Differences in the association between sickness absence and long-term sub-optimal health by occupational position: A 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 729-733

  Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Westerlund, Hugo ^c   Head, Jenny ^a   Melchior, Maria ^d   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,d   Zins, Marie ^d   Goldberg, Marcel ^d   Alexanderson, Kristina ^e   Vahtera, Jussi ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80052925878     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.060210     Document Type: Article

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