Sickness absence with musculoskeletal or mental diagnoses, transition into disability pension and all-cause mortality: A 9-year prospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Gjesdal, Sturla ^a   Haug, Kjell ^a   Mæland, John Gunnar ^a   Røraas, Thomas ^a   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a   Ringdal, Peder ^a   Hagberg, Jan ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability pension; mental diagnoses; mortality; musculoskeletal diagnoses; sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORWAY; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; PENSIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849101640     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809103994     Document Type: Article

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