What is the association between sickness absence, mortality and morbidity?

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 728-733

  Bambra, C ^a   Norman, P ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census; Incapacity benefit; LLTI; Morbidity; Mortality; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HEALTH CARE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SAMPLING;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745256734     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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