Economic impact of workplace productivity losses due to allergic rhinitis compared with select medical conditions in the United States from an employer perspective

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1203-1210

  Lamb, Charles E ^a   Ratner, Paul H ^b   Johnson, Clarion E ^c   Ambegaonkar, Ambarish J ^d   Joshi, Ashish V ^e   Day, David ^d   Sampson, Najah ^d   Eng, Benjamin ^d  

^a PCA Occupational Medicine   (United States)

^b Sylvana Research   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Allergic rhinitis; Cost; Presenteeism; Workplace productivity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745685701     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X112552     Document Type: Article

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