Work Arrangements, Physical Working Conditions, and Psychosocial Working Conditions as Risk Factors for Sickness Absence: Bayesian Analysis of Prospective Data

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 332-338

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Pitkäniemi, Janne ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Sickness absence; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77951292001     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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