To work or not to work: Labour market participation of people with spinal cord injury living in Switzerland

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 521-526

  Marti, A ^a,b   Reinhardt, J D ^a,b   Graf, S ^a,b   Escorpizo, R ^a,b   Post, M W M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

consequences of working; determinants of working; employment; return to work; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWITZERLAND; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84863726696     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.181     Document Type: Article

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