Return to work after an acute coronary syndrome: Patients' perspective

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-122

  Slebus, Frans G ^a   Jorstad, Harald T ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^a   Kuijer, P Paul F M ^a   Willems, J H B M ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Facilitating; Hindering factors; Return to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879405934     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.2.117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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