Use of functional employment testing to facilitate safe job placement

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 813-821

  Randolph, David C ^a  

^a 5724 Signal Hill Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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