Life-expectancy estimations and the determinants of survival after 15 years of follow-up for 81 249 workers with permanent occupational disabilities

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Ho, Jiune Jye ^a   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^b   Wang, Jung Der ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cox model; Life expectancy lost; Lifelong extrapolation; Monte Carlo simulation; Survival analysis; Traumatic occupational injury

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; WORK DISABILITY; WORKER;

EID: 33646424800     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.984     Document Type: Article

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