First return to work following injury: Does it reflect a composite or a homogeneous outcome?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 730-736

  Clay, Fiona J ^a   Newstead, Stuart V ^a   D'Elia, Angelo ^a   McClure, Roderick J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPENSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149386917     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051797     Document Type: Article

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