Using administrative sickness absence data as a marker of future disability pension: The prospective DREAM study of Danish private sector employees

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-31

  Lund, Thomas ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Labriola, Merete ^a   Villadsen, Ebbe ^a   Christensen, Karl Bang ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 38049187894     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.031393     Document Type: Article

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