'The Double Burden' Do Combinations of Career and Family Obligations Increase Sickness Absence among Women?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-249+i

  Bratberg, Espen ^a   Dahl, Svenn Åge ^b   Risa, Alf Erling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

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EID: 0345447190     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/18.2.233     Document Type: Article

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