Illness, disease, and sickness absence: An empirical test of differences between concepts of ill health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 450-454

  Wikman, Anders ^a   Marklund, Staffan ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORBIDITY;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 20344377634     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.025346     Document Type: Review

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