Determinants of return to work after long-term sickness absence in six Danish municipalities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-308

  Stoltenberg, Christian D g ^a   Skov, Peder G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Denmark; determinants; long term sickness absence; medical; municipality; musculoskeletal; psychological; return to work; sustained return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; TIME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951904211     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809357095     Document Type: Article

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