Sleep problems and sickness absence among middle-aged employees

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-55

  Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Lallukka, Tea ^a   Kronholm, Erkki ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^c,d,e   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health; Health behavior; Obesity; Prospective study; Sickness absence; Sleep problem; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; POISSON RATIO; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84855476621     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3186     Document Type: Article

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