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Professor Raymond Agius MD, DM, FRCP, FRCPE, FFOM

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Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health
Level 4, C Block, Humanities Devas St
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL 

 

Role

I am the Director of the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, and lead the Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group within the School of Translational Medicine.

 

Research

So as to avoid duplication of entries, please refer to my longstanding personal Home Page.

 

Collaborators and affiliated staff

So as to avoid duplication of entries, please refer to the Home Page for the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health for more information such as about research projects and publications.

 

Publications

2012

  • Stocks SJ, McNamee R, Turner S, Carder M, Agius R. (In-press). Has European Union legislation to reduce exposure to chromate in cement been effective in reducing the incidence of allergic contact dermatitis attributed to chromate in the UK? Occupational and Environmental Medicine, eScholarID:145685 | DOI:10.1136/oemed-2011-100220

2011

  • Carder M, McNamee R, Turner S, Hussey L, Money A and Agius R. (2011). Improving estimates of incidence of specialist diagnosed, work-related respiratory and skin disease in Great Britain. Occupational Medicine, 61(1), 33-39. eScholarID:145555 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqq164
  • Rosso M, Agius R, Calleja N. (2011). Development and validation of a screening questionnaire for noise-induced hearing loss. Occupational Medicine, 61(6), 416-421. eScholarID:153111 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqr059
  • Stocks SJ, Turner S, McNamee R, Carder M, Hussey L and Agius R. (2011). Occupation and work-related ill-health in UK construction workers. Occupational Medicine, 2011(61), 407-415. eScholarID:145681

2010

  • Harrington, J. & Agius, R (2010). Occupational health and safety. In Warrell, D., Cox, T. & Firth, J. (Ed.), Oxford Textbook of Medicine. ( 1, pp. 1376-1388). Oxford: Oxford University Press. eScholarID:87734
  • • Turner S, McNamee R, Roberts C, Bradshaw L, Curran A, Francis M, Fishwick D, Agius R. (2010). Investigation of occupational asthma diagnoses using respiratory case studies: SWORD and OPRA. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 67, 471-478. eScholarID:145692
  • Carder, M., McNamee, R., Beverland, I., Elton, R., Cohen, G., Boyd, J., Van, T. & Agius, R (2010). Does deprivation index modify the acute effect of black smoke on cardiorespiratory mortality? Occup Environ Med, 67(2), 104-10. eScholarID:80815 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2008.044602
  • Hussey, L., Turner, S., Thorley, K., McNamee, R. & Agius, R (2010). Comparison of work-related ill health reporting by occupational physicians and general practitioners. Occup Med (Lond), 60(4), 294-300. eScholarID:83222 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqq022
  • McNamee, R., Chen, Y., Hussey, L. & Agius, R (2010). Time-sampled Versus Continuous-time Reporting for Measuring Incidence. Epidemiology, eScholarID:80818 | DOI:10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181d5c03f
  • Mölter A, Lindley S, de Vocht F, Simpson A, Agius R. (2010). Modelling air pollution for epidemiologic research - Part II: Predicting temporal variation through land use regression. Sci Total Environ, 409(1), 211-217. eScholarID:145730 | DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.005
  • Molter A, Lindley S, de Vocht F, Simpson A, Agius R. (2010). Modelling air pollution for epidemiological research, Part I: A novel approach combining land use regression and air dispersion. Sci Total Environ, 408(23), 5862-5869. eScholarID:145732 | DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.027
  • Money, A., Hussey, L., Thorley, K., Turner, S. & Agius, R (2010). Work-related sickness absence negotiations: GPs' qualitative perspectives. British Journal of General Practice, 60(579), 715-6. eScholarID:93552 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp10X532350
  • Money, A., Hussey, L., Thorley, K., Turner, S. & Agius, R (2010). Work-related sickness absence negotiations: GPs' qualitative perspectives. The British Journal of General Practice, 60(579), 721-728. eScholarID:92637 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp10X532350
  • Seed, M. & Agius, R (2010). Further validation of computer-based prediction of chemical asthma hazard. Occup Med (Lond), 60(2), 115-20. eScholarID:80820 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqp168
  • Stocks, S., Agius, R., Cooley, N., Harrison, K., Brison, D., Horne, G., Gibbs, A. & Povey, A (2010). Alkylation of sperm DNA is associated with male factor infertility and a reduction in the proportion of oocytes fertilised during assisted reproduction. Mutuation Research, 698, 18-23. eScholarID:80822 | DOI:10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.02.019
  • Stocks, S., McNamee, R., Carder, M. & Agius, R (2010). The incidence of medicaly reported work-related ill health in the UK construction industry. Occup Environ Med, 67, 574-576. eScholarID:86960 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2009.053595
  • Stocks, S., Turner, S., Carder, M., Hussey, L., McNamee, R. & Agius, R (2010). Medically reported work-related ill-health in the UK agricultural sector. Occupational Medicine (Oxford), eScholarID:80823 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqq038

