Sick leave, disability pension and health-care-seeking behaviour prior to stroke, among people aged 30-65: A case-control study

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-463

  Medin, Jennie ^a   Nordlund, Anders ^a   Ekberg, Kerstin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behaviour; Public health; Sick leave; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PENSION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249813422     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701317643     Document Type: Article

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