Shift work and sickness absence

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-304

  Tüchsen, Finn ^a   Christensen, Karl Bang ^a   Lund, Thomas ^a  

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

Author keywords

Absenteeism; DREAM register; Shift system

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 44949087647     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn019     Document Type: Article

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