Curriculum vitae

Name: Hanna Kaarina Tolonen
 
Date of Birth: 1 August 1971
 
Place of Birth: Iisalmi, Finland
 
Family: Common-law husband: Timo Lappi
Children: son Lauri (born 2006)
 
Education: Specialist Qualification in Management, 2009, Haaga-Perho Continuing Education, Helsinki
Ph.D. (Public Health/Epidemiology), 2006, University of Kuopio, Finland
M.Sc. (Statistics), 1996, University of Joensuu, Finland
 
Employment: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)*, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Helsinki, Finland, 2009-
  • European Health Examination Survey (EHES) Pilot 2009- (Project manager)

National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki, Finland, 1996-2008

  • WHO MONICA Project 1996- (data analyst and epidemiology)
  • European Health Risk Monitoring (EHRM) Project 2000-2002 (Project co-ordinator)
  • Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey (FEHES) Project 2006-2008 (Project manager)
* The National Public Health Institute (KTL) and STAKES merged to form the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on 1 January 2009

Publications

Original Articles and reviews
  1. 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: 1547-1558.
     
  2. 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: 675-687
     
  3. Evans A, Tolonen H, Hense H-W, 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: S35-S40
     
  4. Tolonen H, Mähönen M, Asplund K, Rastenyte D, Kuulasmaa K, Vanuzzo D and 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
     
  5. Truelsen T, Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Asplund K, Bonita R and Vanuzzo D for the WHO MONICA Project. Trends in stroke and coronary heart disease in the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke 2003; 34: 1346-1352 
     
  6. Sarti C, Stegmyer B, Tolonen H, Mähönen M, Tuomilehto J and Asplund K for the WHO MONICA Project. Are changes in mortality from stroke due to changes in stroke event rates or case fatality? - Results from the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke 2003; 34: 1833-1841
     
  7. 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(5): 710-8
     
  8. Lundberg V, Tolonen H, Stegmyer B, Kuulasmaa K and Asplund K for the WHO MONICA Project. Multinational comparison of use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy in the WHO MONICA Project. Maturitas 2004; 48(1): 39-49
     
  9. Tolonen H, Keil U, Ferrario M, Evans A for the WHO MONICA Project. Prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypercholesterolaemia in 32 populations: results from the WHO MONICA Project. Int J Epidemiol 2005; 34: 181-192
     
  10. 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
     
  11. 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
     
  12. Tolonen H, Dobson A, Kulathinal S for the WHO MONICA Project. Effect on trend estimates of the difference between survey respondents and non-respondents: results from 27 populations in the WHO MONICA Project. Eur J Epidemiol 2005; 20: 887-898
     
  13. Tolonen H, Dobson A, Kulathinal S for the WHO MONICA Project. Assessing the quality of risk factor survey data: lessons from the WHO MONICA Project. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2006; 13: 104-114
     
  14. 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; original published online 10 Mar 2006; doi:10.1136/bmj.38753.779005.BE
     
  15. Tolonen H, Helakorpi S, Talala K, Helasoja V, Martelin T, Prättälä R. 25-year trends and socio-demographic differences in response rates: Finnish adult health behaviour survey. Eur J Epidemiol 2006; 21: 409-415
     
  16. Boshuizen HC, Lanti M, Menotti A, Moschandreas J, Tolonen H, Nissinen A, Nedeljkovic S, Kafatos A, Kromhout D. Effects of past and recent blood pressure and serum total cholesterol on coronary heart disease and stroke mortality, accounting for measurement error. Am J Epidemiol 2007; 165(4): 398-409
     
  17. Tolonen H, Salomaa V, Torppa J, Sivenius J, Immonen-Räihä P, Lehtonen A for the FINSTROKE Study Group. The validation of the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and Causes of Death Register data on stroke diagnoses. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2007; 14: 380-385
     
  18. Boshuzen HC, Lanti M, Menotti A, Moschandreas J, Tolonen H, Nissinen A, Nedeljkovic S, Kafatos A, Kromhout D. Effect of past and recent blood pressure and serum total cholesterol on coronary heart disease and stroke mortality, accounting for measurement error. (The authors reply.) Am J Epidemiol 2008; 167: 503-504
     
