Relation between perceived health and sick leave in employees with a chronic illness

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Boot, Cécile R L ^a   Koppes, Lando L J ^a,b   Van Den Bossche, Seth N J ^a,b   Anema, Johannes R ^a,c   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Confounding factors; Health; Sick leave; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; WORK;

EID: 80051738754     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9273-1     Document Type: Article

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