Development of a decision model to identify workers at risk of long-term disability in the construction industry

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Burdorf, Alex ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^b   van Duivenbooden, Cor ^c   Elders, Lex A M ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Arbouw Foundation   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Construction worker; Decision model; Disability; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABLED PERSONS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29444443374     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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