Severe MUPS in a sick-listed population: A cross-sectional study on prevalence, recognition, psychiatric co-morbidity and impairment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hoedeman, Rob ^a,b   Krol, Boudien ^a   Blankenstein, Nettie ^c   Koopmans, Petra C ^a,b   Groothoff, Johan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ArboNed Occupational Health Services   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 73549093407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-440     Document Type: Article

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