Joint associations of sleep duration and insomnia symptoms with subsequent sickness absence: The Helsinki Health Study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 516-523

  Lallukka, Tea ^a   Haaramo, Peija ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Sivertsen, BÃrge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

employees; follow up; insomnia; register based; sleep duration; work disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FOLLOW-UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER-BASED; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; STATISTICS; TIME; WORK DISABILITY;

EMPLOYEES; FOLLOW-UP; INSOMNIA; REGISTER-BASED; SLEEP DURATION; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878501902     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813481647     Document Type: Article

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