Open AccessHeavy work and disability pension – a long term follow-up of Swedish construction workers
Author(s) -
Bengt Järvholm,
Mikael Stattin,
Suzan J W Robroek,
Urban Janlert,
Berndt Karlsson,
Alex Burdorf
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3413
Subject(s) - disability pension , pension , blue collar , relative risk , medicine , work (physics) , disability benefits , environmental health , confidence interval , gerontology , demography , social security , business , demographic economics , population , economics , finance , engineering , market economy , sociology , mechanical engineering
The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of disability pensions over time among workers with physically demanding jobs.