Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and
Occupational Medicine Faculty
Medical School:
University of Illinois
Graduate School:
Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health,
The University of Iowa
Residency:
University of Kentucky
The University of Iowa
Laurence J. Fuortes, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Associate Director, Employee Health Clinic
Dr. Fuortes' research areas are epidemiology of occupational lung disease and cancers in a large cohort of atomic bomb and munitions workers and neurotoxicology.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Public Health Association
Recent Publications
- Saleh SS, Fuortes L, Vaughn T, Bauer EP. Epidemiology of occupational injurIes and illnesses in a university population: A focus on age and gender differences. Am J Ind Med 39(6):581-586, 2001.
- Saleh SS, Phillips KT, Schootman M, Fuortes L. Evaluation of Medicaid status, race, and urbanicity as risk factors for asthma hospitalization. TX J Rural Health 19(1):49-56, 2001.
- Vergara AE, Fuortes L. Surveillance and epidemiology of occupational pesticide poisonings on banana plantations in Costa Rica. Int J Occup Environ Health 1998; 4:199-201.
- Fuortes LJ, Weih L, Pomrehn P, Thorne PS, Jones M, Burmeister L, Merchant JA. Prospective epidemiologic evaluation of laboratory animal allergy among university employees. Am J Ind Med 1997; 32:665-669.
- Fuortes LJ, Cowl CT, Reynolds SJ. Ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors for lead toxicity. J Clean Technol, Environ Toxicol, Occup Med 1997; 6(4):339-343
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