Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Work Ability Index questionnaire;Validez y confiabilidad de la versión brasilera del Índice de Capacidad para el Trabajo

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Martinez, Maria Carmen ^a   de Oliveira Latorre, Maria do Rosário Dias ^b   Fischer, Frida Marina ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SAMARITANO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Occupational health; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Translations; Validity of tests; Work capacity evaluation; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK CAPACITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949204933     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009005000017     Document Type: Article

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