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• Prevalence of cold-related symptoms among Thai chicken meat industry workers: association with workplace temperature and thermal insulation of clothing.

  Authors:Chotirot Chotiphan, Nipaporn Auttanate, Suchinda Jarupat Maruo, Simo Nayha, Kirsi Jussila, Sirkka Rissanen, et al.From:Industrial Health (Vol. 58, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20203,329 words Report 1520LThis study determined the association of cold-related symptoms with workplace temperature and thermal insulation of clothing among Thai chicken industry workers. Three hundred workers were interviewed regarding...

• Office work, SBS and respiratory and sick building syndrome symptoms

  Authors:Maritta S. Jaakkola, Liyan Yang, Antonia Ieromnimon, and Jouni J.K. JaakkolaFrom:Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Vol. 64, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2007 Article

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• Asthma, wheezing, and allergies in Russian schoolchildren in relation to new surface materials in the home

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Helen Parise, Victor Kislitsin, Natalia I. Lebedeva, and John D. SpenglerFrom:The American Journal of Public Health (Vol. 94, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 200473 words Brief article

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• Secular trend in the occurrence of asthma among children and young adults: critical appraisal of repeated cross sectional surveys

  Authors:Per Magnus and Jouni J.K. JaakkolaFrom:British Medical Journal (Vol. 314, Issue 7097) Peer-Reviewed

  June 21, 19973,032 words Article Objectives: To review repeated surveys of the rising prevalence of obstructive lung disease among children and young adults and determine whether systematic biases may explain the observed trends. Design: Review of...

• Time-dependent exposures and the fixed-cohort bias: Hwang et al. respond

  Authors:Fang-Bing Hwang, Yungling Leo Lee, and Jouni J.K. JaakkolaFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2011297 words Letter to the editor... 1340LBarnett expresses concerns about a potential bias in our article (Hwang et al. 2011) related to use of a fixed study period based on the date of delivery: on average a shorter duration of gestation among stillbirths...

• Fine-scale exposure to allergenic pollen in the urban environment: evaluation of land use regression approach

  Authors:Jan Hjort, Timo T. Hugg, Harri Antikainen, Jarmo Rusanen, Mikhail Sofiev, Jaakko Kukkonen, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 124, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20166,423 words Report 1520LBACKGROUND: Despite the recent developments in physically and chemically based analysis of atmospheric particles, no models exist for resolving the spatial variability of pollen concentration at urban scale....

• The role of exposure to phthalates from polyvinyl chloride products in the development of asthma and allergies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola and Trudy L. KnightFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 116, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20088,667 words Article 1420LBACKGROUND: Phthalates from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics may have adverse effects on airways and immunologic systems, but the evidence has not been reviewed systematically. OBJECTIVE: We reviewed the evidence...

• Home dampness and molds, parental atopy, and asthma in childhood: a six-year population-based cohort study

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Bing-Fang Hwang, and Niina JaakkolaFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 113, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20054,287 words Article Previous studies of how parental atopy and exposure to dampness and molds contribute to the risk of asthma have been mainly cross-sectional or prevalent case-control studies, where selection and information bias and...

• Risk of specific birth defects in relation to chlorination and the amount of natural organic matter in the water supply

  Authors:Bing-Fang Hwang, Per Magnus, and Jouni J.K. JaakkolaFrom:American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 156, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 15, 2002 Abstract

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• Home dampness and molds as determinants of allergic rhinitis in childhood: a 6-year, population-based cohort study

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Bing-Fang Hwang, and Maritta S. JaakkolaFrom:American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 172, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 15, 2010 Author abstract, Rep...

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• Exposure to fine particulate matter (P[M.sub.2.5]) among highway toll station workers in Taipei: direct and indirect: exposure assessment

  Authors:Ching-Huang Lai, Saou-Hsing Liou, Tung-Sheng Shih, Perng-Jy Tsai, Hsiao-Lung Chen, Yue-Cune Chang, et al.From:Archives of Environmental Health (Vol. 59, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2004 Article

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• Extremely cold and hot temperatures increase the risk of ischaemic heart disease mortality: epidemiological evidence from China

  Authors:Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Yanshen Zhang, Ben Armstrong, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Shilu Tong, et al.From:Heart (Vol. 99, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 1, 2013 Clinical report

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• Interior surface materials and asthma in adults: a population-based incident case-control study

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Antonia leromnimon, and Maritta S. JaakkolaFrom:American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 164, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 15, 2006 Author abstract 60L

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• The effect of air humidification on symptoms and perception of indoor air quality in office workers: a six-period cross-over trial

  Authors:Leena M. Reinikainen, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, and Olli SeppanenFrom:Archives of Environmental Health (Vol. 47, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 1992 Article

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• Air pollution and stillbirth: a population-based case-control study in Taiwan

  Authors:Bing-Fang Hwang, Yungling Leo Lee, and Jouni J.K. JaakkolaFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 119, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20114,050 words Report 1460LBACKGROUND: There is limited evidence suggesting that prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants may increase the risk of stillbirth, but previous epidemiological studies have not elaborated the most susceptible...

• Maternal smoking in pregnancy, fetal development, and childhood asthma

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola and Mika GisslerFrom:The American Journal of Public Health (Vol. 94, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2004116 words Article

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• Fetal Growth and Length of Gestation in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Assessed by Hair Nicotine Concentration

  Authors:Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Niina Jaakkola, and Kolbjorn ZahlsenFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 109, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20014,596 words Article We assessed the effects of prenatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on fetal growth and length of gestation. The study population consisted of 389 nonsmoking women who were selected from a population-based study...

• Drinking water mutagenicity and gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancers: an ecological study in Finland

  Authors:Meri Koivusalo, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Terttu Vartiainen, Timo Hakulinen, Sakari Karjalainen, Eero Pukkala, et al.From:The American Journal of Public Health (Vol. 84, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 1994314 words Article

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• Air pollution and the risk of cardiac defects: a population-based case-control study

  Authors:Bing-Fang Hwang, Yungling Leo Lee, and Jouni J.K. JaakkolaFrom:Medicine (Vol. 94, Issue 43) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 28, 2015 Report

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• Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene-glucuronide as a biomarker of exposure to various vehicle exhausts among highway toll-station workers in Taipei, Taiwan

  Authors:Ching-Huang Lai, Saou-Hsing Liou, Tung-Sheng Shih, Perng-Jy Tsai, Hsiao-Lung Chen, Timothy J. Buckley, et al.From:Archives of Environmental Health (Vol. 59, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 2004 Article

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