Work factors as predictors of sickness absence: A three month prospective study of nurses' aides

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-278

  Eriksen, W ^a   Bruusgaard, D ^a   Knardahl, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; WORK; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 0037384129     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.4.271     Document Type: Article

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