becklake, MR. Epidemiological evidence of varying susceptibility to inhaled substances.
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Becklake, MR. Crapo RO, et al. Lung function testing: selection of reference values and interpretative
strategies. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991; 144:1202-1218.
Becklake, MR. The workrelatedness of airways dysfunction. In. Proceedings of the 9th International
Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health held September 23-25, 1992, Cincinnati,
Ohio:DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-112; 1-28.
Becklake, MR. Non-malignant asbestos related pleural conditions: clinical significance and associated
impairment. In. Gibbs GW, Dunnigan J, Kido M, Higashi T, eds. Health risks from exposure to mineral
fibres. An international perspective. North York: Captus University Publications, 1993; 294-301.
Becklake MR, Symptoms and pulmonary functions as measures of morbidity. Ann Occup Hyg 1994;
38:569-580.
Becklake MR. The workrelatedness of airways dysfunction. US Dept Health and Human Services.Public
Health Service,Center for disease Control and prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health DHSS(NIOSH) 1994; 1-29.
Beckett W, Abraham J, Becklake MR, Christiani D, Cowie R, Davis G, Jones R, Kreiss K, Parker J,
Wagner G. Adverse effects of crystalline silica exposure. (Official Statement of the American Thoracic
Association) Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155:761-765.
Becklake MR, Asthma: What is asthma? Is it increasing? And if so, why? . Conference of the New
England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Montréal May 23-24 2002.
menv.gouv.qc.ca/air/symposium/index/htm
Chan-Yeung M, Malo JL, Tarlo SM, Bernstein L, Gautrin D, Mapp C, Newman-Taylor A, Swanson MC,
Perrault G, Vandenplas O, Cartier A, Becklake MR, Jacques L, Blanc PD. Proceedings of the first Jack
Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:450-471.
American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease. Balmes
J, Becklake MR, Blanc P, Hennenberger P, Kreiss K, Mapp C, Milton D, Schwartz D, Toren K, Vicgi G
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003; 167:787-97
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Becklake MR. The clinical value of pulmonary mixing studies. MD Thesis, University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 1951.
2. Becklake MR. Epidemiologic studies on asbestos related lung diseases in the Quebec chrysotile asbestos
mine and mills. Can Dis Wkly Rep 1975; 1-22; 85-88.
3. Becklake MR. L'amiante et la santé humaine: les questions non-résolues. La Vie Médicale au Canada
Français 1977; 6:1299-1303.
4. Becklake MR. L'exposition à l'amiante: égale-t-elle maladie? Le Médecin du Québec 1980; 15:83-91.
5. Becklake MR. The pathogenicity of fibres and their morphology (letter) Chest 1981;79:249-250
6. Weill H, Becklake MR. Public responsibility in asbestos-associated diseases. ATS News 1983; 9:5-6.
7. Becklake MR. Asbestos Criteria (letter). Arch Pathol Lab Med 1984; 108:93.
8. Becklake MR. On Dr. Dunnigan's commentary linking chrysotile asbestos with mesothelioma. (letter) Am
J Ind Med 1988; 14:239.
9. Rosenberg E, Becklake MR. Single breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (letter). Am Rev Respir
Dis 1988; 137:1244
10. Becklake MR. Asbestos related pleural disease: distribution and determinants in asbestos exposed
workforces and impact on health. In. Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Oct. 25-27, 1989. Chicago, Research
Institute, 913c, I1-I16.
11. Becklake MR. Le vieillissement: répercussions fontionnelles. In. "Le désir d'éternité ou la santé à tout
prix". Congrès de pneumologie de langue française, Montréal, QC, Canada. 26-29 juin 1991. Paris,
France. 3M Santé, 59-64.
12. Becklake MR (Book Review). Katzenellenbogen JM, Joubert G, Abdool Karim SS. Epidemiology: a
manual for South Africa. Am J Epidemiol 1998; 148:408-409.
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Date
Occasion/Organisation and Title
Oct. 27, 1971
Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA, USA. Alice Hamilton
Lecturer: Chrysotile-asbestos exposure and the function of the lungs
Nov. 1973
Beijing Medical College. McGill University Bethune exchange
Professor Beijing, China
June 11-14, 1980
23rd Aspen Lung Conference, Denver, CO, USA – Conference
Summarizer: The environment and the lung
Oct. 10-12, 1982
American College of Chest Physicians World Congress and Annual
Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada: 31st Louis Mark Memorial Lecturer:
Occupational Lung Diseases: past record and future trends
July 5-6, 1984
College of Medicine of South Africa, Durban, South Africa. Invited
speaker: Epidemiology in the 1980's: a chest physician's point-of-view
July 30-31, 1984
University of Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Department of
Medicine, Ethnor Jansen Visiting Lecturer
Oct. 9, 1984
University of Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Medicine,
Bernard Pimstone Memorial Lecturer: Epidemiology in the 1980's: a
chest physician's point of view.
Oct. 16, 1985
Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg, South Africa. A.J. Orenstein
Memorial Lecturer: Setting the limits: how do we protect the
environment?
April 7-10, 1986
University of British Columbia, Canada: Department of Medicine,
Respiratory Division. Medical Research Council Visiting Professor:
The predictors of emphysema in South African gold miners.
