Pekka Virtanen

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Pekka Virtanen is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Demography and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Pekka Virtanen has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Demography and 24 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Pekka Virtanen's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (65 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (55 papers) and Retirement, Disability, and Employment (30 papers). Pekka Virtanen is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (65 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (55 papers) and Retirement, Disability, and Employment (30 papers). Pekka Virtanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom. Pekka Virtanen's co-authors include Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki, Marianna Virtanen, Anne Hammarström, Marko Elovainio, Urban Janlert, Jaana Pentti, Matti Joensuu, Clas‐Håkan Nygård and Per E. Gustafsson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Pekka Virtanen

122 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Temporary employment and health: a review

2005 543 citations Marianna Virtanen, Mika Kivimäki et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Educational level and the use of mental health services, psychotropic medication and psychotherapy among adults with a history of physician diagnosed mental disorders 2022 ·International Journal of Social Psychiatry ·(unknown), Päivi Rautava, Lauri Sillanmäki, Markku Sumanen, Sakari Suominen, Jussi Vahtera, Pekka Virtanen, Paula Salo	8
2	Healthcare attendance styles among long-term unemployed people with substance-related and mood disorders 2020 ·Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Aarne Ylinen, Jukka Uitti, Pekka Virtanen	1
3	Change in β2-agonist use after severe life events in adults with asthma: A population-based cohort study 2017 ·Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·(unknown), Pekka Virtanen, Mika Kivimäki, Jyrki Кorkeila, Sakari Suominen, Lauri Sillanmäki, Markku Koskenvuo, Jussi Vahtera	1
4	Self-Rated Health of the Temporary Employees in a Nordic Welfare State 2017 ·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Pekka Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki, Marianna Virtanen	13
5	Time of Displacement as a Predictor of Re-employment 2017 ·Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tapio Nummi, Pekka Virtanen	0
6	Identification of major depressive disorder among the long-term unemployed 2017 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·(unknown), Aino K. Mattila, (unknown), Jukka Uitti, Aarne Ylinen, Pekka Virtanen	11
7	Unemployment in the teens and trajectories of alcohol consumption in adulthood 2016 ·BMJ Open ·Pekka Virtanen, Tomi Lintonen, Hugo Westerlund, Tapio Nummi, Urban Janlert, Anne Hammarström	10
8	Identification of alcohol abuse and transition from long-term unemployment to disability pension 2015 ·Scandinavian Journal of Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aarne Ylinen, Jukka Uitti, Aino K. Mattila, Matti Joukamaa, Pekka Virtanen	6
9	Parental academic involvement in adolescence as predictor of mental health trajectories over the life course: a prospective population-based cohort study 2015 ·BMC Public Health ·Hugo Westerlund, Kristiina Rajaleid, Pekka Virtanen, Per E. Gustafsson, Tapio Nummi, Anne Hammarström	13
10	A four-year follow-up study of physical working conditions and perceived mental and physical strain among food industry workers 2013 ·Applied Ergonomics ·Subas Neupane, Pekka Virtanen, Tiina Luukkaala, Anna Siukola, Clas‐Håkan Nygård	16
11	Non-response in a nationwide follow-up postal survey in Finland: a register-based mortality analysis of respondents and non-respondents of the Health and Social Support (HeSSup) Study 2012 ·BMJ Open ·Sakari Suominen, Karoliina Koskenvuo, Lauri Sillanmäki, Jussi Vahtera, Katariina Korkeila, Mika Kivimäki, Kari Mattila, Pekka Virtanen, Markku Sumanen, Päivi Rautava, Markku Koskenvuo	49
12	Is the core-periphery labour market structure related to perceived health? findings of the Northern Swedish Cohort 2011 ·BMC Public Health ·Anna‐Karin Waenerlund, Per E. Gustafsson, Pekka Virtanen, Anne Hammarström	27
13	Association of Contractual and Subjective Job Insecurity With Sickness Presenteeism Among Public Sector Employees 2010 ·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Tarja Heponiemi, Marko Elovainio, Jaana Pentti, Marianna Virtanen, Hugo Westerlund, Pekka Virtanen, Tuula Oksanen, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera	55
14	Exposure to temporary employment and job insecurity: a longitudinal study of the health effects 2010 ·Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Pekka Virtanen, Urban Janlert, Anne Hammarström	118
15	Sick leaves in four factories—do characteristics of employees and work conditions explain differences in sickness absence between workplaces? 2008 ·Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health ·Pekka Virtanen, Anna Siukola, Tiina Luukkaala, Minna Savinainen, Heikki Arola, Clas‐Håkan Nygård, Mika Kivimäki, Hans Helenius, Jussi Vahtera	36
16	Labor Market Trajectories and Health: A Four-Year Follow-up Study of Initially Fixed-Term Employees 2005 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Pekka Virtanen, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki, (unknown), Marianna Virtanen, Jane E. Ferrie	76
17	Employment security and health 2002 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Pekka Virtanen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	165
18	Evolving Institutional Framework for Community-Based Natural Resources Management in Mozambique: A Case Study from the Choa Highlands 2001 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Pekka Virtanen	6
19	Pain in scleral pocket incision cataract surgery using topical and peribulbar anesthesia 1998 ·Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery ·Pekka Virtanen, (unknown)	25
20	Low-vision aids in age-related macular degeneration 1993 ·Current Opinion in Ophthalmology ·Pekka Virtanen, Leila Laatikainen	14

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