Occupation and unemployment rates as predictors of long term sickness absence in two Swedish counties

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Knutsson, Anders ^a   Goine, Hans ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Social Insurance Office   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Sickness absence; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INDICATOR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE;

ABSENTEEISM; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031805876     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10139-3     Document Type: Article

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