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Dietary intakes of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in FinlandH Kiviranta
Division of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Food Addit Contam 18:945-53. 2001..Thus, the total intake of PCDD/Fs and PCBs was 100 pg TEqday(-1) (1.3pg TEqkg(-1) b.w. day(-1)), which is within the range of tolerable daily intake (TDI) proposed by the WHO (1-4pg TEqkg(-1) b.w. day(-1))...
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in fishermen in FinlandHannu Kiviranta
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, Kuopio, Finland
Environ Health Perspect 110:355-61. 2002..Age was the only significant predictor of ln WHO(PCDD/F)-TEq, whereas age, amount of fish eaten, and place of residence were significant predictors of ln WHO(PCB)-TEq, and ln total WHO-TEq...- PCDD/Fs and PCBs in Baltic herring during the 1990sHannu Kiviranta
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, P O Box 95, FIN 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Chemosphere 50:1201-16. 2003..Between the two studied time points no clear downward trend in concentrations was observed... - Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in the general population in FinlandHannu Kiviranta
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, P O Box 95, FI 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Chemosphere 60:854-69. 2005..Age, lactation, place of residence, and fish consumption frequencies were significant predictors in the models... - Market basket study on dietary intake of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and PBDEs in FinlandHannu Kiviranta
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, PO Box 95, Kuopio 70701, Finland
Environ Int 30:923-32. 2004..This additional source seemed to be found in the market basket that included beverages, spices, and sweets... 
Dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, methyl mercury and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as biomarkers of fish consumptionA W Turunen
Department of Environmental Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
Eur J Clin Nutr 64:313-23. 2010..To assess biomarkers and frequency questions as measures of fish consumption...- Fish consumption, omega-3 fatty acids, and environmental contaminants in relation to low-grade inflammation and early atherosclerosisA W Turunen
Department of Environmental Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Neulaniementie 4, P O Box 95, FI 70210 KUOPIO, Finland
Environ Res 120:43-54. 2013..However, most fish contain environmental contaminants such as dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and methylmercury (MeHg) that may have adverse effects on cardiovascular health... - Dietary accumulation efficiencies and biotransformation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)P Isosaari
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, PO Box 95, FI 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Food Addit Contam 22:829-37. 2005..The PBDE concentration in salmon of different ages, fed on a known concentration of PBDEs in fish feed, could be predicted by using the accumulation efficiencies determined in this study... - Endotoxins and IgG antibodies as indicators of occupational exposure to the microbial contaminants of metal-working fluidsS Laitinen
Kuopio Regional Institute of Occupational Health, P O Box 93, FIN 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 72:443-50. 1999..The aim of this study was to evaluate workers' exposure to microbes and bacterial endotoxins during the use of metal-working fluids (MWF)... - Associations between congenital cryptorchidism in newborn boys and levels of dioxins and PCBs in placentaH E Virtanen
Departments of Physiology and Paediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Int J Androl 35:283-93. 2012..In conclusion, no association between placenta levels of dioxins or PCBs and congenital cryptorchidism was found. Significant country differences in chemical levels were observed... - Cancer risk near a polluted river in FinlandPia K Verkasalo
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Environ Health Perspect 112:1026-31. 2004..0 km from the river. Despite the limitations of exposure assessment, we cannot exclude the possibility that residence near the river may have contributed to a small increase in cancer risk, especially among farmers... - Spatial distibution and temporal accumulation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in the Gulf of FinlandPirjo Isosaari
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Environ Sci Technol 36:2560-5. 2002..Moreover, the reduced PCDD/F and PCB concentrations were partly due to the dilution by increased dry matter deposition. PCBs were uniformly distributed over the gulf, and the PCB load in the polluted area was 2020 kg or 0.14 kg WHO-TEG... - Profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in aquatic biotaOtt Roots
Estonian Environmental Research Institute, Estonian Marine Institute, Tallinn, Estonia
Arh Hig Rada Toksikol 59:153-9. 2008..However, the profiles of PBDEs in fish from the Baltic are very similar and form a tight "cluster". PBDE profiles in crustaceans appear different from those in fish... - Mortality in a cohort with high fish consumptionAnu W Turunen
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, Kuopio, Finland
Int J Epidemiol 37:1008-17. 2008..Our aim was to assess the mortality of fishermen and fishermen's wives in Finland, presuming that the mortality reflects their high consumption of contaminated fish... - Blood levels of organotin compounds and their relation to fish consumption in FinlandPanu Rantakokko
