Employment outcomes after burn injury: A comparison of those burned at work and those burned outside of work

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-301

  Schneider, Jeffrey C ^a   Bassi, Sharon ^a   Ryan, Colleen M ^b,c  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; DISABILITY; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN; REHABILITATION CARE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BURNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952447199     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31820aaf56     Document Type: Article

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