Impacts on work absence and performance: What really matters?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 556-562

  Wynne Jones, Gwenllian ^a   Buck, Rhiannon ^b   Varnava, Alice ^c   Phillips, Ceri ^c   Main, Chris J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee health; Occupational epidemiology; Work; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70849098081     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp125     Document Type: Article

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