Notification of occupational disease and the risk of work disability: a two-year follow-up study

• Main Authors: Henrik A Kolstad (Author), Michael V Christensen (Author), Lone Donbæk Jensen (Author), Vivi Schlünssen (Author), Ane Marie Thulstrup (Author), Jens Peter Bonde (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze if notification of an occupational disease increases the risk of work disability. METHODS: We included 2304 patients examined at the Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 1998-2005 and followed them for two years. A total of...