2009

  • Adeodu, A., Agius, R. & Madan, I (2009). Attitudes and barriers to evidence-based guidelines among UK occupational physicians. Occup Med (Lond), 59(8), 586-92. eScholarID:80801 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqp121
  • Carder, M., Turner, S., McNamee, R. & Agius, R (2009). Work-related mental ill-health and 'stress' in the UK (2002-05). Occup Med (Lond), 59(8), 539-44. eScholarID:80802 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqp117
  • Crosbie, P., Barber, P., Harrison, K., Gibbs, A., Agius, R., Margison, G. & Povey, A (2009). GSTM1 copy number and lung cancer risk. Mutat Res, 664(1-2), 1-5. eScholarID:80803 | DOI:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.01.006
  • England, H., Herrick, A., Agius, R., Kumar, S. & Povey, A (2009). Silica-induced resistance of cultured fibroblasts to Fas-induced apoptosis: implications for scleroderma. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 27(3), S77-S77. eScholarID:80804
  • Harris, P., Lindley, S., Gallagher, M. & Agius, R (2009). Identification and verification of ultrafine particle affinity zones in urban neighbourhoods: sample design and data pre-processing. Environ Health, 8 Suppl 1, eScholarID:80805 | DOI:10.1186/1476-069X-8-S1-S5
  • Heal, M., Elton, R., Hibbs, L., Agius, R. & Beverland, I (2009). A time-series study of the health effects of water-soluble and total-extractable metal content of airborne particulate matter. Occup Environ Med, 66(9), 636-8. eScholarID:80806 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2008.045310
  • Seed, M., Carder, M., Gittins, M. & Agius, R (2009). Do all occupational respiratory sensitisers follow the united airways disease model? Thorax, 64(7), 642-3. eScholarID:80807
  • Sim, M. & Agius, R (2009). The role of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in strengthening the evidence base for occupational health practice. Occup Environ Med, 66(9), 570-1. eScholarID:80808 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2009.049379
  • Slovak, A., Carder, M., Money, A., Turner, S. & Agius, R (2009). Work-related musculoskeletal conditions: evidence from the THOR reporting system 2002-2005. Occup Med (Lond), 59(7), 447-53. eScholarID:80809 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqp069
  • Thorley, K., Turner, S., Hussey, L. & Agius, R (2009). Continuing professional development in occupational medicine for general practitioners. Occup Med (Lond), 59(5), 342-6. eScholarID:80810 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqp013
  • Turner, S., McNamee, R., Roberts, C., Bradshaw, L., Curran, A., Francis, M., Fishwick, D. & Agius, R (2009). Agreement in diagnosing occupational asthma by occupational and respiratory physicians who report to surveillance schemes for work-related ill-health. Occup Environ Med, eScholarID:80811 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2008.044560

