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Robert Dales

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Full ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Robert Dales

Full Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

165

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Research

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Latest papers

Wildfire-Sourced PM2.5 and Emergency Department Visits for Migraine and Other Primary Headache.
JAMA network open · 2026 · first author
Sector-specific ambient air pollution and biomarkers of liver injury. Findings of a cross-sectional population-based survey.
International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026 · first author
Alterations in cardiometabolic markers associated with Canada-wide and sector-specific multiple air pollutant exposures.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2026

All 53 publications

53 publications.

Wildfire-Sourced PM2.5 and Emergency Department Visits for Migraine and Other Primary Headache.

Dales R, Paul N, Cleland SE, Lavigne E, Rouleau M, Evans J, Ferro A, Kunarac K, Owen J, Cakmak S

JAMA network open2026First author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.25015 PMID: 42496976

Sector-specific ambient air pollution and biomarkers of liver injury. Findings of a cross-sectional population-based survey.

Dales R, Evans J, Mitchell K, Rouleau M, Cakmak S

International journal of hygiene and environmental health2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2026.114757 PMID: 41679017

Alterations in cardiometabolic markers associated with Canada-wide and sector-specific multiple air pollutant exposures.

Evans J, Dales R, Mitchell K, Cakmak S

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.127671 PMID: 41544952

Associations between airborne algae, ambient air pollution and lung function in a cross-sectional canadian population-based study.

Dales R, Jurgens D, Delic A, Cakmak S

Environmental research2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120640 PMID: 39689742

Air pollution, weather and positive airway pressure treatment adherence in adults with sleep apnea: a retrospective community-based repeated-measures longitudinal study.

Kendzerska T, Szyszkowicz M, Saymeh M, Mallick R, Carlsten C, Ayas NT, Laratta CR, Orach J, Dales R

Journal of sleep research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14183 PMID: 38439127

The association between the Canadian active living environments index and glucose metabolism in a Canadian national population study.

Dales R, Lukina A, Cakmak S

Environmental research2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119417 PMID: 38880322

The association between neighbourhood walkability and blood lipids: a Canadian population study.

Cakmak S, Lukina A, Dales R

Lipids in health and disease2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12944-024-02267-x PMID: 39267049

Associations between paediatric obesity, chemical mixtures and environmental factors, in a national cross-sectional study of Canadian children.

Dugandzic R, Konstantelos N, Yu Y, Lavigne E, Srugo S, Lang JJ, Larsen K, Pollock T, Villeneuve P, Thomson EM, MacPherson M, Dales R, Cakmak S

Pediatric obesity2024

DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13117 PMID: 38872449

Ambient air pollution exposure and COVID-19 related hospitalizations in Santiago, Chile.

Dales R, Lukina AO, Romero-Meza R, Blanco-Vidal C, Cakmak S

Scientific reports2024First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64668-3 PMID: 38902344

Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Villeneuve PJ, Gill GK, Cottagiri SA, Dales R, Rainham D, Ross NA, Dogan H, Griffith LE, Raina P, Crouse DL

Canadian Journal of Public Health202419 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00841-x PMID: W4390394794

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Robert Dales

Research

Latest papers

Wildfire-Sourced PM2.5 and Emergency Department Visits for Migraine and Other Primary Headache.

Sector-specific ambient air pollution and biomarkers of liver injury. Findings of a cross-sectional population-based survey.

Alterations in cardiometabolic markers associated with Canada-wide and sector-specific multiple air pollutant exposures.

Associations between airborne algae, ambient air pollution and lung function in a cross-sectional canadian population-based study.

Air pollution, weather and positive airway pressure treatment adherence in adults with sleep apnea: a retrospective community-based repeated-measures longitudinal study.

The association between the Canadian active living environments index and glucose metabolism in a Canadian national population study.

The association between neighbourhood walkability and blood lipids: a Canadian population study.

Associations between paediatric obesity, chemical mixtures and environmental factors, in a national cross-sectional study of Canadian children.

Ambient air pollution exposure and COVID-19 related hospitalizations in Santiago, Chile.

Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Frequent collaborators

Yue Chen

Scott Weichenthal

Tetyana Kendzerska

Éric Lavigne

Christopher Carlsten

Jacob Karsh

Parminder Raina

Daniel Rainham

Gregory Taylor

Lauren Griffith

Thomas Kovesi

Teresa To

Ella Atlas

Malcolm Sears

Najib Ayas

Kristian Larsen

Paul Villeneuve

Jeffrey Brook

David Birnie