Gender differences in personal and work-related determinants of return-to-work following long-term disability: A 5-year cohort study

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 522-531

  Lederer, Valérie ^a   Rivard, Michele ^a   Mechakra Tahiri, Samia Djemaa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic; Gender; Prolonged; Return to work; Sex; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872272478     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-012-9366-0     Document Type: Article

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