Attending work while sick: Implication of flexible sick leave policies

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1009-1013

  Rousculp, Matthew D ^a   Johnston, Stephen S ^b   Palmer, Liisa A ^b   Chu, Bong Chul ^b   Mahadevia, Parthiv J ^a   Nichol, Kristin L ^c  

^a MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^b THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE SICK LEAVE POLICY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77958007436     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f43844     Document Type: Article

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