Time Off Work in Hand Injury Patients

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-725

  Wong, Joyce Y P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

hand injury; Hand injury severity score; length of rehabilitation time; predictors; time off work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45849096495     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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