Components of the illness flexibility model as explanations of socioeconomic differences in sickness absence

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-138

  Johansson, Gun ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MODELING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 62649132376     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.39.1.f     Document Type: Article

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