Health complaints and sickness absence in Norway, 1996-2003

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Ihlebaek, Camilla ^a,b   Brage, Soren ^a   Eriksen, Hege R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health complaints; Norway; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 33846086879     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql107     Document Type: Article

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