Who is at risk for long-term sickness absence? A prospective cohort study of Danish employees

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-230

  Lund, Thomas ^a   Labriola, Merete ^a   Villadsen, Ebbe ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Age; Educational level; Employment sectors; Gender

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; TEACHER; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICK LEAVE; TIME;

EID: 34147117341     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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