City of Toronto Community and Neighbourhood Services Toronto Public Health Health Promotion and Environmental Protection Office
AIR POLLUTION BURDEN OF ILLNESS IN TORONTO
Dr. Sheela V. Basrur Medical Officer of Health May 2000
Reference:
Toronto Public Health. Air Pollution Burden of Illness in Toronto. Toronto: City of Toronto, May 2000. David Pengelly1 , Monica Campbell2 , Sherri Ennis 3 , Franca Ursitti 2 and Angela Li-Muller2 .
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Authors:
McMaster Institute of Environment and Health; and the Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit (University of Toronto) 2 Toronto Public Health 3 Central East Health Information Partnership
Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge the significant contribution of our Project Advisory Committee. Committee members provided overall direction to the project, insightful advice during committee meetings, and constructive review of the draft report. Committee members were: Dr. Alan Abelsohn (Ontario Association Family Physicians) Dr. Ted Boadway (Ontario Medical Association) Esther Bobet (Environment Canada) Lois Corbett (Toronto Environmental Alliance) Karl Hemmerich (Works and Emergency Services) Eric Loi (Ontario Ministry of the Environment) Lisa Salsberg (Healthy City Office) Dr. Akos Szakolcai (Ontario Ministry of the Environment) Beverley Thorpe (Ontario Ministry of the Environment) John Wellner (Pollution Probe Foundation) We also gratefully acknowledge the comments and suggestions of the following air quality experts for their thorough peer review: Dr. Rick Burnett (Health Canada) Dr. Donald Cole (McMaster University) Dr. David Stieb (Health Canada) Dr. Akos Szakolcai (Ontario Ministry of the Environment) We appreciate the epidemiological support services provided by Janet Phillips and Catalina Yokingco of Toronto Public Health. The advice and research support of Kim Perrotta of Toronto Public Health throughout the project was invaluable. A special thanks is extended to Christine Lee for facilitating financial support from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. Distribution: Health Promotion and Environmental Protection Office Toronto Public Health 277 Victoria Street, 7th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W2 Telephone: 416-392-6788 Fax: 416-392-7418 This report can be obtained electronically from the Toronto Public Health homepage of the City of Toronto website at www.city.toronto.on.ca

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