Sickness absence poses a threat to the Swedish Welfare State: A cross-sectional study of sickness absence and self-reported illness

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sundquist, Jan ^a   Al Windi, Ahmad ^a,b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247107132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-45     Document Type: Article

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