2008

  • Carder, M., McNamee, R., Beverland, I., Elton, R., Van, T., Cohen, G., Boyd, J., Macnee, W. & Agius, R (2008). Interacting effects of particulate pollution and cold temperature on cardiorespiratory mortality in Scotland. Occup Environ Med, 65(3), 197-204. eScholarID:80790 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2007.032896
  • Crosbie, P., McGown, G., Thorncroft, M., O'Donnell, P., Barber, P., Lewis, S., Harrison, K., Agius, R., Santibanez-Koref, M., Margison, G. & Povey, A (2008). Association between lung cancer risk and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the first intron and codon 178 of the DNA repair gene, O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase. Int J Cancer, 122(4), 791-5. eScholarID:80791 | DOI:10.1002/ijc.23059
  • England, H., Herrick, A., Agius, R., Kumar, S. & Povey, A (2008). Silica-induced resistance of cultured fibroblasts to FAS-induced apoptosis: Implications for scleroderma. Rheumatology, 47, Ii88-Ii88. eScholarID:80792
  • Hussey, L., Turner, S., Thorley, K., McNamee, R. & Agius, R (2008). Work-related ill health in general practice, as reported to a UK-wide surveillance scheme. Br J Gen Pract, 58(554), 637-40. eScholarID:80793 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp08X330753
  • McNamee, R., Carder, M., Chen, Y. & Agius, R (2008). Measurement of trends in incidence of work-related skin and respiratory diseases, UK 1996-2005. Occup Environ Med, 65(12), 808-14. eScholarID:80794 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2007.036731
  • O'Neill, E., McNamee, R., Agius, R., Gittins, M., Hussey, L. & Turner, S (2008). The validity and reliability of diagnoses of work-related mental ill-health. Occup Environ Med, 65(11), 726-31. eScholarID:80795 | DOI:10.1136/oem.2008.039008
  • Seed, M. & Agius, R (2008). Paradoxical asthma hazard of short-acting beta2-agonists. Allergy, 63(2), eScholarID:80796
  • Seed, M., Cullinan, P. & Agius, R (2008). Methods for the prediction of low-molecular-weight occupational respiratory sensitizers. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol, 8(2), 103-9. eScholarID:80797 | DOI:10.1097/ACI.0b013e3282f4cadd
  • Thorley, K., Hussey, L. & Agius, R (2008). Health, work and the general practitioner. Occup Med (Lond), 58(4), 233-5. eScholarID:80798 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqn069
  • Turner, S., Carder, M., McNamee, R. & Agius, R (2008). The incidence of work-related skin disease associated with rubber, latex and related agents as reported to The Health and Occupation Reporting (THOR) network (1996-2006). British Journal of Dermatology, 159, 81-82. eScholarID:80799
  • Walsh, L., Menzies, D., Chamberlain, K., Agius, R. & Gittins, M (2008). Do occupational health assessments match guidelines for low back pain? Occup Med (Lond), 58(7), 485-9. eScholarID:80800 | DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqn097

2007

  • Agius, R (2007). Why I became an occupational physician ... Occupational Medicine-Oxford, 57(1), 77-77. eScholarID:80781
  • Athavale, P., Shum, K., Chen, Y., Agius, R., Cherry, N. & Gawkrodger, D (2007). Occupational dermatitis related to chromium and cobalt: experience of dermatologists (EPIDERM) and occupational physicians (OPRA) in the U.K. over an 11-year period (1993-2004). Br J Dermatol, 157(3), 518-22. eScholarID:80782
  • Crosbie, P., Mcgown, G., Thorncroft, M., O'Donnell, P., Lewis, S., Harrison, K., Agius, R., Santibanez-Koref, M., Margison, G., Povey, A. & Barber, P (2007). The association of lung cancer and single nucleotide polymorphisms in codon 178 and the first intron of the DNA repair gene O-6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase. Thorax, 62, A12-A13. eScholarID:80784
  • Gallagher, F., Pilkington, A., Wynn, P., Johnson, R., Moore, J. & Agius, R (2007). Specialist competencies in occupational medicine: appraisal of the peer-reviewed literature. Occup Med (Lond), 57(5), 342-8. eScholarID:80785
  • Kimber, I., Agius, R., Basketter, D., Corsini, E., Cullinan, P., Dearman, R., Gimenez-Arnau, E., Greenwell, L., Hartung, T., Kuper, F., Maestrelli, P., Roggen, E. & Rovida, C (2007). Chemical respiratory allergy: opportunities for hazard identification and characterisation. The report and recommendations of ECVAM workshop 60. Altern Lab Anim, 35(2), 243-65. eScholarID:80786
  • Stocks, S., Harrison, K., Agius, R., Brison, D. & Povey, A (2007). Quantitation of N7-methyldeoxyguanosine levels in DNA extracted from the sperm of patients attending for infertility investigation. Toxicology, 240, 175-176. eScholarID:82701
  • Thorley, K., Turner, S., Hussey, L., Zarin, N. & Agius, R (2007). CPD for GPs using the THOR-GP website. Occup Med (Lond), 57(8), 575-80. eScholarID:80788
  • Turner, S., Carder, M., van, T., McNamee, R., Lines, S., Hussey, L., Bolton, A., Beck, M., Wilkinson, M. & Agius, R (2007). The incidence of occupational skin disease as reported to The Health and Occupation Reporting (THOR) network between 2002 and 2005. Br J Dermatol, 157(4), 713-22. eScholarID:80789

