Psychosocial work environment and sickness absence among British civil servants: The Whitehall II study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 332-340

  North, Fiona M ^a   Syme, S Leonard ^b   Feeney, Amanda ^c   Shipley, Martin ^c   Marmot, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029926148     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.3.332     Document Type: Article

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