Advantages and disadvantages of an objective selection process for early intervention in employees at risk for sickness absence

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Duijts, Saskia F A ^a   Kant, Ijmert ^a   Swaen, Gerard M H ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dow Chemicals   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248572508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-67     Document Type: Article

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