Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 160-166 , July 2010

Predicting of pain, disability, and sick leave regarding a non-clinical sample among Swedish nurses

  • Annika Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Caring Science and Sociology, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Caring Science and Sociology, University of Gävle, Gävle, SE-801 76, Sweden. Tel.: +46 26 64 82 82; fax: +46 26 64 82 35.
    • ,
  • Per Lindberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Eva Denison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Department of Caring and Public Health Sciences, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

Received 3 January 2010 ,Revised 21 April 2010 ,Accepted 6 May 2010.

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PII: S1877-8860(10)00076-5

doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2010.05.029

Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 160-166 , July 2010

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