2006

  • Agius, R. & Adisesh, A (2006). Respiratory Toxicology. In Duffus, J. & Worth, H. (Ed.), Fundamental Toxicology. (pp. 172-188). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. eScholarID:80771
  • Athavale, P., Shum, K., Carder, M., Chen, Y., Agius, R., Cherry, N. & Gawkrodger, D (2006). Occupational dermatitis related to chromium and cobalt: experience in the UK over an eleven year period (the EPIDERM and OPRA reporting schemes). British Journal of Dermatology, 155, 75-76. eScholarID:80772
  • Carder, M., Agius, R., Mcnamee, R., Beverland, I., Elton, R., Van, T. & Boyd, J (2006). Does socioeconomic status modify the effect of particulate pollution on mortality? Epidemiology, 17(6), S249-S250. eScholarID:80773
  • Crosbie, P., Povey, A., McGown, G., Thorncroft, M., O'Donnell, P., Lewis, S., Agius, R., Barber, P., Santibanez-Koref, M. & Margison, G (2006). Single nucleotide polymorphism involving codon 178 of the DNA repair protein O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltranserase (MGMT) and the risk of lung cancer. AACR Annula Meeting, eScholarID:82700
  • Crosbie, P., Watson, A., McGown, G., Thorncroft, M., Agius, R., Povey, A., Barber, P. & Margison, G (2006). Alkylpurine-DNA glycosylase and alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase repair activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cell nuclei from lung cancer cases and cancer free controls. Thorax, 61, Ii122-Ii122. eScholarID:80774
  • Harrison, K., Crosbie, P., Agius, R., Barber, P., Carus, M., Margison, G. & Povey, A (2006). No association between N7-methyldeoxyguanosine and 8-oxodeoxyguanosine levels in human lymphocyte DNA. Mutat Res, 600(1-2), 125-30. eScholarID:80775
  • Mcnamee, R., Hadley, S., Carder, M., Beverland, I., Elton, R., Boyd, J., Van, T. & Agius, R (2006). Are cardiopulmonary patients more susceptible to acute effects of air pollutants? Epidemiology, 17(6), S504-S505. eScholarID:80776
  • Seed, M. & Agius, R (2006). Prediction of asthma hazard of thiamine. Allergy, 61(5), eScholarID:80777
  • Seed, M., Hussey, L., Lines, S., Turner, S. & Agius, R (2006). Prediction of asthma hazard of glutaraldehyde substitutes. Occup Med (Lond), 56(4), 284-5. eScholarID:80778
  • Van-Tongeren, M., Slovak, A., Hussey, L., Chen, Y., Turner, S., Carder, M. & Agius, R (2006). Occupationally related ill-health amongst hairdressers and related occupations. British Journal of Dermatology, 155, 78-79. eScholarID:80779
  • Yap, C., Robertson, C., Beverland, I., Hole, D., Agius, R., Heal, M., Henderson, D., Cohen, G. & Morris, G (2006). Estimating long-term exposures to air pollution in Scotland. Epidemiology, 17(6), S240-S240. eScholarID:80780

2005

  • Agius, R, and A Seaton. (2005). Practical Occupational Medicine. London: Hodder. eScholarID:80758
  • Agius, R (2005). Academic occupational medicine: its role and its future. Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 247-9. eScholarID:80757
  • Burgess, G., Holt, A. & Agius, R (2005). Preference of distance learning methods among post-graduate occupational physicians and hygienists. Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 312-8. eScholarID:80759
  • Carder, M., McNamee, R., Beverland, I., Elton, R., Cohen, G., Boyd, J. & Agius, R (2005). The lagged effect of cold temperature and wind chill on cardiorespiratory mortality in Scotland. Occup Environ Med, 62(10), 702-10. eScholarID:80760
  • Chen, Y., Agius, R., McNamee, R., Turner, S., Taylor, S., Fulluck, L., Lines, S., Roberts, C. & Hussey, L (2005). Physicians' beliefs in the assessment of work attribution when reporting musculoskeletal disorders. Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 298-307. eScholarID:80761
  • Chen, Y., Turner, S., Hussey, L. & Agius, R (2005). A study of work-related musculoskeletal case reports to The Health and Occupation Reporting network (THOR) from 2002 to 2003. Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 268-74. eScholarID:80762
  • Chen, Y., Turner, S., McNamee, R., Ramsay, C. & Agius, R (2005). The reported incidence of work-related ill-health in Scotland (2002-2003). Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 252-61. eScholarID:80763
  • Crosbie, P., Povey, A., McGown, G., Thorncroft, M., Agius, R., Barber, P., Santibanez-Koref, M. & Margison, G (2005). Codon 178 genetic polymorphism of the DNA repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase and lung cancer. Thorax, 60, Ii79-Ii79. eScholarID:80765
  • Donnelly, A. & Agius, R (2005). The Distance Learning Courses in Occupational Medicine--20 years and onwards. Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 319-23. eScholarID:80766
  • Heal, M., Hibbs, L., Agius, R. & Beverland, I (2005). Total and water-soluble trace metal content of urban background PM10, PM2.5 and black smoke in Edinburgh, UK. Atmosopheric Environment, 39(8), 1417-1430. eScholarID:80767
  • Jarvis, J., Seed, M., Elton, R., Sawyer, L. & Agius, R (2005). Relationship between chemical structure and the occupational asthma hazard of low molecular weight organic compounds. Occup Environ Med, 62(4), 243-50. eScholarID:80768
  • Turner, S., Lines, S., Chen, Y., Hussey, L. & Agius, R (2005). Work-related infectious disease reported to the Occupational Disease Intelligence Network and The Health and Occupation Reporting network in the UK (2000-2003). Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 275-81. eScholarID:80769
  • Walsh, L., Turner, S., Lines, S., Hussey, L., Chen, Y. & Agius, R (2005). The incidence of work-related illness in the UK health and social work sector: The Health and Occupation Reporting network 2002-2003. Occup Med (Lond), 55(4), 262-7. eScholarID:80770

