Prediction of sickness absence: Development of a screening instrument

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 564-569

  Duijts, S F A ^a   Kant, I J ^a   Landeweerd, J A ^a   Swaen, G M H ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dow Chemicals   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746512557     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.024521     Document Type: Article

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