Eero Pukkala
Biographic Data
| ID | 2233224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eero Pukkala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eero |
| FAMILY NAME | Pukkala |
| SIGNATURE | PUKKALA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9536-6440 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Living alone as a risk factor for cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality: A nationwide registry study
Lack of social contacts has been associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, but it is not known whether living alone increases the risk of cancer incidence or case fatality. We examined the association between living alone with cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality in eight most common cancers. All patients with their first cancer diagnosis in 2000-2017 were identified from the nationwide Finnish Cancer Registry. Inf…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Helsinki University Hospital Personnel Psychological Well-Being: Six-Month Follow-Up Results
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unequally distributed extra workload to hospital personnel and first reports have indicated that especially front-line health care personnel are psychologically challenged. A majority of the Finnish COVID-19 patients are cared for in the Helsinki University Hospital district. The psychological distress of the Helsinki University Hospital personnel has been followed via an electronic survey monthly since June 20…
Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the Covid-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
In March 2020, strict measures took place in Finland to limit the COVID-19 pandemic. Majority of Finnish COVID-19 patients have been located in southern Finland and consequently cared for at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) Helsinki University Hospital. During the pandemic, HUS personnel's psychological symptoms are followed via an electronic survey, which also delivers information on psychosocial support services. In June 2020…
Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States
Pilot aircraft-assisted suicides (AAS) are rare, and there is limited understanding of copycat phenomenon among aviators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effect the 11 September 2001, terrorist attacks had on pilot AASs in the U.S. Fatal aviation accidents in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) database were searched using the following search words: "suicide", "murder-suicide" and "homicide-suicide". The timeline b…
Variation in Nordic Work-Related Cancer Risks after Adjustment for Alcohol and Tobacco
Background : Alcohol and tobacco strongly increases the risk of cancers of the tongue, mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus, and are also established risk factors for cancer of the liver, colon, and rectum. It is well documented that these habits are unequally distributed among occupational groups. Most occupational cohort studies lack information on these potentially important confounders, and may therefore be prone to bias. Aim : The aim of t…
Copycats in Pilot Aircraft-Assisted Suicides after the Germanwings Incident
Aircraft-assisted pilot suicide is a rare but serious phenomenon. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pilot aircraft-assisted suicide risks, i.e., a copycat effect, in the U.S. and Germany after the Germanwings 2015 incident in the French Alps. Aircraft-assisted pilot suicides were searched in the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigation database and in the German Bundestelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung …
Hopelessness and Risk of Mortality and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Cancer
We examined the relationship among low, moderate, and high levels of hopelessness, all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) and cancer in a population-based sample of middle-aged men. Participants were 2428 men, ages 42 to 60, from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease study, an ongoing longitudinal study of unestablished psychosocial risk factors for ischemic heart disease and other outcomes. In 6 years of …
Koivusalo and Colleagues Respond
Koivusalo and Colleagues Respond Meri Koivusalo, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Terttu Vartiainen, Timo Hakulinen, Sakari Karjalainen, Eero Pukkala, and Jouko Tuomisto P Levallois, and P AyotteCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.9.1299 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Drinking water mutagenicity and gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancers: An ecological study in Finland
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between exposure to mutagenic drinking water and cancers of the gastrointestinal and urinary tract. METHODS. Past exposure to drinking water mutagenicity was assessed in 56 Finnish municipalities for the years 1955 and 1970. The cases of bladder, kidney, stomach, colon, and rectum cancers were derived from two periods (1967 to 1976 and 1977 to 1986). Age, sex, social class,…
Survival of female breast cancer patients in Finland and in Estonia: Stage at diagnosis important determinant of the difference between countries
Cancers of affluence: Positive social class gradient and rising incidence trend in some cancer forms
Selective screening: Theory and practice based on high-risk groups of cervical cancer
Using data taken from the organised mass screening system in Finland, risk indicators of cervical cancer were identified in order to define a high-risk group which could then be used for selective screening of cervical cancer. Single risk factors classified at best 39% of the cases into a high-risk group of 8%. A combination of risk factors by different statistical methods was applied, but the results were essentially the same. In order to find a…
Selective screening for cervical cancer. Experience of the Finnish mass screening system
Names of women eligible to be screened for cervical cancer are taken from the national population registry and the women are invited by a personal letter. The data, from these mass screenings are analysed and stored at the screening registry. To reduced the costs of the system and to increase the yield of preinvasive lesions the idea of selective screening was considered. Tt was decided that if people were selected according to their risk factors…
Cancers of affluence: Positive social class gradient and rising incidence trend in some cancer forms
Drinking water mutagenicity and gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancers: An ecological study in Finland
