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Mika Gissler is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics that include:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact

Mika Gissler has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as:

  • Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Human Reproduction
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • JAMA Network Open
  • PLoS ONE

Recent notable papers associated with their research include:

  • "Nordic Health Registry-Based Research: A Review of Health Care Systems and Key Registries" (2021), Clinical Epidemiology
  • "Associations Between Maternal Antenatal Corticosteroid Treatment and Mental and Behavioral Disorders in Children" (2020), JAMA
  • "Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting" (2023), The Lancet
  • "ART in Europe, 2016: results generated from European registries by ESHRE" (2020), Human Reproduction Open
  • "Association of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication With Risk of Autism and Intellectual Disability" (2022), JAMA Neurology

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Maarit K. Leinonen
  • Helga Zoëga
  • Signe Opdahl
  • Eero Kajantie
  • Anja Pinborg

Best Publications

  • Excess mortality, causes of death and life expectancy in 270,770 patients with recent onset of mental disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

    Merete Nordentoft;Kristian Wahlbeck;Jonas Hällgren;Jeanette Westman

  • Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders

    Kristian Wahlbeck;Jeanette Westman;Merete Nordentoft;Mika Gissler

  • Association of Genetic and Environmental Factors With Autism in a 5-Country Cohort.

    Dan Bai;Benjamin Hon Kei Yip;Benjamin Hon Kei Yip;Gayle C. Windham;Andre Sourander

  • Preterm Birth Time Trends in Europe: A Study of 19 Countries

    J. Zeitlin;K. Szamotulska;N. Drewniak;A.D. Mohangoo

  • Maternal smoking in pregnancy, fetal development, and childhood asthma.

    Jouni J. K. Jaakkola;Mika Gissler

  • Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2009: results generated from European registers by ESHRE

    A.P. Ferraretti;V. Goossens;M. Kupka;S. Bhattacharya

  • Data quality after restructuring a national medical registry

    Mika Gissler;Juha Teperi;Elina Hemminki;Jouni Meriläinen

  • Perinatal outcomes of children born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a Nordic cohort study from the CoNARTaS group

    Ulla-Britt Wennerholm;Anna-Karina Aaris Henningsen;Liv Bente Romundstad;Christina Bergh

  • Neonatal outcome and congenital malformations in children born after in-vitro fertilization

    Sari Koivurova;Anna-Liisa Hartikainen;Mika Gissler;Elina Hemminki

  • Perinatal outcome of children born after frozen and fresh embryo transfer: the Finnish cohort study 1995–2006

    S. Pelkonen;R. Koivunen;M. Gissler;S. Nuojua-Huttunen

  • Life expectancy and death by diseases of the circulatory system in patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia in the Nordic countries.

    Thomas Munk Laursen;Kristian Wahlbeck;Jonas Hällgren;Jeanette Westman

  • Abnormally Invasive Placenta—Prevalence, Risk Factors and Antenatal Suspicion: Results From a Large Population-based Pregnancy Cohort Study in the Nordic Countries

    L. Thurn;P.G. Lindqvist;M. Jakobsson;L.B. Colmorn

  • Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2012: results generated from European registers by ESHRE

    C. Calhaz-Jorge;C. de Geyter;M.S. Kupka;J. de Mouzon

  • The increasing prevalence of reported diagnoses of childhood psychiatric disorders: a descriptive multinational comparison

    Hjördis O. Atladottir;David Gyllenberg;David Gyllenberg;Amanda Langridge;Sven Sandin

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn: population based cohort study from the five Nordic countries

    Helle Kieler;Miia Artama;Anders Engeland;Orjan Ericsson

  • Autism risk associated with parental age and with increasing difference in age between the parents

    S Sandin;D Schendel;D Schendel;P Magnusson;C Hultman

  • Risk factors for and perinatal outcomes of major depression during pregnancy: a population-based analysis during 2002–2010 in Finland

    Sari Räisänen;Soili M Lehto;Henriette Svarre Nielsen;Mika Gissler

  • Nordic Health Registry-Based Research: A Review of Health Care Systems and Key Registries

    Kristina Laugesen;Jonas F Ludvigsson;Morten Schmidt;Mika Gissler

  • New population-based references for birth weight, length, and head circumference in singletons and twins from 23 to 43 gestation weeks

    Ulla Sankilampi;Marja-Leena Hannila;Antti Saari;Mika Gissler

  • European Perinatal Health Report. The health and care of pregnant women and babies in Europe in 2010

    J. Zeitlin;A.D. Mohangoo;M. Delnorn;S. Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

Andre Sourander
Andre Sourander University of Turku
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
Anders Engeland
Anders Engeland Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Rolv Skjærven
Rolv Skjærven University of Bergen
Eero Kajantie
Eero Kajantie Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jørn Olsen
Jørn Olsen Aarhus University
Jorma Paavonen
Jorma Paavonen University of Helsinki
Michael R. Kramer
Michael R. Kramer Emory University
Jaana Suvisaari
Jaana Suvisaari Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jari Haukka
Jari Haukka University of Helsinki

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