Associations between sickness absence and harassment, threats, violence, or discrimination: A cross-sectional study of the Swedish Police

Work

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Svedberg, Pia ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender; risk factors; sexual harassment; Sick leave; work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POLICE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864615712     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1333     Document Type: Article

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