Heavy work and disability pension - a long term follow-up of Swedish construction workers

• Main Authors: Bengt Järvholm (Author), Mikael Stattin (Author), Suzan JW Robroek (Author), Urban Janlert (Author), Berndt Karlsson (Author), Alex Burdorf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of disability pensions over time among workers with physically demanding jobs. METHODS: The occurrence of disability pension was prospectively studied between 1980-2008 among 325 549 Swedish construction workers. The risks for...