All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained suboptimal health: A 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-317

  Varitera, Jussi ^a,b   Westerlund, Hugo ^c   Ferrie, Jane E ^d   Head, Jenny ^d   Melchior, Maria ^e   Singh Manoux, Archana ^e   Zins, Marie ^e   Goldberg, Marcel ^e   Alexanderson, Kristina ^f   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 77950191507     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.083923     Document Type: Article

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