Perceived work ability and certified sickness absence among workers in a food industry

International Congress Series

Volumn 1280, Issue , 2005, Pages 296-300

  Nygård, Clas Håkan ^a   Arola, Heikki ^b   Siukola, Anna ^a   Savinainen, Minna ^a   Luukkaala, Tiina ^a,d   Taskinen, Helena ^a,c   Virtanen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b City of Tampere   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Food workers; Gender; Sickness absence; Work ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646450604     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.02.062     Document Type: Article

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