Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnoses; A descriptive nationwide study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Friberg, Emilie ^a   Rosenhall, Ulf ^a,b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hearing difficulties; Otoaudiological diagnoses; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879821023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-635     Document Type: Article

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