FINNISH RESEARCH PROGRAMME
ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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TOXIC EFFECTS OF URBAN AIR AND DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES ON THE RESPIRATORY TRACT (PAMTOX)

Project leader: Raimo O. Salonen, National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Environmental Health, P.O.Box 95, FIN-70701 Kuopio, Finland, tel. +358-17-201 348, e-mail: Raimo.Salonen@ktl.fi
 

PUBLICATIONS

(Updated May 20, 2002)

Articles in international scientific journals

Hälinen AI, Komulainen H, Salonen RO, Ruotsalainen M, Hirvonen MR. Diesel particles induce nitric oxide production in murine alveolar macrophages and rat airways. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 1999;7:11-18.

Salonen RO, Pennanen AS, Hälinen AI, Hirvonen M-R, Sillanpää M, Hillamo R, Karlsson V, Koskentalo T, Aarnio P, Ferguson S, Koutrakis P: A chemical and toxicological comparison of urban air PM10 collected during winter and spring in Finland. Inhal Toxicol 2000;12(Suppl 2):95-103.

Hälinen AI, Pennanen, AS, Salonen RO. Characterization of respiratory exposure to and effects of cold air hyperventilation in guinea-pigs. Inhal Toxicol 2000a;12:649-669.

Hälinen AI, Salonen RO, Pennanen AS, Kosma VM. Combined respiratory effects of cold air with SO2 or NO2 in repeated 10-minute exposures of hyperventilating guinea-pigs. Inhal Toxicol 2000b;12:671-691.

Submitted articles

Salonen RO, Hälinen AI, Pennanen AS, Hirvonen M-R, Sillanpää MK, Hillamo RE, Shi T, Borm P, Sandell E, Koskentalo T, Aarnio P. Chemical and in-vitro toxicological characteristics of winter and spring PM10 in Helsinki, Finland. Scand J Work Environ Health, submitted.

Salonen RO, Hälinen AI, Pennanen AS, Hirvonen M-R, Sillanpää MK, Hillamo RE, Shi T, Borm P, Sandell E, Koskentalo T, Aarnio P. Chemical characteristics and in-vitro toxicity profiles of winter and spring PM2.5 in Helsinki, Finland. Scand J Work Environ Health, submitted.

Articles in international scientific compilation works and conference proceedings

Salonen RO, Pennanen AS, Hälinen AI, Hirvonen M-R, Sillanpää M, Hillamo R, Karlsson V, Koskentalo T, Aarnio P, Ferguson S, Koutrakis P. A chemical and toxicological comparison of urban air PM10 collected during winter and spring in Finland. Proceedings of the Third Colloquium on Particulate Air Pollution and Health, 6-8 June 1999, Durham, NC, USA.
Sillanpää M, Hillamo R, Kerminen V-M, Pakkanen T, Salonen R, Pennanen A, Aarnio P, Koskentalo T: Chemical composition and mass balance of an urban aerosol during various seasons. Proceedings of the Third European Aerosol Conference. J Aerosol Sci 2000;31:S309-S310.

Sillanpää MK, Hillamo RE, Mäkelä T, Pennanen AS, Salonen RO. On the performance of high-volume cascade impactor. Proceedings of the 6th International Aerosol Conference (8-13 September 2002, Taipei, Taiwan), submitted.

Scientific monographs

Saarelainen A. Short-term effects of ambient air particles on the respiratory tract. [Ulkoilman hiukkasten lyhytaikaiset toksiset vaikutukset hengitysteihin.] BSc-thesis in Finnish 1999. University of Kuopio, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Kuopio, Finland.

Hälinen, AI. Combined respiratory effects of cold air with SO2 or NO2 in short-lasting exposures of guinea-pigs. PhD-thesis, 2000. University of Kuopio, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuopio, Finland. Publications of the National Public Health Institute A15/2000.

Other scientific publications

Salonen RO. Particulate emissions from traffic and health in Finland. [Liikenteen hiukkaspäästöt ja terveys Suomessa. In Finnish.] Ympäristö ja Terveys 1998;29(9-10):59-61.
 
 

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