Return to work after heart transplantation: 12-Year follow-up

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 846-851

  Kavanagh, Terence ^a,b   Yacoub, Magdi H ^d,e   Kennedy, Johanna ^a   Austin, Peter C ^c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032885531     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(99)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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