Jaak Põlluste
National Institutes of Health
8 Papers
75 Citations
Jaak Põlluste is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
Passive smoking and respiratory symptoms in the FinEsS Study
TL;DR: The findings of this study support a ban on smoking in the workplace and public areas and provide further evidence of the serious health hazards associated with environmental smoke exposure.
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Asthma, chronic bronchitis and respiratory symptoms among adults in Estonia according to a postal questionnaire.
Mari Meren,Lii Jannus-Pruljan,Helle-Mai Loit,Jaak Põlluste,E. Jönsson,Jaak Kiviloog,Bo Lundbäck +6 more
TL;DR: Diagnostic criteria based on the Soviet-time definitions is discussed as a possible explanation to the low prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma and high prevalence of chronic bronchitis in Estonia compared with other Northern European countries.
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Low socio-economic status is a risk factor for respiratory symptoms: a comparison between Finland, Sweden and Estonia.
TL;DR: Belonging to the socio-economic group of manual workers correlated with an increased risk for chronic respiratory symptoms, independently of smoking habits, in each country.
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Postal survey on asthma, chronic bronchitis and respiratory symptoms among adult Estonians and non-Estonians (FinEsS-study).
Lii Jannus-Pruljan,Mari Meren,Jaak Põlluste,Helle-Mai Loit,Jaak Kiviloog,Aleksei Baburin,Bo Lundbäck +6 more
TL;DR: This study revealed that the prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma in Estonians and non-Estonians was the same, and Physician- Diagnosed chronic bronchitis was more frequent inNon-E Estonians than in Estonian adults.
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Parallel gradients in FENO and in the prevalences of asthma and atopy in adult general populations of Sweden, Finland and Estonia - A Nordic EpiLung study.
Paul G. Lassmann-Klee,Päivi Piirilä,Ben Michael Brumpton,Matz Larsson,Britt-Marie Sundblad,Jaak Põlluste,Maria Juusela,Annamari Rouhos,Mari Meren,Ari Lindqvist,Hannu Kankaanranta,Helena Backman,Arnulf Langhammer,Eva Rönmark,Bo Lundbäck,Anssi Sovijärvi +15 more
TL;DR: There was a higher prevalence of asthma and allergic airway inflammation in adult general populations of Sweden and Finland compared to those of Estonia and atopy and elevated FENO level were independently associated with an increased risk of asthma.
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