Work factors as predictors of sickness absence attributed to airway infections; a three month prospective study of nurses' aides

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  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; ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NECK INJURY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL WORK; WARD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 0346496068     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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