Do psychosocial work factors and social relations exert independent effects on sickness absence? A six year prospective study of the GAZEL cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-293

  Melchior, Maria ^a,b   Niedhammer, I ^a   Berkman, L F ^b   Goldberg, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0037385344     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.4.285     Document Type: Article

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