Work and family: Associations with long-term sick-listing in Swedish women - A case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sandmark, Hélène ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYER; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILY; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 37549033166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-287     Document Type: Article

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