Occupational social class and disability retirement among municipal employees - the contribution of health behaviors and working conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 464-472

  Leinonen, Taina ^a   Pietiläinen, Olli ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Job characteristic; Lifestyle; Mental disorder; Musculoskeletal disease; Socioeconomic position; Work ability

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISABILITY; LABOR; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKLOAD;

COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI;

EID: 80155203509     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3182     Document Type: Article

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