Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following individuals:

Editorial Board

Louise McRae, Project Coordinator, Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Paula Stewart, Editorial Board Chair; Director, Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Dennis Bowie, Canadian Thoracic Society, Capital District Health Authority, Nova Scotia

Yue Chen, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa

Sharon Gushue, Health Services Research, Canadian Institute for Health Information,

Helen Johansen, Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada

Mary Pat Shaw, National Programs and Operations, The Lung Association

Judy Snider, Tobacco Control Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada,

Editor: Gene Bodzin, Eye of the Storm Communications

Public Health Agency of Canada Resource Team

• Michelle Bishop, Chronic Disease Management Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control,
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Sara Coleman, Communications Directorate, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Wei Luo, Evidence and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control,
  Public Health Agency of Canada
• Linda Mack, Business Operations, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Contributing Authors

Tobacco Use - Judy Snider, Tobacco Control Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

Air Quality - Cheryl Khoury and Marie-Ève Héroux, Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

Occupational Respiratory Disease - Susan Tarlo, University Health Network (Toronto Western Hospital), Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit and University of Toronto; Gary Liss, Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Asthma – text is based on the first report, Respiratory Disease in Canada 2001, of which the following were contributing authors or reviewers: Tony Bai, Canadian Thoracic Society; Andrea Kenney, Allergy/Asthma Information Association; Bill VanGorder, Asthma Advisory Group, Canadian Lung Association

COPD - text is based on the first report, Respiratory Disease in Canada 2001, of which the following were contributing authors or reviewers: Alan McFarlane, COPD Working Group, Canadian Lung Association; Roger Goldstein, Canadian COPD Alliance

COPD (paragraph on impact of respiratory infections) - Dena Schanzer, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Cystic Fibrosis - Yves Berthiaume, CRCHUM, University of Montreal, Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Mary Corey, University of Toronto

Note text is based on the first report, Respiratory Disease in Canada 2001, of which Alan Coates, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, was a contributing author or reviewer.

Sleep Apnea - adapted from a detailed review written by John Fleetham, Canadian Thoracic Society, University of British Columbia

Respiratory Distress Syndrome - text is based on the first report, Respiratory Disease in Canada 2001, of which Robin Walker, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, was a contributing author or reviewer:

Tuberculosis - Derek Scholten, Melissa Phypers, Ed Ellis, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Lung Transplantation - Robert Levy, Canadian Thoracic Society, University of British Columbia

Data Analysis

Helen Johansen, Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada

Neil Johnston, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University

Louise McRae, Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Robert Semenciw, Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Hélène Roberge, Office of Public Health Practice, Public Health Agency of Canada

Rita Susanto, Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Serge Tanguay, Office of Public Health Practice, Public Health Agency of Canada

Caren Uhlik, Tobacco Control Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

Reviewers

Nicholas Anthonisen, Canadian Thoracic Society, Medical Rehabilitation, University of Manitoba

Mike Brauer, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, University of British Columbia

Nicolas Gilbert, Air Health Effects Division, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

Mark Goldberg, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center;

Roger Goldstein, Canadian Thoracic Society, Canadian COPD Alliance, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toronto

Stan Houston, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta

Robert Hyland, Canadian Thoracic Society, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Barry Jessiman, Air Health Effects Division, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

Ying Jiang, Surveillance Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Murray J. Kaiserman, Tobacco Control Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

John Kimoff, Canadian Thoracic Society, Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Centre

Mieke Koehoorn, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia

Larry Lands, Department of Pediatrics, University of McGill
Scott Leatherdale, Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario

Dale Lien, Canadian Thoracic Society, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta

Jocelyne Martin, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Andrew McIvor, Canadian Thoracic Society, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University

Gaëtane Michaud, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary

Debra Morrison, Canadian Thoracic Society, Capital District Health Authority, Nova Scotia

Howard Morrison, Science Office, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada

Robert Reid, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Joseph Reisman, Canadian Thoracic Society, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Dave Stieb, Air Health Effects Division, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada

Elizabeth Tullis, Canadian Thoracic Society, Division of Respirology, University of Toronto

Tom Waddell, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto

Heather Ward, Canadian Thoracic Society, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan