Kari Kuulasmaa

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

3 January 2012

Contents:

  • Original printed articles
  • Publications in the World Wide Web
  • Recommendations and reports
  • Books
  • Reviews and editorials
  • Theses
  • Internal reports of the WHO MONICA project
  • Published abstracts
  • Invited presentations in international conferences (without published abstract)
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    Original printed articles:

    1. Kuulasmaa K. The spatial general epidemic and locally dependent random graphs. J Appl Prob 1982;19:745-58.
    2. Kuulasmaa K. The product representation of a locally dependent random graph. Stochastic Processes Appl 1984;17:147-58.
    3. Kuulasmaa K, Zachary S. On spatial general epidemics and bond percolation processes. J Appl Prob 1984;21:911-4.
    4. Mollison D, Kuulasmaa K. Spatial epidemic models: theory and simulations. In: Bacon PJ, ed. The Population dynamics of rabies in wildlife. London: Academic Press, 1985:291-309.
    5. Tuulonen A, Airaksinen PJ, Kuulasmaa K. Factors influencing the outcome of laser trabeculoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol 1985;99:388-91.
    6. Piha T, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P. Eräiden oireiden yleisyyden ja koetun terveyden kehitys Suomessa 1979-83. Sosiaalilääketiet Aikakausl 1986;23:335-7.
    7. Tuomilehto J, Geboers J, Salonen JT, Nissinen A, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P. Decline in cardiovascular mortality in North Karelia and in other parts of Finland. BMJ1986;293:1068-73.
    8. Kuulasmaa K. On the reproduction rate of the spatial general epidemic. In: Tautu P, ed. Stochastic spatial processes, mathematical theories and biological applications. Berlin: Springer, 1986:195-9. (Lecture Notes in Mathematics no 1212.)
    9. Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, for the MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project: Geographic variation in mortality from cardiovascular diseases. World Health Stat Q 1987;40:171-84.
    10. Pajak A, Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J, Ruokokoski E, for the MONICA Project. Geographical variation in the major risk factors of coronary heart disease in men and women aged 35-64 years. World Health Stat Q 1988;41:115-40.
    11. Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project: Assessing CHD mortality and morbidity. Int J Epidemiol 1989;18(suppl 1):S38-S45.
    12. Keil U, Kuulasmaa K, for the MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project: Risk factors. Int J Epidemiol 1989; 18(suppl 1):S46-S55.
    13. Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Korhonen H, Mustaniemi H, Vartiainen E, Nissinen A, Kuulasmaa K, Niemensivu H, Salonen JT. Trends and determinants of ischaemic heart disease mortality in Finland: with special reference to a possible levelling off in the early 1980s. Int J Epidemiol 1989;18(suppl 1):S109-17.
    14. Tuominen M, Kuulasmaa K, Taivainen T, Rosenberg PH. Individual predictability of repeated spinal anaesthesia with isobaric bupivacaine. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1989;33:13-4.
    15. Asplund K, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, for the MONICA Project. Multinational stroke mortality data at the baseline of the WHO MONICA Project. In: Meyer JS et al., eds. Cerebral vascular disease. Elsevier Science Publishers, BV (Biomedical Division), 1989;7:167-70.
    16. The WHO MONICA Project. A worldwide monitoring system for cardiovascular diseases: Cardiovascular mortality and risk factors in selected communities. World Health Stat A 1989;27-149.
    17. Hakulinen T, Pukkala E, Kenward M, Teppo L, Puska P, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K. Changes in cancer incidence in North Karelia, an area with a comprehensive preventive cardiovascular programme. In: Hakama M, Beral V, Cullen JV,. Parkin DM, eds. Evaluating effectiveness of primary prevention of Cancer. Lyon: International Agency for Research in Cancer, 1990:291-309. (IARC scientific publication no 103.)
    18. Taivainen T, Tuominen M., Kuulasmaa K, Rosenberg PH. A prospective study on reproducibility of the spread of spinal anesthesia using plain 0.5% bupivacaine. Reg Anesth 1990;15;12-4.
    19. Döring A, Pajak A, Ferrario M, Grafnetter D, Kuulasmaa K, for the MONICA Project. Methods of total cholesterol measurement in the baseline survey of the WHO MONICA Project. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 1990;38:455-461.
    20. Hense HW, Kuulasmaa K, Zaborskis A, Kupsc W, Tuomilehto J, for the MONICA Project. Quality assessment of blood pressure measurements in epidemiological surveys. The impact of last digit preference and the proportions of identical duplicate measurements. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique1990;38:463-468.
    21. Dobson A, Kuulasmaa K, Eberle E, Scherer J. Confidence intervals for weighted sums of Poisson parameters. Stat Med 1991;10: 457-62.
    22. Tuomilehto J, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Kankaanpää J, Ketonen M, Kuulasmaa K, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Mustaniemi H, Palomäki P, Puska P, Pyörälä K, Salomaa V, Torppa J, Vuorenmaa T. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Finland - baseline data from the FINMONICA AMI register in 1983-1985. Eur Heart J 1992;13:577-87.
    23. Salomaa V, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Ketonen M, Kuulasmaa K, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Mustaniemi H, Niemelä M, Palomäki P, Pyörälä K, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Vuorenmaa T. Trends of the incidence and mortality of coronary heart disease in Finland, 1983-1988. Am J Epidemiol 1992;136;1303-15.
    24. Rastenyte D, Salomaa V, Mustaniemi H, Rasteniene D, Grazuleviziene R, Cepaitis Z, Kankaanpää J, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, Bluzhas J, Tuomilehto J. Comparison of trends in ischaemic heart disease between North Karelia, Finland and Kaunas, Lithuania from 1971 to 1987. Br Heart J 1992;68:516-23.
    25. Salomaa V, Rasi V, Pekkanen J, Jauhiainen M, Vahtera E, Pietinen P, Korhonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Enholm C. The effects of saturated fat and n-6 polyunsaturated fat on postprandial lipemia and hemostatic activity. Atherosclerosis 1993;103:1-11.
    26. Mähönen M, Miettinen H, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J, Molarius A, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Ketonen M, Kuulasmaa K, Lehto S, Mustaniemi H, Niemelä M, Palomäki P, Salomaa V, Torppa J, Vuorenmaa T. Poistoilmoitusrekisteriin ja FINMONICA-sydänrekisteriin perustuvien sydäninfarktin ilmaantuvuusarvioiden vertailu. Suom Lääkäril 1993;48:3575-81.
    27. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Rajakangas A-M, Pajak A, for the MONICA Project. Myocardial infarction and coronary deaths in the World Health Organisation MONICA Project. Registration procedures, event rates and case fatality in 38 populations from 21 countries in 4 continents. Circulation 1994;90:583-612.
    28. Stewart AW, Kuulasmaa K, Beaglehole R, for the MONICA Project. Ecological analysis of the association between mortality and major risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Int J Epidemiol 1994;23:505-16.
    29. Suzuki K, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J, Kutsuzowa T, Narva E, Sivenius J, Salmi K, Kaarsalo E, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K. Stroke incidence and case-fatality in Finland and in Akita, Japan: a comparative study. Neuroepidemiology 1994;13:236-44.
    30. Salomaa V, Miettinen H, Palomäki P, Arstila M, Mustaniemi H, Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J: Diagnoctic features of acute myocardial infarction -changes over time from 1983 to 1990: results from the FINMONICA AMI register study. J Intern Med 1995;237:151-9.
    31. Asplund K, Bonita R, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Feigin V, Schädlich H, Suzuki K, Thorvaldsen P, Tuomilehto J, for the MONICA Project. Multinational comparisons of stroke epidemiology - evaluation of case-ascertainment in the WHO MONICA stroke study. Stroke 1995;26:355-60.
    32. Thorvaldsen P, Asplund K, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Schroll M, for the MONICA Project. Stroke incidence, case fatality and mortality in the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke 1995;26:361-7.
    33. Vartiainen E, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K: Do changes in cardiovascular risk factors explain changes in mortality from stroke in Finland. BMJ 1995;310:901-4.
    34. Mähönen M, Miettinen H, Pyörälä K, Molarius A, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, for the FINMONICA AMI Register Study Team: Hospital discharge register data in the assessment of trends in acute myocardial infarction. Ann Med 1995;27:547-54.
    35. Hense HW, Koivisto A-M, Kuulasmaa K, Zaborskis A, Kupsc W, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Assessment of blood pressure measurement quality in the baseline surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. J Hum Hypertens 1995; 9:935-46.
    36. Asplund K, Rajakangas A-M, Kuulasmaa K, Thorvaldsen P, Bonita R, Stegmayr B, Suzuki K, Eisenblätter D, for the MONICA Project. Multinational comparison of diagnostic procedures and management of acute stroke - the WHO MONICA Study. Cerebrovascular Diseases 1996; 6:66-74.
    37. Dobson A, Filipiak B, Kuulasmaa K, Beaglehole R, Stewart A, Hobbs M, Parsons R, Keil U, Greiser E, Korhonen HJ, Tuomilehto J. Relations of changes in coronary heart disease rates and changes in risk factor levels: methodological issues and a practical example. Am J Epidemiol 1996;143:1025-34.
    38. Tuomilehto J, Rastenyte D, Sivenius J, Sarti C, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Kuulasmaa K, Narva E, Salomaa V, Salmi K, Torppa J. Ten-year trends in stroke incidence and mortality in the FINMONICA Stroke Study. Stroke 1996;27:825-32.
    39. Salomaa V, Miettinen H, Kuulasmaa K, Niemelä M, Ketonen M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehto S, Palomäki P, Mähönen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Mustaniemi H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Pyörälä K. Decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Finland during 1983 to 1992: roles on incidence, recurrence and case-fatality; The FINMONICA MI Register Study. Circulation 1996;94:3130-7.
    40. Salomaa V, Dobson A, Miettinen H, Rajakangas A-M, Kuulasmaa K, for the MONICA Project. Mild myocardial infarction - a classification problem in epidemiologic studies. J Clin Epidemiol 1997;50:3-13.
    41. Thorvaldsen P, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Rastenyte D, Sarti C, Wilhelmsen L, for the MONICA Project. Stroke trends in the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke 1997;28:500-6.
    42. Stegmayr B, Asplund K, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Thorvaldsen P, Tuomilehto J, for the MONICA Project. Stroke incidence and mortality correlated to stroke risk factors in the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke 1997;28:1367-74.
    43. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Kuulasmaa K, Dobson AJ and Sans S, for the MONICA Project. Smoking and relative body weight: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. J Epidemiol Community Health 1997;51:252-60.
    44. Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, for the WHO MONICA Project. Statistical issues related to following populations rather than individuals over time. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute: Proceedings of the 51st Session; 1997 Aug 18-26; Istanbul, Turkey.Voorburg: International Statistical Institute; 1997. Book 1; 295-8. Also available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/isi97/isi97.htm.
    45. Mähönen M, Salomaa V, Brommels M, Molarius A, Miettinen H, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Ketonen M, Kuulasmaa K, Lehto S, Mustaniemi H, Niemelä M, Palomäki P, Torppa J, Vuorenmaa T. The validity of hospital discharge register data on coronary heart disease in Finland. Eur J Epidemiol 1997;13:403-15.
    46. Chambless L, Keil U, Dobson A, Mähönen M, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Löwel H, Tunstall-Pedoe H, for the MONICA Project. Population versus clinical view of case fatality from acute coronary heart disease: results from the WHO MONICA Project 1985-1990. Circulation 1997;96:3849-59.
    47. Jackson R, Chambless L, Higgins M, Kuulasmaa K, Wijnberg L, Williams OD, for the WHO MONICA Project and ARIC Study. Gender differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality and risk factors in 46 communities: an ecologic analysis. Cardiovascular Risk Factors 1997;7:43-54.
    48. Wolf HK, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, Domarkiene S, Cepaitis Z, Molarius A, Sans S, Dobson A, Keil U, Rywik S, for the WHO MONICA Project. Blood pressure levels in the 41 populations of the WHO MONICA project. J Hum Hypertens 1997;11:733-42.
    49. Dobson A, Evans A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Sans S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Tuomilehto J, Wedel H, Yarnell J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Changes in estimated coronary risk in the 1980s: Data from 38 populations in the WHO MONICA Project. Annals of Medicine 1998;30:199-205.
    50. Evans A, Dobson A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Sans S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Tuomilehto J, Wedel H, Yarnell J, for the WHO MONICA Project. The WHO MONICA Project: changes in coronary risk in the 1980s. Proceedings of the XIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis; 5-9 October 1997, Paris, France. Elsevier Science, Atherosclerosis XI, 1998; 49-55.
    51. Dobson A, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Evans A, Fortmann SP, Jamrozik K, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Changes in cigarette smoking among adults in 35 populations in the mid 1980s. Tobacco Control 1998;7:14-21.
    52. Sivenius J, Sarti C, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Narva EV, Salomaa V, Salmi K, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J. Aivohalvausten ilmaantuvuuden ja aivohalvauskuolleisuuden muutokset kymmenen vuoden aikana FINMONICA-tutkimuksessa. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:3071-79.
    53. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Waist and hip circumferences, and waist-hip ratio in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. Int J Obes 1999;23:116-125.
    54. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Ruokokoski E, Amouyel P, for the WHO MONICA (monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) Project. Contribution of trends in survival and coronary-event rates to changes in coronary heart disease mortality: 10-year results from 37 WHO MONICA Project populations. Lancet 1999;353:1547-57.
    55. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Varying sensitivity of waist action levels to identify subjects with overweight or obesity in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. J Clin Epid 1999;52:1213-24.
    56. Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Dobson A, Fortmann S, Sans S, Tolonen H, Evans A, Ferrario M, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations. Lancet 2000;355:675-87.
    57. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Vanuzzo D, Hobbs M, Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, Keil U, for the WHO MONICA Project.  Estimation of contribution of changes in coronary care to improving survival, event rates, and coronary heart disease mortality across the WHO MONICA Project populations. Lancet 2000;355:688-700.
    58. Salomaa V, Niemelä M, Miettinen H, Ketonen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Koskinen S, Mähönen M, Lehto S, Vuorenmaa T, Palomäki P, Mustaniemi H, Kaarsalo E, Arstila M, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J. Relationship of socioeconomic status to the incidence and prehospital, 28-day, and 1-year mortality rates of acute coronary events in the FINMONICA myocardial infarction register study. Circulation 2000;101:1913-18.
    59. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Educational level, relative body weight, and changes in their association over 10 years: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. Am J Public Health 2000;90:1260-68.
    60. Molarius A, Parsons RW, Dobson AJ, Evans A, Fortmann SP, Jamrozik K, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in cigarette smoking in 36 populations from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s: findings from the WHO MONICA Project. Am J Public Health 2001;91:206-12.
    61. Salomaa V, Miettinen H, Niemelä M, Ketonen M, Mähönen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Lehto S, Vuorenmaa T, Koskinen S, Palomäki P, Mustaniemi H, Kaarsalo E, Arstila M, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J. Relation of socioeconomic position to the case fatality, prognosis and treatment of myocardial infarction events; the FINMONICA MI Register Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2001;55:475-482.
    62. Jakovljevic D, Sarti C, Sivenius J, Torppa J, Mähönen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Alhainen K, Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Salomaa V. Socioeconomic status and ischemic stroke; The FINMONICA Stroke Register. Stroke 2001;32:1492-1498.
    63. Evans A, Tolonen H, Hense HW, Ferrario M, Sans S, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in coronary risk factors in the WHO MONICA Project. Int J Epidemiol 2001;30(Suppl 1):S35-S40.
    64. Kulathinal SB, Kuulasmaa K, Gasbarra D. Estimation of an errors-in-variables regression model when the variances of the measurement errors vary between the observations. Stat Med 2002;21:1089-1101.
    65. Tolonen H, Mähönen M, Asplund K, Rastenyte D, Kuulasmaa K, Vanuzzo D, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Do trends in population levels of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors explain trends in stroke event rates? Comparisons of 15 populations in 9 countries within the WHO MONICA Stroke Project. Stroke 2002;33:2367-2375.
    66. Salomaa V, Ketonen M, Koukkunen H, Immonen-Räihä P, Jerkkola T, Kärjä-Koskenkari P, Mähönen M, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K, Palomäki P, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehtonen A, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Kesäniemi YA, Pyörälä K. Trends in coronary events in Finland during 1983-1997; The FINAMI study. Eur Heart J 2003;24:311-319.
    67. Salomaa V, Ketonen M, Koukkunen H, Immonen-Räihä P, Jerkkola T, Kärjä-Koskenkari P, Mähönen M, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K, Palomäki P, Mustonen J, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehtonen A, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Kesäniemi YA, Pyörälä K. Decline in out-of-hospital coronary heart disease deaths has contributed the main part to the overall decline in coronary heart disease mortality rates among persons 35 to 64 years of age in Finland; The FINAMI Study. Circulation 2003;108:691-696.
    68. Sivenius J, Tuomilehto J, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarisalo M, Sarti C, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Lehtonen A, Salomaa V. Continuous 15-Year Decrease in Incidence and Mortality of Stroke in Finland. The FINSTROKE Study. Stroke 2004;35:420-425.
    69. Silventoinen K, Sans S, Tolonen H, Monterde D, Kuulasmaa K, Kesteloot H, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in obesity and energy supply in the WHO MONICA Project. Int J Obes 2004;28,710-718.
    70. Lundberg V, Tolonen H, Stegmayr H, Kuulasmaa K, Asplund K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy in the WHO MONICA Project. Maturitas 2004;48:39-49.
    71. Gostynski M, Gutzwiller F, Kuulasmaa K, Döring A, Ferrario M, Grafnetter D, Pajak A, for the WHO MONICA Project. Analysis of the relationship between total cholesterol, age, body mass index among males and females in the WHO MONICA Project. Int J Obes 2004;28:1082-1090.
    72. Mähönen M, McElduff P, Dobson AJ, Kuulasmaa K, Evans A, for the WHO MONICA Project. Current smoking and the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction in the WHO MONICA Project populations. Tob Control 2004;13:244-250.
    73. Kark JD, Goldberger N, Fink R, Adler B, Kuulasmaa K, Goldman S. A unique pattern of myocardial infarction occurrence in Israelis: A Mediterranean anomaly. Atherosclerosis 2005;178:129-138.
    74. Evans A, Salomaa V, Kulathinal S, Asplund K, Cambien F, Ferrario M, Perola M, Peltonen L, Shields D, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, for the MORGAM Project. MORGAM (an international pooling of cardiovascular cohorts). Int J Epidemiol 2005;34:21-27.
    75. Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Niemelä M, Vartiainen E. Total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of population based health surveys: a comprehensive follow up of 54 372 Finnish men and women. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59:310-315.
    76. Wolf HK, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Sans S, Molarius A, Eastwood BJ, for the WHO MONICA Project. Effect of sampling frames on response rates in the WHO MONICA risk factor surveys. Eur J Epidemiol 2005;20:293-299.
    77. Pajunen P, Koukkunen H, Ketonen M, Jerkkola T, Immonen-Räihä P, Kärjä-Koskenkari P, Mähönen M, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K, Palomäki P, Mustonen J, Lehtonen A, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Kesäniemi YA, Pyörälä K, Salomaa V. The validity of the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and Causes of Death Register data on coronary heart disease. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2005;12:132-137.
    78. Tolonen H, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Standardization of total cholesterol measurement in population surveys - pre-analytic sources of variation and their effect on the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2005;12:257-267.
    79. Barnett AG, Dobson AJ, McElduff P, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Sans S, for the WHO MONICA Project. Cold periods and coronary events: an analysis of populations worldwide. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59:551-557.
    80. Silander K, Komulainen K, Ellonen P, Jussila M, Alanne M, Levander M, Tainola P, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Perola M, Peltonen L, Saarela J. Evaluating whole genome amplification via multiply-primed rolling circle amplification for SNP genotyping of samples with low DNA yield. Twin Res Hum Genet 2005;8:368-375.
    81. Pajunen P, Koukkunen H, Ketonen M, Jerkkola T, Immonen-Raiha P, Karja-Koskenkari P, Mahonen M, Niemela M, Kuulasmaa K, Palomaki P, Mustonen J, Lehtonen A, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Juolevi A, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Kesaniemi YA, Pyorala K, Salomaa V. Five-year risk of developing clinical diabetes after first myocardial infarction; the FINAMI study. Diabet Med 2005;22:1334-1337.
    82. Pajunen P, Koukkunen H, Ketonen M, Jerkkola T, Immonen-Raiha P, Karja-Koskenkari P, Kuulasmaa K, Palomaki P, Mustonen J, Lehtonen A, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Kesaniemi YA, Pyorala K, Salomaa V. Myocardial infarction in diabetic and non-diabetic persons with and without prior myocardial infarction: the FINAMI Study. Diabetologia 2005;48:2519-2524.
    83. Antikainen R, Moltchanov V, Chukwuma C, Kuulasmaa K, Marques-Vidal P, Sans S, Wilhelmsen L, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: the WHO MONICA Project. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2006;13:13-29.
    84. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Connaghan J, Woodward M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. Pattern of declining blood pressure across replicate population surveys of the WHO MONICA project, mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and the role of medication. BMJ 2006;332:629-635.
    85. Komulainen K, Alanne M, Auro K, Kilpikari R, Pajukanta P, Saarela J, Ellonen P, Salminen K, Kulathinal S, Kuulasmaa K, Silander K, Salomaa V, Perola M, Peltonen L. Risk alleles of USF1 -gene predict cardiovascular disease of women in two prospective studies. PLoS Genet 2006;2: e69. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.002006
    86. Salomaa V, Ketonen M, Koukkunen H, Immonen-Räihä P, Lehtonen A, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Kesäniemi A, Pyörälä K, for the FINAMI Study Group. The effect of correcting for troponins on trends in coronary heart disease events in Finland during 1993-2002: the FINAMI study. Eur Heart J 2006;27:2394-2399.
    87. Barnett A, Sans S, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, for the WHO MONICA Project. The effect of temperature on systolic blood pressure. Blood Press Monit 2007;12:195-203.
    88. Salomaa V, Ketonen, Koukkunen H, Immonen-Räihä P, Kärjä-Koskenkari P, Lehtonen A, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Mustonen J, Kesäniemi A, Pyörälä K. Muutokset akuuttien sepelvaltimotapahtumien esiintyvyydessä. FINAMI-tutkimuksen tulokset vuosilta 1993-2002. Suomen Lääkäril 2007;62:2643-49.
    89. Karvanen J, Veronesi G, Kuulasmaa K. Defining thirds of schooling years in population studies. Eur J Epidemiol 2007;22:487-92.
    90. Auro K, Alanne M, Kristiansson K, Silander K, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Peltonen L, Perola M. Combined effects of thrombosis pathway gene variants predict cardiovascular events. PLoS Genet. 2007;3:e120. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030120
    91. Koskinen S, Härkänen T, Jousilahti P, Kuulasmaa K, Martelin T, Sihvonen A, Vanhalakka N: Pelataan elämän peliä. Elämän pelin säännöt. In: Huttunen J, Mustajoki P ed. Elämä pelissä. Helsinki: Duodecim, 2007:247-257.
    92. Alanne M, Kristiansson K, Auro K, Silander K, Kuulasmaa K, Peltonen L, Salomaa V, Perola M. Variation in the selenoprotein S gene locus is associated with coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke in two independent Finnish cohorts. Hum Genet. 2007;122(3-4):355-65.
    93. Kulathinal S, Karvanen J, Saarela O, Kuulasmaa K, for the MORGAM Project. Case-cohort design in practice - experiences from The MORGAM Project. Epidemiol Perspect Innov 2007;4:15  doi:10.1186/1742-5573-4-15
    94. Ketonen M, Pajunen P, Koukkunen H, Immonen-Räihä P, Mustonen J, Mähönen M, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K, Palomäki P, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehtonen A, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Airaksinen J, Pyörälä K, Salomaa V for the FINMONICA/FINAMI Study Group. Long-term prognosis after coronary artery bypass surgery. Int J Cardiol 2008;124:72-79.
    95. Koskinen S, Härkänen T, Jousilahti P, Kuulasmaa K, Martelin T, Sihvonen A-P, Vanhalakka N, Virtala E, Puska P. Elämä Pelissä. Yleislääkäri 2008;23(1):11-17.
    96. Silander K, Alanne M, Kristiansson K, Saarela O, Ripatti S, Auro K, Karvanen J, Kulathinal S, Niemelä M, Ellonen P, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Saarela J, Kuulasmaa K, Evans A, Perola M, Salomaa V, Peltonen L: Gender differences in genetic risk profiles for cardiovascular disease. PLoS ONE 2008 3: e3615. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003615.
    97. Grisoni M-L, Proust C, Alanne M, DeSuremain M, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Cambien F, Nicaud V, Stegmayr B, Virtamo J, Shields D, Kee F, Tiret L, Evans A, Tregouet D-A, for The MORGAM Project. Haplotypic analysis of tag SNPs of the interleukin-18 gene in relation to cardiovascular disease events: The MORGAM Project. Eur J Hum Genet 2008;16:1512-20.
    98. Karvanen J, Silander K, Kee F, Tiret L, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Wiklund P-G, Virtamo J, Saarela O, Perret C, Perola M, Peltonen L, Cambien F, Erdmann J, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Evans A, for the MORGAM Project. The impact of newly identified loci on coronary heart disease, stroke and total mortality in the MORGAM prospective cohorts. Genet Epidemiol 2009;33:237-246.
    99. Coronary Artery Disease Consortium: Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Boekholdt SM, Braund P, Bruse P, Bumpstead SJ, Bugert P, Cambien F, Danesh J, Deloukas P, Döring A, Ducimetière P, Dunn RM, El Mokhtari NE, Erdmann J, Evans A, Ewels P, Ferrières J, Fischer M, Frossard P, Garner S, Gieger C, Gohri MJR, Goodall AH, Götz A, Hall A, Hardwick R, Haukijärvi A, Hengstenberg C, Illig T, Karvanen J, Kastelein J, Kee F, Khaw KT, Klüter H, Koenig IR, Kuulasmaa K, Laiho P, Luc G, März W, McGinnis R, McLaren W, Meisinger C, Morrison C, Ou X, Ouwehand WH, Preuss M, Proust C, Ravindrarajah R, Renner W, Rice K, Ruidavets JB, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sandhu MS, Schäfer AS, Scholz M, Schreiber S, Schunkert H, Silander K, Singh R, Soranzo N, Stark K, Stegmayr B, Stephens J, Thompson J, Tiret L, Trip MD, van der Schoot E, Virtamo J, Wareham NJ, Wichmann HE, Wiklund PG, Wright B, Ziegler A, Zwaginga JJ. Large scale association analysis of novel genetic loci for coronary artery disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2009;29:774-780.
    100. Asplund K, Karvanen J, Giampaoli S, Jousilahti P, Niemelä M, Broda G, Cesana G, Dallongeville J, Ducimetriere P, Evans A, Ferrières J, Haas B, Jorgensen T, Tamosiunas A, Vanuzzo D, Wiklund PG, Yarnell J, Kuulasmaa K, Kulathinal S, for the MORGAM Project. Relative risks for stroke by age, sex and population based on follow-up of 18 European populations in the MORGAM Project. Stroke 2009;40:2319-2326.
    101. Grisoni ML, Proust C, Alanne M, DeSuremain M, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Cambien F, Nicaud V, Wiklund PG, Virtamo J, Kee F, Tiret L, Evans A, Tregouet DA. Lack of association between polymorphisms of the IL18R1 and IL18RAP genes and cardiovascular risk: the MORGAM Project. BMC Med Genet 2009;10:44. doi:10.1186/1471-2350-10-44.
    102. Sivenius J, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarisalo M, Sarti C, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Lehtonen A, Salomaa V. Modelling the burden of stroke in Finland until 2030. Int J Stroke 2009;4:340-345.
    103. Karvanen J, Saarela O, Kuulasmaa K. Nonparametric multiple imputation of left censored event times in analysis of follow-up data. Journal of Data Science 2010;8:151-172.
    104. Salomaa V, Havulinna AS, Saarela O, Zeller T, Jousilahti P, Jula A, Münzel T, Aromaa A, Evans A, Kuulasmaa K, Blankenberg S. Thirty-one novel biomarkers as predictors for clinically incident diabetes. PLoS ONE. 2010;5:e10100. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010100.
    105. Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Saarela O, Havulinna AS, Kee F, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Yarnell J, Schnabel RB, Wild PS, Münzel TF, Lackner KJ, Tiret L, Evans A, Salomaa V; for the MORGAM Project. Contribution of 30 biomarkers to 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in 2 population cohorts; The MONICA, Risk, Genetics, Archiving, and Monograph (MORGAM) Biomarker Project. Circulation 2010;121:2388-2397.
    106. Borglykke A, Andreasen AH, Kuulasmaa K, Sans S, Ducimetière P, Vanuzzo D, Ferrario MM, Palmieri L, Karvanen J, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Jørgensen T; on behalf of the MORGAM Project. Stroke risk estimation across nine European countries in the MORGAM project. Heart 2010;96:1997-2004.
    107. Mendis S, Thygesen K, Kuulasmaa K, Giampaoli S, Mähönen M, Ngu Blackett K, Lisheng L; Writing group on behalf of the participating experts of the WHO consultation for revision of WHO definition of myocardial infarction. World Health Organization definition of myocardial infarction: 2008-09 revision . Int J Epidemiol. 2011;40:139-146.
    108. Bodenant M, Kuulasmaa K, Wagner A, Kee F, Palmieri L, Ferrario MM, Montaye M, Amouyel P, Dallongeville J; for the MORGAM Project. Measures of abdominal adiposity and risk of stroke: The MOnica Risk, Genetics, Archiving and Monograph (MORGAM) Study. Stroke 2011;42:2872-2877.
    109. Wild PS, Zeller T, Schillert A, Szymczak S, Sinning CR, Deiseroth a, Schnabel RB, Lubos E, Keller T, Eleftheriadis MS, Bickel C, Rupprecht HJ, Wilde S, Rossmann H, Linsel-Nitschke P, Cupples LA, Perret V, Erdmann J, Stark K, Kleber ME, Epstein SE, Voight BF, Kuulasmaa K, Li M, Schäfer AS, Klopp N, Braund PS, Sager H, Demissie S, Proust C, König IR, Wichmann HE, Reinhard W, Hoffmann MM, Virtamo J, Burnett MS, Siscovick D, Wiklund PG, Qu L, El Mokthari NE, Thompson JR, Peters A, Smith AV, Yon E, Baumert J, Hengstenberg C, März W, Amouyel P, Devaney J, Schwartz SM, Saarela O, Mehta NN, Rubin D, Silander K, Hall AS , Ferrieres J, Harris TB, Melander O, Kee F, Hakonarson H, Schrezenmeir J, Gudnason V, Elosua R, Arveiler D, Evans A, Rader DJ, Illig T, Schreiber S, Bis JC, Altshuler D, Kavousi M, Witteman JCM, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Folsom AR, Barbalic M, Boerwinkle E, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, O'Donnell CJ, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Cambien F, Lackner KJ, Tiret L, Salomaa V, Munzel T, Ziegler A, Blankenberg S. A genome-wide association study identifies LIPA as a susceptibility gene for coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011;4:403-12.
    110. Hughes MF, Saarela O, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Havulinna AS, Kuulasmaa K, Yarnell J, Schnabel RB, Tiret L, Salomaa V, Evans A, Kee F; for the MORGAM Project. A multiple biomarker risk score for guiding clinical decisions using a decision curve approach. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2011. Epub ahead of print.
    111. Wietlisbach V, Marques-Vidal P, Kuulasmaa K, Karvanen J, Paccaud F, for the WHO MONICA Project. The relation of body mass index and abdominal adiposity with dyslipidemia in 27 general populations of the WHO MONICA Project. Nutr Metab Carbiovasc Dis. 2011. Epub ahead of print.

    Publications in the World Wide Web:

    1. WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Manual. (1998-1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/manual/index.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19981146.
    2. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Amouyel P, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of coronary event registration data in the WHO MONICA Project. (January 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/coreqa/coreqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991072.
    3. Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of demographic data in the WHO MONICA Project. (April 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/demoqa/demoqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991073.
    4. Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of acute coronary care data in the WHO MONICA Project. (February 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/accqa/accqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991081.
    5. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of stroke event registration data in the WHO MONICA Project. (November 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/strokeqa/strokeqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991080.
    6. Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Ferrario M, Ruokokoski E, for the WHO MONICA Project. Age, date of examination and survey periods in the MONICA surveys. (May 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/age/ageqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991075.
    7. Wolf HK, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Ruokokoski E, for the WHO MONICA Project. Participation rates, quality of sampling frames and sampling fractions in the MONICA Surveys. (September 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/nonres/nonres.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991076.
    8. Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Evans A, McCrum E, Tolonen H, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on smoking behaviour in the WHO MONICA Project. (February 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/smoking/qa30.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991077.
    9. Kuulasmaa K, Hense H, Tolonen H, for theWHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on blood pressure in the WHO MONICA Project. (May 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/bp/bpqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991082.
    10. Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Grafnetter D, Moltchanov V, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of total cholesterol measurements in the WHO MONICA Project. (April 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/tchol/tcholqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991083.
    11. Marques-Vidal P, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Grafnetter D, Moltchanov V, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on HDL cholesterol in the WHO MONICA Project. (June 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/hdl/hdlqa.htm,URN:NBN:fi-fe19991137.
    12. Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Sans S, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of weight and height measurements in the WHO MONICA Project. (May 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/bmi/bmiqa20.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991079.
    13. Molarius A, Sans S, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on waist and hip circumferences in the WHO MONICA Project. (October 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/waisthip/waisthipqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991091.
    14. Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Ferrario M, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on marital status and educational achievement in the WHO MONICA Project. (December 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/educ/educqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991078.
    15. Molarius A, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on hypertension control in the WHO MONICA Project. (October 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/hyperten/hbpdrug.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991084.
    16. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on use of aspirin in the WHO MONICA Project. (June 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/aspirin/aspirinqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991129.
    17. Lundberg V, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on menopausal status and hormones in the WHO MONICA Project. (June 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/womenqa/womenqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991131.
    18. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Varying sensitivity of waist action levels to identify subjects with overweight or obesity in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project - tables and figures for waist action level 1. (December 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/waction/waction.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991138.
    19. Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Fortmann S, Sans S, Tolonen H, Evans A, Ferrario M, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project. Estimation of contribution of changes in classical risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations: methodological appendix to a paper published in the Lancet. (February 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/earwig/appendix.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991356.
    20. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, Vanuzzo D, Hobbs M, Keil U, for the WHO MONICA Project. Derivation of an acute coronary care quality score for the WHO MONICA Project. (February 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/carpfish/appendc/accqscore.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe976569.
    21. Mähönen M, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Rajakangas A-M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, Keil U, for the WHO MONICA Project. Definitions of case fatality for coronary events in the WHO MONICA Project. (February 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/carpfish/appendd/cfdef.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe976570.
    22. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Coronary event registration data book 1980-1995. (October 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/coredb/coredb.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20001204.
    23. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA stroke event registration data book 1982-1995. (October 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/strokedb/strokedb.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20001205.
    24. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Ruokokoski E, for the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA population survey data book. (October 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/surveydb/title.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20001206.
    25. Mähönen M, Asplund K, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke event trend quality score for the WHO MONICA Project. (November 2001). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/strokescore/score.htm,  URN:NBN:fi-fe20011554.
    26. Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA acute coronary care data book 1981-1995. (December 2001). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/accdb/accdb.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20011304.
    27. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Asplund K, Mähönen M, for the WHO MONICA Project. Do trends in population levels of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors explain trends in stroke event rates? - methodological appendix to a paper published in Stroke. (August 2002). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/stroke_h1/appendix.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20021258.
    28. Tolonen H, Wolf H, Jakovljevic D, Kuulasmaa K and the European Health Risk Monitoring Project. Review of surveys for risk factors of major chronic diseases and comparability of the results. (October 2002). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/ehrm/product1/title.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20021442.
    29. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Laatikainen T, Wolf H and the European Health Risk Monitoring Project. Recommendation for indicators, international collaboration, protocol and manual of operations for chronic disease risk factor surveys. (October 2002). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/ehrm/product2/title.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20021443.
    30. Tolonen H, Mähönen M, Kuulasmaa K, Nissinen A. Reporting the Risk Factor Survey Data. (October 2002). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/ehrm/product3/title.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20031091.
    31. MORGAM Project. MORGAM Manual. (2001-). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/morgam/manual/contents.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20041529.
    32. Kulathinal S, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K, contributors from Participating Centres, for the MORGAM Project. Description of MORGAM Cohorts. (2005). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/index.html, URN:NBN:fi-fe20051214.
    33. Niemelä M, Kulathinal S and Kuulasmaa K, editors,  for the MORGAM Project. Description and quality assessment of MORGAM data. (2007). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/morgam/qa/contents.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20071495:

    Recommendations and reports

    1. Tolonen H, Koponen P, Aromaa A, Conti S, Graff-Iversen S, Grøtvedt L, Kanieff M, Mindell J, Natunen S, Primatesta P, Verschuren M, Viet L, Kuulasmaa K (Eds.) for the Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey (FEHES) Project. Review of Health Examination Surveys in Europe. B18/2008. Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/attachments/suomi/julkaisut/julkaisusarja_b/2008/2008b18.pdf.
    2. Tolonen H, Koponen P, Aromaa A, Conti S, Graff-Iversen S, Grøtvedt L, Kanieff M, Mindell J, Natunen S, Primatesta P, Verschuren M, Viet L, Kuulasmaa K for the Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey (FEHES) Project (Eds.). Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe. B21/2008. Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/attachments/suomi/julkaisut/julkaisusarja_b/2008/2008b21.pdf.
    3. Tolonen H, Koponen P, Aromaa A, Conti S, Graff-Iversen S, Grøtvedt L, Heldal J, Kanieff M, Mindell J, Natunen S, Primatesta P, Verschuren M, Viet L, Kuulasmaa K for the Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey (FEHES) Project. Recommendations for Organizing a Standardized European Health Examination Survey. B22/2008. Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/attachments/suomi/julkaisut/julkaisusarja_b/2008/2008b22.pdf.

    Books:

    1. Tunstall-Pedoe H, editor. Prepared by Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Davidson M, Mendis S with 64 other contributors for The WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003. ISBN 92 4 156223 4.

    Reviews and editorials:

    1. Kuulasmaa K. Epidemian spatiaaliset tartuntamallit. In: Heinonen J, Penttinen A, Salminen S, Tomppo E. eds. Spatiaalisen tilastotieteen soveltaminen metsäntutkimukseen. Helsinki, Metsäntutkimuslaitos, 1985:57-69. (Metsäntutkimuslaitoksen tiedonantoja; no 194.)
    2. Kuulasmaa K. Locally dependent random graphs and their use in the study of epidemic models. Ann of Discrete Math 1985;28:181-8.
    3. Kuulasmaa K. Laajan kansainvälisen epidemiologisen tutkimuksen tiedon keruu. In: Suomen Tilastoseuran vuosikirja 1987. Helsinki: Suomen Tilastoseura, 1988:24-37.
    4. Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Tunstall-Pedoe H. Sydänkohtauksissa huomattavia eroja. Kansanterveys 1994;10/1994:3-4.
    5. Salomaa V, Miettinen H, Kuulasmaa K, Niemelä M, Ketonen M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehto S, Palomäki P, Mähönen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Mustaniemi H, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Pyörälä K. Ilmaantuvuuden, uusintakohtausten ja kohtausten tappavuuden muutosten osuus sepelvaltimotautikuolleisuuden vähenemiseen 1983-1992. FINMONICAn infarktirekisteritutkimuksen tulokset. Suom Lääkäril 1997;52:3193-3200.
    6. Kuulasmaa K. Tavanomaiset riskitekijät ja hoito selittävät sepelvaltimotautiepidemian kansainvälisiä eroja. Duodekim 2000;116:2057-8.
    7. Salomaa V, Niemelä M, Miettinen H, Ketonen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Koskinen S, Mähönen M, Lehto S, Vuorenmaa T, Palomäki P, Mustaniemi H, Kaarsalo E, Arstila M, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J. Sepelvaltimotautikuolleisuuden, kohtausten ilmaantuvuuden ja kohtausten tappavuuden yhteys sosioekonomiseen asemaan Suomessa vuosina 1983-1992. FINMONICAn infarktirekisteritutkimus. Suom Lääkäril 2001;56:3811-7. 
    8. Sivenius J, Jakovljevic D, Tuomilehto J, Sarti C, Torppa J, Mähönen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Kuulasmaa K, Alhainen K, Lehtonen A, Kaarisalo M, Salomaa V. Sosioekonomisen aseman yhteys aivoinfarktiin ja aivoverenvuotoon suomalaisessa aikuisväestössä. Suom Lääkäril 2002;57:627-33.
    9. Salomaa V, Ketonen M, Koukkunen H, Immonen-Räihä P, Jerkkola T, Kärjä-Koskenkari P, Mähönen M, Kuulasmaa K, Mustonen J, Palomäki P, Arstila M, Vuorenmaa T, Lehtonen A, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Juolevi A, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Kesäniemi YA, Pyörälä K. Sepelvaltimotautitapahtumien esiintyvyyden kehityssuunnat Suomessa 1993-97; FINAMI-tutkimus. Suom Lääkäril 2002;57:3239-44.
    10. Kuulasmaa K. MONICA Monograph - kirja maailman suurimmasta sydän- ja verisuonitautitutkimuksesta. Kansanterveys 2004;1/2004:16.
    11. Sivenius J, Tuomilehto J, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarisalo M, Sarti C, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Lehtonen A, Salomaa V. FINSTROKE-tutkimus: Aivohalvauksen ilmaantuvuus ja kuolleisuus laskivat Suomessa vuosina 1983-97. Suom Lääkäril 2004;59:2683-88.
    12. Pajunen P, Koukkunen H, Ketonen M, Jerkkola T, Immonen-Räihä P, Kärjä-Koskenkari P, Mähönen M, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, Vuorenmaa T, Lehtonen A, Miettinen H, Mustonen J, Palomäki P, Arstila M, Antero Kesäniemi A, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V. Sydäninfarktidiagnoosin luotettavuus hoitoilmoitus- ja kuolemansyyrekisterissä vuosina 1988 - 2002. Suom Lääkäril 2005;60:3883-87.
    13. Kuulasmaa K. MORGAM selvittää sydän- ja verisuonitautien vaaratekijöitä. Kansanterveys 2006;5-6/2006:9.
    14. Kuulasmaa K. MONICA-projekti loi perusta sydän- ja verisuonitautien seurannalle. Kansanterveys 2008;3/2006:13-15.
    15. Koskinen S, Härkänen T, Jousilahti P, Kuulasmaa K, Martelin T, Sihvonen A-P, Vanhalakka N, Virtala E, Puska P. Elämä Pelissä. Terveydenhoitaja 2008;41(2):43-47.
    16. Sivenius J, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarisalo M, Sarti C, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Lehtonen A, Salomaa V. Aivohalvausten ilmaantuvuuden kehityssuunnat Suomen väestössä vuoteen 2030. Suom Lääkäril 2010;65:1699-1704.
    17. Salomaa V, Saarela O, Havulinna AS, Kuulasma K. Uudet menetelmät valtimotautitapahtumien ennustajina terveillä henkilöillä. Suom Lääkäril 2011;66:827-832.

    Theses:

    1. Kuulasmaa K. Threshold and Endemic Behaviour of Spatial Contact Models PhD thesis. Edinburgh, U.K.: Heriot-Watt University 1982. Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/monica/public/mdc/kuulasmaak/thesis.pdf (4MB).

    Internal reports of the WHO MONICA project:

    These have been published in the CD-ROMs attached to "Tunstall-Pedoe H, editor. Prepared by Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Davidson M, Mendis S with 64 other contributors for The WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003. ISBN 92 4 156223 4", which is also available at http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/monograph_cd/contents.htm.

