Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnoses and risk of disability pension: A nationwide Swedish prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Friberg, Emilie ^a   Jansson, Catarina ^a   Mittendorfer Rutz, Ellenor ^a   Rosenhall, Ulf ^a,b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WORK DISABILITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABLED PERSON; EAR DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABLED PERSONS; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENSIONS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855756773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029966     Document Type: Article

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