2004

  • Ayres, J. & Agius, R (2004). Health protection and sustainable development - Time for joined up thinking. British Medical Journal, 328(7454), 1450-1451. eScholarID:80754
  • Crosbie, P., Harrison, K., Agius, R., Carus, M., Povey, A. & Barber, P (2004). N7-methyldeoxyguanosine and oxidative DNA adducts associations with lung carcinoma and smoking. Thorax, 59(1), 23-24. eScholarID:80755
  • Rogers, J., Agius, R., Garwood, C., Rector, A., Chen, Y., Hussey, L. & Turner, S (2004). Attitudes and access to electronic exchange of information on occupational disease. Occup Med (Lond), 54(5), 316-21. eScholarID:80756

2003

  • Agius, R. & Franco, G (2003). [Assessment of appropriateness and verification of interventions in the professional practice of the occupational physician]. G Ital Med Lav Ergon, 25(3), 285-9. eScholarID:80752

2002

  • Agius, R., Cohen, G., Beverland, I., Elton, R., Lee, R. & Boyd, J (2002). Epidemiological Study of Susceptibility to Cardiorespiratory Death from Particulate Air Pollution. Ann Occup Hyg, 46(1), 452-455. eScholarID:80751

2000

  • Agius, R., Cohen, G., Lee, R., Prescott, G., Lee, A., Beverland, I., Fowkes, G. & Elton, R (2000). Health effects of urban air pollution, and susceptibility to them: Further evidence from a time series and a cohort study. IEH (2000) Joint Research Programmes on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution (review of Progress, 1999). (pp. 79-81). Leicester, UK: MRC for Environment and Health. eScholarID:80745
  • Agius, R (2000). Ultrafine particles in workplace atmospheres - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 358(1775), 2682-2682. eScholarID:80744
  • Agius, R (2000). Why are some low-molecular-weight agents asthmagenic. Occup Med, 15(2), 369-84. eScholarID:80746
  • Beverland, I., Tunes, T., Sozanska, M., Elton, R., Agius, R. & Heal, M (2000). Effect of long-range transport on local PM10 concentrations in the UK. J Env Health Research, 10, 229-238. eScholarID:80747
  • Clement, C., Cass, G., Agius, R., Bingley, M. & Costa, D (2000). The chemical composition of atmospheric ultrafine particles - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 358(1775), 2592-2592. eScholarID:80748
  • Heal, M., Beverland, I., McCabe, M., Hepburn, W. & Agius, R (2000). Intercomparison of five PM10 monitoring devices and the implications for exposure measurement in epidemiological research. J Environ Monit, 2(5), 455-61. eScholarID:80749
  • Prescott, G., Lee, R., Cohen, G., Elton, R., Lee, A., Fowkes, F. & Agius, R (2000). Investigation of factors which might indicate susceptibility to particulate air pollution. Occup Environ Med, 57(1), 53-7. eScholarID:80750

