Subjective health complaints in relation to sickness absence

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Roelen, Corné A M ^a,b   Koopmans, Petra C ^a,b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health; illness; sickness; sickness absence; subjective health complaints

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650554761     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1052     Document Type: Article

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