"Sick Leave" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)
| Descriptor ID |
D018582
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.824.417.700.662 N04.452.677.800.662
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| Concept/Terms |
Disability Leave- Disability Leave
- Disability Leaves
- Leave, Disability
- Leaves, Disability
Sick Days- Sick Days
- Day, Sick
- Days, Sick
- Sick Day
- Illness Days
- Day, Illness
- Days, Illness
- Illness Day
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sick Leave" by people in Profiles.
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Work changes and individual, cancer-related, and work-related predictors of decreased work participation among African American cancer survivors. Cancer Med. 2020 12; 9(23):9168-9177.
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Paid Leave and Access to Telework as Work Attendance Determinants during Acute Respiratory Illness, United States, 2017-2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 01; 26(1).
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Assessing the Value of High-Quality Care for Work-Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a Large Integrated Health Care System: Study Design. Perm J. 2016; 20(4):15-220.
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Time off to care for a sick child--why family-leave policies matter. N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 07; 371(6):493-5.
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The prognosis of acute low back pain in primary care in the United States: a 2-year prospective cohort study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Apr 15; 37(8):678-84.
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Nurse practitioners as attending providers for workers with uncomplicated back injuries: using administrative data to evaluate quality and process of care. J Occup Environ Med. 2007 Aug; 49(8):900-8.
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Contribution of hypoglycemia to medical care expenditures and short-term disability in employees with diabetes. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 May; 47(5):447-52.
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Years of productivity lost among injured workers in Washington state: modeling disability burden in workers' compensation. Am J Ind Med. 2000 Jun; 37(6):656-62.
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Work loss costs due to peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease in a health maintenance organization. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000 Mar; 95(3):788-92.
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Occupational injuries in a poor inner-city population. J Occup Environ Med. 1995 Dec; 37(12):1374-82.