Influenza in workplaces: Transmission, workers' adherence to sick leave advice and European sick leave recommendations

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 478-485

  Edwards, Christina Hansen ^a   Tomba, Gianpaolo Scalia ^b   De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL LEAVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; WORKPLACE;

EUROPE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84973402369     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw031     Document Type: Review

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