Common mental disorders and long-term sickness absence in a general working population. The Hordaland Health Study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-297

  Knudsen, A K ^a,b   Harvey, S B ^c,d,e   Mykletun, A ^a,b,c   Overland S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Mental disorders; Occupational medicine; Sick leave; Work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; WORK;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875002239     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01902.x     Document Type: Article

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