    1. WHO MONICA Project. Data book on the baseline population demographic and mortality data. CVD/MNC/87.2., 1987; 39+140 pages.
    2. Kuulasmaa K, Pajak A, Ruokokoski E, Koivisto A-M, Grafnetter D, Tuomilehto J, Akkila J, Torppa J for the WHO MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project: Baseline population survey data book. MONICA Memo 178A, 1990;166 pages.
    3. Pajak A, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Martin I, Rajakangas A-M for the WHO MONICA Project. Coronary event registration data quality report. MONICA Memo 173A, 1990; 34 pages.
    4. Döring A, Pajak A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Grafnetter D for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of total cholesterol measurements in the first surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 175A, 1990; 25 pages.
    5. Kuulasmaa K, Pajak A, Pekkanen J, Ruokokoski E, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Madai A, Rajakangas A-M, Akkila J, Moltchanov V for the WHO MONICA Project. Coronary event registration data book 1980-1986. MONICA Memo 179A, 1990; 74 pages.
    6. Pekkanen J, Kuulasmaa K, Evans A, Zhang Min for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of smoking data in the MONICA Project first survey. MONICA Memo 209A, 1991; 40 pages.
    7. Hense HW, Zaborskis A, Koivisto A-M, Kuulasmaa K, Kupsc W, Tuomilehto J for the WHO MONICA Project. Assessment of blood pressure measurement quality in the baseline surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 210A, 1991; 49 pages.
    8. Asplund K, Feigin V, Schädlich H, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Suzuki K for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke event registration quality report. MONICA Memo 211A, 1991; 63 pages.
    9. Kuulasmaa K, Asplund K, Pekkanen J, Rajakangas A-M, Zhang Min for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke event registration data book 1982-1987. MONICA Memo 212A, 1991; 164 pages.
    10. Suzuki K, Asplund K, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality of stroke subtype data in the MONICA stroke event registration. MONICA Memo 217A, 1992; 25 pages.
    11. Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Torppa J, Sans S, Valenta Z for the WHO MONICA Project. Assessment of the quality of demographic data in the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 227A, 1992; 52 pages.
    12. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Acute coronary care data - quality assessment report. MONICA Memo 242A(a), 1993; 26 pages.
    13. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Acute coronary care data - quality assessment report for longitudinal data. MONICA Memo 242A(b), 1993; 16 pages.
    14. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Databook for cross-sectional data on acute coronary care. MONICA Memo 242A(c), 1993; 130 pages.
    15. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Databook for longitudinal data on acute coronary care. MONICA Memo 242A(d), 1993; 86 pages.
    16. Lendvay J, Kuulasmaa K, Evans A, Molarius A, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of smoking data in the second survey of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 247A, 1993; 39 pages.
    17. Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Age and date of examination in the 1st and 2nd MONICA survey. MONICA Memo 248A, 1993; 26 pages.
    18. Stengård J, Grafnetter D, Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Koivisto A-M, Döring A for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of HDL-cholesterol measurements in the first surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 252A, 1993; 18 pages.
    19. Härtel U, Kuulasmaa K, Schneider A, Koivisto A-M for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of marital status and educational achievement in the first survey of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 253A, 1993; 12 pages.
    20. Mähönen M, Rajakangas A-M, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of coronary event data for 1980-1990. MONICA Memo 257A, 1994; 42 pages.
    21. Kuulasmaa K, Sans S, Molarius A, Koivisto A-M, Moltchanov V for the WHO MONICA Project. Participation rate and the quality of sampling frame in the first and second risk factor surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 259A, 1994; 46 pages.
    22. Kurjata P, Kuulasmaa K, Molarius A, Ruokokoski E, Moltchanov V, Evans A for the WHO MONICA Project. Second population survey data book. MONICA Memo 260A, 1994; 168 pages.
    23. Mähönen M, Rajakangas A-M, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. Coronary event registration data book 1980-1990. MONICA Memo 276A, 1994; 76 pages.
    24. Sarti C, Mähönen M, Rajakangas A-M, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of stroke event data for 1982-1990. MONICA Memo 277A, 1994; 73 pages.
    25. Kuulasmaa K, Sans S, Molarius A, Koivisto A-M for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of weight and height measurements in the first and second MONICA survey. MONICA Memo 284A, 1995; 25 pages.
    26. Rastenyte D, Rajakangas A-M, Mähönen M, Kuulasmaa K, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke event registration data book 1982-1990. MONICA Memo 296A, 1996; 64 pages.
    27. Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Ruokokoski E, Tuomilehto J, Wolf H for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of blood pressure measurements in the first and second MONICA surveys. MONICA Memo 297A, 1996; 41 pages.
    28. Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Grafnetter D, Moltchanov V, Döring A, Poledne R, Chatenoud LM for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of total cholesterol measurements in the first and middle surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 299A, 1996; 65 pages.
    29. Molarius A, Sans S, Kuulasmaa K, Wolf HK for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on waist and hip circumference in the second survey of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 300A, 1996; 16 pages.
    30. Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on marital status and educational achievement in the second survey of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 301A, 1996; 31 pages.
    31. Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J for the WHO MONICA Project. Assessment of the quality of demographic data in the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 302A, 1996; 60 pages.
    32. Zhang R, Tuomilehto J, Zhang M, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of the data on hypertension control in the first and second population surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 304A, 1996; 24 pages.
    33. Marques-Vidal P, Ferrario M, Grafnetter D, Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of HDL-cholesterol measurements in the first and middle surveys of the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Memo 323A, 1997; 56 pages.
    34. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project. Coronary event registration data book 1980-1995. MONICA Memo 339A, 1997; 145 pages.
    35. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project. Stroke event registration data book 1982-1995. MONICA Memo 341A, 1997; 76 pages.
    36. Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project. Acute coronary care data book: 1981-1995. MONICA Memo 345A, 1997; 135 pages.

