The attribution of work environment in explaining gender differences in long-term sickness absence: Results from the prospective DREAM study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 703-705

  Labriola, Merete ^a   Holte, Kari Anne ^b   Christensen, Karl Bang ^c   Feveile, Helene ^d,e   Alexanderson, Kristina ^f   Lund, Thomas ^a  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^e Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051785556     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.060632     Document Type: Article

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