Gender differences in disability after sickness absence with musculoskeletal disorders: Five-year prospective study of 37,942 women and 26,307 men

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gjesdal, Sturla ^a   Bratberg, Espen ^a   Mæland, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NECK INJURY; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINE DISEASE; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; PENSIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551626104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-37     Document Type: Article

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