Sick leave certification: A unique perspective on frequency and duration of episodes - A complete record of sickness certification in a defined population of employees in Malta

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Soler, Jean Karl ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MALTA; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPULATION MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3042663713     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-4-2     Document Type: Article

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