Clinically diagnosed insomnia and risk of all-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence: A nationwide Swedish prospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 712-721

  Jansson, Catarina ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Kecklund, Göran ^b   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; epidemiology; sick leave; sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSOMNIA; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

COHORT STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 84885931663     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813498003     Document Type: Article

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