Outpatient rehabilitation of workers with musculoskeletal disorders using structured workplace description

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-434

  Weiler, Stephan W ^a   Foeh, Kay Peter ^b   van Mark, Anke ^a   Touissant, Rene ^c   Sonntag, Nina ^b   Gaessler, Annette ^b   Schulze, Johannes ^d   Kessel, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c Park Hospital Leipzig   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airplane assembly; Musculoskeletal disease; Outpatient vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY MASS INDEX; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 61349151718     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0346-9     Document Type: Article

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