Workplace levels of psychosocial factors as prospective predictors of registered sickness absence

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 933-940

  Christensen, Karl Bang ^a   Nielsen, Martin L ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^a   Smith Hansen, Lars ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 24944525910     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000172864.16001.85     Document Type: Article

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