Epidemiology in the 1980's: a chest physician's point of view
Mar. 23-27, 1987
Inhalational Life Sciences Institute. Inhalational Toxicology, Hanover,
West Germany. Invited Speaker: Population studies in risk
assessment: strengths and weaknesses.
Sept. 1, 1987
European Society of Pneumology, Amsterdam, Holland - Invited
Lecturer: Epidemiology of diseases caused by occupational and
environmental chemical pollutants
Feb. 29, 1988
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Alice
Hamilton Award Symposium. Cincinnati, OH, USA - Invited Speaker:
Occupational lung disease in the 1980's: an evolving profile
June 24, 1988
SEPCR, Athens, Greece - Invited Speaker: Environment and
occupations: their role in chronic lung disease
VIIth International Conference on the Pneumoconioses (ILO).
Pittsburg, PA, USA. Theme speaker: Evaluation of respiratory hazards
in the working environment through environmental, epidemiologic and
medical surveys
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Aug. 31, 1989
University of Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Medicine Invited Speaker: Work-related lung diseases: a profile for the 1990's
Nov. 5, 1989
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. The James L. and
Peter M. Whittenberger Lecturer: Industrialization: a challenge to the
lung
Sept. 10, 1990
Joint SEP-SEPCR meeting, London, England: Invited Speaker
Symposium on "Accelerated loss of function due to occupational
causes" -: Asbestos and man-made mineral fibers
Sept. 14, 1990
Association des pneumologues de la province du Québec et la Société
de Thoracologie du Québec: Reunion annuelle, Montréal, QC, Canada.:
Conférencière Peter Macklem. Les effets néfastes des polluants de l'air
sur le systéme respiratoire: l'impact de la sélection naturelle.
Dec. 14, 1990
Société de pneumologie de langue française, Paris, France. Symposium
sur trouble ventilatoire obstructive chronique. Conférencière invitée:
Epidémiologie: facteurs de risques des troubles ventilatoires obstructifs
chroniques
Apr. 3, 1991
Meakins Christie Laboratory, McGill University, Montréal, Canada. RV
Christie Lecturer, 1991 - Spirometric test failure: disease or
disinclination
July 9, 1991
Epidemiology Society of Southern Africa. 10th Annual Congress
University of the Western Cape, South Africa: Keynote address
Respiratory disease epidemiology: the lung itself the confounder?
April 29, 1992
School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD, USA. Anna Baetjer Lecture: Airway responses to urban
environments: community and workplace studies
May 11, 1992
Issues in Health and Safety in Agriculture, Third International
Symposium. Saskatoon, Canada. Invited Speaker: Epidemiology of
Respiratory Occupational Disease
Sept. 12, 1992
Canadian Thoracic Society, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Christie Memorial
Lecture: Why study the epidemiology of airways disease?
Sept. 23, 1992
Epidemiology in Occupational Health, 9th Symposium. Cincinatti, OH,
USA. Keynote Speaker: The work relatedness of airways dysfunction
Feb 8-9. 1996
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health,
Sosnowiec, Poland. Invited Lecturer:Occupational exposures as a cause
of airway disease: evidence from community and workforce based
studies.
Conférencière invitée: l’Association canadienne-française pour
l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Symposium: Les syndromes asthmatiques: méchanismes, modèles,
populations: Facteurs de risque personnel: le rôle du sexe et du genre
May 17, 1996
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Margaret R. Becklake, MD - Curriculum Vitae –
Oct 7-8, 1996
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) /
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics: Workshop on
particles not otherwise regulated. Pittsburgh, PA, USA Keynote
speaker: Airways disease and occupational exposure to nonfibrogenic
dusts
Nov 5, 1996
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Firestone Chest
Clinic and Allergy Unit, Michael T. Newhouse 5th Annual
Lecture. Sex and gender: determinants of airway disease?
Oct 2, 1997
Invited Speaker: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease: Annual Scientific Meeting, Paris. Urbanization and the Lung
Oct 9-10, 1997
Invited Participant: The Lancet Conference on The Challenge of
Asthma, Tours, France. Environmental Factors.
Nov 2, 1998
Invited Speaker, Symposium on Global views of occupational lung
disease, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
Bangkok, Thaïland
May 6, 1999
Guest Speaker Alice Hamilton Awards for Excellence in Occupational
Safety and Health. National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV. Diseases of Life vs Diseases of
Work.
Feb 17 - Mar 14,
2000
Mary Weston Lecturer, Departments of Medicine and Community
Health
University of Natal-Durban, South Africa
Sept 22, 2000
Invited Speaker: Symposium on Asthma and Atopy in the Tropics
(Chair: Prof. Julian Hopkin). New challenges in tropical medicine and
Parasitology, Oxford, England
Feb 26-27, 2001
Invited Participant: A Fogerty International Centre Conference: Health
in Southern Africa: Lessons of the recent past and the way forward,
(Chair: Professor T. Robbins), Johannesburg, South Africa
May 23-24, 2002
Invited speaker: La Conférence des Gouverneurs de la Nouvelle
Angleterre et des Premiers Ministres de l’Est du Canada. Asthma: What
is asthma? Is it increasing? And if so, why?Montreal
May 17, 2003
Invited Participant: ATS Postgraduate course on the Social
Epidemiology of Lung Disease : Social Inequalities in Lung Disease:
Historical overview and noted gaps, Seattle WA
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