    Published abstracts

    1. Piha T, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P. Trends in some symptoms and subjective health in Finland in 1979-83. Yrjö Jahnssonin säätiön 4. lääketieteellinen symposium, Hämeenlinna, Finland, 17- 18 September 1984.
    2. Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, Geboers J, Puska P. Trends in mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Finnish men aged 35-64 years from 1969 to 1981. International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Moscow, 23-26 June 1985.
    3. Piha T, Niemensivu H, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P. Trends in coronary heart disease related health behaviour in Finland in 1978-84. International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, June 23-26, Moscow, 23-26 June 1985.
    4. Kuulasmaa K, Chambless L for the WHO MONICA Project. Data analysis for MONICA collaborative data. International MONICA Congress Augsburg, Augsburg, 27 February - 1 March 1986.
    5. Tuomilehto J, Geboers J, Wolf E, Puska P, Nissinen A, Kuulasmaa K, Piha T. Decline in stroke mortality is levelling off in Finland. X World Congress of Cardiology, Washington D.C., 14-19 September 1986.
    6. Puska P, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A, Salonen JT, Kuulasmaa K. Overall health impacts of a 10 year cardiovascular preventive program in North Karelia, Finland. X World Congress of Cardiology, Washington D.C., 14-19 September 1986.
    7. Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J for the WHO MONICA Project. The study design of the WHO MONICA project for monitoring trends and risk factors in cardiovascular disease. XI Scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Helsinki, 8-13 August 1987.
    8. Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J for the WHO MONICA Project. Geographic variation in mortality from cardiovascular diseases - baseline data from the MONICA Project. XI Scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Helsinki, 8-13 August 1987.
    9. Kuulasmaa K, Pajak A, Tuomilehto J for the WHO MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project: geographic variation in ischaemic heart disease mortality and levels of major risk factors. Abstracts of Towards Cardiovascular Health, an international scientific symposium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of professor Martti J. Karvonen, Ilomantsi, Finland, 13-15 June 1988.
    10. Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, Asplund K for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke mortality in a multinational study of cardiovascular disease: the WHO MONICA project. Abstracts of the 13th International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation. Stroke 1988;19:144.
    11. Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Cross-sectional analysis of hypertension control status among MONICA Project populations. Abstracts of the 3rd International Symposium on Hypertension in the Community, Tel Aviv, 4-8 December 1988.
    12. Tuominen MK, Kuulasmaa K, Taivainen T, Rosenberg PH. Prediction of the spread of spinal anaesthesia when repeated in the same patient. Scientific Abstracts of the 2nd International Symposium, Regional Anaesthesia, Advances in Regional Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Williamsburg, Virginia, 28-30 May 1988.
    13. Hense HW, Zaborskis A, Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J for the WHO MONICA Project. Influence of measurement devices on blood pressure results in population surveys. Abstracts of the 2nd International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Washington D.C., 18-22 June 1989.
    14. Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. WHO MONICA Project: Standardisation methods in cross-cultural and trend analysis. Abstracts of the Regional European Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Granada, 14-16 February 1990.
    15. Asplund K, Stewart A, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Cardiovascular risk factors and mortality from stroke in a multinational comparison of 45 populations. Abstracts of the International Conference on Stroke, Geneva, 30 May - 1 June 1991.
    16. Rajakangas A-M, Kuulasmaa K, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Data communication in a large multinational epidemiological study. Abstracts of the II KTL Symposium: Two Decades of Chronic Disease Prevention - Lessons for International Action, Helsinki, 26-28 April 1993.
    17. Ruokokoski E, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M for the WHO MONICA Project. Centralized data management of the WHO MONICA Project. Abstracts of the II KTL Symposium: Two Decades of Chronic Disease Prevention - Lessons for International Action, Helsinki, 26-28 April 1993.
    18. Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J, Sans S for the WHO MONICA Project. Reliability of population demographic data for use in epidemiological research: The MONICA experience. Abstracts of the II KTL Symposium: Two Decades of Chronic Disease Prevention - Lessons for International Action, Helsinki, 26-28 April 1993.
    19. Rajakangas A-M, Asplund K, Schroll M, Thorvaldsen P, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke attack rates and case fatality rates during the first years of the WHO MONICA Project. Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Oslo, 27 June - 1 July, 1993.
    20. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Cross-sectional comparison of the presentation and management of acute myocardial infarction in the WHO MONICA Project. Program of the 13th scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Sydney, 26-29 September 1993.
    21. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in the presentation and management of acute myocardial infarction in the WHO MONICA Project. Program of the 13th scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Sydney, 26-29 September 1993.
    22. Stewart A, Kuulasmaa K, Beaglehole R for the WHO MONICA Project. Ecological analysis of the relationship between mortality and major risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Program of the 13th scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Sydney, 26-29 September 1993.
    23. Gutzwiller F, Dai S, Marti B, Kuulasmaa K, Cambou J-P, Döring A, Ferrario M, Grafnetter D, Pajak A for the WHO MONICA Project. Total serum cholesterol in relation to age, body mass index and gender - a multinational comparison. Program of the 13th scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Sydney, 26-29 September 1993.
    24. Martin I, Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Cepaitis Z for the WHO MONICA Project. Smoking, blood pressure and treatment of hypertension: the baseline survey of the WHO MONICA Project. Program of the 13th scientific meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Sydney, 26-29 September 1993.
    25. Yarnell J, Kuulasmaa K, McCrum E, Moltchanov V, Tuomilehto J, Evans A for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in coronary heart disease risk factors in the WHO MONICA Project. Meeting of the Working Group Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Venice, 24-26 April 1994.
    26. Yarnell J, Kuulasmaa K, McCrum E, Moltchanov V, Tuomilehto J, Dobson A, Sans S, Evans A for the WHO MONICA Project. Early trends in coronary heart disease risk factors in the WHO MONICA Project. Acta Cardiologica, XLIX, p. 303-402
    27. Dobson A, Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Evans A for the WHO MONICA Project. Smoking trends in the WHO MONICA Project. Meeting of the Working Group Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Venice, 24-26 April 1994.
    28. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in the presentation and management of acute myocardial infarction in the WHO MONICA Project. Meeting of the Working Group Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Venice, 24-26 April 1994.
    29. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. Cross-sectional comparison of the presentation and management of acute myocardial infarction in the WHO MONICA Project. Meeting of the Working Group Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Venice, 24-26 April 1994.
    30. Evans A, Yarnell J, McCrum E, Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in aggregate coronary heart disease risk factor scores in the WHO MONICA Project. XIIth World Congress of Cardiology, Berlin, 10-14 September 1994.
    31. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Sans S, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Validation of coronary mortality in 26,591 deaths from 38 populations in the WHO MONICA Project. XIIth World Congress of Cardiology, Berlin, 10-14 September 1994.
    32. Sans S, Kuulasmaa K, Tuomilehto J, Evans A, Dobson A for the WHO MONICA Project. Five-year risk factor trends in MONICA study populations. Xth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Montreal, 9-14 October 1994.
    33. Moltchanov V, Kuulasmaa K, Torppa J for the WHO MONICA Project. Source of population demographic data as a factor of reliability of population mortality and morbidity estimates - the MONICA experience. International perspectives of the North Karelia Project, Joensuu, 15-16 December 1994.
    34. Molarius A, Seidell J, Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, Sans S for the WHO MONICA Project. Smoking, leanness and obesity - an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. 7th European Congress on Obesity, Barcelona, 14-17 May 1996. Int J Obesity 1996;20 (Suppl. 4):138.
    35. Molarius A, Seidell J, Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, Sans S for the WHO MONICA Project. Smoking and body mass index: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 22-25 May 1996.
    36. Chambless L, Keil U, Dobson A, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) case fatality in men and women: is there evidence for a higher level in women? Results from the WHO MONICA Project, 1985-90. Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 22-25 May 1996.
    37. Salomaa V, Miettinen H, Kuulasmaa K for the FINMONICA MI Register Study Group. Roles of incidence, recurrence and case-fatality in the decline of coronary heart disease mortality in Finland during 1983-1992. XVIIIth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Birmingham, U.K., 25-29 August 1996. Eur Heart J 1996;17(Abstract Supplement):131.
    38. Stegmayr B, Asplund K, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A-M, Thorvaldsen P, Tuomilehto J for the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke incidence and mortality correlated to stroke risk factors in the WHO MONICA Project : an ecological study of 18 populations. Third World Stroke Congress and 5th European Stroke Conference, Munich, Germany, 1-5 September 1996.
    39. Keil U, Chambless L, Dobson A, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Löwel H, Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. The population and hospital perspective of coronary heart disease case fatality for men and women in the World Health Organization's MONICA Project: results from 29 populations from 18 countries in four continents. 69th Scientific Sessions of the of the American Heart Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 10-13 November1996. Circulation 1996; 94(Suppl.): 2667-2667.
    40. Molarius A, Seidell J, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Waist, hip and waist-hip ratio in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. 8th European Congress on Obesity, Trinity College, Dublin, 18-21 June 1997. Int J Obesity 1997;21 (Suppl.2):S127.
    41. Molarius A, Seidell J, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Relatively poor sensitivity of waist action levels to identify subjects with overweight and obesity in 19 MONICA populations. 8th European Congress on Obesity, Trinity College, Dublin, 18-21 June 1997. Int J Obesity 1997;21 (Suppl.2):S128.
    42. Jamrozik K, Molarius A, Hobbs M, Broadhurst R, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. International variation in the medical management of acute myocardial infarction: the WHO MONICA Project. Fourth International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Montreal, 29 June - 3 July 1997.
    43. Ferrario M, Grafnetter D, Kuulasmaa K, Poledne R, Moltchanov V, Chatenoud ML, Yarnell J, on behalf of the WHO MONICA Project. Total cholesterol distributions and time trends in the populations of the WHO-MONICA project. 11th International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Paris, France, October 1997. Atherosclerosis 1997;134 (Suppl.): 86-87.
    44. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Educational level and relative body weight, and changes in the association over 10 years - an international perspectives from the WHO MONICA Project. Eight International Congress on Obesity, Paris, France 29 August - 3 September 1998. Int J Obesity, 1998;22 (Suppl.3):S43.
    45. Sans S, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. Cardiovascular diseases in Europe: latest from MONICA. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention IV, London, UK, 29 September - 2 October 1998.
    46. Stegmayr B, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Are changes in stroke mortality due to changes in stroke attack rate or case fatality? 8th European stroke conference, Venice, 7 - 10 April 1999.
    47. Tolonen H, Lundberg V, Stegmayr B, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Prevalence of hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives in the WHO MONICA Project. First International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 May, 2000. Can J Cardiol, 2000;16 (Suppl B): 57B.
    48. Ferrario M, Yarnell J, Grafnetter D, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V for the WHO MONICA Project. Total cholesterol distributions and time trends in the populations of the WHO MONICA Project. Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Gdansk, Poland, 18-21 May 2000.
    49. Asplund K, Tolonen H, Sarti C, Mähönen M, Stegmayr B, Vanuzzo D, Rastenyte D, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. What determines long-term changes in stroke events and mortality? Ten-year trends in risk factors, event rates and case fatality in 15 populations in the WHO MONICA Project. 9th European Stroke Conference, Vienna, Austria, 24-27 May 2000.
    50. Murray L, Evans A, McCrum E, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Smoking patterns in 23 countries in the early 1990s: The WHO MONICA Project. XXIIIrd Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-5 September 2001. Eur Heart J 2001;22 (Suppl.): 713.
    51. Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H for the EHRM Project. Proposal to standardize chronic disease risk factor surveys in Europe. Annual meeting of the European Public Health Association, Brussels, Belgium, 6-8 December 2001.
    52. Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Niemelä M, Vartiainen E. Total and cardiovascular mortality among participants and non-participants of population-based risk factor surveys: a comprehensive follow-up of 54,373 Finnish men and women. ESC Congress 2003, Vienna, Austria, 30 August-3 September 2003. Eur Heart J 2003;24 (Suppl.): 685.
    53. Peltonen L, Perola M, Boomsma D, Christensen K, Evans A, Harris J, van Houwelingen H, Kaprio J, Kuulasmaa K, Kyvik KO, Linton J, Martin N, Pedersen N, Spector T, Stazi A, Syvanen AC. GENOMEUTWIN - an integrated project of eight large twin cohorts for genetic studies on complex traits. Annual meeting of the American society of Human Genetics, Los Angeles, USA. October 2003. Am J Hum Genet 73: 397 1330.
    54. Tolonen H, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Standardization of total cholesterol measurements in population surveys - Pre-analytic sources of variation and their effect on the total cholesterol distribution and the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia. Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Elsinore, Denmark, 9-12 June 2004.
    55. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Connaghan J, Woodward M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. Declining blood-pressure in MONICA populations - is the bell curve shifted left or flattened at the high end? Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Elsinore, Denmark, 9-12 June 2004.
    56. Karvanen J, Kulathinal, S, Kuulasmaa, K. Nonparametric Multiple Imputation of Event Times for Subjects with CHD at Baseline in Morgam Genetic Study. GenomEUtwin Scientific Meeting, Rome, Italy,13-14 December 2004. Twin Res Hum Genet 2004;7:684-685.
    57. Komulainen K, Perola M, Kilpikari R, Pajukanta P, Saarela J, Silander K, Alanne M, Ellonen P, Kulathinal S, Salminen K, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Peltonen L. Allelic Variants of Upstream Stimulatory Factor 1 (USF1)-gene as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events: A Prospective, Population-based Study on a Morgam Cohort. GenomEUtwin Scientific Meeting, Rome, Italy,13-14 December 2004. Twin Res Hum Genet 2004;7:685.
    58. McCarron P, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Kulathinal S, Asplund K, Cambien F, Ferrario M, Perola M, Peltonen L, Shields D, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Evans A. Morgam: An International Project Pooling Cohort Studies of Cardiovascular Disease.  GenomEUtwin Scientific Meeting, Rome, Italy,13-14 December 2004. Twin Res Hum Genet 2004;7:685
    59. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Connaghan J, Woodward M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. Fall in blood pressure in MONICA populations-how much was from treatment of hypertension? ESC Congress 2005, Stockholm, Sweden, 3-7 September 2005. Eur Heart J 2005;26 (Suppl. 1): 668.
    60. Bata IR, Gregor RD, Kuulasmaa K, Wolf H for the WHO MONICA Project. Sex difference in proportion of fatal coronary events outside hospitals. ESC Congress 2005, Stockholm, Sweden, 3-7 September 2005. Eur Heart J 2005;26 (Suppl. 1): 683-4.
    61. Perola M, Komulainen K, Ahonen K, Alanne M, Saarela J, Kulathinal S, Kuulasmaa K, Silander K, Salomaa V, Peltonen L. Independent population based studies support the role of Upstream Stimulatory Factor 1 (USF1) -gene variants in coronary heart disease. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Salt Lake City, USA, 25-29 October 2005.
    62. Perola M, Auro K, Alanne M, Kristiansson K, Silander K, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Peltonen L. Combined effects of thrombosis pathway gene variants predict cardiovascular events.ESC Congress 2007, Vienna, Austria, 1-5 September 2007. Eur Heart J  2007; 28 (Suppl. 1): 13.
    63. Kuulasmaa K, Koponen P, Conti S, Graff-Iversen S, Primatesta P, Verschuren M on behalf of the Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey Project. Assessment of the feasibility of a European health examination survey. ESC Congress 2007, Vienna, Austria, 1-5 September 2007. Eur Heart J  2007; 28(Suppl. 1): 687.
    64. Kuulasmaa K, Aromaa A, Koponen P, Kulmala I, Conti S, Graff-Iversen S, Verschuren M, Primatesta P, for the FEHES Project. Feasibility of Health Examination Surveys in Europe. 15th EUPHA Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 11-13 October 2007. Eur J Public Health 2007; 17 (Suppl 2): 46.
    65. Graff-Iversen S, Grøtvedt L, Koponen P, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. Health Examination Surveys (HES) in Europe: Recruitment strategies and experiences. Norwegian conference on Epidemiology, Oslo, Norway, 21-22 November 2007. Norwegian Journal of Epidemiology 2007, 17 (Suppl 1): 16.
    66. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Chaudhury M, Conti S et al. National Health Examination Surveys in Europe. EuroPrevent Conference, Paris, France, 1-3 May 2008.
    67. Conti S, Kanieff M, Minelli G, Rago G, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Graff-Iversen S, Primatesta P, Verschuren M. Legal and ethical issues in conducting Health Examination Surveys in Europe. IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 20-24 September 2008.
    68. Kuulasmaa K, Aromaa A. Future of the European Health Examination Survey.  EUPHA 2008 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 November 2008.
    69. Koponen P, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Aromaa A. Models for Health Examination Surveys in Europe and key issues in survey organization. EUPHA 2008 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 November 2008.
    70. Heldal J, Grotvedt L, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Graff-Iversen S. Sampling and recruitment in European Health Examination Surveys. EUPHA 2008 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 November 2008.
    71. Salomaa V, Saarela O, Zeller T, Kuulasmaa K, Kee F, Blankenberg S. Prospective Assessment of Thirty Novel Biomarkers in the Prediction of Relative and Absolute Risk of Cardiovascular Events. The MORGAM Biomarker Study. AHA Joint Conference - 49th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention -and- Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, Palm Harbor, FL, USA, 11-14 March 2009.
    72. Veronesi G, Ferrario MM, Chambless LlE, Cesana GC, Borglykke A, Karvanen J, Salomaa V, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K. Geographical differences in the association between education and major cardiovascular risk factors across European populations. AHA Joint Conference - 49th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention -and- Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, Palm Harbor, FL, USA, 11-14 March 2009.
    73. Veronesi G, Ferrario MM, Chambless LlE, Cesana GC, Borglykke A, Karvanen J, Salomaa V, Niemelä M, Kuulasmaa K. Geographical differences in the association between education and cardiovascular mortality across European populations. AHA Joint Conference - 49th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention -and- Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, Palm Harbor, FL, USA, 11-14 March 2009.
    74. Tolonen H, Koponen P, Grotvedt L, Graff-Iversen S, Heldal J, Kuulasmaa K. Sampling, recruitment and participation in recent health examination surveys in Europe. European Survey Research Association Conference. Warsaw, Poland, 29 June - 7 July 2009.
    75. Tolonen H, Conti S, Heldal J, Koponen P, Kuulasmaa K. Setting up a European Health Examination Survey. EUPHA 2009. Lodz, Poland, 25-28 November 2009.
    76. Tolonen H, Conti S, Heldal J, Koponen P, Kuulasmaa K. Establishing a European Health Examination Survey. World Congress of Cardiology 2010. Beijing, China, 16-19 June 2010.
    77. Tolonen H, Koponen P, Heldal J, Kuulasmaa K. Standardization of health examination surveys in Europe. Lausanne, Switzerland, 18-22 July 2011.
    78. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K for the EHES Reference Centre and EHES Joint Action partners. European Health Examination Survey - an information source for evidence based public health policy. The 10th Nordic Public Health Conference. Turku, Finland, 24-26 August 2011.
    79. Kuulasmaa K. Introduction to European Health Examination Survey. 4th European Public Health Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, 9-12 November 2011. Eur J Public Health; 21(suppl 1):95-96.
    80. Hughes M, Saarela O, Stritzke J, Kee F, Silander K, Klopp N, Kontto J, Karvanen J, Willenborg C, Peters A, Baumert J, Thorand B, Salomaa V, Virtamo J, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Ferrieres J, Wiklund P, Döring A, Diemert P, Hengstenberg C, Samani N, Koenig W, Erdmann J, Evans A, Kuulasmaa K, Schunkert H. Adding Genetic Markers to Classic Risk Factors - An Enhanced Coronary Risk Score Based on the Morgam Prospective Cohorts. AHA Scientific Sessions 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, 12-16 November 2011.

