Health-related risk factors for disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: A 30-year Finnish twin cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 839-848

  Ropponen, Annina ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^b   Svedberg, Pia ^c   Alexanderson, Kristina ^c   Koskenvuo, Karoliina ^b   Huunan Seppälä, Antti ^d   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability insurance; incidence; musculoskeletal diseases; osteoarthritis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PENSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PENSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 80155203623     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811418283     Document Type: Article

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