Sickness absence in the private sector of Greece: Comparing shipyard industry and national insurance data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1171-1181

  Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a,b   Merekoulias, Georgios ^a   Tanagra, Dimitra ^a   Konstantinou, Eleni C ^c   Mikelatou, Efi ^c   Jelastopulu, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Employment; compensation; Greece; Industry; Occupational health; Shipyard; Sick leave; Sickness absence; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; INSURANCE SYSTEM; OCCUPATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; GREECE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SHIPYARD WORKER; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TIME; TREND STUDY;

GREECE;

EID: 84860239906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9041171     Document Type: Article

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