Changes in sick-leave diagnoses over eleven years in a cohort of young adults initially sick-listed due to low back, neck, or shoulder diagnoses

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 423-428

  Festin, Karin ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Sick leave; Sick leave diagnoses; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NECK PAIN; PENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DISEASE; BACKACHE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; PENSIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER PAIN; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 66349119910     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0357     Document Type: Article

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