Social class and sickness absence in Norway

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-327

  Hansen, Hans Tore ^a   Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service   (Norway)

^c NAV Forvaltning Bergen   (Norway)

Author keywords

EGP; Level of Living Survey; Norway; Sickness absence; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849123679     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699308097376     Document Type: Article

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