Do common symptoms in women predict long spells of sickness absence? A prospective community-based study on Swedish women 40 to 50 years of age

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 176-183

  Krantz, Gunilla ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

active job position; common symptoms; sickness absence; women's health

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0036369090     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349480203000303     Document Type: Article

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