Sick but yet at work. An empirical study of sickness presenteeism

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 502-509

  Aronsson, Gunnar ^a   Gustafsson, Klas ^a   Dallner, Margareta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SWEDEN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034114898     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.7.502     Document Type: Article

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