Mortality among disability pensioners in Norway and Sweden 1990—96: Comparative prospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-175

  Gjesdal, Sturla ^a   Svedberg, Pia ^b   Hagberg, Jan ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; disability pension; mortality; musculoskeletal; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 61849093226     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808100937     Document Type: Article

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