Womens higher likelihood of disability pension: The role of health, family and work. A 5-7 years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Haukenes, Inger ^a   Gjesdal, Sturla ^a   Rortveit, Guri ^a,b   Riise, Trond ^a   Mæland, John Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Research Unit for General Practice in Bergen   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disability pension; Educational status; Gender; Health; Occupational group; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PENSION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84865542200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-720     Document Type: Article

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