Hostility and registered sickness absences: A prospective study of municipal employees

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 693-701

  Vahtera, J ^a   Kivimaki M ^b   Koskenvuo, M ^b   Pentti, J ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1842328035     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797004832     Document Type: Article

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