Lifestyle factors and risk of sickness absence from work: a multicohort study

Summary: Background: Lifestyle factors influence the risk of morbidity and mortality, but the extent to which they are associated with employees' absence from work due to illness is unclear. We examined the relative contributions of smoking, alcohol consumption, high body-mass index, and low p...

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Main Authors: Marianna Virtanen, ProfPhD, Jenni Ervasti, PhD, Jenny Head, ProfMSc, Tuula Oksanen, MD, Paula Salo, ProfPhD, Jaana Pentti, MSc, Anne Kouvonen, ProfPhD, Ari Väänänen, ProfPhD, Sakari Suominen, ProfMD, Markku Koskenvuo, ProfMD, Jussi Vahtera, ProfMD, Marko Elovainio, ProfPhD, Marie Zins, MD, Marcel Goldberg, ProfMD, Mika Kivimäki, ProfFMedSci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266718302019