Identifying workers at risk of sickness absence by questionnaire

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 442-446

  Roelen, Corné A M ^a   van der Pol, Tjepke R ^a   Koopmans, Petra C ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health complaints; Physical work factors; Psychosocial work factors; Risk factors for sickness absence; Self report questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SECURITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 33749616055     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql087     Document Type: Article

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