Which health conditions impact on productivity in working Australians?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-257

  Holden, Libby ^a   Scuffham, Paul A ^a   Hilton, Michael F ^b,c   Ware, Robert S ^c   Vecchio, Nerina ^a   Whiteford, Harvey A ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPHYSEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79953060188     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820d1007     Document Type: Article

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