KUOPIO

kooˈôpēō, city (1998 pop. 86,203), Eastern Finland prov., central Finland, on Lake Kallavesi. Situated in a large forest region, its industries are based on timber. It is at the head of the Saimaa lake system and is a tourist and inland-navigation center. Kuopio was chartered in 1782. A university was founded there in 1972.

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books on: Kuopio  - 87 results

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1.
Biotechnology in Comparative Perspective
Book by Gerhard Fuchs; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Biotechnology Industries, Biotechnology Industries--Cross-Cultural Studies, Biotechnology Industries--Location
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Suomi: Finland
Book by Matti Poutvaara; Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1960
Subjects: Finland--Description And Travel--Views
...savonlinna Heinavesi tai Leppavirta kuopio haukivesi Joensuu Heinavesi...Heinavesi: coucher du soleil et pointe du jour. kuopio A. D. 1782 . Asukkaita n. 35 000. Kuopio on kauniin Kallaveden ymparoima ja Savonlinnasta...
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A History of Finland's Literature
Book by George C. Schoolfield; University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Subjects: Finnish Literature--History And Criticism
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Neuropsychology of Cardiovascular Disease
Book by Shari R. Waldstein, Merrill E Elias; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
Subjects: Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Complications, Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Psychological Aspects, Neurobehavioral Disorders, Neurologic Manifestations Of General Diseases
...Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio. Deborah L. Jonas , Ph.D., Department...Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio. Matt Serra , Ph.D., Department of Psychology...middle-aged Finnish men: Findings from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Study. Circulation...
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Area Handbook for Finland
Book by Theodore L. Stoddard, William K. Carr, Shaheen Dil, John Johnson, Carlo La Porta, Nils Ørvik, Douglas K. Ramsey, Kirk H. Stone, Carla Lofberg Valenta; U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974
Subjects: Finland
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journal articles on: Kuopio  - 48 results

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Mycobacterium Terrae Isolated from Indoor Air of a Moisture-Damaged Building Induces Sustained Biphasic Inflammatory Response in Mouse Lungs
Journal article by Juha Jussila, Hannu Komulainen, Kati Huttunen, Marjut Roponen, Ella Livanainen, Pirjo Torkko, Veli-Matti Kosma, Jukka Pelkonen, Maija-Riitta Hirvoen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 110, 2002
...Institute, Division of Environmental Health (Kuopio, Finland). They were transferred from...Animal Committee of the University of Kuopio and the Provincial State Office. Experimental...Microbiology. National Public Health Institute. Kuopio. Finland; (3) Department of Clinical Microbiology...
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Flame Retardants in Placenta and Breast Milk and Cryptorchidism in Newborn Boys
Journal article by Katharina Maria Main, Hannu Kiviranta, Helena Eeva Virtanen, Erno Sundqvist, Jouni Tapio Tuomisto, Jouko Tuomisto, Terttu Vartiainen, Niels Erik Skakkebaek, Jorma Toppari; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Cryptorchism--Research, Fireproofing agents--Health aspects, Flame retardants--Health aspects, Infants (Newborn)--Diseases, Infants (Newborn)--Research, Neonatal diseases--Research, Undescended testes--Research
...Department of Environmental Health in Kuopio, Finland. Placentas were defrosted, and...Health (National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland), the technicians and chemists...Institute, Department of Environmental Health, Kuopio, Finland; (3) Departments of Physiology...
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Synergistic Interaction in Simultaneous Exposure to Streptomyces Californicus and Stachybotrys Chartarum
Journal article by Kati Huttunen, Jukka Pelkonen, Kristian Fogg Nielsen, Ulla Nuutinen, Juha Jussila, Maija-Riitta Hirvonen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
...the National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland. Fungal metabolites. Sterigmatocysrin...c mouse genomic DNA (from J. Pelkonen, Kuopio, Finland) as the template. The primers...Health, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland; (2) Department of Clinical Microbiology...
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Can We Identify Sources of Fine Particles Responsible for Exercise-Induced Ischemia on Days with Elevated Air Pollution? the ULTRA Study
Journal article by Timo Lanki, Jeroen J. De Hartog, Joachim Heinrich, Gerard Hoek, Nicole A.H. Janssen, Annette Peters, Matthias Stolzel, Kirsi L. Timonen, Marko Vallius, Esko Vanninen, Juha Pekkanen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: Air pollution--Health aspects, Coronary heart disease--Health aspects, Ischemia--Health aspects, Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)--Health aspects, Submarine boats--Health aspects, Submarines--Health aspects
...Ambient Air. Study Manual and Data Book. Kuopio, Finland:Publications of National Public...Unit, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland; (2) Environmental and Occupational...Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland...
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Number Concentration and Size of Particles in Urban Air: Effects on Spirometric Lung Function in Adult Asthmatic Subjects
Journal article by Pasi Penttinen, Kirsi Liisa Timonen, Pekka Tiittanen, Aadu Mirme, Juhani Ruuskanen, Juha Pekkanen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...heated pneumotachograph (MEDIKRO Ltd., Kuopio, Finland) and the best acceptable blow...apportionment of PM.sub.10 particles in Kuopio, Finland. Atmos Environ 33:3821-3829...Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland; (2) Institute of Environmental...
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magazine articles on: Kuopio  - 12 results

