Sex as a variable can be a surrogate for some working conditions: Factors associated with sickness absence

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-260

  Messing, Karen ^a   Tissot, France ^a   Saurel Cubizolles, Marie Josèphe ^b   Kaminski, Monique ^b   Bourgine, Madeleine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031935581     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199803000-00007     Document Type: Article

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