What is healthy work for women and men? - A case-control study of gender- and sector-specific effects of psycho-social working conditions on long-term sickness absence

Work

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-163

  Lidwall, Ulrik ^a,b   Marklund, Staffan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JOB STRESS; LATITUDE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748504357     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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