Morbidity and mortality patterns in Sweden

Occup Med. 1995 Apr-Jun;10(2):261-8.

Abstract

This extensive review of morbidity and mortality patterns cites data from Bygghälsan, a Swedish program that has followed a quarter of a million construction workers for two decades. Comparisons are made among different types of workers, and standardized mortality ratios and standardized incidence ratios are presented.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cause of Death
  • Cohort Studies
  • Facility Design and Construction*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Morbidity
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Occupational Diseases / epidemiology
  • Occupational Diseases / mortality*
  • Occupations / classification*
  • Occupations / statistics & numerical data
  • Sweden / epidemiology
  • Vascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • Vascular Diseases / mortality*