Global measure of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions versus measures of specific aspects of psychosocial work conditions in explaining sickness absence.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 01, 2008

Authors

Torsten Munch-Hansen1, Joanna Wieclaw, Esben Agerbo, Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, Jens Peter Bonde

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. tm-hansen@webspeed.dk

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