Industrial differences in disability retirement rates in Denmark, 1996-2000

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-471

  Hannerz, Harald ^a   Tüchsen, Finn ^a   Spangenberg, Søren ^a   Albertsen, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Inequality in health; Population study; Premature retirement; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DENMARK; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 13544258778     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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