Return to work following spinal cord injury: A review

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1341-1375

  Lidal, Ingeborg Beate ^a   Huynh, Tuan Khai ^b   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^b  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Employment; Occupation; Return to work; Spinal cord disorder; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal cord lesion; Vocational

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CINAHL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34548321389     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701320839     Document Type: Review

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