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

• Tuomisto JT, Pohjola MV, Tainio M, Pekkanen J: Open participation in environmental health risk assessment (submitted Jan 2008)
• Tuomisto JT, Pohjola MV: A systematic information structure in environmental health risk and impact assessment (submission April 2008)
• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Managing open risk assessment (submission June 2008)
• Pohjola MV, Pohjola V, Tuomisto JT: Purpose and properties of a good risk assessment (submission June 2008)
• Pohjola MV, Tuomisto JT: Evaluating the performance of an environmental health risk assessment (submission December 2008)
• Tainio M, Hujo M., Tuomisto J.T., Karppinen A., Karvosenoja N., Sofiev M., Kangas L., Kupiainen K.,Kukkonen J.: Defining intake fraction for Finnish primary fine particles (KOPRA-exposure results, manuscript submission spring 2008)
• Tainio M., Tuomisto J.T., Sofiev M., Karppinen A., Karvosenoja N., Kangas L., Kukkonen J., Pekkanen J.: The sources, dispersion and health effects of Finnish fine particles (KOPRA-health article, manuscript submission summer 2008)
• 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
• 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)

Meeting abstracts and presentations

• Päivi Meriläinen, Jouni Tuomisto, Mikko Pohjola: Open risk assessment of drinking water contaminants – Involving stakeholders. Stockholm water conference, 2008.

Doctoral theses

• Marko Tainio: Methods for fine particles air pollution risk assessment (working title, end of year 2008)
• Marjo Niittynen: TCDD-induced hepatic biliverdin accumulation in rats (working title, 2009)
• Olli Leino:
• Mikko Pohjola:
• Virpi Kollanus:

Books

• Tuomisto JT: Ilmansaasteet. (Farmakologia ja toksikologia, Medicina, Kuopio, 2008)

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