Mika J Kivimäki - List of selected recent publications#
1. Vahtera J, Korkeila J, Karlsson H, Suoyrjö H, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Klaukka T, Kivimäki M. Sickness absence trends during and after long-term psychotherapy and antidepressant medication among depressive employees. Psychother Psychosom 2009;78:130-2.
2. Head J, Ferrie JE, Alexanderson K, Westerlund H, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M. Diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of mortality in the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. Br Med J 2008;337:a1469.
3. Westerlund H, Alexanderson K, Åkerstedt T, Magnusson-Hanson L, Theorell T, Kivimäki M. Work-related sleep disturbances and sickness absence in the Swedish working population 1993-1999. Sleep 2008;31:1169-77
4. Christensen KB, Labriola M, Lund T, Kivimäki M. Explaining the social gradient in long term sickness absence. A prospective study of Danish employees. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008;62:181-3.
5. Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Hemingway H. Increased sickness absence among diabetic employees: What is the role of comorbid conditions? Diabet Med 2007;24:1043-8.
6. Kivimäki M, Ferrie JE, Hagberg J, Head J, Westerlund H, Vahtera J, Alexanderson K. Diagnosis-specific sick leave as a risk marker for disability pension in a Swedish population. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2007; 48:173-9.
7. Kivimäki M, Leino-Arjas P, Kaila-Kangas L, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Puttonen S, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pentti J, Vahtera J. Increased absence due to sickness among employees with fibromyalgia. Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66:65-9.
8. Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Honkonen T, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M. The influence of job strain on sickness absence among 7986 Finnish employees with psychological distress. Am J Prev Med 2007;33:182-7
9. Vahtera J, Pentti J, Helenius H, Kivimäki M. Sleep disturbances as a predictor of long-term increase in sickness absence among employees after family death or illness. Sleep 2006;29:673-82.
10. Kivimäki M, Head J, Ferrie JE, Shipley M, Vahtera J, Marmot MG. Sickness absence as a global measure of health: Evidence from mortality in the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. Br Med J 2003;327:364-8.