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Kuopio Dance Festival
Magazine article by Elizabeth Kendall; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, December 1999
Subjects: Dance festivals--Finland, Finland--Fairs, festivals, etc.
KUOPIO DANCE FESTIVAL by ELIZABETH KENDALL KUOPIO DANCE FESTIVAL VARIOUS VENUES KUOPIO, FINLAND JUNE 30-JULY 6, 1999 REVIEWED BY ELIZABETH KENDALL Among the ancient hill towns and Mediterranean...
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Transparent Diplomacy
Magazine article by Jill Arnott; The Architectural Review, Vol. 198, September 1995
Subjects: Architects--Services, Embassy buildings--Design and construction
...work has always been infused with light in the most subtle and ingenious ways. In his churches, for instance at Mannisto in Kuopio (AR June 1994 pp84-89) and at Myyrmaki (AR June 1987 pp6l-67), light flows across planes of whiteness and delicate colour that...
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Summer Performance Guide 2001
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, May 2001
...May 20-21, Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage, 235 Queens Quay w, 416/973-4000 FINLAND Kuopio Kuopio Dance Festival, June 13-19, various venues, Kuopio Dance Festival, 358 17 182 598 182 589 GREECE Athens Classical and Modern Arts Association...
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Summer Study Guide 2004
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 78, January 2004
Subjects: Dance schools--Curricula, Dance schools--Directories, Dance schools--Prices and rates
...www.bournonville.dk $ C D FINLAND KUPIO KUOPIO DANCE FESTIVAL: DANCE COURSES AND WORKSHOPS...Apply by: April 30. Contact: Sirpa Miettinen, Kuopio Dance Festival, Torikatu 18, Kuopio, 70100, FINLAND; +358 17 2821 541, * +358 17...
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Instrument of Light
Magazine article by Peter Mackeith; The Architectural Review, Vol. 194, June 1994
Subjects: Architecture--Technique, Church architecture--Design and construction, Finland--Churches, mosques, synagogues, etc., Leiviska, Juha--Practice
...AR June 1987). Now, with the completion of a new church in Mannisto, a suburb of the eastern Finnish provincial capital of Kuopio, those seeking the zenith in Leiviskas work will have to travel further. Mannisto is a housing community to the north of the...
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newspaper articles on: Kuopio  - 15 results

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Middle-Aged Singles at Higher Dementia Risk
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), July 4, 2009
Subjects: Dementia--Risk factors
...married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a new study. Researchers interviewed 2000 people selected randomly in the Kuopio and Joensuu regions of eastern Finland in the 1970s and 80s, when their average age was 50.4 years. A total of 1409 of the volunteers...
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Suicide Attempts Rise with Antidepressants
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 5, 2006
Subjects: Antidepressants, Suicidal behavior
...Dec. 4 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Dr. Jari Tiihonen and colleagues at the University of Kuopio and Niuvanniemi Hospital in Kuopio, Finland, pointed out that major depression is the "most important risk factor for suicidal behavior...
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Exercise Boost
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), August 3, 2009
Subjects: Exercise
...developing cancer. However, the study found people must exercise for at least 30 minutes a day. Experts from the universities of Kuopio and Oulu in Finland, followed 2,560 men from eastern Finland with no history of cancer and asked them how often they exercised...
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Intense Exercise May Cut Risk of Cancer Death
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 28, 2009
Subjects: Cancer prevention--Health aspects, Cancer prevention--Reports, Cancer--Health aspects, Cancer--Prevention, Cancer--Reports, Cancer--Risk factors
...factor in the reduced risk of cancer was a higher rate of oxygen consumption.A team of researchers from the universities of Kuopio and Oulu in Finland studied the leisure-time physical activity over a 12-month period of 2,560 men between 42 and 61 years old...
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Custody Battle Plays out across Ocean; U.S. Boys at Issue in Finnish Case
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 13, 2004
Subjects: Rogers, John
...the Eastern Finland Court of Appeals in Kuopio had agreed to consider her appeal. During...into the snow. Late last month, the Kuopio appellate judges sided with Mrs. Koski...Supreme Court had annulled part of the Kuopio decision. Last week, the Supreme Court...
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encyclopedia articles on: Kuopio  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Kuopio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KUOPIO koo opeo, city (1998 pop. 86,203), Eastern Finland prov., central Finland, on Lake Kallavesi. Situated in a large forest...industries are based on timber. It is at the head of the Saimaa lake system and is a tourist and inland-navigation center. Kuopio was chartered in 1782. A university was founded there in 1972. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Saimaa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Canal (c.37 mi/60 km long; completed 1856), which terminates at Vyborg, Russia, on the Gulf of Finland. The cities of Joensuu, Kuopio, Lappeenranta, and Mikkeli are on the lakes. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...addition to Helsinki, other important cities include Espoo , Hameenlinna , Joensuu , Jyvaskyla , Kemi , Kotka , Kuopio , Lahti , Lappeenranta , Oulu , Pori , Tampere , Turku , Vaasa , and Vantaa . Finnish and Swedish are both official...


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