Harrati, Amal PhD; Hepburn, Peter PhD; Meausoone, Valerie MS; Cullen, Mark R. MD
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California (Dr Harrati, Ms Meausoone, and Dr Cullen); Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (Dr Hepburn).
Address correspondence to: Amal Harrati, PhD, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 1070 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 ([email protected]).
This work was funded by NIH/NIA R01 AG02629.
The authors report no conflict of interest.
Clinical significance: The present findings suggest that job-related and demographic characteristics of individuals—and not simply experienced health conditions—are significant predictors of experiencing a disability leave from work. These findings suggest the benefit of considering job-related exposures in assessing the risk of health-related disability leave.
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doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001705
