The impact of early workplace-based return-to-work strategies on work absence duration: A 6-month longitudinal study following an occupational musculoskeletal injury

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 960-974

  Franche, Renée Louise ^a,b,c   Severin, Colette N ^a   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^a,b   Côté, Pierre ^a,b   Vidmar, Marjan ^a   Lee, Hyunmi ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 34548345815     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31814b2e9f     Document Type: Article

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