Klarinet Archive - Posting 000603.txt from 1999/12

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cause for concern?
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 06:07:36 -0500

After reading the article, my only concern is that I'm laughing
too hard to catch my breath. I'm surprised they didn't blame reed
fungus for the deaths - the evidence would be just as compelling
(the authors state that they don't actually have any data indicating
whether the musicians in question even used circular breathing nor
did they look at the cause of death).

(The part about the shorter life expectancy should be accurate
- but I'll bet when they go looking at causes of death, circular
breathing will be out and drugs/ alcohol and/or cigarette smoking
will rise to the top).

> Unsafe sax: cohort study of the impact of too much sax on the
> mortality of famous jazz musicians
> Sanjay Kinra and Mona Okasha
> BMJ 1999;319 1612-1613
> http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1612
> MB
Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
1750 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 641o6-1453
email: dikarius@-----.EDU
http://uhsweb.edu/physio

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