Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnoses and risk of disability pension: a nationwide Swedish prospective cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Hearing difficulties are a large public health problem. Knowledge is scarce regarding risk of disability pension among people who have been sickness absent due to these difficulties.<h4>Methods</h4>A cohort including all 4,687,756 individuals living in Swed...

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Main Authors: Emilie Friberg, Catarina Jansson, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Ulf Rosenhall, Kristina Alexanderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22253839/pdf/?tool=EBI