Job strain and the risk of disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders, depression or coronary heart disease: A prospective cohort study of 69 842 employees

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 574-581

  Mäntyniemi, Anne ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^b,c   Salo, Paula ^b   Virtanen, Marianna ^b   Sjösten, Noora ^b   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,d,e   Vahtera, Jussi ^b,f  

^a Occupational Health Care Unit of Vihti   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENSIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864109891     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100411     Document Type: Article

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