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, P O Box 95, FIN 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Sci Total Environ 399:90-5. 2008..72-3.14). To the best of our knowledge, this study confirmed for the first time with human samples that fish consumption can be associated with triphenyltin concentration in whole blood... - Organohalogen pollutants in herring from the northern Baltic Sea: concentrations, congener profiles and explanatory factorsJaana Koistinen
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, P O Box 95, FI 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Environ Pollut 154:172-83. 2008..Similar concentrations in small and large herring in the Gulf of Finland were possibly due to their common nutrition. In the other areas, differences between small and large herring most likely reflected their different food sources... - Flame retardants in placenta and breast milk and cryptorchidism in newborn boysKatharina Maria Main
University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Environ Health Perspect 115:1519-26. 2007..Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely used in Western countries... - Interference of contaminated sediment extracts and environmental pollutants with retinoid signalingJiri Novak
Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 3, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Environ Toxicol Chem 26:1591-9. 2007..However, the effects of PAHs on the retinoic acid signaling pathways do not seem to be mediated directly by crosstalk with aryl hydrocarbon receptor... - Human dietary intake of organochlorines from Baltic herring: implications of individual fish variability and fisheries managementMikko Kiljunen
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Ambio 36:257-64. 2007..Increased fishing would only slightly decrease organochlorine concentrations of herring in the Finnish fish market... - Predicting effects of exploitation rate on weight-at-age, population dynamics, and bioaccumulation of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in herring (Clupea harengus L.) in the Northern Baltic SeaHeikki Peltonen
Finnish Environment Institute, FI 00251 Helsinki, Finland
Environ Sci Technol 41:1849-55. 2007.... - Accumulation and distribution of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, dibenzofuran, and polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)Pirjo Isosaari
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, P O Box 95, FIN 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Environ Toxicol Chem 23:1672-9. 2004..Differences in the behavior of PCDD/F and PCB congeners resulted in a selective enrichment of the most toxic congeners in salmon... - Risk-benefit analysis of eating farmed salmonJouni T Tuomisto
Science 305:476-7; author reply 476-7. 2004 - Soft-tissue sarcoma and dioxin: A case-control studyJouni T Tuomisto
Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, PO Box 95, FIN 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Int J Cancer 108:893-900. 2004..The results imply that dioxin does not increase the risk of soft-tissue sarcoma at the present population levels... - The dependence of organohalogen compound concentrations on herring age and size in the Bothnian Sea, northern BalticRaimo Parmanne
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, P O Box 2, FI 00791 Helsinki, Finland
Mar Pollut Bull 52:149-61. 2006..More intensive fishing could reduce the concentrations of organohalogens, including the abundant, accumulative and toxic 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF congener in the Baltic herring catch... - Natal and neonatal teeth in relation to environmental toxicantsSatu Alaluusua
Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
Pediatr Res 52:652-5. 2002..No association was found between pollutant levels and occurrence of natal and neonatal teeth, indicating that the prevailing levels of PCDD/Fs and PCBs are likely to be below the threshold to cause perinatal eruption of teeth... - Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, biphenyls, naphthalenes and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the edible fish caught from the Baltic Sea and lakes in FinlandPirjo Isosaari
National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, P O Box 95, FI 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Environ Pollut 141:213-25. 2006..Dioxin-like PCBs contributed to the total dioxin-like toxicity of PCBs and PCDD/Fs by 49+/-12% in all the analysed samples... - Dioxin concentrations in sediments of the Baltic Sea--a survey of existing dataMatti Verta
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, P O Box 140, FI 00251 Helsinki, Finland
Chemosphere 67:1762-75. 2007..Major areas with data gaps cover the south-eastern and eastern coastal regions of the Baltic Proper and the southern Gulf of Finland... - Detecting AhR ligands in sediments using bioluminescent reporter yeastPiia Leskinen
Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI 20014 Turku, Finland
Biosens Bioelectron 23:1850-5. 2008..The yeast assay described in this paper can be useful in screening and prioritization of samples prior to chemical analysis. Moreover, the strain can be used in the construction of fibre-optic biosensors... - Control of workers' exposure to airborne endotoxins and formaldehyde during the use of metalworking fluidsMarkku Linnainmaa
Kuopio Regional Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 93, FIN-70701 Kuopio, Finland
AIHA J (Fairfax, Va) 64:496-500. 2003..Triazine levels in MWF can be followed by the method described in this article. Workers' exposure to contaminants of MWF can be reduced substantially by enclosing the machines and equipping them with local exhausts...