Vocational rehabilitation in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases: A systematic literature review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 196-203

  De Buck, Petronella D M ^a   Schoones, Johannes W ^a   Allaire, Saralyn H ^b   Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Rheumatic diseases; Vocational; Work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0036922032     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sarh.2002.34609     Document Type: Article

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