From unemployment to disability? Relationship between unemployment rate and new disability pensions in Iceland 1992-2007

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-101

  Thorlacius, Sigurur ^a   Ólafsson, Stefán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856463517     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq186     Document Type: Article

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