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Gender and health
Gender differences in the duration of non-work-related sickness absence episodes due to musculoskeletal disorders

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  • M Marta Arcas Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Educational Unit Hospital del Mar- Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • George L Delclos Center for Research in Occupational Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Isabel Torá-Rocamora Center for Research in Occupational Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • José Miguel Martínez Center for Research in Occupational Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fernando G Benavides Center for Research in Occupational Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to M Marta Arcas, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Educational Unit Hospital del Mar- Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Passeig Marítim 25-29, Barcelona, Catalonia 08003, Spain; arcasferre{at}gmail.com, 32979maf{at}comb.cat
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Arcas MM, Delclos GL, Torá-Rocamora I, et al
Gender differences in the duration of non-work-related sickness absence episodes due to musculoskeletal disorders
J Epidemiol Community Health 2016;70:1065-1073.

Publication history

  • Received April 29, 2014
  • Revised April 30, 2015
  • Accepted April 26, 2016
  • First published May 13, 2016.
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November 24, 2016

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