Does sickness absence due to psychiatric disorder predict cause-specific mortality? A 16-year follow-up of the GAZEL occupational cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 700-707

  Melchior, Maria ^a   Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a   Westerlund, Hugo ^a   Zins, Marie ^a   Head, Jenny ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

absenteeism; cause of death; depression; longitudinal studies; mental disorders; mortality; work

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

FRANCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; SMOKING; SUICIDE;

EID: 77956907237     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq186     Document Type: Article

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