Prognostic factors for musculoskeletal sickness absence and return to work among welders and metal workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 490-495

  Burdorf, Alex ^a   Naaktgeboren, Bart ^b   Post, Wendel ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Occup Health Service Dordrecht   (Netherlands)

^c Occup Hlth Serv Midden Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back pain; Musculoskeletal complaints; Return to work; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; WELDING;

EID: 0031813273     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.7.490     Document Type: Article

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