Disability pension is associated with the use of benzodiazepines 20 years later: A prospective study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-326

  Hartz, Ingeborg ^a   Lundesgaard, Eldar ^b   Tverdal, Aage ^c   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; disability pension; employment status; longitudinal studies; Norway; pharmacoepidemiology; prescription database

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORWAY; PENSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PENSIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65549139798     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808101372     Document Type: Article

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