Sickness absence in workplaces: Does it reflect a healthy hire effect?
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Sickness absence in workplaces: Does it reflect a healthy hire effect?
OBJECTIVES Sickness absence in workplaces may reflect working conditions. It may also reflect a "healthy hire effect," i.e., that workplaces recruit individuals with experience of sickness absence differently. The purpose of the study was to determine if a history of sickness absence among recruits is associated with the average level of sickness absence in workplaces. MATERIAL AND METHODS In...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1232-1087,1896-494X
DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00522