Chapter 3. Causes of sickness absence: Research approaches and explanatory models

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement

Volumn 32, Issue 63, 2004, Pages 36-43

  Allebeck, Peter ^a   Mastekaasa, Arne ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INSURANCE; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 13244272037     PISSN: 14034956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950410021835     Document Type: Article

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