Increased absence due to sickness among employees with fibromyalgia

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Kivimaki M ^a   Leino Arjas, P ^a   Kaila Kangas, L ^a   Virtanen, M ^a   Elovainio, M ^c   Puttonen, S ^b   Keltikangas Jarvinen L ^b   Pentti, J ^a   Vahtera, J ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 33846022665     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.053819     Document Type: Article

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