An observer-participant study in primary care of assessments of inability to work in immigrant patients with ongoing sick leave

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-204

  Löfvander, Monica ^a,b   Engström, Alf ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Rinkeby Health Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotions; Gender; General practice; Immigrants; Inability to work; Pain behaviour; Psychosocial stress; Sick leave; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VOCATION; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 17644437539     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310002049     Document Type: Article

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