Prospective study of physical and psychosocial risk factors for sickness absence

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 469-474

  Labriola, Merete ^a   Lund, Thomas ^a   Burr, Hermann ^a  

^a AMI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aetiological fraction; Denmark; Employer characteristics; Sickness absence; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33749622780     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql058     Document Type: Article

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