Employee control over working times and risk of cause-specific disability pension: The Finnish Public Sector Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 479-485

  Vahtera, Jussi ^a,b   Laine, Sari ^a   Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Koskinen, Aki ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Kivimaki, Mika ^a,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISABILITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSIONS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955599635     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.045096     Document Type: Article

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