Work-related psychosocial and mechanical risk factors for work disability: A 3-year follow-up study of the general working population in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 468-476

  Sterud, Tom ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomechanical exposure; Disability pension; Job control; Job demand; Job exposure; Prospective study; Stress; Workload; Workplace

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLYING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

NORWAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883368267     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3359     Document Type: Article

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