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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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What degree of work overload is likely to cause increased sickness absenteeism among nurses? Evidence from the RAFAELA patient classification system
Auvo Rauhala,Mika Kivimäki,Lisbeth Fagerström,Marko Elovainio,Marianna Virtanen,Jussi Vahtera,Anna-Kaisa Rainio,Kati Ojaniemi,Juha Kinnunen +8 more
TL;DR: Measuring nurses' workload may be an important part of strategic human resource management of nurses to reduce sick leave among nurses.
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Contingent employment, health and sickness absence
TL;DR: Better self-rated health and a lower sickness absence rate for contingent employees than for permanent employees are suggested, which seems to be associated with actual differences in health, but also with different thresholds of taking sick leave or working while ill.
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Shift work in young adults and carotid artery intima–media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study
Sampsa Puttonen,Mika Kivimäki,Marko Elovainio,Laura Pulkki-Råback,Mirka Hintsanen,Jussi Vahtera,Risto Telama,Markus Juonala,Jorma Viikari,Olli T. Raitakari,Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen +10 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that shift work accelerates the atherosclerotic process and that the effects of shift work on subclinical atherosclerosis are observable in men already before age 40.
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Organisational downsizing and increased use of psychotropic drugs among employees who remain in employment
Mika Kivimäki,Teija Honkonen,Kristian Wahlbeck,Marko Elovainio,Jaana Pentti,Timo Klaukka,Marianna Virtanen,Jussi Vahtera +7 more
TL;DR: The association between organisational downsizing and increased use of psychotropic drugs suggests that this managerial strategy may pose mental health risks among employees.
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Workplace as an origin of health inequalities.
TL;DR: In men and to a lesser extent in women, the workplace is significantly associated with health inequalities as reflected by medically certified sickness absence and the corresponding socioeconomic gradients of health.