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453

Overview

Tiina Reponen is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States and specializes in research within Environmental Science and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Pollution.

The main topics explored by Tiina Reponen include Air Quality and Health Impacts, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, Noise Effects and Management, Infection Control and Ventilation, Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

Frequent publication venues for Reponen's work include the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Indoor Air, Environmental Research, Environment International, and Environmental Science Processes & Impacts.

Notable recent papers by Tiina Reponen are:

  • "Birth outcomes associated with maternal exposure to metals from informal electronic waste recycling in Guiyu, China" (2020) published in Environment International
  • "The effects of waste sorting in environmental microbiome, THP-1 cell viability and inflammatory responses" (2020) published in Environmental Research
  • "Personal exposure to average weekly ultrafine particles, lung function, and respiratory symptoms in asthmatic and non-asthmatic adolescents" (2021) published in Environment International
  • "Exposure to traffic-related air pollution and bacterial diversity in the lower respiratory tract of children" (2021) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Residential bacteria and fungi identified by high-throughput sequencing and childhood respiratory health" (2021) published in Environmental Research

Reponen collaborates often with other researchers, including Patrick Ryan, Rachel I. Adams, Christine Niemeier-Walsh, Roman Jandarov, and Joseph G. Allen. These frequent co-authors indicate a multidisciplinary and team-oriented approach to their scientific work.

Best Publications

  • Fungal Fragments as Indoor Air Biocontaminants

    Rafał L. Górny;Tiina Reponen;Klaus Willeke;Detlef Schmechel

  • Do N95 respirators provide 95% protection level against airborne viruses, and how adequate are surgical masks?

    Anna Bałazy;Mika Toivola;Atin Adhikari;Satheesh K. Sivasubramani

  • Performance of an N95 Filtering Facepiece Particulate Respirator and a Surgical Mask During Human Breathing: Two Pathways for Particle Penetration

    Sergey A. Grinshpun;Hiroki Haruta;Robert M. Eninger;Tiina Reponen

  • Respiratory Performance Offered by N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks: Human Subject Evaluation with NaCl Aerosol Representing Bacterial and Viral Particle Size Range

    Shu-An Lee;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Tiina Reponen

  • Manikin-Based Performance Evaluation of N95 Filtering-Facepiece Respirators Challenged with Nanoparticles

    Anna Balazy;Mika Toivola;Tiina Reponen;Albert Podgórski

  • Effect of sampling time and air humidity on the bioefficiency of filter samplers for bioaerosol collection

    Zheng Wang;Tiina Reponen;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Rafał L. Górny

  • Heavy metals in PM2.5 and in blood, and children's respiratory symptoms and asthma from an e-waste recycling area

    Xiang Zeng;Xijin Xu;Xiangbin Zheng;Tiina Reponen

  • Correlation of ambient inhalable bioaerosols with particulate matter and ozone: a two-year study.

    Atin Adhikari;Tiina Reponen;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Dainius Martuzevicius

  • Infant origins of childhood asthma associated with specific molds

    Tiina Reponen;James Lockey;David I. Bernstein;Stephen J. Vesper

  • Personal Exposure to Airborne Dust and Microorganisms in Agricultural Environments

    Shu-An Lee;Atin Adhikari;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Roy McKay

  • Effect of relative humidity on the aerodynamic diameter and respiratory deposition of fungal spores

    Tiina Reponen;Klaus Willeke;Vidmantas Ulevicius;Auvo Reponen

  • Physical collection efficiency of filter materials for bacteria and viruses.

    Nancy Clark Burton;Nancy Clark Burton;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Tiina Reponen

  • Traffic-related air pollution exposure in the first year of life and behavioral scores at 7 years of age.

    Nicholas C Newman;Patrick J. Ryan;Grace LeMasters;Linda Levin

  • Filter performance of n99 and n95 facepiece respirators against viruses and ultrafine particles.

    Robert M. Eninger;Takeshi Honda;Atin Adhikari;Helvi Heinonen-Tanski

  • Survival of Airborne Microorganisms During Swirling Aerosol Collection

    Xuejun Lin;Tiina Reponen;Klaus Willeke;Zheng Wang

  • Culturability and concentration of indoor and outdoor airborne fungi in six single-family homes

    Taekhee Lee;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Dainius Martuzevicius;Dainius Martuzevicius;Atin Adhikari

  • Control of aerosol contaminants in indoor air: combining the particle concentration reduction with microbial inactivation.

    Sergey A Grinshpun;Atin Adhikari;Takeshi Honda;Ki Youn Kim

  • Evaluation of ionic air purifiers for reducing aerosol exposure in confined indoor spaces

    Sergey A. Grinshpun;G. Mainelis;M. Trunov;Atin Adhikari

  • Relationship between indoor and outdoor bioaerosols collected with a button inhalable aerosol sampler in urban homes

    Taekhee Lee;Sergey A. Grinshpun;Dainius Martuzevicius;Dainius Martuzevicius;Atin Adhikari

  • High environmental relative moldiness index during infancy as a predictor of asthma at 7 years of age.

    Tiina Reponen;Stephen Vesper;Linda Levin;Elisabet Johansson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergey A. Grinshpun
Sergey A. Grinshpun University of Cincinnati
Atin Adhikari
Atin Adhikari Georgia Southern University
Klaus Willeke
Klaus Willeke University of Cincinnati
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Aino Nevalainen
Aino Nevalainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Edward L. Dreizin
Edward L. Dreizin New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mirko Schoenitz
Mirko Schoenitz New Jersey Institute of Technology
Xia Huo
Xia Huo Jinan University
Shuk-Mei Ho
Shuk-Mei Ho University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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