Medical Fitness to Return to Work for Disabled Workers
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Fitness and return to work challenges for occupational health physician
For correspondence: Dr. Ganesh K. Kulkarni, Occupational Health Consultant, Chesnut Plaza, Shop No. 16, Second Floor, Opp. Endenwoods, B. Nathpai Marg, Thane 400 610, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: kulkgk@gmail. com In industry, people are employed based on their fitness, and are evaluated for fitness throughout their working life at least once in a calendar year. This fitness evaluation can be we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of UOEH
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0387-821X,2187-2864
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.26.41