Genetic susceptibility to sickness absence is similar among women and men: Findings from a swedish twin cohort

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 642-648

  Svedberg, Pia ^a   Ropponen, Annina ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Narusyte, Jurgita ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

environmental; genetic; heritability; register; sick leave; sickness absence; Sweden; twins

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84873880554     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.47     Document Type: Article

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