The role of job strain on return to work after carpal tunnel surgery

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 778-785

  Gimeno, D ^a   Amick III, B C ^a,b,c   Habeck, R V ^d   Ossmann, J ^a   Katz, J N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRAIN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27644516805     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.016931     Document Type: Article

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