Sickness absence in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Psychology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
² School of Human Kinetics, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Basem Gohar et al. Occup Med (Lond). 2020.

. 2020 Jul 17;70(5):338-342.

doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqaa093.

¹ Psychology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
² School of Human Kinetics, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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