Do work-place initiated measures reduce sickness absence? Preventive measures and sickness absence among older workers in Norway
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Shift work and sickness absence.
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1403-4948,1651-1905
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813510791