H. Tolonen

Recommendations for organizing a standardized European Health Examination survey (2008)

Tolonen, H., Koponen, P., Aromaa, A., Conti, S., Graff-Iversen, S., Grøtvedt, L., ...

Introduction: Health examination surveys (HES) based on representative probability samples of the population provide information on health behaviour, health determinants (e.g., obesity, blood...

Recommendations for the Health Examination Surveys in Europe (2008)

Tolonen, H., Koponen, P., Aromaa, A., Conti, S., Graff-Iversen, S., Grøtvedt, L., ...

Introduction: One of the objectives of the Community Public Health Programme 2003-2008 of the European Union (EU) was to establish and operate a sustainable health monitoring system [1]. As a part of...

Review of Health Examination Surveys in Europe (2008)

Tolonen, H., Koponen, P., Aromaa, A., Conti, S., Graff-Iversen, S., Grøtvedt, L., ...

Introduction: Information on the health, health risks and use of health services and medicines of the population are needed for planning and evaluating health policies and health care. Typical data...

Effects of Past and Recent Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Level on Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality, Accounting for Measurement Error - Reply ( letter to the editor (2008)

Boshuizen, H.C., Lanti, M., Menotti, A., Moschandreas, J., Tolonen, H., Nissinen, A., ...

The authors aimed to quantify the effects of current systolic blood pressure (SBP) and serum total cholesterol on the risk of mortality in comparison with SBP or serum cholesterol 25 years...

Effects of Past and Recent Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Level on Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality, Accounting for Measurement Error (2007)

Boshuizen, H.C., Lanti, M., Menotti, A., Moschandreas, J., Tolonen, H., Nissinen, A., ...

The authors aimed to quantify the effects of current systolic blood pressure (SBP) and serum total cholesterol on the risk of mortality in comparison with SBP or serum cholesterol 25 years...

Effect on trend estimates of the difference between survey respondents and non-respondents: Results from 27 populations in the WHO MONIICA Project (2005)

Tolonen, H, Dobson, A, Kulathinal, S.

Introduction: In the World Health Organization (WHO) MONICA (multinational MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) Project considerable effort was made to obtain basic data...

Effect on trend estimates of the difference between survey respondents and non-respondents: Results from 27 populations in the WHO MONIICA Project (2005)

Tolonen, H, Dobson, A, Kulathinal, S.

Introduction: In the World Health Organization (WHO) MONICA (multinational MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) Project considerable effort was made to obtain basic data...

Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations (2000)

Kuulasmaa, K., Tunstall-Pedoe, H., Dobson, A., Fortmann, S, Sans, S., Tolonen, H., ...

Background From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, the WHO MONICA Project monitored coronary events and classic risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in 38 populations from 21 countries. We assessed...

Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations (2000)

Kuulasmaa, K., Tunstall-Pedoe, H., Dobson, A., Fortmann, S, Sans, S., Tolonen, H., ...

Background From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, the WHO MONICA Project monitored coronary events and classic risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in 38 populations from 21 countries. We assessed...

Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations

Kuulasmaa, K, Tunstall-Pedoe, H, Dobson, A, Fortmann, S, Sans, S, Tolonen, H, ...

Background From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, the WHO MONICA Project monitored coronary events and classic risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in 38 populations from 21 countries. We assessed...

Effect on trend estimates of the difference between survey respondents and non-respondents: Results from 27 populations in the WHO MONICA project

Tolonen, H, Dobson, A, Kulathinal, S, WHO MONICA Project

Introduction: In the World Health Organization (WHO) MONICA (multinational MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) Project considerable effort was made to obtain basic data...

Assessing the quality of risk factor survey data: lessons from the WHO MONICA Project

Tolonen, H, Dobson, A, Kulathinal, S, WHO MONICA Project

Background and purpose Survey data quality is a combination of the representativeness of the sample, the accuracy and precision of measurements, data processing and management with several...