Work and family demands: Predictors of all-cause sickness absence in the GAZEL cohort

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-106

  Sabbath, Erika L ^a,b,c   Melchior, Maria ^b,c   Goldberg, Marcel ^b,c   Zins, Marie ^b,c   Berkman, Lisa F ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84856490395     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr041     Document Type: Article

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