Are self-report of disability pension and long-term sickness absence accurate? Comparisons of self-reported interview data with national register data in a Swedish twin cohort

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Svedberg, Pia ^a   Ropponen, Annina ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 78650058680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-763     Document Type: Article

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