A systematic review and meta-analysis uncovering the relationship between alcohol consumption and sickness absence. When type of design, data, and sickness absence make a difference

• Neda S. Hashemi ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: neda.hashemi@uis.no (NSH); randi.aas@uis.no, randi.aas@oslomet.no (RWA)

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-407X

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• Jens Christoffer Skogen,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway, Alcohol & Drug Research Western Norway, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

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• Aleksandra Sevic,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

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• Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

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• Silje Lill Rimstad,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, West Norway Competence Centre (KoRus Stavanger)/Rogaland A-Centre, Stavanger, Norway

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• Hildegunn Sagvaag,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

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• Heleen Riper,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical, Neuro, & Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Department of Clinical Research, Research Unit for Telepsychiatry and e-Mental Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-8901

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• Randi Wågø Aas

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: neda.hashemi@uis.no (NSH); randi.aas@uis.no, randi.aas@oslomet.no (RWA)

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

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