Does smoking increase sick leave? Evidence using register data on Swedish workers

Objective: To examine the effect of smoking on sick leave. Methods: Nationally representative data on 14 272 workers aged 16–65 years from the 1988–91 waves of the Swedish Survey of Living Conditions were used for the analyses. The data are linked to register-based data, on the annual number of abse...

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Volume:	16
Main Author:	Lundborg, Petter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Professional
Place of publication:	LONDON BMJ Publishing Group 01.04.2007 BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group Ltd BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group
published in:	Tobacco control Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 114 - 118
Data of publication:	20070400
ISSN:	0964-4563 1468-3318
EISSN:	1468-3318
Discipline:	Medicine Economics Social Welfare & Social Work
Subjects:	Smoking cessation Health care costs Body mass index Health status Cost estimates Tobacco smoking Predisposing factors Men Sick leave Cigarette smoking Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Life Sciences & Biomedicine Substance Abuse Science & Technology Smoking - adverse effects Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Middle Aged Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data Male Sweden - epidemiology Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data Smoking - epidemiology Adolescent Adult Female Registries Aged Health Status Worker absenteeism Research Health aspects Smoking Variables Productivity Costs Exercise Employment Alcohol use Chronic illnesses Index Medicus Research Paper Sweden SELF-REPORTS ABSENTEEISM IMPACT ABSENCE HEALTH
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