Work and health among immigrants and native Swedes 1990-2008: A register-based study on hospitalization for common potentially work-related disorders, disability pension and mortality

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Johansson, Bo ^a   Helgesson, Magnus ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^a,b   Nordquist, Tobias ^b   Leijon, Ola ^c,d   Lindberg, Per ^e   Vingård, Eva ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Sciences Occupational and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Employment; Health; Hospitalization; Immigrant; Labor market; Migration; Mortality; Sweden; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME; WORK;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84867025273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-845     Document Type: Article

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