Toward a climate for work resumption: The nonmedical determinants of return to work

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-80

  D'Amato, Alessia ^a   Zijlstra, Fred ^b  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 75749136166     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c75291     Document Type: Article

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