Relationship of employee-reported work limitations to work productivity

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 649-659

  Lerner, Debra ^a,b   Amick III, Benjamin C ^c   Lee, Jennifer C ^a   Rooney, Ted ^d   Rogers, William H ^a   Chang, Hong ^a   Berndt, Ernst R ^e  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Health and Work Outcomes   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease and employment; Depression; Disability; Work productivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 85047695892     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000062551.76504.A9     Document Type: Article

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