Open AccessWorking While Ill as a Risk Factor for Serious Coronary Events: The Whitehall II Study
Author(s) -
Mika Kivimäki,
Jenny Head,
Jane E. Ferrie,
Harry Hemingway,
Martin J. Shipley,
Jussi Vahtera,
Michael Marmot
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2003.035873
Subject(s) - medicine , presenteeism , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , absenteeism , confidence interval , risk factor , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , cohort , demography , psychology , social psychology , physics , sociology , optics
Although sick, some people take no time off work, a phenomenon called "sickness presenteeism." This study examined the association between sickness presenteeism and incidence of serious coronary events.
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