Variations in the risk of disability pension in Norway 1970 - 99: A gender-specific age-period-cohort analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 340-348

  Gjesdal, Sturla ^a   Gunnar Maeland, John ^a   Lie, Rolv T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

disability pension; incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PENSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 12544253234     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410029487     Document Type: Article

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