Predictors for work incapacity continuing after disc surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-271

  Donceel, Peter ^a   Du Bois, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Disability; Lumbar discectomy; Outcome; Predictors; Social factors; Work loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINE SURGERY; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0032764862     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.433     Document Type: Article

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