Absenteeism following a workplace intervention for older food industry workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 583-585

  Siukola, A ^a   Virtanen, P ^a   Huhtala, H ^a   Nygard C H ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blue collar worker; Follow up; Food industry; Intervention; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE; ARTICLE; FINLAND; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; AGE FACTORS; FINLAND; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 82355170747     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr069     Document Type: Article

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