  19. Tolonen H, Laatikainen T, Helakorpi S, Talala K, Martelin T, Prättälä R. Marital status, educational level and household income explain part of the excess mortality of survey non-respondents. Results from a follow-up study of the Finnish Adult Health Behaviour Surveys. Eur J Epidemiol, 2010; 25(2): 69-76

Original articles and reviews in Finnish

  1. Tolonen H. FEHES -kansallisten terveystutkimusten toteutettavuus EU-maissa. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2006; 5-6: 11. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/attachments/suomi/julkaisut/kansanterveyslehti/pdf2006/5_6kansanterveys2006.pdf)
     
  2. Prättälä R, Tolonen H. Ketkä todellisuudessa vastaavat terveyskyselyihin? Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2007; 3: 25. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/suomi/julkaisut/kansanterveyslehti/lehdet_2007/nro_3_2007/ketka_todellisuudessa_vastaavat_terveyskyselyihin_/)
     
  3. Tolonen H. Eurooppalaista terveystarkastustutkimusta kehitetään suomalaista tietotaitoa hyödyntäen. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2008; 8: 23-25. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/suomi/julkaisut/kansanterveyslehti/lehdet_2008/nro_8_2008/eurooppalaista_terveystarkastustutkimusta_kehitetaan_suomalaista_tietotaitoa_hyodyntaen/)
Manuscripts submitted for publication

 

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. (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.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.). Review of Health Examination Surveys in Europe. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  3. 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. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  4. 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. ISBN 978-951-740-840-0. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
Book chapters
  1. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. #30 Questionnaire Design and Contents . In: MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  2. Tolonen H. #35 Risk-Factor Scores. In: MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  3. Tolonen H. #38 Population Prevalence and Trends. In: MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  4. Tolonen H. #39 Age Standardization . In: MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  5. Tolonen H. #42 Making Graphics for MONICA. In: MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  6. Tolonen H, Tunstall-Pedoe H. #89 MONICA Graphics. In: MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  7. Tolonen H. Things to remember when analysing collaborative MONICA data. In the CD of MONICA monograph and multimedia sourcebook edited by Tunstall-Pedoe H for the WHO MONICA Project. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003 (Also available from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562234.pdf)
     
  8. Aromaa A, Tolonen H. History of Health Examination Surveys. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  9. Tolonen H. Sources of Health Data and Uses of Information from Health Examination Surveys. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  10. Koponen P, Aromaa A, Tolonen H, Kulmala I, Natunen S, Kuulasmaa K. Experiences, Potentials and Plans for Organizing and Conducting National Health Examination Surveys. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920) 
     
  11. Koponen P, Tolonen H, Natunen S, Kuulasmaa K, Aromaa A. Guidelines and Recommendations for Health Examination Surveys. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  12. Grøtvedt L, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Heldal J, Graff-Iversen S. Sampling and Recruitment. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  13. Viet L, Tolonen H, Natunen S, Kuulasmaa K, Verschuren M. Measurement Procedures. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  14. Viet L, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Verschuren M. Quality Assurance Procedures. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  15. Tolonen H, Koponen P. Resources Used in and Cost of Previous Health Examination Surveys. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  16. Kuulasmaa K, Aromaa A, Conti S, Graff-Iversen S, Koponen P, Primatesta P, Tolonen H, Verschuren M. Summary and Discussion: Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey. In: Review of Health Examinations Surveys edited by 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. B18/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-842-4. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  17. Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Aromaa A. Introduction. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  18. Koponen P, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H. Health Examination Survey Models and Survey Organization. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  19. Heldal J, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. Sampling. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  20. Grøtvedt L, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Graff-Iversen S. Recruitment of Participants to HES. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  21. Viet L, Tolonen H, Natunen S, Kuulasmaa K, Verschuren M. Measurement Protocols. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  22. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K. Data Management and Documentation. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)
     
  23. Tolonen H, Aromaa A. Resources Needed and Preparation of a Survey Budget. In: Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe edited by 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. B22/2008, Helsinki, Publications of the National Public Health Institute, 2008. ISBN 978-951-740-838-7. (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/portal/2920)

Thesis

  1. Tolonen H. Towards the High Quality of Population Health Surveys. Standardization and Quality Control. PhD Thesis. A27/2005, Helsinki: Publications of the National Public Health Institute; 2005. ISBN 951-740-546-4 (print), 951-740-547-2 (pdf) (Also available from http://www.ktl.fi/attachments/suomi/julkaisut/julkaisusarja_a/2005/2005a27.pdf) 
Web publications (see http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/about.html)
  1. 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.
     
