Employment status and personal characteristics in patients awaiting hip-replacement surgery

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Bohm, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAXES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67249149042     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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