Scandinavian journal of social medicine

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• Scand J Soc Med · Sep 1998

  Gender trends in sick-listing with musculoskeletal symptoms in a Swedish county during a period of rapid increase in sickness absence.

  Sickness absence and disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses has increased in Sweden. ⋯ More women than men were sick-listed in "all diagnoses" in 1985. There were corresponding gender differences in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses except with the diagnosis "low back pain". Sick-listing with musculoskeletal diagnoses increased for both women and men from 1985 to 1987, but the increase was consistently much higher for women, especially for younger women.

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