Barriers impacting employment after burn injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-300

  Schneider, Jeffrey C ^a   Bassi, Sharon ^a   Ryan, Colleen M ^b,c  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN UNIT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVOR; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WORK;

ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62549143901     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318198a2c2     Document Type: Article

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