High job demands, job strain, and iso-strain are risk factors for sick leave due to mental disorders a prospective Swedish twin study with a 5-year follow-up

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 858-865

  Mather, Lisa ^a   Bergström, Gunnar ^a,b   Blom, Victoria ^a,c   Svedberg, Pia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TWINS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84942526187     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000504     Document Type: Article

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