Criteria and methods used for the assessment of fitness for work: A systematic review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 304-312

  Serra, Consol ^a   Rodriguez, Mari Cruz ^a   Delclos, George L ^b   Plana, Manel ^c   Gómez López, Luis I ^d   Benavides, Fernando G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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

^c Division of Health Services   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FITNESS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34248183458     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029397     Document Type: Review

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