Particulate matter exposure along designated bicycle routes in Vancouver, British Columbia.

An instrumented bicycle was used to elucidate particulate matter exposures along bicycle routes passing through a variety of land uses over 14 days during summer and fall in a mid-latitude traffic dominated urban setting. Overall, exposures were low or comparable to those found in studies elsewhere (mean PM(2.5) and PM(10) concentrations over each daily bicycle traverse varied between 7-34 microg m(-3) and 26-77 microg m(-3) respectively).

Physician acceptance rate of pharmacist recommendations to reduce use of potentially inappropriate medications in the assisted living setting.

Objective: To reduce the number of potentially inappropriate medication orders, based on the Beers' criteria, for an elderly population residing in assisted living facilities through consultant pharmacist medication review, interventions, and recommendations

Design: Prospective case series of consultant pharmacist recommendations.

Patients: Census of 456 residents of assisted living facilities who received a new or refill medication order during the preceding two months.

Interventions: Potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly were identified and recommendation letters faxed to the physician for consideration.