The relation between psychosocial risk factors and cause-specific long-term sickness absence

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 428-433

  Janssens, Heidi ^a   Clays, Els ^a   De Clercq, Bart ^a   Casini, Annalisa ^b   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Kittel, France ^b   Braeckman, Lutgart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BELGIUM; BULLYING; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901798314     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku009     Document Type: Article

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