  2. Wolf H, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Ruokokoski E. Participation rates, quality of sampling frames and sampling fractions in the MONICA surveys. (May 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/nonres/nonres.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991076.
     
  3. Kuulasmaa K, Hense H-W, Tolonen H for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on blood pressure in the WHO MONICA Project. (November 1998). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/bp/bpqa.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991082
     
  4. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. 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
     
  5. 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.
     
  6. 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.
     
  7. 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
     
  8. Tolonen H, Ferrario M and Minoja M for the WHO MONICA Project. Quality assessment of data on awareness and treatment of high cholesterol in the WHO MONICA Project. (June 1999). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/hich/hchdrug.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe19991130
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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.
     
  11. 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.
     
  12. 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.
     
  13. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Ruokokoski E for the WHO MONICA Project. MONICA survey data book. (October 2000). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/surveydb/title.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20001206.
     
  14. Mähönen M, Asplund K, Tolonen H and 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. 
     
  15. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Asplund K and 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. (June 2002). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/stroke_h1/appendix.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20021258 
     
  16. 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 
     
  17. 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 
     
  18. Tolonen H, Mähönen M, Kuulasmaa K and Nissinen A. Reporting the risk factor survey data. (October 2002). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/ehrm/publications/product3/title.htm, URN:NBN:fi-fe20031091
     
  19. Saarela O, Tolonen H, Kulathinal S, Niemelä M and Kuulasmaa K for the MORGAM Project. Description and quality of baseline data: Smoking. (December 2007). Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/morgam/qa/baseline/smoking/smokeqa.htm
Reports

  1. Tafforeau J, Lopez Cobo M, Tolonen H, Scheidt-Nave C and Tinto A. Guidelines for the Development and Criteria for the Adoption of Health Survey Instruments. Eurostat Working Papers and Studies, 2005. ISBN 92-894-8559-0, ISSN 1725-065X. Available from URL:http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_information/dissemination/reporting/healthsurveys_en.pdf   
     
  2. Davidson G, Demarest S, Tolonen H, De Vits C, Primatesta P, Agafitei L. European Health Interview Survey Task Force II. Report on guidelines and quality criteria for population health survey design and methods. Eurostat, Directorate F: Social Statistics and Information Society, Unit F-5: Health and food safety statistics, 2009. Available from URL: http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/dsis/health/library?l=/methodologiessandsdatasc/healthsinterviewssurvey/2007-2008_methodology/november_2009pdf/_EN_1.0_&a=d
Published abstract
  1. Jakovljevic DD, Salomaa VV, Sivenius J & Tolonen H. Weekly and holiday variation in the incidence of subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage: the FINMONICA stroke register. 9th Nordic Meeting of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Upsala, Sweden, August 16-19, 1997. Upsala J Med Sci, 1997; Supp53: O14
     
  2. Jakovljevic DD, Salomaa VV, Sivenius J & Tolonen H. Weekday and the onset of ischemic strokes: the FINMONICA stroke register. 9th Nordic Meeting of Cerebrovascular Disease, Upsala, Sweden, August 16-19, 1997. Upsala J Med Sci, 1997; Supp53: P27 (Poster in pdf)
     
  3. 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, Italy, April 7-10, 1999. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 1999; 9(Suppl 1):
     
  4. Jakovljevic D, Salomaa V, Suzuki K, Tolonen H & Sivenius J. Circannual variation of ischemic stroke - evidence from Finland and Japan. 10th Nordic Meeting of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Snekkersten, Denmark, August 21-24, 1999. Eur J Neurology, 1999; 6(5): A3
     
  5. 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? Satellite meeting of the XV International Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association. World-wide endeavour for epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Rome, Italy, September 6-7, 1999
     
  6. 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, May 7-10, 2000. Can J of Cardiol, 2000; 16 (Suppl B): 57B (Poster in pdf)
     
  7. 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. IX European Stroke Conference, Vienna, Austria, May 24-27, 2000. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2000; 10 (Suppl 2): 2
     
  8. Tolonen H for the European Health Risk Monitoring Project. Proposal to standardize chronic disease risk factors in Europe. 2nd international conference on Monitoring Health Behaviors - Towards global surveillance. Tuusula, Finland, October 1-3, 2001. (Presentation in pdf)
     
  9. Kuulasmaa K & Tolonen H for the European Health Risk Monitoring Project. Proposal to standardize chronic disease risk factor surveys in Europe. Annual EUPHA Meeting. Brussels, Belgium, December 6-8, 2001. (Poster in pdf)
     
  10. 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? The European Society of Cardiology, Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention. Elsinore, Denmark, June 9-12, 2004.
     
