Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span

MR Becklake, F Kauffmann - Thorax, 1999 - thorax.bmj.com
Gender diVerences in airway behaviour and in the clinical manifestations of airway disease
occur throughout the human life span and are related to biological as well as sociocultural …

Asbestos-related diseases of the lung and other organs: their epidemiology and implications for clinical practice

MR Becklake - American review of respiratory disease, 1976 - atsjournals.org
… It is usually a rod-shaped structure with clubbed ends, often beaded along its length, is yellow
to brown in color, ranges in length from 10 to 30 I'm and in thickness from I to 6 I'm, and has a …

Occupational exposures: evidence for a causal association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

MR Becklake - Am Rev Respir Dis, 1989 - atsjournals.org
… Krzyzanowski M, Jedrychowski W,Wysocki M. Factors associated with change in ventilatory
… Lebowitz M. Occupational exposures in relation to symptomatology and lung function in a …

Effects of smoking intervention and the use of an inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator on the rate of decline of FEV1: the Lung Health Study

…, MA Rigdon, KC Benton, PM Grant, M Becklake… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Objective. —To determine whether a program incorporating smoking intervention and use
of an inhaled bronchodilator can slow the rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 …

Respiratory Function Tests, Normal Values at Median Altitudes and the Prediction of Normal Results

HI Goldman, MR Becklake - American Review of Tuberculosis and …, 1959 - atsjournals.org
Material and Methods Ninety-four subjects were tested, 44 males and 50 females. They
included professional and clerical members of the hospital staff and their relatives. All were in …

American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease

J Balmes, M Becklake, P Blanc… - American journal of …, 2003 - search.proquest.com
… Chan Yeuug M. Specific IgE antibodies in patients with occupational asthma due to western
… Schulzer M. Host factors affecting longitudinal decline in spirometry among grain eleva— tor …

Relationship between chronic dyspnea and expiratory flow limitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

L Eltayara, MR Becklake, CA Volta… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
The purpose of this study was to assess whether expiratory flow limitation (FL), as measured
by applying negative pressure at the mouth during tidal expiration, is a better predictor of …

Regional distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion in obesity

HS Holley, J Milic-Emili, MR Becklake… - The Journal of clinical …, 1967 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Five women and three men, all obese and weighing 95 to 140 kg, were studied by routine
pulmonary function tests and by a radioactive xenon technique, while seated upright at rest, to …

" Closing volume" and its relationship to gas exchange in seated and supine positions.

…, HF Don, JG Couture, MR Becklake - Journal of Applied …, 1971 - journals.physiology.org
BECKLAKE. “Closing volume” and its relationship to gas exchange in seated and supine
positions. J. … F M F M M F M M M M

A new index of the intrapulmonary mixture of inspired air

MR Becklake - Thorax, 1952 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In numerous studies it has been shown that the emphysematous lung is unevenly ventilated,
the inspired air being more effectively mixed into some parts than into others, and it has …