The role of lifestyle, health, and work in educational inequalities in sick leave and productivity loss at work

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 619-627

  Robroek, Suzan J W ^a   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Inequalities; Productivity loss at work; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84881031670     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0793-1     Document Type: Article

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