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

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

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 disability pension and years lost of working life were compared among 22 occupational groups, ad...

Construction work and risk of occupational disability: a ten year follow up of 14,474 male workers.

AIMS Most industrialised countries have public income maintenance programmes to protect workers in case of disability but studies addressing disability risk of specific professional groups are rare. The objective of this study was to establish a detailed pattern of the nature and extent of occupational disability among construction workers. METHODS A cohort study was set up including 14,474 m...

A long-term follow-up of workers exposed to beryllium.

Long-term physical workload in middle age and disability pension in men and women: a follow-up study of Swedish cohorts

PURPOSE The study investigates the association between level of long-term physical workload in middle age and disability pension (DP) before 61 years of age with adjustments made for early life factors, level of education, and psychosocial working conditions. Associations with DP overall, DP due to musculoskeletal disorders and DP due to psychiatric disorders were examined. METHODS The study ...

Long term follow up of recurrent uterine cervical cancer: A Case Report

Background and Aim: Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a significant cause of mortality because of malignancy in women. Radiotherapy is a major treatment modality for invasive cervical cancer with good treatment outcome in early-stage patients. However, substantial treatment failures still occur in the advanced-stage patients. In this case report a long term follow up of a 58 years old woman wi...