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pro vyhledávání: '"Ritva Piipari"'
Publikováno v:
Occupational Medicine. 57:277-283
Aim To investigate the incidences and trends of occupational skin diseases (OSDs) and allergic respiratory diseases (ARDs) in machinists working in the fabrication of metal products. Methods Data from the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases dur
Publikováno v:
European Respiratory Journal. 29:85-90
The aim of the present study was to describe the cases of occupational asthma (OA) due to stainless steel welding fumes diagnosed at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health during the period 1994-2003. OA was diagnosed according to patient histo
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Public Health. 93:2055-2060
Objectives. The authors assessed the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on the development of asthma in adults. Methods. In the Pirkanmaa district of South Finland, all 21- to 63-year-old adults with new cases of asthma diagnosed during a 2
Publikováno v:
Lung Cancer. 39:265-272
Interindividual differences in the expression of carcinogen-metabolizing enzymes in the lung may modify the effective dose of tobacco carcinogens in this organ. We investigated the role of detoxifying glutathione S-transferases (GST) in the formation
Autor:
A.-M. Haapala, Ritva Piipari, Maritta S. Jaakkola, Jukka Uitti, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, S. Laitinen, Henrik Nordman
Publikováno v:
Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 129:107-112
SUMMARY Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against microbes related to indoor dampness problems have been used as potential biomarkers of fungal exposure in clinical investigations. There is limited information on their relation to asthma. We conducte
Autor:
Timo Mäntylä, Ritva Piipari, Hannu Raunio, Janne Hukkanen, Philippe Beaune, Kirsti Savela, Tuula Nurminen, Sisko Anttila, Jukka Hakkola, Robert Edwards, Alan R. Boobis
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Cancer. 86:610-616
Variability in the expression of enzymes metabolizing carcinogens derived from cigarette smoke may contribute to individual susceptibility to pulmonary carcinogenesis. This study was designed to determine the effects of smoking and 3 major cytochrome
Autor:
Janne Hukkanen, Sisko Anttila, Ritva Piipari, Olavi Pelkonen, Hannu Raunio, Antti Karjalainen, Jukka Hakkola
Publikováno v:
Molecular Carcinogenesis. 20:224-230
Human pulmonary tissues are known to contain enzymes mediating procarcinogen activation. Peripheral blood lymphocytes and bronchoalveolar macrophages (BAMs) have been used as surrogates for the lung in studies involving cytochrome P450 (CYP) paramete
Autor:
E. Vanhala, Antti Karjalainen, M Monkkonen, T. Mäntylä, Pentti Tukiainen, Ritva Piipari, M Nurminen, S. Anttila
Publikováno v:
European Respiratory Journal. 9:1000-1005
In Finland, unlike other countries, anthophyllite asbestos has been widely used due to its domestic production in 1918-1975. In this particular context, the aim of the present study was to analyse the relationship between asbestos bodies (ABs) in bro
Publikováno v:
American journal of industrial medicine. 49(5)
Background Although upper respiratory symptoms have been reported to occur in welders, occupational laryngitis of immediate hypersensitivity type due to welding fumes of stainless steel has not been previously reported. Methods Occupational laryngiti
Autor:
Helena Keskinen, Ritva Piipari
Publikováno v:
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 35(12)
Summary Background Occupational asthma is an avoidable form of asthma. In Finland, the diagnosis of occupational asthma entitles substantial compensation to the employee. The diagnostics are based on symptoms, exposure assessment, allergologic invest