General practice workload and certification of illness during a coalfield strike.

Lunn, J. E., Rider, J. G., Waters, W. H. R., and Charnock, R. B. (1970).Brit. J. industr. Med.,27, 368-371. General practice workload and certification of illness during a coalfield strike. During a two-week coalfield strike the miners in the study practice demanded less medical attention and required fewer certificates than usual. These findings contrasted with the picture for the non-miners which showed no change.