Vocational outcome of intervention for low-back pain

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-178

  Van Der Weide, Willeke E ^a   Verbeek, Jos H A M ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism from work; Evidence based guidelines; Guidance; Intervention methods; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPLOYEE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; VOCATION;

EID: 0030857903     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.195     Document Type: Article

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