Low workload as a trigger of sick leave: Results from a swedish case-crossover study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-209

  Hultin, Hanna ^a   Möller, Jette ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Johansson, Gun ^b   Lindholm, Christina ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^c   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84857365067     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31823fdf68     Document Type: Article

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