Return to work after traumatic brain injury: Systematic review

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1516-1527

  Saltychev, Mikhail ^a   Eskola, Merja ^a   Tenovuo, Olli ^a   Laimi, Katri ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain trauma; Employment; Head injury; Productivity; Vocational

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RETURN TO WORK;

EID: 84888877273     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.831131     Document Type: Review

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