    Invited presentations in international conferences (without published abstract)

    1. Seminar on Random Graphs. Poznan, Poland, 25-27 August 1983.
    2. Workshop on Stochastic Spatial Processes - Mathematical Theories and Biological Applications. Heidelberg, 10-14 September 1984.
    3. Workshop on Trends and Determinants of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality. International Comparisons. Bethesda, USA, 14-16 August 1988.
    4. XIth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Nice, France, 11-14 September 1989.
    5. XIIIth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Amsterdam 31 August 1991.
    6. Symposium: Epidemiology Around the Baltic Sea. Stockholm, 18-21 October 1992.
    7. International Conference on Stroke Prevention and Epidemiology, Saskatoon, Canada, 15 October 1993.
    8. Satellite meeting on Epidemiology and Prevention of Stroke, Umeå, 29-31 May 1994.
    9. Conference on Nutrition and Physical Activity, Atlanta, USA, 5-7 April, 1995.
    10. 2nd International Heart Health Conference, Barcelona, 28 May - 1 June 1995.
    11. International Workshop on the Study of Gene-Environmental Interaction related to Coronary Heart Disease. Geneva, 31 May - 1 June 1996.
    12. XVIIIth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Birmingham, UK, 25-29 August 1996.
    13. 51st Session of the International Statistical Institute, Istanbul, 18-26 August 1997.
    14. 42.Meeting of the Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the European Society of Cardiology, Shannon, Ireland, 14-17 May 1998.
    15. XXth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria, 22-26 August 1998.
    16. XXIst Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Barcelona, Spain 28 August - 1 September 1999.
    17. The XV International Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association. Epidemiology of Sustainable Health. Florence, Italy 31 August - 4 September 1999.
    18. 72nd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association. Atlanta, Georgia, USA 7-10 November 1999.
    19. 4th Meeting of the ETRO Working Party on Population Genetics of Haemostatic Risk Factors for Arterial Vascular Disease, Rome, Italy, 26-27 October 2001.
    20. Frank Pantridge' Legacy: A Symposium, Belfast, U.K., 10-12 June 2009.