A comparison of self-reported sickness absence with absences recorded in employers' registers: evidence from the Whitehall II study.

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Published in Occup Environ Med on February 01, 2005

Authors

J E Ferrie1, M Kivimäki, J Head, M J Shipley, J Vahtera, M G Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, UK. j.ferrie@public-health.ucl.ac.uk <j.ferrie@public-health.ucl.ac.uk>

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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