Psychological symptoms and subsequent sickness absence

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 825-837

  Terluin, Berend ^a   Van Rhenen, Willem ^b   Anema, Johannes R ^a   Taris, Toon W ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ArboNed   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Anxiety; Depression; Distress; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80655144457     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0637-4     Document Type: Article

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