Long-term effect of occupational noise on the risk of coronary heart disease

H Virkkunen, T Kauppinen, L Tenkanen - Scandinavian journal of work …, 2005 - JSTOR
Objectives The aim of the study was to investigate the short-and long-term effects of
occupational exposure to continuous and impulse noise on the risk of CHD. Methods The …

Gemfibrozil in the treatment of dyslipidemia: an 18-year mortality follow-up of the Helsinki Heart Study

…, M Mänttäri, PT Kovanen, H Virkkunen… - Archives of internal …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
Background The Helsinki Heart Study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled primary
prevention trial among 4081 dyslipidemic middle-aged men to test the efficacy of gemfibrozil …

The triad of shift work, occupational noise, and physical workload and risk of coronary heart disease

H Virkkunen, M Härmä, T Kauppinen… - Occupational and …, 2006 - oem.bmj.com
Background: Shift work, noise, and physical workload are very common occupational
exposures and they tend to cluster in the same groups of workers. Objectives: To study the …

Shift work, occupational noise and physical workload with ensuing development of blood pressure and their joint effect on the risk of coronary heart disease

H Virkkunen, M Härmä, T Kauppinen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2007 - JSTOR
Objectives The change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) over an 8-year period was explored
in groups defined according to exposure to shift work, occupational noise, and physical …

Autoimmunity to Human Heat Shock Protein 60, Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection, and Inflammation in Predicting Coronary Risk

…, L Tenkanen, M Mänttäri, H Virkkunen… - … , and vascular biology, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60) and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection have both been
associated with cardiovascular diseases. Our aim was to study the role of Hsp60 antibodies …

The sense of coherence and incidence of cancer—role of follow-up time and age at baseline

E Poppius, H Virkkunen, M Hakama… - Journal of psychosomatic …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We studied the effect of the sense of coherence (SOC) on cancer incidence,
the role of age at baseline, and the length of the follow-up in that association. METHODS …

Synergistic Effect of Persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection, Autoimmunity, and Inflammation on Coronary Risk

T Huittinen, M Leinonen, L Tenkanen, H Virkkunen… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Given the role of chronic infections, autoimmunity, and inflammation in
atherosclerosis, we studied the joint effect of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection …

Quality of life after primary hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture: 6-year follow-up of 185 patients

P Jalovaara, H Virkkunen - Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
Totally, 185 patients with a mean age of 80 years treated by Austin-Moore cementless
hemiarthroplasty for an acute femoral neck fracture were compared with age-and sex …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of agricultural water protection strategies at a catchment scale: case of Finland

R Hietala, H Virkkunen, J Salminen, P Ekholm… - Regional Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
For decades, water quality monitoring programmes, agri-environment schemes and
environmental permits for animal farms have targeted a decrease in agricultural loads …

Topical adrenaline in the control of intraoperative bleeding in adenoidectomy: a randomised, controlled trial

H Teppo, H Virkkunen, M Revonta - Clinical Otolaryngology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of topical racemic adrenaline (RA)(Micronefrin®; Bird
Products, Palm Springs, CA, USA) in the control of intraoperative bleeding and the …