Diagnosis-specific sick leave as a long-term predictor of disability pension: A 13-year follow-up of the GAZEL cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-159

  Alexanderson, K ^a   Kivimaki M ^b   Ferrie, J E ^b   Westerlund, H ^a,c   Vahtera, J ^d   Singh Manoux, A ^b,e   Melchior, M ^e   Zins, M ^e,f   Goldberg, M ^e,f   Head, J ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH RISK; LABOR MARKET; PENSION SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84856010224     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.126789     Document Type: Article

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