Work-ability evaluation: A piece of cake or a hard nut to crack?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1295-1300

  Slebus, Frans G ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a   Kuijer, P Paul F M ^a   Willems, J H B M ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ICF model; Insurance medicine; Social security; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERVIEWS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 34547593010     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600976111     Document Type: Article

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