Workplace bullying and sickness absence in hospital staff

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 656-660

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health; Hospital staff; Psychosocial factors; Sickness absence; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033831801     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.10.656     Document Type: Article

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