Quality of life and return to work following electrical burns

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Noble, Jason ^a   Gomez, Manuel ^a   Fish, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical burns; Quality of life; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC BURN; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; WORK;

EID: 32044439629     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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