Jouni T. Tuomisto
Academy researcher
National Public Health Institute
Centre for Environmental Health Risk Analysis
P.O.Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio
email: firstname.lastname@thl.fi
phone: +358 20 610 6305, fax: +358 20 610 6498
Areas of interest
Improved methods for risk analysis, decision analysis, fine particles, dioxins and other persistent pollutants
Education
Med. Lic., Dr. Med. Sci., docent (field: toxicology, especially risk assessment)
Current research
KOPRA, ERAC, Composite traffic, Intarese, Beneris
Selected publications
Tuomisto JT, Tainio M: An economic way of reducing health, environmental, and other pressures of urban traffic: a decision analysis on trip aggregation. BMC Public Health 2005, 5:123. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/123/abstract
Tuomisto, JT; Wilson, A; Cooke, RM; Tainio, M; Evans, JS. 2005. Mortality in Kuwait due to pm from oil fires after the Gulf War: Combining expert elicitation assessments. EPIDEMIOLOGY 16 (5): S74-S75.
Tuomisto, JT; Pekkanen, J. 2005. Assessing environmental health risks or net health benefits?. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 33 (3): 162-163.
Tuomisto, JT; Tuomisto, J; Tainio, M; Niittynen, M; Verkasalo, P; Vartiainen, T; Kiviranta, H; Pekkanen, J. 2004. Risk-benefit analysis of eating farmed salmon. SCIENCE 305 (5683): 476-476.
Tuomisto, JT; Pekkanen, J; Kiviranta, H; Tukiainen, E; Vartiainen, T; Tuomisto, J. 2004. Soft-tissue sarcoma and dioxin: A case-control study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER 108 (6): 893-900.
Niittynen, M; Tuomisto, JT; Auriola, S; Pohjanvirta, R; Syrjala, P; Simanainen, U; Viluksela, M; Tuomisto, J. 2003. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-induced accumulation of biliverdin and hepatic peliosis in rats.. TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES 72 (1): 361-362, Suppl. S.
Levy, JI; Carrothers, TJ; Tuomisto, JT; Hammitt, JK; Evans, JS. 2001. Assessing the public health benefits of reduced ozone concentrations. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 109 (12): 1215-1226.
Tuomisto, JT; Viluksela, M; Pohjanvirta, R; Tuomisto, J. 1999. The AH receptor and a novel gene determine acute toxic responses to TCDD: Segregation of the resistant alleles to different rat lines. TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY 155 (1): 71-81.