Prognostic factors for chronic disability from acute low-back pain in occupational health care

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-56

  Van Der Weide, Willeke E ^a   Verbeek, Jos H A M ^a   Sallé, Herman J A ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional disability; Health care workers; Prognosis; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0032989302     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.383     Document Type: Article

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