Joint contributions of psychological distress and demanding working conditions to short and long sickness absence among young and early midlife municipal employees.
This register-linked follow-up study examined whether psychological distress and demanding working conditions are jointly associated with short and long sickness absence (SA) periods among young and midlife Finnish public sector employees. We linked the Helsinki Health Study survey (response rate 51...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 534 - 541 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2025
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