The importance of social characteristics of communities for the medically based disability pension

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-412

  Krokstad, Steinar ^a   Magnus, Per ^b   Skrondal, Anders ^b   Westin, Steinar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disability pension; Ecology; Multilevel analysis; Psychosocial deprivation; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DISABILITY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PENSIONS; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 13244255200     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.406     Document Type: Article

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