What makes you work while you are sick Evidence from a survey of workers

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-46

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Laukkanen, Erkki ^b  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Presenteeism; Sickness absence; Working time arrangements

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 76249101449     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp076     Document Type: Article

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