Increased sickness absence in diabetic employees: What is the role of co-morbid conditions?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1043-1048

  Kivimaki M ^a,b   Vahtera, J ^b   Pentti, J ^b   Virtanen, M ^b   Elovainio, M ^c   Hemingway, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Diabetes; Sickness absence; Working population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548141848     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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