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Kantola I, Tervo J, Koskio L, Haijanen J, Hermansson H, Kantola T, Merikari M, Makela P, Rehunen S, Varis J. P5459Blood pressure explains carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in females but age in males. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx493.p5459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the keystone of European Union (EU) risk assessment for food and feed safety. In collaboration with national authorities and in consultation with its stakeholders, EFSA provides independent scientific advice and information about existing and emerging risks. Assessing biological risks at the human-animal interface is becoming ever more challenging because this interface is in a permanent state of flux. In addition, questions about food safety cannot usually be categorised under one discipline; most of the time, they need to be addressed in a transdisciplinary way. Two scientific panels of EFSA, on biological hazards (BIOHAZ) and on animal health and welfare (AHAW), have, in many instances, jointly addressed such complex, multifaceted questions of risk. This paper reviews the integrated approach of the EU towards risk assessment, with a special focus on human health and the whole food chain, and on science-based interventions to lower the risk to consumers.
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- F Berthe
- European Food Safety Authority, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Directorate, Via Carlo Magno 1/A, Parma, 1-43126, Italy
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- European Food Safety Authority, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Directorate, Via Carlo Magno 1/A, Parma, 1-43126, Italy
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- European Food Safety Authority, Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Directorate, Via Carlo Magno 1/A, Parma, 1-43126, Italy
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Herttua K, Makela P, Martikainen P. Minimum prices of alcohol and educational disparities in alcohol-related mortality: a time-series analysis. Eur J Public Health 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt126.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Paye M, Block C, Hamaide N, Hüttmann GE, Kirkwood S, Lally C, Lloyd PH, Makela P, Razenberg H, Young R. Antagonisms between Surfactants: The Case of Laundry Detergents. TENSIDE SURFACT DET 2013. [DOI: 10.3139/113.100316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Interaction between surfactants forms micelles that typically lead to a reduction of the irritation potential of the mixture. The objective of this study is to illustrate that such antagonism between surfactants is applicable to actual cases of consumer products e.g. laundry detergent products. The Zein test is an in vitro assay measuring corn protein denaturation by solutions of surfactant(s) and often used to predict their acute irritation potential. The Zein test data for the surfactant mixtures from nine representative laundry detergents demonstrate that the protein denaturation by the mixtures is, in all cases, lower than the cumulative score of protein denaturation by the different surfactants tested separately. The data clearly indicate that antagonism occurs between the actual surfactants present in their exact proportions as found in the consumer laundry detergent products. These data support the view that the hazard classification of detergent products as (irritant) by the dangerous preparation directive should not be based on a simple cumulative score of the irritation properties of the individual components of the products.
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- M. Paye
- Colgate-Palmolive R&D, Milmort, Belgium
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- Procter & Gamble, Brussels, Belgium
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Lahuerta A, Westrell T, Takkinen J, Boelaert F, Rizzi V, Helwigh B, Borck B, Korsgaard H, Ammon A, Makela P. Zoonoses in the European Union: origin, distribution and dynamics - the EFSA-ECDC summary report 2009. Euro Surveill 2011; 16:19832. [PMID: 21489375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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We present a summary of the main findings of the latest report of the European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union (EU), based on data from 2009. Zoonoses are prevalent and widely distributed across several countries in the EU. The most important highlight of this report was the continuous decrease of human salmonellosis since 2005, probably due to effective control programmes in livestock.
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- A Lahuerta
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
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Karjalainen K, Lintonen T, Impinen A, Makela P, Rahkonen O, Lillsunde P, Ostamo A. Mortality and causes of death among drugged drivers. J Epidemiol Community Health 2009; 64:506-12. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.096990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- A Gervelmeyer
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Berlin, Germany
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- European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Berlin, Germany
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- European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy
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- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy
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Gervelmeyer A, Hempen M, Nebel U, Weber C, Bronzwaer S, Ammon A, Makela P. Developing the Community reporting system for foodborne outbreaks. Euro Surveill 2008; 13:pii: 19029. [PMID: 19000567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Investigating and reporting of foodborne outbreaks became mandatory with Directive 2003/99/EC. In 2006 and 2007 the Community reporting system for foodborne outbreaks was further developed in an interdisciplinary approach, which is described in this paper. This involved experts on investigating and reporting foodborne outbreaks as well as experts on communicable diseases in addition to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Task Force for Zoonoses Data Collection, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Advisory Forum and representatives of ECDC, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the European Commission. European Union Member States participated in a survey regarding their national reporting systems and the needs for information on foodborne outbreaks at the Community level. The acceptability, the functionality and the data quality of the current reporting system were evaluated. The results were used to propose new variables on which data should be reported. Pick-lists were developed to facilitate reporting and better integration of the Community system with Member States' reporting systems. The new system is expected to yield better quality data on foodborne outbreaks relevant for risk assessment and risk management while reducing the work load for Member States.
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- A Gervelmeyer
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany.
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Makela P, Paljarvi T. Do consequences of a given pattern of drinking vary by socioeconomic status? A mortality and hospitalisation follow-up for alcohol-related causes of the Finnish Drinking Habits Surveys. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62:728-33. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Denny J, Boelaert F, Borck B, Heuer OE, Ammon A, Makela P. Zoonotic infections in Europe: trends and figures - a summary of the EFSA-ECDC annual report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 12:E071220.6. [DOI: 10.2807/esw.12.51.03336-en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The 2006 annual Community Summary Report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) was released this week with the latest trends and figures on the occurrence of zoonotic infections and agents, antimicrobial resistance and food-borne outbreaks in the then 25 European Union Member States and five non-EU countries (Bulgaria, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Romania).
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- European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), Parma, Italy
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- Danish Zoonosis Centre, Danish Veterinary Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- EFSA’s Zoonoses Collaboration Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- EFSA’s Zoonoses Collaboration Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Zoonosis Centre, Danish Veterinary Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- collective editorial team
- European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), Parma, Italy
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- European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), Parma, Italy
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- P Makela
- Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, UK
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Pendlebury WW, Solomon PR, Levy R, Roberts C, Makela P, Ford J, Truman C, Wilcock GK, Broe GA, Creasey H, Maltby N, Grayson DA. Tacrine and lecithin in Alzheimer's disease Tacrine is safe and effective. BMJ 1994. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6942.1506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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