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Evidence-based guidelines in the evaluation of work disability: an international survey and a comparison of quality of development

Wout EL de Boer1*, David J Bruinvels2, Arie M Rijkenberg3,4, Peter Donceel5 and Johannes R Anema2

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Quality of Life, TNO, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands

2 Department of Public and Occupational Health and EMGO-Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

3 Department of Quality of Life, TNO, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands

4 Occup. Med. Service, OCMW-Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

5 Section of Occupational, Environmental and Insurance Medicine, Department of Public Health, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:349 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-349

Published: 18 September 2009

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AGREE from clinic to social insurance. this document describes the way in which AGREE criteria were used in the study of guidelines in social insurance.

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