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Eira Viikari-Juntura is affiliated with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Finland. Their research covers multiple aspects of occupational health, with a focus on workplace well-being, employment conditions, and related health outcomes.

Their published work includes the following papers:

  • The influence of occupational class and physical workload on working life expectancy among older employees, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • To what extent is severe osteoarthritis preventable? Occupational and non-occupational risk factors for knee and hip osteoarthritis, 2020, Lara D. Veeken
  • Narrative review of occupational exposures and noncommunicable diseases, 2024, Annals of Work Exposures and Health
  • Associations of employment sector and occupational exposures with full and part-time sickness absence: random and fixed effects analyses on panel data, 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • What have we learned about risk assessment and interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and support work participation?, 2024, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:

  • Svetlana Solovieva
  • Taina Leinonen
  • Elli Hartikainen
  • Karina Undem
  • Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

They have published extensively in several academic venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Abstracts
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMJ Open

Their main fields of study are:

  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study encompass:

  • General Health Professions
  • Demography
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Pharmacology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Key topics frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Low back pain in relation to lumbar disc degeneration

    Katariina Luoma;Hilkka Riihimäki;Ritva Luukkonen;Raili Raininko

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • A Conceptual Model for work-related Neck and upper-limb Musculoskeletal Disorders

    Thomas J Armstrong;Peter Buckle;Lawrence J Fine;Mats Hagberg

  • The Association Between Obesity and Low Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis

    Rahman Shiri;Jaro Karppinen;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Svetlana Solovieva

  • Prevalence and Determinants of Lateral and Medial Epicondylitis: A Population Study

    Rahman Shiri;Eira Viikari-Juntura;Helena Varonen;Markku Heliövaara

  • The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Rahman Shiri;Svetlana Solovieva;Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen;Simo Taimela

  • The Association between Smoking and Low Back Pain: A Meta-analysis

    Rahman Shiri;Jaro Karppinen;Jaro Karppinen;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Svetlana Solovieva

  • Work related and individual predictors for incident neck pain among office employees working with video display units

    T Korhonen;R Ketola;R Toivonen;R Luukkonen

  • Long-term and recent trends in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in 12 high-income countries: an analysis of 123 nationally representative surveys

    Bin Zhou;Goodarz Danaei;Gretchen A. Stevens;Honor Bixby

  • A prospective study of work related factors and physical exercise as predictors of shoulder pain

    H Miranda;E Viikari-Juntura;R Martikainen;E P Takala

  • Effects of ergonomic intervention in work with video display units.

    Ritva Ketola;Risto Toivonen;Marketta Häkkänen;Ritva Luukkonen

  • Validity of self-reported physical work load in epidemiologic studies on musculoskeletal disorders

    Eira Viikari-Juntura;S Rauas;Rami Martikainen;Eeva Kuosma

  • A Population Study on Differences in the Determinants of a Specific Shoulder Disorder versus Nonspecific Shoulder Pain without Clinical Findings

    Helena Miranda;Eira Viikari-Juntura;Sami Heistaro;Markku Heliövaara

  • Incidence of tenosynovitis or peritendinitis and epicondylitis in a meat-processing factory

    Kari Kurppa;Eira Viikari-Juntura;Eeva Kuosma;Matti Huuskonen

  • Role of physical load factors in carpal tunnel syndrome.

    Eira Viikari-Juntura;Barbara Silverstein

  • Epidemiologic evidence on manual materials handling as a risk factor for back disorders:a systematic review

    Judith I. Kuiper;Alex Burdorf;Jos H.A.M. Verbeek;Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • Effect of training and lifting equipment for preventing back pain in lifting and handling: systematic review

    Kari-Pekka Martimo;Jos Verbeek;Jaro Karppinen;Andrea D Furlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Rahman Shiri
Rahman Shiri Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Jaro Karppinen
Jaro Karppinen University of Oulu
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Markku Heliövaara
Markku Heliövaara Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Alex Burdorf
Alex Burdorf Erasmus University Rotterdam
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Mikko Laaksonen
Mikko Laaksonen University of Helsinki
Antti Malmivaara
Antti Malmivaara Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
José R. Banegas
José R. Banegas Autonomous University of Madrid

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