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Are self-report of disability pension and long-term sickness absence accurate? Comparisons of self-reported interview data with national register data in a Swedish twin cohort

BACKGROUND: Self-reported disability pension (DP) and sickness absence are commonly used in epidemiological and other studies as a measure of exposure or even as an outcome. The aims were (1) to compare such self-reports with national register information in order to evaluate the validity of self-re...

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Autores principales: Svedberg, Pia, Ropponen, Annina, Lichtenstein, Paul, Alexanderson, Kristina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21159191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-763