List of original publications

This thesis is based on the following original publications, which are referred to in the text by the Roman numerals I-IV.

I Timonen M, Hakko H, Miettunen J, Karvonen JT, Herva A, Räsänen P, Koskinen O, Zitting P (2001) Association between atopic disorders and depression: Findings from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatr Genet) 105:216–217.

II Timonen M, Jokelainen J, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Herva A, Zitting P, Xu B, Peltola O, Räsänen P (2002) Association between skin test diagnosed atopy and professionally diagnosed depression: A Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study. Biol Psychiatry 52:349–355.

III Timonen M, Jokelainen J, Hakko H, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Meyer-Rochow VB, Herva A, Räsänen P (2003) Atopy and depression: Results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study. Mol Psychiatry 8:738–744.

IV Timonen M, Jokelainen J, Herva A, Zitting P, Meyer-Rochow VB, Räsänen P (2003) Presence of atopy in first-degree relatives as a predictor of a female proband’s depression: Results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:1249–1254.