Employee well-being and sick leave, occupational accident, and disability pension: A cohort study of civil servants

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-640

  Kuoppala, Jaana ^a   Lamminpää, Anne ^b   Väänänen Tomppo, Irma ^b   Hinkka, Katariina ^c  

^a Division of Insurance ^*

^b Division of Insurance   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PENSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 79959370691     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31821aa48c     Document Type: Article

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