Sickness absence as a measure of health status and functioning: From the UK Whitehall II study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 124-130

  Marmot, M ^a   Feeney, A ^a   Shipley, M ^a   North, F ^a   Syme, S L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0028907859     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.49.2.124     Document Type: Article

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