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between exposure to mutagenic drinking water and cancers of the gastrointestinal and urinary tract. METHODS. Past exposure to drinking water mutagenicity was assessed in 56 Finnish municipalities for the years 1955 and 1970. The cases of bladder, kidney, stomach, colon, and rectum cancers were derived from two periods (1967 to 1976 and 1977 to 1986). Age, sex, social class,…
Survival of female breast cancer patients in Finland and in Estonia: Stage at diagnosis important determinant of the difference between countries
Selective screening for cervical cancer. Experience of the Finnish mass screening system
Names of women eligible to be screened for cervical cancer are taken from the national population registry and the women are invited by a personal letter. The data, from these mass screenings are analysed and stored at the screening registry. To reduced the costs of the system and to increase the yield of preinvasive lesions the idea of selective screening was considered. Tt was decided that if people were selected according to their risk factors…
Selective screening: Theory and practice based on high-risk groups of cervical cancer
Using data taken from the organised mass screening system in Finland, risk indicators of cervical cancer were identified in order to define a high-risk group which could then be used for selective screening of cervical cancer. Single risk factors classified at best 39% of the cases into a high-risk group of 8%. A combination of risk factors by different statistical methods was applied, but the results were essentially the same. In order to find a…
Cancers of affluence: Positive social class gradient and rising incidence trend in some cancer forms
Survival of female breast cancer patients in Finland and in Estonia: Stage at diagnosis important determinant of the difference between countries
Drinking water mutagenicity and gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancers: An ecological study in Finland
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between exposure to mutagenic drinking water and cancers of the gastrointestinal and urinary tract. METHODS. Past exposure to drinking water mutagenicity was assessed in 56 Finnish municipalities for the years 1955 and 1970. The cases of bladder, kidney, stomach, colon, and rectum cancers were derived from two periods (1967 to 1976 and 1977 to 1986). Age, sex, social class,…
Koivusalo and Colleagues Respond
Koivusalo and Colleagues Respond Meri Koivusalo, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Terttu Vartiainen, Timo Hakulinen, Sakari Karjalainen, Eero Pukkala, and Jouko Tuomisto P Levallois, and P AyotteCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.9.1299 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Hopelessness and Risk of Mortality and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Cancer
We examined the relationship among low, moderate, and high levels of hopelessness, all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) and cancer in a population-based sample of middle-aged men. Participants were 2428 men, ages 42 to 60, from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease study, an ongoing longitudinal study of unestablished psychosocial risk factors for ischemic heart disease and other outcomes. In 6 years of …
Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States
Pilot aircraft-assisted suicides (AAS) are rare, and there is limited understanding of copycat phenomenon among aviators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effect the 11 September 2001, terrorist attacks had on pilot AASs in the U.S. Fatal aviation accidents in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) database were searched using the following search words: "suicide", "murder-suicide" and "homicide-suicide". The timeline b…
Variation in Nordic Work-Related Cancer Risks after Adjustment for Alcohol and Tobacco
Background : Alcohol and tobacco strongly increases the risk of cancers of the tongue, mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus, and are also established risk factors for cancer of the liver, colon, and rectum. It is well documented that these habits are unequally distributed among occupational groups. Most occupational cohort studies lack information on these potentially important confounders, and may therefore be prone to bias. Aim : The aim of t…
Copycats in Pilot Aircraft-Assisted Suicides after the Germanwings Incident
Aircraft-assisted pilot suicide is a rare but serious phenomenon. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pilot aircraft-assisted suicide risks, i.e., a copycat effect, in the U.S. and Germany after the Germanwings 2015 incident in the French Alps. Aircraft-assisted pilot suicides were searched in the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigation database and in the German Bundestelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung …
Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the Covid-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
In March 2020, strict measures took place in Finland to limit the COVID-19 pandemic. Majority of Finnish COVID-19 patients have been located in southern Finland and consequently cared for at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) Helsinki University Hospital. During the pandemic, HUS personnel's psychological symptoms are followed via an electronic survey, which also delivers information on psychosocial support services. In June 2020…
Living alone as a risk factor for cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality: A nationwide registry study
Lack of social contacts has been associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, but it is not known whether living alone increases the risk of cancer incidence or case fatality. We examined the association between living alone with cancer incidence, case-fatality and all-cause mortality in eight most common cancers. All patients with their first cancer diagnosis in 2000-2017 were identified from the nationwide Finnish Cancer Registry. Inf…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Helsinki University Hospital Personnel Psychological Well-Being: Six-Month Follow-Up Results
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unequally distributed extra workload to hospital personnel and first reports have indicated that especially front-line health care personnel are psychologically challenged. A majority of the Finnish COVID-19 patients are cared for in the Helsinki University Hospital district. The psychological distress of the Helsinki University Hospital personnel has been followed via an electronic survey monthly since June 20…
Medicine (13 works) · Demography (8 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Cancer (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Cancer registry (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (4 works)