Return to work among sickness-absent Danish employees: Prospective results from the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study/National Register on Social Transfer Payments

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Lund, Thomas ^a   Labriola, Merete ^a   Christensen, Karl B ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^a   Villadsen, Ebbe ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Longitudinal; Return to work; Sickness absence; Work environment

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; LONGITUDINAL; RETURN TO WORK; SICKNESS ABSENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ABSENTEEISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 33747067955     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mrr.0000210056.24915.c2     Document Type: Article

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