School environment as predictor of teacher sick leave: Data-linked prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ervasti, Jenni ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d   Subramanian, S V ^d   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Puusniekka, Riikka ^e   Pohjonen, Tiina ^f   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,g,h   Virtanen, Marianna ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^h TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bullying; Multilevel; Perceived indoor air; School satisfaction; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BULLYING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FACULTY; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SICK LEAVE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84865955500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-770     Document Type: Article

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