A systematic review of interventions to promote work participation in older workers

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 93-102

  Steenstra, Ivan ^a,i   Cullen, Kimberley ^a   Irvin, Emma ^a   Van Eerd, Dwayne ^a,h   Alavinia, M ^b   Beaton, D ^a,c,d   Geary, J ^e   Gignac, M ^a,c   Gross, D ^f   Mahood, Q ^a   Macdonald, S ^a   Puts, M ^c   Scott Marshall, H ^c,g   Yazdani, A ^h  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Workplace Safety and Insurance Board   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g Mission Research   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

ⁱ RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Return to work; Stay at work

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; RESEARCH; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NOCV1; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETURN TO WORK; STAY AT WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE COMPONENT;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AGED; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETURN TO WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETURN TO WORK;

EID: 85009446681     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2016.12.004     Document Type: Article

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