Sickness absence and self-reported health a population-based study of 43,600 individuals in central Sweden

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Eriksson, Hans G ^a   Von Celsing, Anna Sophia ^a   Wahlström, Rolf ^b,c   Janson, Lotta ^a   Zander, Viktoria ^a   Wallman, Thorne ^a,c  

^a Sormland County Council   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349086977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-426     Document Type: Article

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