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  1. Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta Millard Health, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Joanne Park

  2. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Joanne Park & Shaniff Esmail

  3. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Douglas P. Gross

  4. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Renée-Louise Franche

  5. WorkSafe BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Renée-Louise Franche

  6. Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Renée-Louise Franche

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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

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  2. Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA

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    Marc D. Gellman

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Park, J., Gross, D.P., Esmail, S., Franche, RL. (2017). Readiness for Return-To-Work (RRTW) Scale. In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_101934-1

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