Return to work and adjustment latitude among employees on long-term sickness absence

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Johansson, Gun ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^b   Lundberg, Ingvar ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustment latitude; Flexibility; Return to work; Work organisation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745593995     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9020-9     Document Type: Article

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