1999

  • Agius, R (1999). Quality assurance of occupational health services for health care workers. In Hasselhorn, H., Toomingas, A. & Lagerstrom, M. (Ed.), Occupational Health Care Workers. (pp. 16-21). Amsterdam: Elsevier. eScholarID:80739
  • Agius, R., Lee, R., Fletcher, G. & Uttley, J (1999). Quantitative methods in evaluation - the medical audit. In Westerholm, P. & Menckel, E. (Ed.), Evaluation in Occupational Health. (pp. 53-66). London: Butterworth-Heinemann. eScholarID:80741
  • Agius, R (1999). Auditing occupational medicine. Occup Med (Lond), 49(4), 261-4. eScholarID:80740
  • Heal, M., O'Donoghue, M., Agius, R. & Beverland, I (1999). Application of passive diffusion tubes to short-term indoor and personal exposure measurement of nitrogen dioxide. Environ Int, 25, 3-8. eScholarID:80742
  • Seaton, A., Soutar, A., Crawford, V., Elton, R., McNerlan, S., Cherrie, J., Watt, M., Agius, R. & Stout, R (1999). Particulate air pollution and the blood. Thorax, 54(11), 1027-32. eScholarID:80743

1998

  • Agius, R (1998). Auditing occupational health services. J Finn Occup Phys, 16, 28-30. eScholarID:80735
  • Agius, R. & Bagnall, G (1998). Development and evaluation of the use of the Internet as an educational tool in occupational and environmental health and medicine. Occup Med (Lond), 48(5), 337-43. eScholarID:80736
  • Jones, A., Lewis, S., Agius, R., Doyle, D. & Lawson, D (1998). Fellowship and membership survey: The Royal College of Phusicians of Edinburgh. Proc R Coll Physicians Edinb, 28, 273-286. eScholarID:80737
  • Prescott, G., Cohen, G., Elton, R., Fowkes, F. & Agius, R (1998). Urban air pollution and cardiopulmonary ill health: a 14.5 year time series study. Occup Environ Med, 55(10), 697-704. eScholarID:80738

1997

  • Hofmann, F., Michaelis, M., StoBel, U. & Symington, I (1997). Research on audit and its practical application in the occupational health of health care workers. Presented at 3rd International Congress, Occupational Health Care Workers. International Commission on Occupational Health ICOH/CIST. Progress in social and Occupational Medicine. Edinburgh. eScholarID:80734
  • Hofmann, F., Michaelis, M., U, S. & Symington, I (1997). The use of the internet in occupational health. Presented at 3rd International Congress, Occupational Health Care Workers. International Commission on Occupational Health ICOH/CIST. Progress in social and Occupational Medicine. Edinburgh. eScholarID:80733

1996

  • Agius, R., Blenkin, H., Deary, I., Zealley, H. & Wood, R (1996). Survey of perceived stress and work demands of consultant doctors. Occup Environ Med, 53(4), 217-24. eScholarID:80728
  • Deary, I., Agius, R. & Sadler, A (1996). Personality and stress in consultant psychiatrists. Int J Soc Psychiatry, 42(2), 112-23. eScholarID:80729
  • Deary, I., Blenkin, H., Agius, R., Endler, N., Zealley, H. & Wood, R (1996). Models of job-related stress and personal achievement among consultant doctors. Br J Psychol, 87 ( Pt 1), 3-29. eScholarID:80730
  • Hart, S., McIver, B., Frier, B. & Agius, R (1996). Abdominal pain and vomiting in a paint stripper. Postgrad Med J, 72(846), 253-5. eScholarID:80731
  • Jarvis, J., Agius, R. & Sawyer, L (1996). Odds on for asthma. Chemistry in Britain, 32(6), 51-53. eScholarID:80732

1995

  • Macdonald, E B, and R M Agius. (1995). Quality and Audit in Occupational Health. Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London. eScholarID:80724
  • Seaton, A. & Agius, R (1995). (Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards) Sulphur Dioxide (A Recommendation for a United Kingdom Air Quality Standard for Sulphur Dioxide). London: H.M.S.O.. eScholarID:80727
  • Agius, R (1995). Airborne pollutants and acute health effects. Lancet, 345(8952), eScholarID:80714
  • Agius, R (1995). Occupational Asthma and Rhintis - Case management and teriary prevention. Occup Health Rev, 57, 27-29. eScholarID:80716
  • Agius, R., Seaton, A. & Lee, R (1995). Audit of sickness absence and fitness-for-work referrals. Occup Med (Lond), 45(3), 125-30. eScholarID:80718
  • Blenkin, H., Deary, I., Sadler, A. & Agius, R (1995). Stress in NHS consultants. BMJ, 310(6978), eScholarID:80719
  • Chamings, A. & Agius, R (1995). Occupational Asthma and Rhinitis - A basis for primary prevention. Occup Health Rev, 54, 32-35. eScholarID:80720
  • Fletcher, G. & Agius, R (1995). Occupational Asthma and Rhinitis. What are they and how much do they happen? Occup Health Rev, 53, 14-16. eScholarID:80723
  • Fletcher, G. & Agius, R (1995). The special study module: a novel approach to undergraduate teaching in occupational medicine. Occup Med (Lond), 45(6), 326-8. eScholarID:80722
  • Seaton, A. & Agius, R (1995). Occupational medicine: the way ahead. Occup Environ Med, 52(8), 497-9. eScholarID:80725

