Determinants of work ability and its predictive value for disability

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Alavinia, S M ^a   de Boer, A G E M ^b   van Duivenbooden, J C ^c   Frings Dresen, M H W ^b   Burdorf, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Arbouw Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Disability; Predictive value; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; PROGNOSIS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PROGNOSIS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 58149387514     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn148     Document Type: Article

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