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Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel)

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Project

Comparisons

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Aapo Hiilamo, Alyson van Raalte, Pekka Martikainen, Domantas Jasilionis

Comparative studies with harmonized instrumentation are a key approach for validating findings in different populations and contexts. In this project, we compare results from Nordic countries to results from other contexts, including from low- and middle-income countries.  Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Family Behavior, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Life Course

Region keywords:

Finland

Publications

Boderie, N. W.; van Raalte, A. A.; Been, J. V.; Bopp, M.; Bronnum-Hansen, H.; Deboosere, P.; Eikemo, T. A.; Kalėdienė, R.; Leinsalu, M.; Long, D.; Martikainen, P.; Östergren, O. M.; Rodríguez-Sanz, M.; van Lenthe, F. J.; Nusselder, W. J.:
Public Health 250:106058, 1–7. (2026)
Nõmm, O.; Innos, K.; Jasilionis, D.; Krumins, J.; Martikainen, P.; Pärna, K.; Stickley, A.; Leinsalu, M.:
International Journal of Cancer 158:12, 3132–3140. (2026)    
Östergren, O. M.; Cederström, A.; Korhonen, K.; Martikainen, P.:
Health and Place 83:103064, 1–9. (2023)    
Stickley, A.; Baburin, A.; Jasilionis, D.; Krumins, J.; Martikainen, P.; Kondo, N.; Shin, J. I.; Inoue, Y.; Leinsalu, M.:
BMC Public Health 23:1103, 1–9. (2023)    
Yao, H.; Junna, L. M.; Hu, Y.; Sha, X.; Martikainen, P.:
European Journal of Public Health 33:3, 360–365. (2023)    
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