Can high psychological job demands, low decision latitude, and high job strain predict disability pensions? A 12-year follow-up of middle-aged Swedish workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Canivet, Catarina ^a   Choi, Bongkyoo ^b   Karasek, Robert ^c   Moghaddassi, Mahnaz ^a   Staland Nyman, Carin ^d   Östergren, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability leave; Gender; Longitudinal studies; Physiological; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84876292080     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0766-4     Document Type: Article

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