Publishing plan of the risk research group, KTL (YTOS)

Publishing plan of the risk research group presents the current plan of articles that are under preparation in the risk research group, Department of Environmental Health, KTL, Finland. The actual published articles are on the page Publications of the risk research group, KTL (YTOS).

Purpose

The purpose of the publishing process is to

• publish new scientific information in the form of peer-reviewed scientific articles
• publish new scientific information also in non-peer reviewed and popular media
• make the information produced in the group as widely available as possible
• target the information production into areas that maximally benefit societal decision-making in terms of public health
• increase the scientific merits of the researchers involved.

Structure of the process

Input format

The publications are produced in the following categories:

1. Scientific, peer-reviewed publications
   1. in international scientific journals (in English)
   2. in international scientific journals (in other languages)
   3. in international proceedings
   4. in Finnish scientific journals or proceedings
2. Scientific, non-peer-reviewed publications
   1. meeting abstracts, posters, and oral presentations
   2. books, book chapters, reports, and monographs
   3. doctoral and other thesis
   4. other
3. Non-scientific publications
   1. books
   2. articles in non-scientific journals
   3. audiovisual products (own products)
   4. interviews or news in newspapers or other media

Procedure

The following manuscripts will be prepared and submitted.

Scientific peer-reviewed articles in international journals

• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Evaluating performance of environmental health assessments (submission October 2008)
• Tuomisto JT, Pohjola MV, Tainio M, Pekkanen J: Open participation in environmental health risk assessment (resubmission October 2008???)
• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Hypothesis creation and testing in environmental health assessment (submission 2009)
• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Modular design of environmental health assessments (submission 2009)
• Marko Tainio, Mikhail Sofiev, Mika Hujo, Jouni T. Tuomisto, Miranda Loh, Matti J. Jantunen, Ari Karppinen, Leena Kangas, Niko Karvosenoja, Kaarle Kupiainen, Petri Porvari, Jaakko Kukkonen: Evaluation of the intake fractions of primary fine particulate matter originated from various source categories. Manuscript. Submission fall 2008. Target journal: Atmospheric environment
• Tainio M.1, Tuomisto J.T.1,2, Pekkanen J1,3, Karvosenoja N.4, Kupiainen K.4, Porvari P.4, Sofiev M.5, Karppinen A.5, Kangas L.5, Kukkonen J.5: Finnish anthropogenic primary fine particle (PM2.5) emissions and their health effects: health impact assessment. Manuscript. Submission fall 2008. target journal: Environmental health Perspective
• Tainio et al.: Exposure and health effects of traffic and domestic combustion based fine particles (PILTTI-tulokset, ajatusasteella)
• Niittynen M., Tuomisto J.T., Pohjanvirta R.: Effect of TCDD on selected heme metabolic enzymes (manuscript submission February 2008)
• Marjo Niittynen, Jouni T. Tuomisto, Anna Karjalainen, and Juha Pekkanen: A case study of combining epidemiology and toxicology in environmental health risk assessment: TCDD-induced dental aberrations in humans and rats
• Karjalainen A, Sinkko H, Hirvonen T, Kiviranta H (et al. ?). Nutritional intakes of polychlorinated dibenzopdioxins and furans (PCDD/F), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) and methylmercury (MeHg) in Finnish children
• Kuusisto et al: a report on the impact assessment of Helsinki congestion charges (to be refined)
• Kuusisto et al: a report on the application of ORA to a traffic-related topic (to be refined)
• Päivi Meriläinen, Markku Lehtola, James Grellier, Nina Iszatt, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Terttu Vartiainen, Jouni T. Tuomisto: Developing a conceptual model for risk-benefit analysis of disinfection byproduct and microbes in drinking water
• Gradowska P, Cooke R, Leino O, Karjalainen A. Bayesian Belief Network model for the benefit-risk assessment of fish in the Beneris project.
• Leino O, Karjalainen A, Tuomisto JT. Effects of methyl mercury and docosahexaenoic acid exposure on child's brain development due to fish consumption in Finland. http://www.pyrkilo.fi/beneris/index.php/Publication_plan_2008-2009<br>
• Leino O et al (?). Geographical variation in methyl mercury and docosahexaenoic acid intake due to fish consumption in Europe http://www.pyrkilo.fi/beneris/index.php/Publication_plan_2008-2009<br>
• Leino O, Hyvönen P, Tuomisto JT. Using hierarcical Bayes method to estimate pollutant concentrations in fish species&nbsp; http://www.pyrkilo.fi/beneris/index.php/Publication_plan_2008-2009<br>
• Leino O et al (?). Methyl mercury in placenta and intake due to fish consumption in Finland and Denmark&nbsp; http://www.pyrkilo.fi/beneris/index.php/Publication_plan_2008-2009<br>
  
• Kollanus, V., Pennanen, A., Tuomisto, J.T. & Komulainen, H.: Evaluation of As, Cd, Cu and Ni Exposure and Health Risks in People Living Near a Cu-Ni Smelter (submission 2008)

Planned manuscript ideas with unsure realization:

• Karvonen H, Karjalainen A, Sarkkinen E, Tuomisto JT, Tuomisto J. (et al. ?). Reviewing beneficial and hazardous health effects of fish consumption in children (background: Karvonen will anyway review fish health benefits; ready drafted working outline on fish health hazards exists, but time resources are lacking)
• Leino O, Karjalainen A, Verkasalo P, Turunen A, Tuomisto JT. (et al.?) Benefit-risk assessment of fish and related policy options (drafting begun, outlining very incomplete)

Discarded, previously planned manuscript ideas:

• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT, Pohjola V: PSSP ontology - theory and application in environmental health assessments submitted April 2008
• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Purpose determines the structure of environmental health assessments (submission July 2008)
• Tuomisto JT, Pohjola MV, Kuhn A: A systematic information structure in open assessment (submission June 2008)
• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Managing open risk assessment (submission December 2008)

Meeting abstracts and presentations

• Päivi Meriläinen, Jouni Tuomisto, Mikko Pohjola: Open risk assessment of drinking water contaminants – Involving stakeholders. Stockholm water conference, 2008.
• Pohjola MV, Ahtoniemi P, Kollanus V, Jantunen M, Tuomisto JT: Open assessment in assessing impacts of greenhouse gas trade options. Climate change: Global risks, challenges & decisions, Copenhagen 10-12 March 2009.

Doctoral theses

• Marko Tainio: Integrated assessment of fine particulate matter risks: Quest for optimal model structure. (Working title, end of year 2008)
• Marjo Niittynen: TCDD-induced hepatic biliverdin accumulation in rats (working title, 2009)
• Olli Leino:
• Mikko Pohjola: Environmental health assessments as intentional creation of collective belief systems (working title, end of 2009)
• Virpi Kollanus:

Books

Output

The actual published articles are on the page Publications of the risk research group, KTL (YTOS).

Rationale

The planned publications are based on the work done in the following research projects:

• Beneris
• Erac
• Finmerac
• Heimtsa
• Hiwate
• Intarese
• Kopra
• Piltti