Short-term disability, sickness absence, and social gradients in the Whitehall II Study

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 425-439

  Stansfeld, Stephen ^a,b   Head, Jenny ^a   Ferrie, Jane ^a  

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

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

EID: 0033431875     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(99)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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