Factors associated with long-term sick leave in sick-listed employees: A systematic review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-157

  Dekkers Sánchez, Patricia M ^a,b   Hoving, J L ^a   Sluiter, J K ^a   Frings Dresen, M H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; EMBASE; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SKILL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; SICK LEAVE; TIME; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 40149104685     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.034983     Document Type: Review

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