Diabetes, HIV and other health determinants associated with absenteeism among formal sector workers in Namibia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guariguata, Leonor ^a   De Beer, Ingrid ^b   Hough, Rina ^b   Bindels, Els ^b   Weimers Maasdorp, Delia ^b   Feeley, Frank G ^c   Rinke De Wit, Tobias F ^a,d  

^a PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b PharmAccess Foundation   (Namibia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; HIV; Namibia; Non communicable disease; Sub Saharan Africa; Work force

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855879415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-44     Document Type: Article

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