1994

  • Seaton, A, and R M Agius. (1994). (Expert Panel on Air quality Standards) Benzene. (A Recommendation for a United Kingdom Air Quality Standard for Benzene). London: H.M.S.O. eScholarID:80710
  • Seaton, A, and R M Agius. (1994). (Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards) Carbon Monoxide. (A Recommendation for a United Kingdom Air Quality Standard for Carbon Monoxide.). London: H.M.S.O. eScholarID:80713
  • Seaton, A, and R M Agius. (1994). (Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards). 1, 3-Butadiene. (A Recommendation for a United Kingdom Air Quality Standard for 1, 3-Butadiene). London: H.M.S.O. eScholarID:80712
  • Seaton, A, and R M Agius. (1994). (Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards). Ozone. (A Recommendation for a United Kingdom Air Quality Standard for Ozone). London: H.M.S.O. eScholarID:80711
  • Agius, R. & Yardley-Jones, A (1994). Health Surveillance of laboratory Staff. In Purchase, R. (Ed.), The laboratory environment. (pp. 9-26). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. eScholarID:80708
  • Davies, L., Robertson, A., Agius, R., Cowie, H., Cherrie, J. & Hutchison, P (1994). The use of compliance monitoring for assessing quarry workers' exposures. In Dodgson, J. & McCallum, R. (Ed.), Inhaled Particles. ( IV, pp. 559-570). Pergamon Press. eScholarID:80709
  • Agius, R (1994). 'Health at work'--getting the balance right. Ann Occup Hyg, 38(6), 805-6. eScholarID:80703
  • Agius, R., Davison, A., Hawkins, E. & Newman, T (1994). Occupational asthma in salbutamol process workers. Occup Environ Med, 51(6), 397-9. eScholarID:80704
  • Agius, R., Elton, R., Sawyer, L. & Taylor, P (1994). Occupational asthma and the chemical properties of low molecular weight organic substances. Occup Med (Lond), 44(1), 34-6. eScholarID:80705
  • Agius, R., Lee, R., Symington, I., Riddle, H. & Seaton, A (1994). An audit of occupational medicine consultation records. Occup Med (Lond), 44(3), 151-7. eScholarID:80706
  • Agius, R., Lloyd, M., Campbell, S., Hutchison, P., Seaton, A. & Soutar, C (1994). Questionnaire for the identification of back pain for epidemiological purposes. Occup Environ Med, 51(11), 756-60. eScholarID:80707

1993

  • Agius, R (1993). Summary reviews of the scientific evidence. Human Data. (Copper, Titanium, Manganese and selected compounds). In Draper, M. (Ed.), The Toxicology of Chemicals: 1. Carcinogenicity: 4. Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities. eScholarID:80701
  • Hurych, J., Lesage, M. & David, A (1993). Radiological abnormalities and personal dust exposure among hard rock quarry workers. Presented at Eighth International Conference on Occupational Lung Diseases, 14-17 September 1992. Prague, Czechoslovakia: Geneva: International Labour Office. eScholarID:80702
  • Agius, R (1993). Priorities for Managing Occupational Allergy - A Delphi consensus. Clin Exp Allergy, 23, 634-637. eScholarID:80699
  • Agius, R., Lee, R., Murdoch, R., Symington, I., Riddle, H. & Seaton, A (1993). Occupational physicians and their work: prospects for audit. Occup Med (Lond), 43(3), 159-63. eScholarID:80700

1992

  • Agius, R (1992). Environmental chemicals and differential stimulation of immune response. Clin Exp Allergy, 22(2), 183-5. eScholarID:80698
  • Agius, R (1992). Is silica carcinogenic? Occup Med (Lond), 42(1), 50-2. eScholarID:80695
  • Agius, R., Riddle, H. & Seaton, A (1992). Occupational health in the new NHS. Br J Ind Med, 49(12), eScholarID:80696

