Illness deception and work: Incidence, manifestations and detection

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Poole, C J M ^a  

^a Dudley and Walsall MH Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamometry; Factitious disorder; Grip strength; Illness deception; Malingering; Submaximal effort; Work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DECEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYNAMOMETER; EMPLOYMENT; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; DECEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950166064     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp170     Document Type: Article

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