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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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Job strain, life events, and sickness absence: a longitudinal cohort study in a random population sample.
Sakari Suominen,Jussi Vahtera,Katariina Korkeila,Hans Helenius,Mika Kivimäki,Markku Koskenvuo +5 more
TL;DR: In addition to job strain, strain originating in private life should be kept in mind when the need for sickness absence of women employees is evaluated within health care.
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Social support, network heterogeneity, and smoking behavior in women: the 10-town study.
TL;DR: The findings suggest an association among network heterogeneity, sources of social support, and smoking in female employees is stronger among nonmanual female employees than among manual vs. manual employees.
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Local economy and sickness absence: prospective cohort study
TL;DR: Working in areas of poor local economy is associated with increased long term sickness absence but decreased probability to take a short term sick leave, and potential benefits may be attained by improving economic conditions and re-employment in deprived areas.
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Social support, early retirement, and a retirement preference: a study of 10,489 Finnish adults.
Marko Elovainio,Mika Kivimäki,Jussi Vahtera,Ansa Ojanlatva,Katariina Korkeila,Sakari Suominen,Hans Helenius,Markku Koskenvuo +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that social support is not independently associated with a retirement preference among men and Socially isolated women prefer retirement less often than other women do.
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Effort/reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort.
Anne Kouvonen,Mika Kivimäki,Marko Elovainio,Jaana Pentti,Anne Linna,Marianna Virtanen,Jussi Vahtera +6 more
TL;DR: A mismatch between high occupational effort spent and low reward received in turn seems to be associated with an increased risk of sedentary lifestyle, although this association is relatively weak.