Analyzing sickness absence with statistical models for survival data

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-239

  Christensen, Karl Bang ^a,b   Andersen, Per Kragh ^a   Smith Hansen, Lars ^b   Nielsen, Martin L ^b,c   Kristensen, Tage S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Frailty model; Methodology; Poisson regression; Proportional hazards model; Register data

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34347373454     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1132     Document Type: Article

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