Has increased focus on vocational rehabilitation led to an increase in young employees' return to work after work-related disorders?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 220-227

  Ahlgren, Christina ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^b  

^a Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender; rehabilitation; return to work; work related disorders

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SWEDEN; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033306102     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948990270030101     Document Type: Article

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