Employment status and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-474

  Orbon, Karin H ^a   Schermer, Tjard R ^a   van der Gulden, Joost W ^a   Chavannes, Niels H ^b   Akkermans, Reinier P ^a   van Schayck, Onno P ^b   van Weel, Chris ^a   Folgering, Hans T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Employment; Quality of life; Symptoms; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOLUNTEER; WORK DISABILITY; WORKER;

DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 22744456159     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0617-7     Document Type: Article

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