Social support and subjective health complaints in occupational rehabilitation

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 424-434

  Øyeflaten, Irene ^a   Gabriele, Jeanne M ^b   Fisher, Edwin B ^c   Eriksen, Hege R ^d  

^a National Centre for Occupational Rehabilitation   (Norway)

^b GV (Sonny) Montgomery Veteran Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary occupational rehabilitation; Interdisciplinary vocational rehabilitation; Long term sick leave; Social support; Subjective health complaints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867887746     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2010.17.8.49291     Document Type: Article

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