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Social Sciences and Humanities
Finland
2023

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
58
Citations
10333
World Ranking
1681
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Mikko Laaksonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has a research profile focused on health professions and social sciences. Their work primarily addresses topics related to retirement, disability, employment, workplace health and well-being, and employment and welfare studies. Additional research interests include occupational health and safety, health disparities and outcomes, global health care issues, and healthcare policy and management.

Their publication record includes multiple papers in prominent journals. Recent works include:

  • "Factors associated with health survey response among young employees: a register-based study using online, mailed and telephone interview data collection methods" (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • "From long-term sickness absence to disability retirement: diagnostic and occupational class differences within the working-age Finnish population" (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • "Use of outpatient and inpatient health care services by occupation-a register study of employees in Oulu, Finland" (2022), published in BMC Health Services Research
  • "Mortality among seafarers: a register-based follow-up study" (2020), published in Occupational Medicine
  • "Changes in healthy and unhealthy working life expectancies among older working-age people in Finland, 2000-2017" (2022), published in European Journal of Public Health

The most frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mikko Laaksonen are:

  • Jenni Blomgren
  • Riku Perhoniemi
  • Hanna Rinne
  • Seppo Koskinen
  • Jouni Lahti

Their contributions span several subfields within health professions and social sciences, notably including general health professions, demography, and radiological and ultrasound technology, along with topics covering health in broader economic and social contexts.

Best Publications

  • Pathways between socioeconomic determinants of health

    E Lahelma;P Martikainen;M Laaksonen;A Aittomäki

  • Socioeconomic status and smoking: analysing inequalities with multiple indicators.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Ossi Rahkonen;Sakari Karvonen;Eero Lahelma

  • Health behaviours as explanations for educational level differences in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: a follow-up of 60 000 men and women over 23 years.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Kirsi Talala;Tuija Martelin;Ossi Rahkonen

  • Multiple socio-economic circumstances and healthy food habits

    T Lallukka;M Laaksonen;O Rahkonen;E Roos

  • Socioeconomic Position and Self-Rated Health: The Contribution of Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances, Adult Socioeconomic Status, and Material Resources

    Mikko Laaksonen;Ossi Rahkonen;Pekka Martikainen;Eero Lahelma

  • Socio-economic differences in the prevalence of acute, chronic and disabling chronic pain among ageing employees

    Peppiina Saastamoinen;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Mikko Laaksonen;Eero Lahelma

  • Does survey non-response bias the association between occupational social class and health?

    Pekka Martikainen;Mikko Laaksonen;Kustaa Piha;Tea Lallukka

  • Working conditions and health behaviours among employed women and men: the Helsinki Health Study

    Tea Lallukka;Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva;Eva Roos;Mikko Laaksonen

  • Working conditions as risk factors for disability retirement: a longitudinal register linkage study

    Eero Lahelma;Mikko Laaksonen;Tea Lallukka;Pekka Martikainen

  • Cohort Profile: The Helsinki Health Study

    Eero Lahelma;Akseli Aittomäki;Mikko Laaksonen;Tea Lallukka

  • Trends in life expectancy by income from 1988 to 2007: decomposition by age and cause of death

    Lasse Tarkiainen;Pekka Martikainen;Mikko Laaksonen;Tapani Valkonen

  • Patterns of unhealthy behaviour in Finland.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Ritva Práttalä;Antti Karisto

  • Bidirectional associations between insomnia symptoms and unhealthy behaviours.

    Peppi Haario;Ossi Rahkonen;Mikko Laaksonen;Eero Lahelma

  • Multiple measures of socioeconomic circumstances and common mental disorders.

    Eero Lahelma;Mikko Laaksonen;Pekka Martikainen;Ossi Rahkonen

  • Explanations for gender differences in sickness absence: evidence from middle-aged municipal employees from Finland.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Pekka Martikainen;Ossi Rahkonen;Eero Lahelma

  • Register-based study among employees showed small nonparticipation bias in health surveys and check-ups

    Mikko Laaksonen;Akseli Aittomäki;Tea Lallukka;Ossi Rahkonen

  • Gender differences in sickness absence--the contribution of occupation and workplace.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Arne Mastekaasa;Pekka Martikainen;Ossi Rahkonen

  • Work arrangements, physical working conditions, and psychosocial working conditions as risk factors for sickness absence: Bayesian analysis of prospective data.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Janne Pitkäniemi;Ossi Rahkonen;Eero Lahelma

  • Income and health behaviours. Evidence from monitoring surveys among Finnish adults

    M Laaksonen;R Prättälä;V Helasoja;A Uutela

  • Risk factors of chronic neck pain: A prospective study among middle‐aged employees

    Sanna-Mari Kääriä;Mikko Laaksonen;Ossi Rahkonen;Eero Lahelma

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Lahelma
Eero Lahelma University of Helsinki
Ossi Rahkonen
Ossi Rahkonen University of Helsinki
Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson
Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson University of Helsinki
Ritva Prättälä
Ritva Prättälä National Institutes of Health
Eva Roos
Eva Roos University of Helsinki
Tarani Chandola
Tarani Chandola University of Hong Kong
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Antti Uutela
Antti Uutela Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen

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