Michael Macdonald
Ryerson University
7 Papers
13 Citations
Michael Macdonald is an academic researcher from Ryerson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air quality index & Vulnerability. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Global Public Health Implications of a Mass Gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia During the Midst of an Influenza Pandemic
Kamran Khan,Ziad A. Memish,Aneesh Chabbra,Jessica Liauw,Wei Hu,David A. Janes,Jennifer Sears,Julien Arino,Julien Arino,Michael Macdonald,Felipe Calderon,Paulo Raposo,Christine Heidebrecht,Jun Wang,Angie Chan,John S. Brownstein,Michael Gardam +16 more
TL;DR: After the Hajj, resource-limited countries with large numbers of traveling pilgrims could be vulnerable, given their limited ability to purchase H1N1 vaccine and capacity to respond to a possible wave of H1n1 introduced via returning pilgrims.
Entry and exit screening of airline travellers during the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic: a retrospective evaluation
Kamran Khan,Rose Eckhardt,John S. Brownstein,Raza Naqvi,Wei Hu,David Kossowsky,David Scales,Julien Arino,Michael Macdonald,Jun Wang,Jennifer Sears,Martin S. Cetron +11 more
TL;DR: During the earliest stages of the A(H1N1) pandemic, most public health benefits potentially attainable through the screening of air travellers could have been achieved by screening travellers at only eight airports.
An analysis of Canada's vulnerability to emerging infectious disease threats via the global airline transportation network
Kamran Khan,Julien Arino,Felipe Calderon,A. Chan,Michael Gardam,Christine Heidebrecht,Wei Hu,D.A. Janes,Michael Macdonald,Jennifer Sears,Paulo Raposo,S. Wang +11 more
- 01 Jan 2009
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Assessing fine particulate matter concentrations and trends in southern Ontario, Canada, 2003–2012
K. Wayne Forsythe,Cameron Hare,Amy J. Buckland,Richard R. Shaker,Joseph Aversa,Stephen J. Swales,Michael Macdonald +6 more
- 05 Feb 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined ambient air quality trends from 2003 to 2012 by generating prediction surfaces using the ordinary kriging spatial interpolation technique Average PM 25 levels for each year as well as maximum pollutant concentrations for the lowest and the highest year were produced.
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The social media response to the rollout of legalized cannabis retail in Ontario, Canada
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the public's response to the rollout of the government-controlled cannabis retail stores: Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) on Twitter in the one-year period following the legalization of recreational cannabis.