Examining individual factors according to health risk appraisal data as determinants of absenteeism among US utility employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 732-740

  Marzec, Mary L ^a   Scibelli, Andrew F ^b   Edington, Dee W ^a  

^a Muscle Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^b Nextera Energy Florida Power and Light   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL CONDITION BURDEN INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880807174     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182954080     Document Type: Article

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