Work ability assessed by patients and their GPs in new episodes of sickness certification

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-144

  Reiso, Harald ^a,b   Nygård, Jan F ^a   Brage, Sören ^a   Gulbrandsen, Pål ^a   Tellnes, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Aust Agder Co Off Natl Ins Serv   (Norway)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Sick listing; Sickness absence; Sickness certification; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF EVALUATION; STRESS; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0343527272     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.2.139     Document Type: Article

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