The development and validation of two prediction models to identify employees at risk of high sickness absence

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-133

  Roelen, Corne A ^a,b   Van Rhenen, Willem ^b,c   Groothoff, Johan W ^a   Van Der Klink, Jac J ^a   Bultmann, Ute ^a,b   Heymans, Martijn W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b 365 Occupational Health Services   (Netherlands)

^c Business University Nyenrode   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CALIBRATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICK LEAVE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875224668     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks036     Document Type: Article

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