Hyperthyroidism is associated with work disability and loss of labour market income. A Danish register-based study in singletons and disease-discordant twin pairs

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 595-602

  Brandt, Frans ^a   Thvilum, Marianne ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a   Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXIC GOITER; TWIN DISCORDANCE; WORK DISABILITY; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETIREMENT; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84946070128     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-15-0306     Document Type: Article

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