Validation of the EUMASS Core Set for medical evaluation of work disability

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 2147-2156

  Anner, J ^a   Brage, S ^b   Donceel, P ^c   Falez, F ^d   Freudenstein, R ^e   Oancea, C ^f,g   De Boer, W E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e Baden Wurttemberg ^*  (Germany)

^f CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^g Institute of National Disability Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Workability   (Romania)

Author keywords

Classification; Content validation; Disability evaluation; EUMASS Core Set; ICF; Work capacity evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARDS; WORK CAPACITY; ARTICLE; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84887741143     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.771709     Document Type: Article

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