Risk factors for disability pension in a population-based cohort of men and women on long-term sick leave in Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-231

  Karlsson, Nadine E ^a   Carstensen, John M ^a   Gjesdal, Sturla ^b,c   Alexanderson, Kristina A E ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; Disability pension; Risk factors; Sick leave; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENSIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 44649158977     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm128     Document Type: Article

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