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Jussi Vahtera
Researcher at Turku University Hospital
Publications - 680
Citations - 43694
Jussi Vahtera is an academic researcher from Turku University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 109, co-authored 646 publications receiving 38715 citations. Previous affiliations of Jussi Vahtera include Finnish Institute of Occupational Health & University of Turku.
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Work stress and risk of cardiovascular mortality: prospective cohort study of industrial employees
Mika Kivimäki,Päivi Leino-Arjas,Ritva Luukkonen,Hilkka Riihimäki,Jussi Vahtera,Juhani Kirjonen +5 more
TL;DR: High job strain and effort-reward imbalance seem to increase the risk of cardiovascular mortality, and the evidence from industrial employees suggests that attention should be paid to the prevention of work stress.
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Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.
Mika Kivimäki,Mika Kivimäki,Mika Kivimäki,Solja T. Nyberg,G. David Batty,G. David Batty,Eleonor I. Fransson,Eleonor I. Fransson,Eleonor I. Fransson,Katriina Heikkilä,Lars Alfredsson,Jakob B. Bjorner,Marianne Borritz,Hermann Burr,Annalisa Casini,Els Clays,Dirk De Bacquer,Nico Dragano,Jane E. Ferrie,Jane E. Ferrie,Goedele A. Geuskens,Marcel Goldberg,Mark Hamer,Wendela E. Hooftman,Irene L. Houtman,Matti Joensuu,Markus Jokela,Anders Knutsson,Markku Koskenvuo,Aki Koskinen,Anne Kouvonen,Meena Kumari,Ida E. H. Madsen,Michael Marmot,Martin L. Nielsen,Maria Nordin,Tuula Oksanen,Jaana Pentti,Reiner Rugulies,Paula Salo,Paula Salo,Johannes Siegrist,Archana Singh-Manoux,Archana Singh-Manoux,Sakari Suominen,Ari Väänänen,Jussi Vahtera,Jussi Vahtera,Jussi Vahtera,Marianna Virtanen,Peter Westerholm,Hugo Westerlund,Marie Zins,Andrew Steptoe,Töres Theorell +54 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that prevention of workplace stress might decrease disease incidence; however, this strategy would have a much smaller effect than would tackling of standard risk factors, such as smoking.
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Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease - a meta-analysis
TL;DR: Observational data suggest an average 50% excess risk for CHD among employees with work stress, as indicated by the job-strain model, the effort-reward imbalance model, and the organizational injustice model.
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Temporary employment and health: a review
TL;DR: The evidence indicates an association between temporary employment and psychological morbidity and the health risk may depend on instability of temporaryemployment and the context.
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Organizational Justice: Evidence of a New Psychosocial Predictor of Health
TL;DR: The justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal relations as a psychosocial predictor of health and low organizational justice is a risk to the health of employees.