  11. 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. The European Society of Cardiology, Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention. Elsinore, Denmark, June 9-12, 2004. (Poster in pdf)
     
  12. Tolonen H, Keil U, Ferrario M, Evans A for the WHO MONICA Project. Prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypercholesterolaemia in 32 populations: results from the WHO MONICA Project. European Congress of Epidemiology. Porto, Portugal, September 8-11, 2004. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2004; 58 (Suppl 1): A57 (Presentation in pdf)
     
  13. Tolonen H, Dobson A, Kulathinal S for the WHO MONICA Project. Effect on trend estimates of the difference between survey respondents and non-respondents: results from 27 populations in the WHO MONICA Project. The First European Survey Research Association (ESRA) Conference. Barcelona, Spain, July 18-22, 2005. (Presentation in pdf)
     
  14. Tolonen H, Lundberg V, Messner T, Molarius A, Merlo J for the WHO MONICA Project. Use of hormone replacement therapy and the profile of CVD risk factors between hormone replacement therapy users and non-users: results from 29 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. World Congress of Epidemiology. Bangkok, Thailand, August 21-25, 2005. (Poster in pdf)
     
  15. 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? The European Society of Cardiology Congress. Stockholm, Sweden, September 3-7, 2005.
     
  16. Boshuizen HC, Lanti M, Menotti A, Moschadreas J, Tolonen H, Nissinen A, Nedeljkovic S, Kafatos A & Kromhout D. Accounting for measurement error in a two-step procedure using multivariate longitudinal models. 27th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Geneva, Switzerland, August 23-31, 2006. (Poster in pdf)
     
  17. 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. Norsk Epidemiologi, 2007; 17 (Supplement 1): 16
     
  18. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Chaudhury M, Conti C, Graff-Iversen S, Grotvedt L, Primatesta P, Rago G, Verschuren M, Viet L. National health examination surveys in Europe. EuroPRevent Congress. Paris, France, 1-3 May 2008. Eur J Card Prev Rehabil 2008: S12
     
  19. Koponen P, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Aromaa A. Models for Health Examination Surveys in Europe and key issues in survey organization. EUPHA Conference. Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-8, 2008. Eur J Public Health 2008; 18(Suppl 1): 68
     
  20. Heldal J, Grøtvedt L, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Graff-Iversen S. Sampling and recruitment in European Health Examination Surveys. EUPHA Conference. Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-8, 2008. Eur J Public Health 2008; 18(Suppl 1): 69
     
  21. Tolonen H, Laatikainen T, Talala K, Helakorpi S, Martelin T, Prättälä R. Large proportion of the excess mortality among health behavior survey non-repondents is explained by socio-economic factors. EuroPRevent Congress. Stockholm, Sweden, 6-9 May 2009. Eur J Card Prev Rehabil 2009; 16(Suppl 1): S13
     
  22. 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, June 29 - July 7, 2009.
     
  23. Tolonen H, Conti S, Heldal J, Koponen P, Kuulasmaa K. Setting up a European Health Examination Survey. EUPHA Conference, Lodz, Poland, 25-28 November 2009. Eur J Public Health 2009; 19(Suppl 1): 93
     
  24. Mäki-Opas J, Koponen P, Tolonen H, Tafforeau J. Challenges in obtaining comparable information about obesity in Europe. EUPHA Conference, Lodz, Poland, 25-28 November 2009. Eur J Public Health 2009; 19(Suppl 1): 147
     
  25. Koponen P, Tolonen H, Sainio P. Including institutionalized persons in health surveys - experiences from the Health 2000 survey in Finland. EUPHA Conference, Lodz, Poland, 25-28 November 2009. Eur J Public Health 2009; 19(Suppl 1): 200

Last updated: 25 February 2010