1991

  • Agius, R. & Hurley, J (1991). Human data (Selected Compounds of Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead). Summary reviews of the scientific evidence. In Berlin, A. (Ed.), The Toxicology of Chemicals Series I. Carcinogenicity. ( III, pp. 34-36, 38-44, 61-65, 69-74, 77-81). Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities. eScholarID:80693
  • Agius, R (1991). Occupational asthma - strategies for risk management. Occupational Health Review, 28, 12-15. eScholarID:80691
  • Agius, R (1991). The link between the structure of chemicals and the development of occupational asthma. The International Monitor in Respiratory Medicine, 2, 69-72. eScholarID:80692
  • Agius, R., Nee, J., McGovern, B. & Robertson, A (1991). Structure activity hypotheses in occupational asthma caused by low molecular weight substances. Ann Occup Hyg, 35(2), 129-37. eScholarID:80694

1990

  • Agius, R. & Jacobsen, M (1990). Human data. Summary reviews of the scientific evidence. (Nickel selected compounds). In Berlin, A. (Ed.), The Toxicology of Chemicals Series 2. ( Carcinogenicity Vol II, pp. 13-16, 27-30, 35-38, 41-44, 50-52). Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities. eScholarID:80689
  • Agius, R (1990). Health surveillance. Health and Safety at Work, 12(4), 59-61. eScholarID:80688
  • Agius, R (1990). Peer review audit in occupational medicine. J Soc Occup Med, 40(3), 87-8. eScholarID:80690

1989

  • Agius, R (1989). Lessons from studies of occupational asthma. Respiratory exchange, 2(1), 13-16. eScholarID:80687
  • Agius, R (1989). Occupational exposure limits for therapeutic substances. Ann Occup Hyg, 33(4), 555-62. eScholarID:80686
  • Agius, R (1989). Opiate inhalation and occupational asthma. BMJ, 298(6669), eScholarID:80685

1988

  • Robinson, C., Benyon, R., Agius, R., Jones, D., Wright, D. & Holgate, S (1988). The immunoglobulin E- and calcium-dependent release of histamine and eicosanoids from human dispersed mastocytosis spleen cells. J Invest Dermatol, 90(3), 359-65. eScholarID:80684

1987

  • Holgate, S., Agius, R., Robinson, C., Benyon, C. & Church, M (1987). Mast-Cell Heterogeneity between Lung and Skin in Man. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 12(2), 139-140. eScholarID:80683

1986

  • Agius, R., Howarth, P., Church, M., Robinson, C. & Holgate, S (1986). Luminal mast cells of the human respiratory tract. In Befus, A., Bienestock, J. & Denburg, J. (Ed.), Mast cell differrentiation and heterogeneity. (pp. 277-288). New York: Raven Press. eScholarID:80677
  • Agius, R., Howarth, P., Robinson, C. & Holgate, S (1986). Human mucosal mast cells and their mediators. In Kay, A. (Ed.), Asthma, Clinical Pharmacology and Therpeutic Progress. (pp. 274-285). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. eScholarID:80678
  • Agius, R., Rutman, A., Knight, R. & Cole, P (1986). Human pulmonary alveolar macrophages with smokers' inclusions: their relation to the cessation of cigarette smoking. Br J Exp Pathol, 67(3), 407-13. eScholarID:80679
  • Holgate, S., Hardy, C., Howarth, P., Robinson, C., Church, M. & Agius, R (1986). Bronchial mucosal mast cells and their implications in the pathogenesis of asthma. Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir, 22 Suppl 7, 39-47. eScholarID:80680
  • Holgate, S., Hardy, C., Robinson, C., Agius, R. & Howarth, P (1986). The mast cell as a primary effector cell in the pathogenesis of asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 77(2), 274-82. eScholarID:80681
  • Holgate, S., Howarth, P., Beasly, R., Agius, R. & Church, M (1986). Cellular and biochemical events in the pathogenesis of asthma. Eur J Respir Dis Suppl, 144, 34-76. eScholarID:80682

1985

  • Agius, R., Godfrey, R. & Holgate, S (1985). Mast cell and histamine content of human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Thorax, 40(10), 760-7. eScholarID:80674
  • Agius, R., Petricevie, I., Knight, R. & Cole, P (1985). Is Cell-Density a Determinant of Bronchoalveolar Clearance. Thorax, 40(3), 239-239. eScholarID:80673
  • Holgate, S., Benyon, R., Howarth, P., Agius, R., Hardy, C., Robinson, C., Durham, S., Kay, A. & Church, M (1985). Relationship between mediator release from human lung mast cells in vitro and in vivo. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol, 77(1-2), 47-56. eScholarID:80675

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