Comparison of seven measures of sickness absence based on data from three counties in Sweden

Work

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Borg, K ^a   Goine, Hans ^b,e   Soderberg E ^a   Marnetoft, S U ^c   Alexanderson, K ^a,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745208705     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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