The indirect association of job strain with long-term sickness absence through bullying: a mediation analysis using structural equation modeling.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 22, 2016

Authors

Heidi Janssens1, Lutgart Braeckman2, Bart De Clercq2, Annalisa Casini3, Dirk De Bacquer2, France Kittel3, Els Clays2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, block 4k3, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000, Ghent, Belgium. heidi.janssens@ugent.be.
2: Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, block 4k3, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
3: Research Centre Social approaches of Health, School of Public Health, Université libre de Bruxelles, B-1070, Bruxelles, Belgium.

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