Workplace mistreatment and sickness absenteeism from work: Results from the 2010 National Health Interview survey

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-213

  Asfaw, Abay G ^a   Chang, Chia C ^a   Ray, Tapas K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Count data models; NHIS; Sickness absenteeism; Workplace mistreatment

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; COUNT DATA MODELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NHIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE MISTREATMENT;

COUNT DATA MODELS; NHIS; SICKNESS ABSENTEEISM; WORKPLACE MISTREATMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84891927680     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22273     Document Type: Article

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