Are all-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence, and sick-leave duration risk indicators for suicidal behaviour? A nationwide register-based cohort study of 4.9 million inhabitants of Sweden

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-20

  Wang, Mo ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Runeson, Bo ^a   Head, Jenny ^b   Melchior, Maria ^c   Perski, Aleksander ^d   Mittendorfer Rutz, Ellenor ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890121994     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101462     Document Type: Article

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