Social support at work and leisure time and its association with self-rated health and sickness absence

Work

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-474

  Falkenberg, A ^a   Nyfjall M ^b   Hellgren, C ^c   Vingard E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICON AB   (Sweden)

^c Programme Office for Education and Training   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental health; occupational health; sickness absence; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873352591     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1381     Document Type: Article

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