Outcome of multidisciplinary investigations of long-term sickness absentees

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Salmi, Peter ^a   Svedberg, Pia ^a   Hagberg, Jan ^a   Lundh, Goran ^b   Linder, Jurgen ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Psychiatric diagnoses; Return to work; Sick leave; Sickness absence; Somatic diagnoses

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 58649083486     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701855545     Document Type: Article

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