Gender difference in sickness absence from work: A multiple mediation analysis of psychosocial factors

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 635-642

  Casini, Annalisa ^a   Godin, Isabelle ^a   Clays, Els ^b   Kittel, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRENDS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880902759     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks183     Document Type: Article

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