Sickness certification in general practice: A comparison of electronic records with self-reported work absence

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Wynne Jones, Gwenllian ^a   Mallen, Christian D ^a   Main, Chris J ^a   Dunn, Kate M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

back pain; general practice; primary care; sickness certification; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011497571     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423608000650     Document Type: Article

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