Socioeconomic status and duration and pattern of sickness absence. A 1-year follow-up study of 2331 hospital employees

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kristensen, Trine R ^a   Jensen, Signe M ^b   Kreiner, Svend ^b   Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77958118285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-643     Document Type: Article

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