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Pekka Puska is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland. Their research primarily centers on public health, with a significant focus on cardiovascular health and prevention as well as broader global health policies.

Their recent publications highlight work in cardiovascular disease prevention and cancer prevention strategies. Notable papers include:

  • The North Karelia Project: Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Finland Through Population-Based Lifestyle Interventions, 2020, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
  • How to make better use of scientific knowledge for cancer prevention, 2020, Molecular Oncology

Puska has also been involved in studies addressing community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programs, although the related 2021 publication lists a different author. Additionally, they have coauthored with researchers working on tobacco control and smoking behavior topics.

Frequent co-authors in Puska's research collaborations include:

  • Tuija Ylitörmänen
  • Yelena N. Tarasenko
  • Otto Ruokolainen
  • Heikki Hiilamo
  • Hanna Ollila

Puska's work appears regularly in journals such as:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Public Health
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Molecular Oncology

Their main fields of study encompass Medicine as the primary discipline with additional contributions to Business, Management and Accounting. Specific subfields where their research is concentrated include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Physiology
  • General Health Professions

Main topics addressed in Puska's work include:

  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health

Best Publications

  • Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy

    I-Min Lee;Eric J Shiroma;Felipe Lobelo;Pekka Puska

  • Sex, Age, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Coronary Heart Disease A Prospective Follow-Up Study of 14 786 Middle-Aged Men and Women in Finland

    Pekka Jousilahti;Erkki Vartiainen;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Pekka Puska

  • Reduction of serum cholesterol with sitostanol-ester margarine in a mildly hypercholesterolemic population

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Pekka Puska;Helena Gylling;Hannu Vanhanen

  • Association between cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction and serum selenium in a matched-pair longitudinal study.

    JukkaT Salonen;Georg Alfthan;JussiK Huttunen;Jarmo Pikkarainen

  • THE COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGY TO PREVENT CORONARY HEART DISEASE: Conclusions from the Ten Years of the North Karelia Project

    Pekka Puska;Aulikki Nissinen;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Jukka T. Salonen

  • Thirty-five-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

    Erkki Vartiainen;Tiina Laatikainen;Markku Peltonen;Anne Juolevi

  • Social connections and mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular disease: prospective evidence from eastern Finland.

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  • Changes in risk factors explain changes in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland

    Vartiainen E;Puska P;Pekkanen J;Tuomilehto J

  • Cardiovascular risk factor changes in Finland, 1972–1997

    Erkki Vartiainen;Pekka Jousilahti;Georg Alfthan;Jouko Sundvall

  • Framework convention on tobacco control

    Pekka Puska;Douglas Bettcher;Derek Yach

  • Body weight, cardiovascular risk factors, and coronary mortality. 15-year follow-up of middle-aged men and women in Eastern Finland

    Pekka Jousilahti;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Erkki Vartiainen;Juha Pekkanen

  • Can scientists and policy makers work together

    Bernard C K Choi;Tikki Pang;Vivian Lin;Pekka Puska

  • Nicotine dependence versus smoking prevalence: comparisons among countries and categories of smokers

    K O Fagerström;M Kunze;R Schoberberger;N Breslau;N Breslau

  • Risk of cancer in relation to serum concentrations of selenium and vitamins A and E: matched case-control analysis of prospective data.

    J T Salonen;R Salonen;R Lappeteläinen;P H Mäenpää

  • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM SELENIUM AND THE RISK OF CANCER

    Jukka T. Salonen;Georg Alfthan;Jussi K. Huttunen;Pekka Puska

  • Twenty-Year Trends in Coronary Risk Factors in North Karelia and in Other Areas of Finland

    Erkki Vartiainen;Pekka Puska;Pekka Jousilahti;Heikki J Korhonen

  • Self rated health and mortality: a long term prospective study in eastern Finland

    S Heistaro;P Jousilahti;E Lahelma;E Vartiainen

  • Prevention of chronic disease by means of diet and lifestyle changes.

    Walter C. Willett;Jeffrey P. Koplan;Rachel Nugent;Courtenay Dusenbury

  • Serum fatty acids, apolipoproteins, selenium and vitamin antioxidants and the risk of death from coronary artery disease.

    Jukka T. Salonen;Riitta Salonen;Ilkka Penttilä;Jari Herranen

  • Physical activity and risk of myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke and death - a longitudinal study in Eastern Finland

    Jukkat Salonen;Pekka Puska;Jaakko Tuomilehto

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkki Vartiainen
Erkki Vartiainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Aulikki Nissinen
Aulikki Nissinen National Institutes of Health
Jukka T. Salonen
Jukka T. Salonen University of Helsinki
Pekka Jousilahti
Pekka Jousilahti Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Tiina Laatikainen
Tiina Laatikainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Pirjo Pietinen
Pirjo Pietinen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Antti Uutela
Antti Uutela Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Tellervo Korhonen
Tellervo Korhonen University of Helsinki

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