Social support and psychiatric sickness absence: A prospective study of British civil servants

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-48

  Stansfeld, S A ^a   Rael, E G S ^b   Head, J ^b   Shipley, M ^b   Marmot, M ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031036337     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004254     Document Type: Article

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