Cross-national comparisons of sickness absence systems and statistics: Towards common indicators

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 663-666

  Gimeno, David ^a,b,c   Bültmann, Ute ^d   Benavides, Fernando G ^b,c   Alexanderson, Kristina ^e   Abma, Femke I ^d   Ubalde López, Mònica ^b,c   Roelen, Corné A M ^d   Kjeldgård, Linnea ^e   Delclos, George L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TIME;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; SICK LEAVE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905011665     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku070     Document Type: Article

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