Paul Blanc MD MSPH is Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Parnassus Heights
Campus), and holds the Endowed Chair in Occupational Medicine
at UCSF. He is trained in occupational medicine and internal medicine
and also holds a certificate of added qualifications in medical
toxicology. He received his MD from the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine and has a Masters of Science in Public Health in industrial
hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a former
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and a Fulbright Senior Research
Fellow.
Research Interests His areas of research
concentration include asthma and COPD in relation to
workplace and environmental factors and occupational
and environmental toxicology, especially in terms of
pulmonary responses.
Selected Publications Blanc PD, Ellbjar
S, Janson C, Norback D, Norrman E, Plaschke P, Toren
K. Asthma-related disability in Sweden: the impact of
workplace exposures. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;
160:2028-2033. (abstract)
Blanc PD, Toren K. How much adult asthma can be attributed
to occupational factors? Am J Med 1999; 107:580-587.
(abstract)
Eisner MD, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Shiboski SC, Henke J,
Blanc PD. Predictors of cigarette smoking and smoking
cessation among adults with asthma. Am J Pub Health
2000; 90:1307-1311. (abstract)
Blanc PD, Trupin L, Eisner M, Earnest G, Katz PP, Israel
I, Yelin EH. The work impact of asthma and rhinitis:
findings from a population-based survey. J Clin Epidem
2001;54:610-8 (abstract)
Blanc
PD, Trupin L, Earnest G, San Pedro M, Katz PP, Yelin
EH, Eisner MD. Effects of physician-related factors
on adult asthma care, health status, and quality of
life. Am J Med. 2003; 114:581-7. (abstract)
Blanc
PD, Burney P, Janson C, Toren K. The prevalence and
predictors of respiratory-related work limitation and
occupational disability in an international study. Chest
2003; 124: 1153-59. (abstract)
Trupin L, Earnest G, San Pedro M, Balmes JR, Eisner
MD, Yelin E, Katz PP, Blanc PD. The occupational burden
of chronic obstruction pulmonary disease. Eur Respir
J 2003; 22:462-69. (abstract)
