A comparison of socio-economic differences in long-term sickness absence in a Japanese cohort and a British cohort of employed men

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-416

  Morikawa, Yuko ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^b,c   Head, Jenny ^c   Marmot, Michael ^c   Ishizaki, Masao ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Sickness absence; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 13244273373     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.413     Document Type: Article

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